Hi friends! I republished chapter 9 of Noelle a week ago or so, but I just made a pretty important update to it. You may want to reread! The change is to set things up for a bigger change in the chapters ahead, which will really only be noticeable if you have previously read Noelle all the way through.
I really appreciate your patience through this editing process. My goal is to make this story the best that it can be but I also want it to be available for you to read in the meantime as I have received quite a few requests to keep it up. So I may have to go back and update things as I work out details further down the road, but I will let you know if the changes are big enough that you should go back.
And for those of you who loved the original version - I promise the core of the story will stay the same! This is really about adding more depth and background to the characters and their backgrounds, and especially to add more scenes for West and Noelle.