I liked how true to character it was from the very beginning, with her covering her vulnerabilities by snapping at him with something hurtful, and the transition around chapter 8 when she didn't mean to say something hurtful but was so regretful that she did.

I'm glad it worked for you. I wanted the growth to be very gradual, and I had to shuffle a lot of things for it to work in my head. I'm glad that transition worked for you.

And yay for the mystery of your research the other day revealed!

Yeah, I've actually been writing this piece for two months or so, and yesterday I was doing touch-ups--I especially needed to research a lot on Catholicism.

Thanks for the lovely fb and I'm tickled you liked it.