When I posted the last chapter here, I was an emotional mess. I was happy, sad, excited, heartbroken etc. I couldn't bring myself to write a proper note that said this is it; this is the end of this story and my journey with these characters. 

I thought if I waited a couple of days, I would be able to let go and say goodbye without feeling like my heart was being ripped out. It's been fifteen days and I think I'm worse off than I was, lol. 

I wrote this story six years ago when I was nineteen. Life, school and other things got in the way and I stopped writing entirely for almost five years. I fell in and out of love with the story and almost deleted it a couple of times. Then fell back in love with it and decided to give it a second (fiftieth?) chance. 

Over those five years, I've had character profiles of Nate, Tasha, Lily, Claire, Max and Kelsey stuck to my bedroom wall (I had to hide my murder board since it freaked people out when they saw it, haha). Yesterday I tried to take those down, my first step towards moving on, and ended up sobbing on the floor.

It's ridiculous, I know, but it's like in that moment it really hit me. This story. This story that has been a part of me for six years was finally over. It felt like a relationship was ending, and in some ways, I suppose that's an accurate depiction.

Writing The Untold Story was cathartic, fun and heartbreaking at times. I learnt a lot about myself and I made some friends here who were always sweet and encouraging (sometimes with not-so-subtle threats haha) and I'm grateful for all of that and all of you.

I still have a long way to go before my writing is considered anything close to perfect (especially with the whole mum/mom dilemma lol), so I really appreciate that you took the time to join me on this journey and help me out. 

I'm going to post a few questions to help me figure out how to make this story better, so if you have time to answer a few, I'll be super grateful!

I wish I could thank you all by name (I did my best to use chapter dedications for this), but there's quite a lot of you and I'm afraid I might miss some. So, this blanket thank you is for every single one of you. You're all amazing and wonderful and I appreciate you. Thank you!