Well everyone, Chapter 4 of my story is done. Before I even let you read it, let me give you a preface
Some of you aren't going to like it. Some will complain it is too dark, too ugly.
The point I am trying to make is one that I think the ME developers glossed over. Shepard and Liara have changed. People who are in love change. People who stay together adapt to that change, as they love the person, and endure what time and environment does to each other, or at least the should try to.
This story shows some of that change. It is a rough chapter for Liara and Shepard. Its a portrayal of them I think is very realistic, very grim, but I think fitting for all that has happened.
I hope you enjoy it. I promised there will be a resolution, and it will happen in the next chapter. I think I am drawing too much from real experience, from myself and others. Maybe that is a bad thing. You can decide. I will tell you as a writer, drawing from the well of oneself, it was a draining chapter to write.
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"The Distance Between Two Stars, CH 4"