Oh my god, I thought I responded to this. Yeah, that grandmother scene was kind of pieced together gradually throughout the writing of this thing, so I guess it was foreshadowing. I'm pleased that it seemed possible that something horrible would happen, because that's the fear, isn't it?

And I didn't exactly plan to have a new beginning in the fall, but when it worked out that way it satisfied the student in me. Play time's over, possibility stretches out before you.

Anyway, thanks for commenting, and for getting involved enough in the story to worry for Arthur. :D