I apologize if you were enjoying this novel. I wrote this story when I was out of work. Initially when I was back to work, I had the time and energy to keep on working on this. As I got further along with this story, I had to work harder to fit the story I was writing into what I had already written, and did not think of the consequences of. I came to a point where I felt shoehorned into trying to make it work, or pull out some deus ex machina, and say viola everything that I setup no longer mattered.
Maybe if I was a more creative writer, I could have weaved through my troubles, but alas, I am not a good writer. So I put this story on hold, and thought that maybe I could figure out how to solve my problems in a non-hamfisted manner. I can't find a way to do that.
For that, I am sorry.