Thanks so much for going with me on this ridiculous journey. I hope you enjoyed it. I assume that if you made it to the end, you did. Unless you were hate-reading it. Which is fine, too. A read is a read.

If you're worried about Lucas and Stephanie, don't be. I convinced Lila to hire them both. She really liked the idea of using Lucas as, essentially, her personal biographer, writing down all of the fantastic ideas she has for her New World. And with Mirabel MIA, she also agreed to let Stephanie be her house cleaner. Lila thought that employing a Chinese-American made a lot of sense because "they are naturally good at laundry." It's not ideal, but at least they'll be OK for now.

And me? I am going to go back to my first love, serial killing.

— Aaron Rubicon