Thank you my friend! Like most of my fiction it's an amalgam/mosaic of things and people that I've crossed paths with or heard about second-hand. I was afraid people would be tripped up by all the flashbacks but it hasn't seemed to be much of an issue. I'm glad you're enjoying it. I have two more like this in the works. My goal is to get accepted by the New Yorker this year and I won't stop until I do. How's 2020 treating you so far? We're off to Arizona next week for a couple of weeks to thaw out. I hope to have one more short story done before we get back.