Thank you for such a lovely comment, it has made my morning.
I'm glad you enjoyed the travelling sales idea, I quite liked that too. It was one of the bits I really didn't want to sacrifice in pursuit of a 'proper' writing style.
Ah, those mid-teen years. From this distance, you'd think I shouldn't be able to remember, but the memories are obviously scarred deep, because I can. *g* And Oz... I love Oz.
I will be writing more, next Saturday. But the next part is not Xander.