Getting Ready for the Final Push (38,563)

Ultimately made decent progress today - almost 3000 words. It would have been nice to have more, but I'll take it. Much of the day was spent mulling over where to go next. If I'm going to finish this off, I need to stick with much of the story I've already got. But I also have some interesting ideas for tweaks or different approaches. I think I just have to squelch those creative impulses and press on the straight story for now. Time for some more conflict. Ann Crenshaw goes missing.