You give good feedback, you know that? :-)

I'm so glad you appreciated the plot & the misdirection & that it worked for you.

And thanks for bringing up June. I actually felt a little bad posting this for Caffrey-Burke day, b/c I gave as much attention to Neal & June as I did to Neal & Peter. And the story went through a couple of iterations of the June scene before I was really happy with it. Glad you liked.

I think this is a universe that is open to being explored some more - time and muse cooperation permitting (I think my next fic may be something in my kid!Neal 'verse).

Thanks again for the wonderful comments.