Great progress, everyone!
Ken, now you've really piqued my curiosity about what is going on with Kelli!
Trimmed 57 words away this morning in rewriting the second half of chapter 27 to fit changes made earlier in the storyline. The changes were good ones and should tighten the plot and raise the tension level, but it does mean having to completely reframe this part of the chapter. I'll get there -- it's just taking a while!
ETA on Friday night: Total of 582 words trimmed away today after realizing that the chapter needed major surgery, first part hived off and added to the end of the previous chapter, final parts hived off and put at the top of the next chapter, and the squishy middle deleted entirely. Okay, now I can relax. (It's sad, isn't it?!)