Hey, to whoever is a regular reader, I am just letting you know that I have decided to remove Rachel from the story, leaving her back on Earth, as well as doing my best to remove her from any conversations she had with people in the other world, as well as her interactions with Talia.
The reason is simple, and I'm not even sure why I made that choice at the time. Sometimes I tend to take pity on my own characters, even when it doesn't really make sense. Eli got some closure, but I added that she was ultimately scared of Cici and Eli, and stayed on Earth to subsequently move back with her parents. I have been thinking about this for a while, as she would honestly be a useless character, and the drama and the further ribbing of her character I had planned for future chapters just doesn't seem worth it.
While I did think about this for a while, I ultimately saw it as a learning experience and wasn't going to change it. As I have previously stated though, I do care about this story, and it is still a draft of my story in a sense since it isn't published or anything. I feel this change is for the best, as I see no reason to include a character that did cause Eli great pain. Best to just leave the past in the past and be done with it.
Note: While I did have this in my head, I didn't really want to rewrite it. That takes time, but at the same time, it will make things simpler in the future as well. I will admit that someone commenting on the character's inclusion did bring it back to the front of my mind, but I am definitely not changing it because of someone I do not know nor care about the opinion of. There are plenty of things people will and will not like about my story, and that's fine. I will not bend to what other people want. I genuinely believe that the inclusion of the character was a mistake. Thank you all, and take care.