I continued to correspond with my “fans”, write my short story, adding bits here and there. I knew I couldn’t release my story until there was some point I felt I could disconnect from my ‘character’, felt I’d gone as far with my portrayal as I could and there was some conclusion.
However, these women were so alone, so tragic that to cease to respond to their emails would hurt them.
So here was my conundrum; publish my story and perhaps expose the fact that I was impersonating their beloved actor; meaning that everything they shared with me might humiliate them, or continue to hold my story and write my brief emails.