Hee! You pretty much said everything I wanted to say :)

Also, John felt so flattened by circumstance; I'd go so far to say he was depressed. (which by the way, she was able to really make me feel - I too felt flat while reading the John pov and almost felt like crying for the poor man - good writing)

Yes, poor baby. I felt so badly for him. And Francesca! *sniff*