HeartTheft Chapters 17-18 (Patreon)

HUGE apologies, I attempted to get y'all caught up through edited chapters before I went on my cross-country trip (work-related, not as fun as it sounds, although we managed to sneak in a trip to the grand canyon :D) and apparently somehow missed posting Chap. 17.  I had both files in the folder and hadn't realized only one had gone up.

So, amended, here are both chapters 17 & 18.  I had zero means of posting these while I was traveling, since my Patreon was not accessible, and I didn't have the up-to-date word doc with me. I actually tried walking our home guard through the process over the phone, but could not deduce which files were edited and ready for posting, and at that point I was four days away from home, so.  I'm just really sorry, is my point!  I'm sure it must've sucked waiting : (