I Think I Know How to End This

In fact, I do.

I need to rewrite the first chapter. My notes say, "More amiable." I can do that.

I need to write the last MC POV chapter. There are some good ideas in my head and I'm horrible about getting them into letters n' words in a way that satisfies me.

The last chapter's POV being on the love interest has been planned for nearly as long as the work has been in progress. The chapter will be short and an exercise in showing and not telling. I want the big reveal, which took me months to realize, to happen on the second to last page.

And I want to turn the pathos to eleven.