Aw, don't say that. I don't blame you at all. I know even with a beta reader, it is not good to completely depend on the beta to fix everything in one story. That means I'm not learning. Hopefully in the next chapter, I'll do much better. =)
To all good FB's,
I want to say how proud I am of the way all of you who gave feed back to first time writer Desdemona. I beta'd her first chapter and purposely left in 'some' of her tense shifts. I did this so that she could personally experience the effect poor grammar has on the reading experience. I felt that if I fixed everything for her she wouldn't fully comprehend the importance of proper english in a fic. And since several of you so wonderfully pointed this out I feel vindicated.
So you can blame me for the poor grammar that was left and look forward to reading a story that will just get better.
-mike