ButI never mixed my two worlds, and nobody knew. Not my co-workers, noteven my girlfriend, Alli. While she and I frequently stayed at eachother's apar...ments, I was careful to keep my girl clothes and makeupstored safely in a locked closet tucked away under the stairway of mytownhouse.I'd even gotten away with some little feminine habits like getting mybrows arched and my nails done - clear polish only except when I wastreating myself to a big night as a girl. I was 28 and had a good jobwith a. I finally financed it on my credit record, since Russ owed everything in his name. We were almost as deeply in debt as we had been when we moved here. And the tuition problem was looming on the horizon even back then. We didn't get into that mess through lack of foresight, dear."Once Russ came in shaking because of a near miss in the car. That night, he laughed at himself. 'Why was I worrying?' he asked. 'That car crash would have settled all our problems.' That scared me. Going broke worried. Her name was Rose Kipner. She had dance under the name the Azure Rose. I don’t know why she stood out to me from all the others but from the moment I saw her I knew she was what I was looking for. Maybe it was because she didn’t come from some far off place but from right around here. Towns who’s names I knew. She went to high school in a town nearby. Hell my Mom and Dad went to the same school. Come to think of it my Grandmother did too. I wonder if she had known Rose. When she was still Rose. It read and I quote:Jiju, earlier in the day when I was crossing you, you held my waist. That was okay with me, considering there was no other way we could have got across. But what intrigued me was something hard poked me. I need to know what it was. And why did it happen? Then I also had a tough time locating my brassiere in my bathroom. I knew I had left it on the railing, but I found it on the floor below, a few feet away. The cloth basket was all messed up. I want to know who put my bra on.