....The reply stopped his heart and left him stunned...."oh she's not gone...just changed her name and looks is all"When he walked out of the club...h... felt the charm around his neck...gone was the shinning reminder ....in it's place was a lifeless chunk of golden metal..gone was the pride ...the charm now only a weight that hung about his neck.....he had wandered into the park...not caring where he went...he had tired and sat to think....he wanted to cry...to scream....he was angry..He would. ” This set the melon farmer off on another fit of laughter at the naiveté of his companion.“That is not the dragon,” he laughed. “That is the town of Lastford. That is where I take my melons to be traded for the goods I need for the next year.”“The next year?” asked Steven. “Do you mean you live here, but your village is on the other side of the river?” He began to get very excited. “Then there must be a way to cross the river. Is there a great tree that has fallen across it so we can walk. "I won't blameyou if you hate me for hiding this from you. Before I met you, I usedto dress up nights and weekends. I've been doing this since I got outof school. Even before then, I used to fantasize about being a girl,ever since I snuck into my mother's closet and tried on some of herclothes when I was a kid. It used to turn me on, and even now I stillget a rush from it, but that's not the reason I'm doing this now."The girl sat back on the sofa and crossed her silky legs. "When westarted. As I was traveling home from a long business trip, I realized I had to piss really bad. Noticing the sign for a rest area a few miles up the road, I decided I would stop there. As I got out of my car, I noticed the normal few cars around and several 18-wheelers in the parking lot.As I entered the bathroom, there were 6 urinals along with about 5 stalls. An older gentlemen was at the end urinal and I went one in the middle. I glanced toward the older guy and gave the normal "what's up" nod with.