And I don't believe that Peter Piper the Senior Customs Officer was a reluctant partner in a shadowy conspiracy to bar Crystal Passion from ever enter...ng America.On the other hand, it would be difficult for Polly to make such grandiose claims for Crystal Passion and her music if she didn't present our disastrous final tour as one that had been deliberately sabotaged. I don't think she could have called the biography Crystal Passion: Saviour of Rock and make so many bold claims if our tour. Enjoy the pleasure I can offer. Do not think about the problems of the world. In the grand scheme of things, your concerns mean nothing. They’re trifling, cumbersome things that weigh needlessly upon you. Let them go. Let them just…” she held my head in her hands, and began running her nails in gentle circles about the nape of my neck, “…slide off you, little one.”I didn’t know what she was even talking about anymore. My entire being was just the transient sensations tickling the back of my. ”“I understand.”“I just want Jackie to be happy.”“Transitioning isn’t easy,” Glenn replied. “Carla once told me how difficult it was, but she said for her, it was the choice of a difficult life or no life at all.”“I think if Jackie returns to school as a girl, she should be open and up-front about it. If she’s confident in herself and can brush off the snickers and comments, I think she will be accepted.”“I think you’re right. If she refuses to let the bullies get her goat, they’ll move on to. Suddenly the pretty, smiling face seemed to swim in my vision and reform under a small spray of brown hair across a shining bald pate. I choked on a sip of beer I hadn't started to take yet.Paul, not under that dazzling glare of attention from the girl, said it."Mike?" She looked at him. "You...you look great!"Her smile spread and I thought she was one of the most gorgeous women I'd ever seen.Chapter 4I'd stopped at my apartment, gotten my stuff, and arrived at Mrs. Conklin's in ten minutes.