. I also have to take a protein shake every day that?s mostlyalready broken down, and it has a mix of hormones and blockers in ittoo.?Tom then stated ...ore than asked, ?So that brings you to why you arehere... You are transitioning...?I nod at him and then look towards Sam, who?s eyes are open wide as she?slooking at me, and I say, ?Even though I don?t want to...?Bree, the lady next to me, asked me, ?So you didn?t want to be a girl??I nodded. ?I still don?t want to be a girl... I liked being a. " Her eyes narrowed at me. "I think you just don'twant to be my friend anymore. So you're making up outrageous stories tocover the fact that you've moved on."I blinked, nearly falling backward. "Moving on. To whom?" Tabitha." She spoke the words as if they were completely and utterlytrue."What? Now that's just crazy." I pointed at the window, as if the blondein question were hanging around outside like some preppy vampire. "I can'teven stand Tabitha, Sarah. You know this."She mimicked me by. That was off the table. That’s been off the table since my chat with Leroy, at least. Part of what appeals to me about you is ... well, Leroy can’t keep a secret, if you catch my drift. He spilled it all. Except Dennis, which he didn’t know about, of course. Hate to say it, but it’s true. But can you blame him? He’s so excited, like a giddy schoolboy at times!” Clayton laughed.“Guilty as charged,” Leroy blushed and shrugged, “sorry, guys.”“Hey, it’s cool. Just don’t tell a soul about this. We. Only strangers to the tavern, seeing him for the first time met his gaze. The others, the regulars who he could now see knew as if it was general knowledge how Mayla had manipulated him couldn’t seem to look him in the eyes. Perhaps ashamed of the small part they played in her charade.Scarlett felt sick. He had loved it here. Loved meeting new people, learning new things. But everything he had learned, had written down in his diaries had been a waste. He couldn’t trust any of what had come from.