She seemed to transcend the arbitrarycategories of sex and gender. By being neither male nor female but alsoboth, at the same time, she seemed to be m...re, not less, of a man andmore, not less, of a woman.Sheila's explanation astonished Russ. It was profound. Although she wasby no means a stupid person, the depth of her insight rocked the artist.It was a revelation to him that, as an artist, he should have seenhimself. Her understanding not only amazed him, but is also inspiredhim. Throwing back. I’m kind of over it,’ I lied. ‘Plus, he died doing something he loved.’ When he asked how, I told him everything. How he’d been racing his motorcycle in practice for a competition. How he hadn’t seen the obstruction on the road ahead, and how the collision with another bike killed him instantly. I fought my tears. Gradually, we returned to cheerier conversation, and it wasn’t until an hour and a half had passed until we noticed that our oars were floating far from the canoe. ‘Hah!’ he laughed.. I knew she was affiliated with the shelter and I had expected a confrontation with her. The confrontation still came — because they were as regular as a Swiss timepiece — but it didn't involve Hope Haven.I knew the administrator in question had been demoted a few months earlier so I didn't exactly expect a warm welcome. I was happy to know that I would be left relatively alone in the kitchen.The re-heating of the food was easy and I was in the middle of decorating the first batch of cookies —. I knew her for years, but lately she was acting totally different to me. She had grown to a nice cute 5'3'' or so, and was slender butstrong...her body looked like it was 21, but her voice and personality were strictly teeny-bopper. Her tits were growing heavy already, butstill firm in her bra. Christ though, it was her lower half that made me nuts that day....she was playing tennis, bouncing around the court all inwhite, athletic shoes, short bobbi socks, tanned and muscled legs going up into.