”Which is what happened. Celia stopped in mid flow, and a minor miracle happened in the intervening silence.“Well, perhaps you’re right,” said...her mother. “Darling, I had hopes for you with David here, and you broke up. I was so relieved when you found someone else, and he was handsome and wealthy, and seemed to be in love with you ... I just longed for you to be settled with a nice man as you had been with David.”“But you didn’t approve of David!” Celia countered.“I didn’t approve of you. He gets off on befriending men who are goingthrough the change, then as they transform he seduces them. He'snotorious in this city for it.''Jesus...' Carl stared across the garden.'It's like some kind of fetish. There's a support group for people likeyou in Manchester... it meets in one of the colleges in the evening. Ihelp with the running of it. There was a drama class happening therethe same night, and Maxwell was doing some teaching for it. As soon ashe found out about our group, he started. Had it not been for what I could see through the little site shed window, Id never have given it a second glanceLinda Lusardy ( I think thats how she spells her name) Naked on a calendar on the scruffy wall. I’d noticed several times that the door had a padlock but they must have lost the key because every night it would be wedged shut with something heavy and the door wasn’t properly locked.I decided to raid the shed and steel the calendar. That night after dark I slipped into the shed and. Then my street clothes. I go to an adult bookstore & the clerks don't care at all what you wear. They are always pleasant. Also wore a pair of 3 inch black pumps. So I get my tokens & enter the booth area. So I'm cruising the booths looking at the movie menus. Several guys doing the same. Now these booths have glory holes but also glass which clears when both booths press a button enabling each to see one another. Another guy enters the area & he's a tall handsome light skinned black.