If he threw himself out, Gabe would befree. It was the only way. "Gabe, I love you. I always have," he said tohim.Gabe gave him an amazed look. "Well,...I love you, too, Jane."Juan gave him an odd look, not understanding. Gabe came over to him andgave him a passionate kiss. They continued to kiss for a few minutes evenas Juan was losing a few inches of height and appeared to be thinningout. His hair grew out, black and wavy as before. Gabe adjusted himselfas he kissed down Juan's neck and finally. I would put itin the hands of fate, I dramatized.Once Jamie was ready I walked him downstairs and gave him breakfast,just cereal with milk and a banana, cinnamon toast and orange juice,nothing fancy. While he was eating I got the phone book and looked upthe number for Priscilla's Pageant and Performance. I dialed and got arecording, as I expected. I left her a message, cryptically remindingher that I was the mother of the redheaded girl who she photographedlast week and asking her to call me. Speak to me when you kiss your chosen gently on the cheek and await the world. Speak to me of desire when you have fought the hordes of morality, black man, as you hold on to the not-so-black woman. Speak to me of desire when you, redneck, look into the eyes of a black woman and smile warmly, feeling nothing but the vaunted Southern gentleman within your soul. Speak to me of desire, most honored Asian gentleman, when you face ages of tradition and honor with your Eastern love held close. Speak. " Oh, I know. One of the last things our counselor said to me was how unique she found my situation, in that she found my parent's behavior both totally shocking and totally legal. It's not against the law to manipulate people. Laws prohibit certain actions, while manipulation is the attitude behind the actions. How could you ever write a law against an attitude? Take an otherwise legal action and make it illegal because of a sick attitude associated with it? Eric..." Yeah?" I've been.