I took aweek off, letting my teaching assistants handle the lectures. I returnedto school to with tape on my nose and sat in on my TA lectures,partici...ating only when a question came up they could not answer. As Ihealed before their eyes, it is as if they adjusted their memory of myface with the healing nose they saw. In fact, I have only had a few toask about my facial change and they are folks I had not seen in a whilewho only had the before and after images and not the transition fromswollen. "I may needyour help to go back." I have personal experience of female movement!" she snorted, openingthe door of the car. "I don't know how to move like a man." You seem to be doing a good job of pointing out when I don't!" Isaid."I'm only trying to help," she said. "Come on then, get in." I should drive," I said. "I always used to drive us when I was Dave.Besides I haven't driven for six months. I need the practice." Okay," she agreed.She'd always like being chauffeur-driven. She went. He felt so dirty, yet he could not wash. Even if he were, he knew that no amount of washing could clean away this filth. With much effort, he pulled his mind away from his suffering and concentrated on less troubled times. He sought out more memories of Kate. He hoped that his disappearance was not putting strain on her pregnancy. She had started her third trimester last week. The doctor had warned her to take it easy. He could see her face in his mind and reached out to hold her. He. But there were plenty of fish in the sea. Maybe, suggested Candy, Helen could try fishing in a different pool, one where the men appreciated a strong woman who could handle a real man.This cheered Helen up to no end. Being called strong and in need of a real man fed her ego and made her susceptible to Candy's next suggestion, a blind date with a biker friend of Candy's cousin, Gord. Helen wasn't too sure, but because the advice came from her only friend, Helen agreed and Candy made the.