.. he cares. He really cares about them. It was such a wonderful thing to see. I just don't know how to handle it. Look what he even got me." There be...ore her was a bead kit, CD player and three CD's."Val," came Jeff's voice from beside her. Val turned to find the agent kneeling next to her with her brother and sister on each side of him."Val, I do care. I read the full report. I know what you told the DA. I wish I could have been there to make it all stop and take you away from all the hurts. "American Court doesn't hold much weight at all, if you don't want to go. They'd have to apply to a British Court, and there'd have been a hearing. You'd have heard by now... he's trying to fleece you into going. Once you're there things would be easier for him..." To do what?" Marcus asked, but Ally could only shake her head that she didn't know."What could it all be about?" Lorraine asked."Maybe he wants to challenge the adoption?" Nick offered, with a shrug."Now? After all this time." I'm an. I have to get this done, I reach over and hold Ashley’s shoulder: My hand grasps softly, my arm pulls her sturdily. She turns easily, like a sack of rice, a burlap sack. “Listen, I am telling you this is all fine, don’t get down about it.” She didn’t like this at all, her face tensed, it revolted against my words. She spoke softly but with great force, in short restrained stabbing movements. “Don’t tell me this is fine, my friend is dead, your friend.” She looked down for only an instant, “and. By the end of the third term, I had begun to spend more time in my room, dressing regularly again. It was coming to the end of the year and everyone just thought I was busy studying. Instead, I was experimenting with different looks and had begun shopping for clothes online.I had become obsessed with the female form, the way women looked in magazines and adverts, and started writing an anonymous blog about cross-dressing. I had found a new friend online who commented on everything I wrote,.