.happ...ened? Why am I h....here?" You've been ill. Jane. This is a special hospital. You got an infectionthat affected your mind. You had hallucinati...ns. You imagined things, butyou are now on the mend."Jane struggled to find the words. "But my body is wrong. I'm not really awoman, am I? I'm a man." Rose shook her head with a patient smile. "No, no, that must be anotherhallucination. You are a woman, a pretty one too. Now shhh, just relaxand I'll wash you." "W.. who are y.. you?" "I'm Rose,. It was time for Jane to get some of what she considered real play. Besides which, if she went into a sparring session tomorrow with this much frustration saved up, things could get complicated. Especially since Chad had been becoming more of a problem of late. The guy just didn't like Ken, and that was that, but he was unable to separate that dislike from training. Truth be told, Ken had done everything he could to keep things on an even keel, but nothing seemed to be working, and he was. "*** The next morning, as Karen and the new husband of hers were having breakfast in their hotel's restaurant, Michael grew serious and said, "Karen, there's something I really think you ought to know about Danielle's genetic makeup." "Michael!" Karen wasn't sure she wanted to hear the answer to the question she was asking. "Are you trying to tell me that you're really Danielle's father?" "No! Not by any stretch of the imagination! Truth be told, last night was a first for me as it was for. So I resolved. If there was any pleasure in it for Frank, who was I to withhold it? And if he didn't like it, I could soon make it up to him by devising some special treat for 'Dickie'.I had to wait a few days to pluck up courage and choose an opportunity. In fact, courage-wise I let several opportunities slip. I can also say that not a single college class from those few days has stayed in my mind. Two naked people, standing in the bath beneath the shower head. When I turned off the shower and.