"Iswear, my dad sends me there every summer just so I'll appreciate himmore."Though I couldn't see Kara through the phone, I could clearly picturethe ...ook on her face as she rolled her eyes. The two of us had knowneach other a long time, so I'd seen the expression often enough to haveit imprinted on my mind."Anyway," Kara continued. "I was thinking we could go see a movietomorrow. I've been wanting to check out that new Transformers one." Maybe," I responded half-heartedly, my reluctance. . easy. Would me struggling and failing mean it was real?"No. I always struggled with that feeling. That wouldn't prove anythingI've had the feeling of failure many times in my regular life,especially dealing with being transgendered."I sighed. I had no choice but to continue acting as if this was realuntil I could prove it wasn't.The rest of the day was literally smooth sailing. We made supper onboard the Elvish ship a tradition and I enjoyed my visits there verymuch. Away from his crew and. We heard a car pull into the gravel lot, and Tammy looked up. "Pizza'shere," she announced with an excited grin.As soon as Dave paid the delivery boy she curled her arm in his andwalked him toward his car."This is the part that's hard for a Daddy to handle," he said turningtoward the playground."Why, what's wrong?" Mommy asked.Grace giggled then pulled her pacifier out of her mouth sucking it inand out. "Gracie Martin, you stop that before I turn you over my knee,"her Mommy said.Monica reached. Thankfully, the Knight, while a complete pain in his ass, had enough propriety to maintain proper recognition of rank when they were within earshot of others. Barely. Rael realized he was sporting the barest of smiles as he reflected on his old friend’s behavior. And as quickly as it came, it went, buried under the bile in his throat and rage in his belly. The Knight didn’t like to think of himself as an angry, bitter man but no matter how he tried, there it was, a hard knot of hatred that.