"When I left the office, my mind was nearly made up. I could see one setof doors closing and another future opening up before me. I called backdown to...see Fran."How did you get on?" I think I have just had the bum's rush. There was no apology for gongback on his previous proposal. He just said that if I wanted to come backin as a transgender officer, I had to clear it with HR and that I wouldbe protected from any miss treatment." How are you feeling now?" This morning I was offered a place on a. One of the many wonderful things about my boyfriend was that he always made me laugh. We were both a couple of jokers, and whenever he laughed at one of my silly one-liners, he would laugh long and loud. His laugh was so infectious and it would always make me grin from ear to ear. Every second with him I cherished. We reached the chip shop and bought a portion of chips each, both soaked in vinegar. We sat on a wall as we ate, away from a group of menacing chavs in a corner. We ignored them.. You also, just like in NASCAR races, see some spectacular crashes when something bad happens. I had been in my share of both in my career, and I preferred a pace line that worked properly to a pile of twisted bike parts and limbs!Since none of the ladies on my team had any racing experience, and we were not really racing anyway, I decided that we would start at the beginning and move on from there, so it was with a bit of confusion, and laughter, that I told them we would be working on this. Stephie is not your responsibility, Steve. You can’t fix this. And if you try, you’re going to fail, and you could take everything down with you.”“I was there for YOU in Indianapolis!” I protested.“You were. And that was different. You and I were basically a couple, working towards a goal. We fell short, but at the time, you were the right person to be there. If that happened now, you couldn’t do the same thing. I can’t be your primary focus! As much as it might hurt me to say that, I simply.