And there, inbright pink, was the answer." Oh no. "The guy was wearing panties; hewas some kind of cross-dresser. Maybe there was another option that ...hepatient would prefer. So I asked Powell that if there wasn't enoughtissue to make a decent penis, would be possible to give the patient avagina instead? He pointed out that he couldn't salvage enough to do apenile inversion but, since we had to do a bowel resection anyway, hecould readily do an intestinal vaginoplasty. So I went ahead and. And I had a prepared speech too, a tribute toPam. I noticed her mom dabbing her eyes while I spoke, and that did itfor me too. I could barely finish.Then Ben invited anyone with an amusing story to tell about me or Mark tocome to the microphone. Unfortunately, there was no shortage of takers,especially on my side. When Julia came up I was terrified that she'd beunable to resist saying something incriminating, and when she began withthe story of how I came to her rescue with Justin, I thought. Mary was talking to the kids and I glanced outside in the parking lot. I saw a black car parked maybe fifty feet behind our car. I couldn't see any reason for him being there. I called the chief and asked if he had us followed. When he told me no, I mentioned the car in the parking lot.Twenty minutes later I saw a police cruiser pull up and arrest the man. The chief called me back and said the man had no valid reason to be at a kid's facility. He was searched, as well as his car. They found he. I sat on the threshold of what was my condo, an empty home, for about an hour that afternoon. I cried my heart out and then I rose up, went inside and took a long shower. When I finished, I sat naked at my kitchen table and looked around. It was like looking at a home furnishings display at Lowe’s. There was no life in the home and none in me. After a progression of eight men, including old Hedge, I had no husband. I had no desire for another man. I had not been with a man since that afternoon.