The afternoon whiled away with me working and Mrs. Pierce periodically giving instructions, but less and less often as time wore on. I was acutely con...cious of her attention and tried my best to work around the flowers without disturbing a single petal.About every half hour, Mrs. Pierce got up and I moved her chair a few feet farther along so she could be close enough to see what I was doing. On the third move, she was napping. Still on my knees, I took the time to look at her. Her knees were. ..Then when we found out you were going to be a boy, I was the happiestman in the world. And now you're taking that away from me." I can't help who or what I am," I say. "And believe me, I've tried." Not hard enough," dad snarls. "I don't want another daughter, I wantmy son!" And if Eddy had been 'Emily', would you love him any less?" I ask."Well- no, of course not," dad retorts."So why would you love me any less if I was a girl?" I ask, smirking asdad fails to answer my question. "Six months. In no time she stood at the doors of Holodeck Four. She took a deep breath, then activated the Holodeck's imaging system."Computer, run program Beverly Alpha One." She said. "Lock out all external monitoring and access ... Authorization Crusher Nine Nine Four." Program engaged, all external monitoring and access locked out." Replied the Computer. "You may enter when ready."Straightening her shoulders, Beverly stepped between the sliding door ... and into her own sickbay.It always amazed her,. Now you may ask why I never told Peter, but the truth is, he never really hurt me or touched me anywhere but my ass.Peter went to bed early (as usual) and I sat down in the Den with my lap-top and shot off two e-mails, one to Bill telling him to make sure he was at the house by 4 PM and I also told him that Peter would be home until almost three so I would not be able to get on line and do my thing for him and my audience.I hit "send" and almost instantly he replied back for me not to worry, he.