You're the one that needs it." It'll be good to be home," Jenny agreed. "I've been getting to the point where I needed it."You needed it months ago, B...ake thought. He changed the subject. "Are you going to check on that snake thing while you're home?" He beeped the horn at some jerk that cut him off. Between the gambling and the booze, there were a lot of idiots running around Vegas."No way," she said. "I don't want anyone to know that I've got anything to do with it. It's just my way of doing. My hair was way too short but if I could give it even a hint of stylemay be enough to confuse the lady. I will have to curl my hair likeMother did on Saturdays. But to be sure I got away with it I would haveto do it so carefully that no one would notice.I planned my outing on a Friday so it would be less crowded and thisgave me plenty of time to return the curlers I borrowed from Mother.Brenda had curlers also but that would be much harder to do especiallysince I would have to wear them. Icouldn't help but compare it to my own childhood, with its silences andstorms of rage, and found myself envying Allison.If I had had a home like this maybe . . . Soon, we were finisheddinner, and curled up on a couch watching TV. I felt safe in a wayunlike anything I had felt before. I found myself thinking that if Inever got back to my old life, this one wasn't a bad one.My parents helped me go to my room, and for the third time since I wasstuck in Allison's body I had a flash of her memory.. The sun hadjust set but it was still fairly warm. As we walked I noticed the clop-clop sound my shoes made. I'd always loved that aspect of girls wearingheels, but now that sound was synchronized to my walking. It felt a bitweird.We reached the heart of the park, and took a step into a gazebo that hadbeen built there. I turned and faced Jasmine and smiled, saying "I'm soglad you've supported me in this, Tom. I don't know what I would havedone without you. I hope that I can do well for you.