I thought I had been very brave it was the one job I wasn’t happy with doing myself, I had attended a nail parlour in a town far enough away, that I...didn’t care whether or not they believed story about my part that required long nails in the charity Christmas panto, in fact the young girl had probably guessed when I chose the more subtle coral pink varnish rather than the garish bright red tarts gloss that would have been more akin to my non-existent role in the non-existent panto I was home,. And a bunch more at 25. During all that time I went to school and studied history then became a realtor. I became a girl and that’s that.”“Wait. What?!?!?!?”“You got it right, Joe,” Jessi exclaimed. “I’m Emily’s daughter, well, son as you knew it.”“No way. Why’d you do all this,” Joe was exasperated.“I did it because you always made me feel comfortable since I was the boy that stayed in the house and played dolls. Y’all would send me on the porch to play, but I’d always wait a few minutes and. I graduated High school and went to college. I dropped out because Ifucking hated it. It was the same shit and I didn't learn anything I didnot already know. I got a job and I figured that was my path. I began torise though the ranks of business because of my quick wit and I learnedso very fast. Then I began dating girls like crazy. I dated a differentgirl every week. I was bored with that so I began juggling multipledates with different girls every week. I found two or three who didn'tmind. " Would you be romantically interested in me if I was better looking?" Iwasn't sure where these words were coming from. Someone hiding in theforest must be remotely controlling my mouth.She stared at me with her big confused eyes. I stymied her. She didn'tknow what to say. "I'm attracted to you."That was all I needed to hear. We were sitting close to one another somy height didn't make much difference. I had the wine fuelling me. Ileaned close and kissed her. She now had a look of.