‘ ‘Excuse me, but you are using the bathroom aren’t you?’ ….she flushed … ‘I was.’ .. I was still reeling from the fact that she was...sitting there and then she stood up pulling her flowered granny panties up over surprisingly voluptuous thighs. She smiled and said her name was Diana. She was wearing what looked to be a catholic school girl’s uniform, knee high socks and all .. … She looked like a white girl, but her voice branded her something else entirely .. kinda sounded a little street. ”He index finger shot up in front of my face. “Show respect. I’m your mother ... don’t you ever ... forget about that.”“I just worry about you.”“I love you too, baby.” She took another drink then blew all the air out of her lungs. “Bill asked me to move in with him.”I fell back against the wall. “You mean you guys are ... you’re not even divorced from Dad yet.”“On paper, but that marriage was over a long time ago.”I tried to think of the last time I heard them making love, late at night through. ”“Waylon Jennings sang it too. To me, he sang it better than Don Williams.”“Yes, you’re right. I love Waylon’s version also. You’re sort of young to remember an old love song like that one. I could never remember all the words, when a line or two of that song would come to mind.”“I like being Amanda ... but I wish I could get off this bed and stand up.”“We’ll have you on your feet as soon as you can put your weight on that ankle.”“You made me forget all about going, and now, you’ve cleaned me. The tape said:"You are tired of being a man. This is because you are only pretending tobe a man. Really you are a woman trapped in a man's body. Yourgirlfriend Carol is trying to keep you trapped in a man's body. She isworried that you will become a more beautiful woman than she is. Everymorning you hear the parrot say "Pretty Polly" you will put on an item ofwomen's clothing but you will think that it is an item of men's clothing. Every time you hear someone say "take your trousers off".