Right from the start, things were fucked up. It's like I was doomed to not knowing real parental love as a child."I gathered Kitty in my arms and rock...d her gently. "Oh, baby," I crooned. "I know it was rough. That's why we tried to make it as good as possible for you when you first got here. And now, I promise, you will never know fear or terror like that ever again." I know, Daddy," Kitty sighed. "I thank God every day for you. You're my lover, my teacher, and still in so many ways, a parent. She looked at him with curiosity. Lou didn’t have a clue. Lunch was almost over and both had to get back soon. ‘I have to get back and clock in’, said Jerry. ‘So what is it you are thinking about’, asked Lou. ‘I’ll talk to you soon’, he replied, but only winked at her. That confused her, at first. He was almost in the door when she yelled out to him just before he went in, ‘You mean me?’ He turned his head around, smiled, winked and gave her a quick wave. She blushed with a throbbing flush of. It had been so fast. One moment her eyes had met the highwayman's again and the next there was a flurry of movement, the noise, the smoke and now stillness. She felt no sadness to look upon his crumpled form. Nor was she numbed as one might expect. She did, however, feel the tip of the highwayman's rapier at her throat. She looked down the length of the blade into the man's eyes, she saw fear in them. Fool! Had that pistol fired he would have been killed! It took every ounce of his strength to. I think you need training for that or something. I can spot the really powerful ones, and the ones who know usually tell me one way or another. You..."She paused and looked at him a moment. "You've got something, but it seems kinda small and weak. You're fighting the change, but more and more of you knows you're a girl now. The shrinks at the center will probably be able to help you a lot. I just sell swim suits. Speaking of which..."She pulled him over to one rack, then another, picking out.