“I was thinking we would order in tonight. It is a school night after all. I will take you out on the town tomorrow I promise. That sound ok?”“T...at’s perfect. I’m beat from all the travelling and a chilled evening sounds great. I’m going to jump in the shower and freshen up.”I placed an order for a couple of pizzas and tuned in some music through the media centre. Tom, my other housemate, would be in for the evening so I ordered for all of us. Tom was a quiet type who mostly kept to himself. We. Of course, now thatthe session with the clients was over, I was asked not to drink hisurine so that was one task less.In about two weeks the bandages were fully removed and my face was dabwashed with sponge. I was then shown the mirror and let out a slightscream. I felt that I had become ugly but Mala reassured me that as soonas I start living normally my face would shape up and I would lookbeautiful.Indeed, in just two or three days, the small swelling got fully reducedand I was admiring the. "She ... explained what Tina did. Andshe said she agreed with it. But she didn't tell me exactly why. Or whatkind of person I used to be. What kind of man, I mean." She paused."Seems weird to think I was a man. I mean I'm not now." She gave a weaksmile. "Obviously." She looked off into the distance for a moment andthen seemed to come back to herself, her expression once again serious."Jordan said she would explain about who I used to be - if I asked. Butshe ... asked me not to. Ask her, I mean.. Askew left the three men discussing how they would present the foundation and Sean’s expectations for Prestonwood to their local council, and then to the Church leadership in Nashville. Mrs. Askew called back over her shoulder, “I’ll be back in a couple of hours, Bernie. If you and Jim want to sit down and work out more of the details, or need me to make any phone calls, we can handle it when I return.”Both men just nodded as the trio continued out of the building towards the parking lot. As.