That was fine with Dad. He had the Mariners on.Erin wound up talking to Mom and helping her with dinner as much asshe could with the twins in arms. ...ary and the boys landed in theliving room with Dad and Tony as they watched the Mariners. That wasgood with Erin because she was very close to Mom and if she needed totalk about child care or feelings or how to relate to a husband, aprivate conversation with Mom was best. And she did want to talkabout all those things.In particular, Erin asked. He felt ashamed. Noreal boy would have turned down a day to play ball so they could do thegirly things he did today. Johnny would never have agreed to go withgirls while they tried on dresses. Chris was sure he never watched soapoperas or helped his sister with her hair and make-up. Why do I act likea stupid girl sometimes, he asked himself? He thought again of Molly'sdress. He felt the familiar excitement when he pictured it. Again thegirl in the catalog was walking across his imagination,. If he did, then what?Jack's cousin, Jason, lived two streets away, but that would mean being found out, and Jason was the last person he wanted to see him dressed like this. If anybody were to find out his secret Jack decided that Jenny would be the most understanding, but to walk home would take hours, and it would be getting light soon.As he close the boot of his car Jack remembered the car phone and decided that his only option was to phone Jenny.The interior light of the car lit up and Jack. ”“Jamie? Do you want to talk?”“You should say something first, then I will. Let’s see if we can get cooperation. Detectives, given the gloves, I’d strongly suggest not trying to fingerprint anyone.”“For now, we’ll let that go,” Detective Poplawski said. “But we may revisit it.”We all went to the next room and I quickly recapped for the team what had happened, asked for their cooperation, then turned things over to Jamie. He explained that nobody was required to speak to the police, but he.