It's a real kick in the head, but it happens;there's a context for it. Moms being doctors, dad's dating other men.There are even children's books abou... this sort of stuff.But to have your father announce that he is now a she, that he's decidedto become your mom instead...well, I'm sorry, but that's still outside therealm of what anyone can reasonably expect a nineteen-year-old to dealwith, that's just plain fucked-up. That just makes a mockery ofeverything; it's as if he--I'm sorry "she"--just. "Where's the artifact?" Over here, got it." Taysha whispered.The artifact was a necklace with a gray pendantwith Janus on the front.Mr. Lawrence would be pissed off to find hisprecious necklace gone, reason enough to take it.He and I were long time enemies, since my first dayat school."Okay, now all I need to do is get outta here withoutdisrupting anything else." I told Taysha.As we were leaving, Taysha put the necklace on."Get that off, Taysha. Its incredibly fragile." Iwarned."Oh, you're. ..Icouldn't do anything....He was leaning on the counter; I couldn't tell If he was wearinganything under the thick white hotel robe, but his chest and legs werebare....he put his drink down on the counter and came up to me slowly...Gently, he put his arms around me and pulled my head into hischest...one hand on my lower back and the other on my head, juststroking my hair slowly..."Shhhhh, baby...it's ok...shhhhhh....shhhhhh....." We were quiettogether for a few minutes....I was lost...we had. Harry had been asking the same question for the last hour. "About 5 minutes away" Harrys father replied. We finally arrived at the house. It was an old cottage beside the railway line. It had been painted recently but was dirty due to the trains going past. I grabbed my bags out of the car and took them inside. "Which bedroom are we in?" I asked Harry. "First room on the right, I think." Harry said. I went into the room and put my bags beside one of the two single beds. I looked out the window.