It was as much her decision to go ahead with it as his. His argument was of course, irrefutable. Her career would have been over; they would have foun... it hard to live on their meagre one-person earnings, in a one bedroom flat, with little food. Yet, he offered to pay for everything, the private hospital fees, the aftercare, even the taxi.Selfishness and money, they’re evil; especially when they act together to devolve all responsibility. Yes, it was as much her decision as his, but he didn’t. They shared, sitting close together on their picnic tables and taking licks from each other’s cones, kissing in between, ‘stardust sprinkled cones of chocolate and vanilla’ in Katherine’s imagination, until they were gone. On the way home, Jim held her hand, ‘Jim.’ ‘Yes, Kate.’ ‘My grandmother has been a lot on my mind lately and I haven’t seen her since my divorce. Grandma is going to be 96 next month. Grandma Mavis is the only blood relative I have left.’ ‘You want me to talk to Bobby, don’t. He married a woman when he was26 who was never very comfortable with his feminine lifestyle. Theyloved each other deeply and he ended up never cross dressing again. Thatmade me feel sad for him.Five years ago, he became a widow and realized that he long to make upwhat he missed out as a girl by making it possible for others. He hadtransformed two girls prior to me, both who ended up having SRS and arenow married. He said it warmed his heart and let him vicariously liveout through their. "That's the first time you ever knew right away about a substantial new ability." No, I suspected I could create a portal between someone's brain and the near absolute zero of outer space for a long time, but I'd never had an opportunity to test the theory until that incident in San Diego," Alex explained. "In this case, it wasn't so much knowing about a new ability as it was recalling what I'd previously done." So it was part of your recovered memories?" Melinda asked."I hate that term, since.