Great, I thought. Now I’ll have to socialize and sit through a football game when I could be using the time on more important things at home. I acce...ted his offer of a cold beer and settled into the sofa. I’ve never followed sports so I looked around the living room. Except for a couple of small framed portraits of him with his wife, there were no personal decorations. That’s when I remembered that he lived elsewhere but kept a furnished apartment for when he was teaching.At the end of the. 'Weheard that you were in the hospital and blinded," says Tabitha in betweentears. Syntyche just says over and over, "are you Okay?" I kneel downand hug my siblings, and say, "I am just banged up a little bit, that'sall. Kids in school always exaggerate stories. Everything is alright."I look up and see who had brought over my siblings, and see Hepzibah andmy Aunty Eden. Hepzibah is holding several spare school uniforms and isbarely keeping hir emotions in check. Hepzibah values hir family. Rich to my mother. "He can'thelp it. It's in his nature."Dr. Richt focused on me and said, "I know this is traumatic for you andI'm not suggesting you start living your life as a girl today. I thinkyou should ease into it. Take advantage of the room your parents gaveyou and dress appropriately when you're in it. Ask your mother to buyyou some magazines like "Seventeen" and "Glamour". Watch a few of thosemovies that women refer to as 'chick flicks'. Talk to your mom aboutthe topics daughters. Mr. Selznick, I mean Norm, was a man in his early-fifties and very supportive of the staff so it was no surprise when he gave me a huge hug and held my hand as tears soaked his shirt. "Norm," I sobbed, "I can't believe this is happening to me. I've tried to be the best teacher possible and yet, now you say I've been terminated. It's not fair!" "You're right, Eve. You are a wonderful teacher and a beautiful person. Look, you are only twenty-three. You're a gorgeous woman with a lifetime.