Not that the Sergeant hadn't performed admirably with the local exposure of Seekers. The Captain in charge of the post wasn't a Son, but he knew that ...alim was favored by someone at headquarters. The Captain wouldn't be a problem. The Major in charge of the three posts on the western side of the Lebanon Mountains might be a problem. Salim mentally sighed as, not for the first time, he questioned the reasoning behind not having a Son in a leadership position. He sighed again as he returned his. " Okay, Momma. But what about my bleeding shouldn?t I go to the doctor?" Honey, I'll call Doctor Melanie Brown, your mother's and mygynecologist to get you in, Monday." Thanks, Granny."Momma took me to the bathroom and prepared the tub for me. While it wasfilling, she told the men about me, "Damn it! Now our son is ourdaughter! If only we'd chosen breast forms and a gaffe," Daddy sighed."Lee, the only way to have avoided this was to have moved away. But howwere you to know that this?d have. “I can see it’s important.”Slowly shaking her head, the blonde replied, “It’s not that I’m keeping anything secret from you, I suppose I’ve just started to have a different perspective on things.” When she saw the blank look of incomprehension on Lynette’s face, she continued, “Yesterday, John was telling Jehanna to start thinking like an immortal ... and he was right; some things we take for granted look very different when you can live forever.”“Nope, you’ve still lost me,” Lynette admitted. He hadn't wanted to be around when Doyle or Marcusor any of the dozen others that he had pleasured found out that had beenthe work of another boy. He had walked home quickly that night, wantingto be inside away from prying eyes. Suddenly the look he had perfected,the make up and hair, the dresses, the shaved legs, it all felt wrong onhim. Arriving home, he had run to the bathroom and scrubbed desperatelyto remove every last trace of eye liner, lip gloss and foundation. He hadthrown his dress.