She intended to go to college, and was not certain of her choice of schools yet. She was leaning on a small school in the Chicago suburbs, which would...allow her to live with Michelle and keep expenses down."And that way, you wouldn't have to worry about certain other stresses, too," Michelle piped in. Sarah grinned, bushed and nodded agreement."As long as we're on that subject, don't you have more to teach her?" Well, yes, there is more, but I thought she might be a little young..." is all I. He put his knife to my skin and started to lightly play with it on my flesh. I froze, trying to keep all my blood inside my body. The knife slid down to where my hands were bound and it rested at the base of a finger. Little one, do you know how sometimes a finger will be cut off and sent to the family to prove a point? I closed my eyes and braced myself, sure he was going to cut me. Instead, the knife cut upwards, cutting the rope that tied my hands to the chair, leaving them tied together. He. “You and Sapha needn’t worry, Tisa,” I told the young woman, addressing her solemnly. “You are Bear Tribe and as such we will protect you. You, Sapha, and Sygor’s child will be taken care of. Whatever you need you will have, you have my word on that. You may stay here in the south, living at Burton’s settlement, or you could go and join Gogra if that is your desire, since many of the people there know you, or if you desire, you can travel north and become a woman of my hearth, protected by me.. " Yes," chipped in his sister, "you make a lovely girl and it's muchnicer than being a nasty boy. We can go shopping, talk about girliethings and be ever so close, now." Let's get you dressed," said practical Mummy.In no time, Michelle, as she was now to be called, was dressed in one ofher sisters dresses and admiring herself in the mirror. She was soobviously a girl now and no one could possibly recognise her when shewent to school the next day to re enrol as a girl.Mummy had wasted no time.