However, this has meant that when I want to go out as 'Caroline', Iusually have to hire a hotel room in somewhere like a Travelodge where Ican get cha...ged for male to female mode. This is not only inconvenientbut also an expensive addition to the cost of an outing.I live in a small cul-du-sac on a newish housing estate. Although mosthouses on the estate are either detached or semis, mine is one of ashort terrace. The houses opposite are similar. This means that it isdifficult to get in and out. She inserted him into her car, stowed his bags and then drove him home. Little was said on the journey but Cassie could see him looking about him, drinking in the details of his surroundings. Even though it had only been a few days that he had been in hospital, it seemed like a lifetime and everything felt new."I'm glad to be back," he said at length, "and so happy you're coming home with me."Cassie smiled at that, her eyes on the road."I'm glad too," she said, and both knew she wanted to say. "My fault?" he asked."For shooting the wrong chromosomes in me in the first place? Menchoose the gender, right?" said Mrs. Alessio. "You wasted almostsixteen years for my daughter, and I'm not making that mistakeagain." Honey, calm down. I know you dressed him up for the party, butRonnie is little. He's not Alex," lectured his father. "He's afootball player, and obviously way too young for any crazy surgerieslike Alex just had. Give him a chance to become a man, and the oddsof two boys being. ??She also apparently carried a briefcase with her, which made Bliss considerthe idea that this wasn?t just a house-call. This woman was all about business, even if her attire wasstrange. Bliss let her in. ?Why thank you, Miss Alexandra, you are most kind.? Theelderly woman spoke in high British. At the name ?Alexandra? Bliss?s back bristled, she hated tobe called anything other than her first name.?Which was silly, she knew, but it was something about the contrastbetween her first name and her.