A modern day crusader from where is it?’ ‘Lode.’ Clarence laughed. ‘Shut up Clarence and listen to this tape of my conversation with her about...her house and garden. It’s a set up out of a fairytale book. And then we listen to her talking about her passionate mission to New York.’ Clarence rubbed his jaw at the end of the taping and said, ‘I have to admit she’d impressive. I’d hate to be opposing her.’ ‘And now for my trump card Clarence. This is what she looks like.’ Clarence’s eyes bulged and. " He remarked."No doubt." I agreed. I tapped the remote; the display flipped to '6'."So, what do you do?" Giovanni asked. "If you don't mind me asking."I grinned. "I'm retired." Retired! But you're, like, thirty!"I laughed. "Not even close!"Ivan snorted. "Yeah, he acts twenty." Nah, I'm an old guy." Then I hope I look as good as you when I'm an old guy." He leaned back on his elbows, against the kitchen counter. The position made his chest almost prone and thrust his crotch toward me. His. I'm wearing some of the cutestundies a girl would ever dream of wearing. I'm wearing pantyhose and adress. Do these shoes look like anything a boy would wear? Yes, there is alittle, and I mean very little problem, between my legs, but I can assureyou, Miss Johnson, Carol, that I am as much, if not more of a girl thanmost of the girls at my school. I love the things Mother and I have beendoing together as a mother and daughter should. I enjoy the quilting club,and spending all my time with the. ..?Anyway, ideas raced inside my mind. Many ideas. The nastiest ideas possible in the world. If they done it, I wouldn’t leave without having my piece of the cake, so I planned something that would happen the next day, the day before he was to leave hospital.I went there as always and found Annie and Peter together, as usual, kissing each other and saying cute words to each other. I waited till it was enough for me to stand. And you bet the faces both did when I walked in the room.“I must say.