Neither ofthem wanting the other to have to risk there lives accepting that one ofthem has to be home for their mother. Of course Emma listened to the...boysbut every time she tried to make a decision her heart broke just a littlebit.The tension at the farm continued to build and sensing a need for adistraction Billy arrived one afternoon to invite the brothers to acarnival the next town over. Both Jim and Jesse turned down the offer butEmma intervened and told them to go. With it settled the. I felt that it would be better for the other employees toknow Cynthia rather than John. I was open about who I was and most ofthe other people accepted me as a woman.I worked there for two years and had been on hormones for most of thattime so my body had pretty much become feminized. I had been involved inmost of the designs that were a success and the company was pleased withmy performance. They would gush as to what a wonderful job I was doing,but I was never promoted to a higher level in. Ifhe had been mean, or abusive, or any less of a man, I might have feltviolated, but Stanley was gentle and funny and very intelligent, and heappreciated me, and I liked having his essence swimming around inside me.Society could go take a flying leap.Our last finals were two weeks away, in late May, and Stan and I decidedto go out on the first Saturday after that. I let Steven know, and heordered me to come to his salon early on the afternoon of our date. Hewas keeping the dress and shoes at. A dark red rose was placed in her hand and then her hands were crossed. Ronnie and Carol now stood back and admired their work. The young bride was easily the most beautiful corpse they had ever prepared in their twenty years in the business. Later that afternoon Danny and the families came for the family viewing. Danny's got light-headed as the body of his beautiful bride came into view and he had to be helped to a nearby couch while the rest of the family viewed the corpse. A number of them.