It sounded like sex. Carol and Steve must be in the bed on the other side of the wall from Brad and me. I could tell Brad was awake by his breathing a...d his slight movements. I rolled over and looked at Brad and could tell he was slowly stroking himself under the covers. When he saw me move, he knew I was awake.In a low voice, Brad said, “Oh shit, Mom, I thought you were asleep!”I whispered, “That’s okay, Brad. Listening to those two can affect folks. So go ahead and finish. Here let me get you. What was newsworthy was the sudden (and spontaneous) sex change of Alan (now Alice) Levy, which (s)he blurted out loud before realizing that (s)he was saying it. In consequence, Alice Levy had now outed herself. In the midst of a disaster, Alice Levy quickly became the centerpiece of a media frenzy. This wasn't necessarily a good thing. Conservatives, for example, attempted to pelt Alice with eggs and rocks, calling her "unnatural", "damned shemale", and "faggot", by the end of the day. Alice. “Here is the bag,” she said handing it to Grandfather, who handed it to me. It contained the many passports, driver’s licenses, and other documents plus checkbooks, and bank books from the CIA men in Bangkok plus Grace’s and mine.“Now all that we need is to locate a Travel Agent,” I said as a general statement.“We, that is our company, have a travel agent that we have used for many years for trips to Japan to buy merchandise. Not everything can be done on computers or from pictures, and often. I could get my mind off of her no matter how hard i tried. "Laura,Laura? Helloooo, Earth to Laura." Jenny said as she waved her hand back and forth in front of my face. Huh? Oh, sorry Jen." I said distractedly."That's okay. I was just telling you that my mom is gonna be working late tonight and I was wondering if you wanted to hang out with me." Jenny said. "Oh. Uh, no I can't. I have a...date tonight." I said after some quick thinking."Oh yeah!? With who? Come on, give me the 411." Jenny said.