”“Then how do you account for my injuries? Granted, there aren’t many photos of me from before the incident, but I was fine beforehand.”“Wer... you really?” she said. He didn’t stop walking.“Despite what you’ve decided, not everything is apparent on the video. If you’re here to accuse me of something, say it and get it over with.”“Dad,” she implored. “I’m trying to understand what happened. You’ve acted oddly all week. You admitted to several embarrassing episodes and even made appointments to be. ."She smiled at my nervousness. "You know I've never really thought aboutit... I had all the gender stuff going on in my own head all thoseyears... I guess there wasn't much room for all that... Well that andbaseball..." She giggled, which made me smile. She thought for a fewmoments, and she looked at me and blushed slightly as if she wasembarrassed. She then looked down slightly, and said, "I think I can seemyself with a guy... If he was the right one." She then looked back upat me with that. Cuz of what the neighbors would say 'bout niggers livin' in the house with White folks, we had ta fix up a place fer Martha an' Rastus ta live. We looked around, an' came ta the conclusion that we could fix a nice apartment in the barn, since we didn't need it so much, now that we wuz concentratin' on raisin' hogs. The barn wuz a sound buildin', and we could put in a floor an' some interior walls a whole lot cheaper than we could build a completely new house. Fer the sake of keepin' peace in. "I haven't tried anyone else's, have I?"When I was clean, and I had snuggled with her a little more, I sent her off to work.It was a fairly normal day at work, except for the anticipation of tonight. It would be, for the most part, Becky's show. She had asked me to act as if it was a normal night for us, and I was willing to comply.When I got home, Becky met me at the door with a big hug and a tonsil-cleaning kiss. It looked like she had been cooking for a while."Jamie will be here in about an.