“Sorry, Bert. I think you’ve missed us both. We will be your friends.”He smiled, “That will have to do. Just make sure that when Jack brings y...u over here, you find time to at least call an old man.”She patted his hand. “I will Bert.”Ann brought our food then. It was country cooking and quite good. Dad prayed and then we started eating.After lunch, Bert had his shopping to accomplish and we were ready to head back to the house. Once there, Mom said, “Let’s show off our purchases. Follow me,. If we want to keep these, we pay for them later, or I can, anyway. I can afford it. Enid thought that it made sense to organise the rooms this way. She said you had already fucked me, so my presence would not be a problem, she thought. I was not so sure if you would feel that way, but it is YOUR home, not mine, so I kept away from that decision." Wise girl. I need to have a talk with Enid. She seems to be running both of our lives without consultation. Next she will be talking about marrying. “I know,” he said glumly, “but it’s part of the package. She doesn’t come real often. Look, you remember the drill from last time, tell Maggie, will you? It’s going to be especially ... I mean, with Maggie here now and all. You know.” He beat a hasty retreat to the lobby.“Oh, boy,” said Jason with a sigh.She giggled a bit at his demeanor. “What’s this all about, babe?” she asked.“Barbara’s a real piece of work,” he said. “Mostly she stays away, thank God. But a ­couple times a year she drags. She laughed and told me that she had no intention of making me male again ?You are a girl and will remain that way?. As if by magic, Mei Lings magic, I had started my first period as she spoke to me. The pain and discomfort was something that I had to experience every month. ?You are really a girl now, you will have to be really careful that a little whore like you doesn?t get pregnant?. Her laughter had caused me to cry as much as her words. The bus arrived, and I got on paying the correct.