’His words hung in the air, and a terrible idea grew like a cancer in mymind. ‘Are you saying that you might have been the target?’‘James, I d...n't know. I would have dismissed the idea out of hand even afew months ago, but now, all I can say it is a possibility. Things arechanging fast here. There are triads from Hong Kong moving into Bangkok.They are ruthless and will do whatever it takes to remove theircompetition.’I nodded to the door. ‘Is that why you have the bodyguards?’‘Yes, I have had. My mom called me and asked if I can drop both of them to the market. I said for sure and went with them while driving to the market and I was continuously looking at Pooja through the rear view mirror. During the drive, Pooja asked me Daksh do you know any driving instructor and I want to learn driving so that I can do the normal shopping stuff easily. My mom said: Why do you need another driving instructor when Daksh is there? He knows driving very well and you can learn driving from him.I was. John appeared to be, in all respects, a very lovely,feminine, young woman. Which he was.This suited John just fine. The change had simply happened. There was noone to blame, and what was wrong with being a beautiful young woman?Nevertheless, John still thought of himself as John. That was part ofwhy Tina's visit tonight was so important to John. Somehow, until Tinasaid whatever she had to say, John didn't want to irrevocablyemotionally commit to his transformation in gender. Meanwhile,. Isn't that whatbeauty wash is supposed to do?" Cassie looked away from the bottlefeeling rather stupid. "Each time you take a bath," The Old Manexplained patiently, "you put a drop of this into your bath water. Onlya drop each time. It isn't the quickest acting, but it is very reliableand gives you time to adjust to the changes." Cassie's eyes went back to the bottle, her head suddenly filledwith daydreams of what it would be like to be beautiful. "How much" sheasked hesitantly,.