”I heard Kathy clap her hands with pleasure and opened my eyes to see Tim smiling. “I can do the surgery tomorrow,” he said. “You’ll need a ...ouple of weeks to recover.”“What about work?” I asked.“I don’t think you do well at work with the bandages in place,” Kathy laughed. “But, don’t worry, I’ve already cleared it with Joe. I convinced him it’s like they say on the signs at highway worksites: a temporary inconvenience for a permanent improvement. Besides, I’ve promised to stand in for you. In reality she never remember what had happened that day in Dr. Hawthorne's office. She'd gone for some therapy and she thought all was fine. She and the doctor has discussed her 'condition', as he liked to call it, but they'd never gotten to the 'nitty gritty' of her feelings and she'd never revealed to him her condition of being an hermaphorite.She'd managed to get though high school with her 'reputation' still in tact. She'd also gotten through 3 years of college with no problems. It was. My gift to her was a book of sheet music. I contained some classic blues tunes from the 30’s and 40’s. After a few more gifts that caused hugs and kisses the area under the tree was empty except for two gifts for Sarah from the two of us and one for both of us from Santa!We looked at each other and shrugged.“What did you get?” I asked Keri.“I didn’t. I thought that this was from you.”I grabbed the package and hefted its’ weight and handed it to Keri.Keri opened the gift and let out a little. The feeling brings back wonderful memories only they were not with a black police officer!..... We did get caught once out parking one night as a county sheriff deputy had quietly crept up and apparently watched us before pounding on our window and shining his flash light on Diane's naked body. Thankfully I had not blindfolded her or taken her out of the car just yet. Then he asks her, to step out of the car! She was wearing nothing and he really looked her over before telling us to get.