“Yes. On my birthday. When I got Steve Bear. Up until that point, I was so angry with you and blamed you for everything. When you sent me that gift ...nd the letter, something inside me just snapped. I wanted to die. I really did. I almost took my mom’s bottle of sleeping pills. Almost. I was standing in front of her medicine cabinet, with Steve Bear, and thinking that I didn’t want to live. But I couldn’t bring myself to do it because it felt like you were there watching me.“But there was a. At one minute past midnight on the 15th day, Rachel woke me in bed. "Go and get me a glass of water, and take off that ridiculous tee shirt, from now on you'll wear what I pick in bed." I began to protest when she pointed at the clock, then held her hands out for my inspection. 'Thanks Dad,' I thought to myself, as I climbed out of bed. I was allowed to sleep on my return, after I'd been instructed as to my morning duties, nothing too elaborate, breakfast in bed, iron her clothes for the day,. Harry greeted the man and then brought him to us."Mr. Travis, this is John Kegler," Harry said. "John this is Thaddeus Travis."I greeted him and introduced him to George, Roy, and Hank.Mr. Travis led us to the barn. He said he ran twenty head of horses and had stall space for thirty in the barn. He mentioned that he really didn't want to sell but he needed to live in the city. He mentioned that his wife needed to be closer to good medical facilities.The house had a very large master bedroom and. As one besotted guest put it, those blue eyes shone more brightly than any diamond and the Princess's golden hair, and white arms and shoulders reflected the light even more dazzlingly than the many jewels with which she was so lustrously and lavishly bedecked.The haughty Princess, secure in the knowledge that she and her closest friend, but especially she, were the object of everyone's adulation basked contentedly in the admiration she was so clearly receiving. Even the homosexual King could.