"That sure as hell isn't your problem then!" She had to agree with him on that count."But why would they suspend him? He didn't do anything..." Ally n...eded to make some sense of what had happened, but nothing was fitting together."I don't know, but I will say this. It had to be a regular occurrence in order for the administration to move that quickly."Ally looked down, saddened by what she heard. It made sense. Deep down she realized he was probably right, and that there must be some truth to. The war in Vietnam was ramping up accompanied by street protests, Muhammad Ali was stripped of his title for refusing to join the army, and ‘The Graduate’ had young men everywhere lusting for Mrs. Robinson. Against this backdrop we took a family camping trip from the US east coast, past the Corn Palace in South Dakota, the Bad Lands, Yellowstone, on to California where my attempts at surfing were a complete flop. From there we headed east to Colorado where my Dad would attend a two week. Melissa wasblushing as she explained that she loved her dick. She didn't want to bea woman. She just wanted to look like one and be treated like one, butthe reality was that she was a gay man. I couldn't understand all ofthat, but then again I'd always sucked in psych.Things had come to a stand-still. I was angry with Melissa, but I didn'thate her. She'd come from a place that treated people like her likecriminals. What choice did she have but to keep it all a secret. Butwhat I felt for. Of course everyone was excited about what had happened once I got home, so I sat down at the dinner table and explained what had transpired at the hospital."You know, it's upsetting that Dr. Palmer figured out what was going on so quickly," Shani said. "I mean, I know that Gail taught you to lie, but even with that, you end up tipping your hat an awful lot!" There were nods all around at that, as everyone looked worried about what my next revelation might subject us to."She's right, I worry.