”That answer actually impressed the old woman as she came from a generation where family was very important. She asked, “You came alone?”“Othe...s shall be coming, Ma’am,” answered Ed. He pointed back to the house and asked, “Can you tell me what happened over there?”“The old man that lived there died. His son had an estate sale and was going to sell the house. My grandson was going to buy it, but someone burned it down before the sale. The house down the street was for sale, but after someone. I went to bed with all these strangethings running through my head and I was stiff all night picturingmyself in all the situations I had read about. My new dress up gameswhere me being forced to be a baby girl, then forced to be girly girland finally a woman. My best friend in the whole world at 14 was Carol we could talk abouteverything and anything but not this. Her mother still kept herdressed like a girly girl and was an out cast by most of the girlsfrom school and told me she only wanted. " "Yes! But how...?" I sighed. "The pieces of the puzzle are beginning to fall into place. Kelly, what happened when you got to John's office?" "He took off his suit coat and tie and then without saying anything he put his arms around me and kissed me full on the lips. He didn't ask permission, he just did it. John is the kind of man who takes what he wants. I melted. He was so powerful. I Suddenly had this overwhelming desire to please him. I dropped to my knees, unzipped his suit trousers and. With Kim no longer in this world, it hit me that I could never again see her in person. I would not be able to look at those soft brown eyes that could look unto my being and see me for who I was. I could be a strong and confident man in many ways, naïve and insecure boy in other ways.Overall, I was the gentleman who fell head over heels in love with her and gave her new courage to forge ahead after our breakup following our initial affair.Such a sense of loneliness fell upon me. Deep sadness,.