The two talked alone as their parents talked about what was going onwith Carly. When he found words to start speaking, he showed that he wassincere an... asked if it was true that she wasn't a real girl. Shesuppressed her anger and confessed, "I'm a girl. I may have a penis andballs but I'm a girl. I don't care if you think that I'm still a girlbecause of them, I'm a girl."He looked away in shame and confessed, "I'm the same. Mom won't let metransition. Dad is divorcing her but doesn't know what. Simone, one of the group crowded around watching, glanced up as I watched through the door. I saw a flicker of concern pass across her face, then she slipped away and came out to me in the hall. I noticed one young man's attention diverted from the action on the wide-screen TV to watch her ass as she walked by him. Ah, youth!"Papa? Is everything OK? We're not being too loud, are we?"I gave her a quick hug. "No. Everything is fine. I just thought I heard Marion in there and thought I would. I smiled when I heard him enter the bathroom and felt his calloused hands sliding over my own. Working hands, we both have working hands. We’ve both earned every scar, every callous for the sake of our craft. My hands have long lost anything feminine about them, but I’m strangely content by that – these hands can craft dreams out of metal and stones. “Hi baby,” he whispered in my ear as he rubbed my shoulder. “Productive night?” He’s stopped asking whether it was a long night long ago.. ” Then, she snickered and said, “You lovable pervert!”Then, Kara was evidently laughing along with whomever was on the other end of her call. “You know that I am so going to fuck you stupid when I get home; right? Yes, I love you too. Tell Glenn that I love him, too; and please don’t be too hard on him this weekend; okay?”The call ended and Connor’s curiosity caused him to speak up. “Was that your husband?”Kara did not even turn around to face Connor, as she was adjusting the angle of the.