" No way!" Then you will walk around in just your panties," she laughed."You're enjoying this too much."She laughed."Hey look, it is an opportunity to...see how the other laugh lives. Let'shave some fun with it. Ok?" What do you mean?" Let me fix you up and see how you look as a girl. It is only for acouple of hours until the wash is done. What do you say?"I can't say it was something I ever thought of doing, but she seemedreally excited at the idea and I decided if it would get me closer toher I. I'm done with shadowyfigures of authority and people in white coats for a while," I hoped. Iwondered how done I was with Gong, Gyrich, Blain and Doc Phillips. Ihad Krystal to find after all."Uh, what are you going to do?" he asked, honestly interested.I couldn't help myself. "I thought I'd go to school with you." The lookon his face was priceless. I let the shock linger then laughed with ashrug. "Kidding. Please... can you imagine?" I asked. I was deflecting.A part of me wanted to do that. But. Had I decided to say "yes" to her Master Plan? Would seeing the house be the actual deciding factor? She didn't push me. She didn't ask me any questions, but I could tell she was on pins and needles, anyway.If I couldn't get over my little masculine crisis, here, and consent to the (obviously excellent) plan she had to make my life -- and Eddie's life -- infinitely easier, she was going to be terribly disappointed. I wondered if she'd be so disappointed that it would spell the end of us as a. I reached for the on knob when I got a shock."Honey, where did this radio come from?" I asked as evenly as I could manage."Surprise!" Penny said. "Call it an extra Christmas present. I knew you didn't have time to go out and replace the radio with one that is safe for our neighborhood while you were home for Christmas. I went out and got it for you while you were in Phoenix. I hope you like it. It has a detachable face to discourage burglars."My old radio wasn't anything special. It was the.