“I know that your mother, my Aunt Kelly, wasn’t the best of mothers, and that Aunt Wendy abused you in many ways once you moved in with her. Is it...true that she had you circumcised just to reduce the pleasure of sex and masturbation for you? Circumcised at fifteen, when you could still remember the pain!” Stacey finally dared to ask me a question that had haunted her for some time now.“Well, yes, that’s why I’m circumcised. They had to restrain me, because they could tell that I was terrified. Spence was pleased with the motivation to keep the pace and keep Joan in sight. Today was Summer Solstice, the solar zenith occurring at exactly 1:22 PM. Joan and Spence would honor the occurrence from the utmost point available, closest to the sun. They were hiking to the high vista overlooking the resort valley owned by Total Woman Excursions. The trail led upward towards the lookout atop the mountain. The trail was not used often and several stretches required the trekkers to clamber up the. Silvitya looked around at the lands lost by the Danubians in 1502: all of the fine farms and manors laid out on flat, rich soil. The architecture, after 250 years of foreign occupation, was different from what she was used to seeing in the Duchy. She was particularly fascinated with some of the public buildings and mosques that had been constructed by the Ottomans, structures that were totally different from anything she had seen in the Duchy.Like every other Danubian, Silvitya had heard plenty. They've just been SOnice. I don't think I'll ever be able to repay them." I could feel thatlump in my throat getting bigger and I tried to blink away the tears thatwere threatening to blast forth and ruin my makeup (don't worry, I'mslowly getting used to it)."I really missed you all," I said, trying to deflect the emotionalavalanche that was happening."Me too," she said taking my hand and squeezing it."Are you going to have a sex change?" Mandy asked. Straight to the point;that's my Mandy! It.