" Dad... I..." but the words couldn't come out.Julie was choking on panic and grief."Your Mom was telling you that we know about youwanting to be a wo...an. We have actually known aboutyou for quite some time." Dad seemed unusually calm."But... But how?" Julie sobbed."Don't you know? Parents know things about thechildren they've raised for 20 years. You never gaveus enough credit. Why you never told us... I guess youthought that I'd disown you." I was going to tell you today... Oh, that. Slim and pretty, she was the apple of her father?s eye, particularly since her mother had passed away eighteen months ago. Her dark brown hair tumbled down to her shoulder-blades, and her winning smile and bubbly personality made her one of the most popular girls in her school. This evening she and her father were returning home from the state cheerleading competition, where she had, along with her team-mates, placed twentieth out of thirty-two high schools. This was partly due to her own error. ’ The upshot was that we got divorced. I had custody of Sean because Lynne felt that he would need his father more than his mother in the coming years. I kept all of my retirement with the sheriff’s department, and part of Lynne’s 401(k). The house was appraised and we agreed that we would split that 50-50, but only when the house was sold, and then only at what the current appraised value was, less the part of Lynne’s 401(k). Lynne would pay a significant amount as child support, and we would. Rick: I didn't know Palm Readers could see into your past, I think I'mdone with this game. (Rick tries to take his hands off of Brenda's.)Hey, let go!Brenda: I'm not finished yet! You're hiding something and you're veryashamed of it! You can't block me from seeing what you're trying tohide! (A red glow permeates from there hands.)Rick: Please let go Brenda, you're scaring the hell out of me! Hey, Ican see some little girl inside my head. She's wearing a white dress,she's playing with dolls.