”“The passive Mik was easier to deal with,” she sighed. “Me and my big mouth.”“I LIKED your big mouth!” I chuckled quietly so I wouldn�...t be overheard.“Mike Loucks!” she gasped, and lightly swatted my arm.“And you didn’t like mine? Hmm?”“I did. Can we just let things be, Mik? Please?”“Can we? Can we both put our lives on hold for that?”“Can we take a step back for a second?”“Sure. Why?”“What changed since last Saturday?”“I talked to one of the doctors helping Liz. She was concerned by some. And every day, she'd introduce somethingnew to him; in the beginning and for the quite a long time, her prioritieswere playing mind games with him. At first, she made it clear to him how shenever really loved him or had any other similar feelings for him; by that,she wanted him to know that, in time that was about to come, there would benothing that would stop her from doing what she intended to do and accomplish.Each day, she'd give him a little from her mind, just to keep him thinkingabout it. He got into it and seemedcomfortable with it. And, I just started calling him Rebecca or Beckafor short."He didn't look much like a girl. And, I decided that it was his shorthair. We did it off and on over the next few months whenever we werestuck in the house. Then one time we were digging through the boxes, andalong with a cute shorts outfit and running shoes, and we found a blondwig. It was a shag cut, and I think it was from one of Linda's Halloweencostumes. I talked him into trying. He was nervous but also knew that as a ‘woman’ he would have to serve and do as he was told.Tobias initially embraced and began to kiss him. The only real affection that Benjamin had ever experienced before was from his mother. His father and brothers had never hugged him, and needless to say, men simply did not kiss one another. Benjamin’s desire for male affection at home had never had unnatural overtones, but the affection that Tobias was showing him now surged through him, like water.