You did very well. You have paid off your debt. Get dressed."Catherine: "You mean I can go home now?"Norman: "I didn't stutter did I? Get... dressed."...ll I had at this point was my dress and my heels. I had removed the stockings long ago, and I hadn't had lost my underwear and bra over 24 hours ago. I dressed and fixed my hair the best that I could in the mirror and then grabbed my make-up bag and followed Norman out of the hotel room.It was about 7pm and the hotel lobby was full of people both. It was no wonder Mom hadn't wanted to tell me. I couldn'timagine any easy way of telling me that I might end up turning into agirl."Maybe I won't turn into a girl," I told myself hopefully. "Maybe I'mgoing to turn into a boy version of her..." However, I had a hard timebelieving that. I was already starting to look a little feminine andgirly, which included my junk being smaller than normal.When I came out of the bathroom a couple minutes later, I was in a sourmood. Cliff was already. .. not when we go back ... we should do it when we're scheduled for swim. It should be, at the least, a mixed swim with the guys ... And we DON'T tell Lisa or Pete ... They've really stuck their necks out for us already; if Hartwell finds out they were in on it, he'll have them fired so hard, they'll never be able to get a job anywhere, anymore."Linda, organizer extraordinaire, took the ball. "Karen, Heather ... This afternoon, I imagine that Ginger and I will be in the naval battles. Would you. She wore a black gown,which blended so perfectly with her dark head of hair that it wasdifficult to know where one ended and the other began.This woman stood for a moment, in front of the suddenly silent court,before striding forward with confidence. Gasps could be heard from thecrowd, as she unfurled a pair of translucent purple wings. Without a wordto the king, or queen, she stepped up to the crib, and smiled faintly."To your daughter, I give a gift," the woman said, her voice a softwhisper.