She deliberately remained standing there with the door open. I could tell she knew exactly what she was doing, and was testing me. I hate that. And sh... knows that too. But there was no way I was going to cross her.So I stood there, totally naked, as she stood in my open doorway. I prayed that no one would walk by. Taking her time, she finally came in, slowly pulling the door closed. "So, the slut's been making a fucking muddle of things," she finally said.I was more frightened than I'd been of. Lenore herself was a 'BM2', she'd learned, and both Dillon and Kostowe had told her that the Navy didn't particularly care about her name, but the rating and rank were presumed enough. She suspected it was something along the lines of: just about any sailor with the rank and rate could and would be expected to do the job.Dillon had shown up Monday to help coach Lenore, and the Chief talked to him privately for a long time after setting Lenore to studying ratings. When the two came back out of. I got to lose all this weight." Fat!" Laura scoffed. "Here, let me look at you."Charise had the parka half-removed, and now she shed it completely, tossing it into an easy chair. She had never looked better, or more desirable, to Laura. True, she was a little top-heavy now, her breasts swollen and bulging. The rest of her was slender and supple, and if you had not seen her pregnant, you never could have suspected that she had just delivered weeks ago.Charise formed a little shelf under her. 08I'd now been on the waiting list, for my surgery, for almost two yearsand now had a date in less than a month. I was lucky because living inthe U.K., our overstretched and understaffed health service, caredenough to offer people the chance to live as the gender they preferred.I know this wasn't possible in other countries, the costs beingprohibitive for some in my situation.Dad still wouldn't see me or talk to me, but mum was now proud of her'daughter'. She loved to go shopping with her two.