And I apologized – felt the words come out rather than had them form in my head first. ‘I’m sorry. I.. don’t know what to do.’ I tried to so...nd gruff but it came out as what I think sounded scared. She was quiet. But within a moment she was there. Standing next to me. She just looked forlorn. ‘Do you still… want me?’ she asked. It was the most frightened I’d ever heard her – since the first moment I’d seen her. The most petrified. The most alone. It hurt my ears. ‘Yes.’ I said immediately.. “Or should I say, soon-to-be Mrs. Warner?”Hailey tried to speak but found her mouth was too dry.“She answers to either, I think,” Phil said. “Hailey, I’d like you to meet Grace’s mother, Jenvieve Borchard. As I might have mentioned, she is the reason I get to come home next month.”“It’s really nice to meet you,” Hailey said in a rush. “I ... I thought I was immune to celebrities. When I met Randi last summer, I almost peed myself. Now I think I might have gone past almost.”Jenvieve laughed and. .”Now read it!” Spike demanded Carl the read it “Become a girl!” he said “Still want to pledge?” Spike teased “You can still back out now but once you begin it's for keeps!” Then Carl surprised me he smiled a sweet kind of knowing smile and said “No lets do it!” Spike had us strip him naked and then Spike said “To become a girl you have to be hairless!” So out came the cans of shaving cream and a bunch of razors we covered Carl with the shaving cream then began to shave him the whole time he. “Wha - what about?” Her usual calm demeanor now left her. Her skin felt flush. She didn’t feel like this for boys, or men for that matter - except Andrew. She had known she was different. Known she was different even before her mother took her aside and told her of her special ability. That she didn’t think the same way as other little girls.But Ryan - Ryan, with this piercing blue eyes. Whose voice was saying something. What was he saying? Her heart fluttered, and she felt her blood pulsing in.