George didn't stop, he continued on his way south. Again Ed stayed overnight with Sally and Paul. Paul was restless after the day's ordeal, so first E... and then Sally talked to him calmly throughout the evening.Ed e-mailed Cindy while Sally was soothing Paul and reported how Paul's day went and his upset condition at present. A few minutes later there was a "You got mail" beep. It was for Paul from Cindy. "Hi Paul. Ed tells me your tests are all over. He said you did well and people hope by. When Iwas in Tammy's room with all that pink and girly stuff, I felt like I wasin the right place. I belonged there. When Tammy asked me to put on thetights and I went into the bathroom, I saw a pair of panties that Tammyhad hand washed and placed on a drying towel in the bathtub area. I putthose on before I put on her tights, Mother. I don't know why, but itjust felt like a girl should wear panties with her hose and I didn'tthink it was right for me to wear my boy underwear, so I stole. I’ve also been helping Pete and the others with getting your supplies up to the cabin.”“No problem, Suzy. It’s been preying on my mind how I was going to do that. It’ll be late in the season before I get out of here, and I don’t want to spend the winter down here.”We continued for about an hour talking and getting to know each other better. I told her that I had planned on returning to my mountain. And I had just asked her about her plans when all hell broke loose. There was a major commotion. In a big way, I was very sad. I was walking away from my partner of the last four years. In a way, I was relieved. I was free once again. I drove straight to Catherine's.Catherine still lived at home with her parents. Alex was the one with the big mansion in the hills. Her shiny Mercedes looked rather out of place parked on the street amidst the used Toyota's and Buick's in her lower-middle-class neighborhood. When I knocked, her parents let me in. We had met on a few occasions. Catherine was.