We'll get you home tomorrow." Amy calmed down, rested. In the morning we dropped her off in town, showered, rested, tattooed.We left Lincoln going nor...h. This had turned into more of a zig zag, north-south and just a bit west. I think Dawn liked messing with good old modwestern values. In Sioux Falls she took her joy from humiliating another business man out for some fun. Sure they were already cheating, that's what she looked for, but once Dawn had them in her grasp she toyed with them, using. My hair grew out, and I went back to the salon and had it trimmed and styled into a pageboy. About two months later a nail fell off, so I removed the others, plus the breasts. Then, for the first time in months, I dressed in my own clothes, my hair drawn back into a low ponytail. That lasted for about a week. Mom said I was moody and short tempered, listless and sloppy, and demanded to know why. How could I tell her? Ken called a few times after that, but I had returned to my male self and he. She and Reta walked next to me, but did not touch or guide me now that I could see. ‘I liked it better when you were touching me,’ I commented to Hosi. She smiled coyly and put her hand on my elbow. I smiled back, leaned over and whispered, ‘That’s much better.’ We walked that way until we reached the village about twenty minutes away. When we reached the large building I was told to remove my shoes. I sat on a step and pulled off my shoes and socks. I set them aside out of the way. I rose and. "I'm beginning to think I never will." Would that be so bad?" she asked. "I mean you've sort of started over here. You have a job and you're writing a wonderful book. Is this life so miserable that you can't think of anything other than going back to your other one?" This life is fine," he said. He realized he really meant that. It was a nice town, full of nice, if slightly suspicious people. He WAS writing here, even if it wasn't what he usually wrote, whatever that was. And, if he could sell.