Too bad her folks are so conservative. She's kind of latched onto me like I was her big sister." I noticed a lot of glances between you two today. It ...lmost looked like ESP." Oh, you noticed that? Yeah, we've talked enough to get pretty comfortable with each other. Gail's called me several times, just to talk." What do you talk about?" I was curious. I've never been able to figure out how two girls could talk on the phone for hours at a time—I'd figured they were talking about us guys, but,. Of course, Esteban had enjoyed the trappings of power. More than enjoyedthem, he had sought them out and relished them. Immunity from rapecharges had encouraged him to break simple rules of decency, that wastrue. But what had driven him was anger. He was angry at his father;angry at the pathetic public who had supported him for so long; angry atthose who had not stepped in sooner. His father's personal actionsshould have goaded the security forces into acting earlier. But the oldman knew. If not now, then when? I'm on blockers, andsoon I'll be on estrogen shots and pills. If I'm going to become a girlfull time-and soon-they'll find out. After I start estrogen, I'lldevelop. I won't be able to hide boobs for the July 4th swim party,will I? I'll have to wear at least a girl's one piece, probably with aruffled skirt to hide myself, but I'll definitely have to be a girlthen. And remember, Bradley came out as gay, so did cousin Eddie-heeven got married to his partner. They'll. It wasn't that Lucien was not attractive, he was a handsome man in his own right, but he was cruel. She hated Lucien and he knew it, and he purposely tormented her just for fun. Lucien let go of her hair and stepped away "you kids have fun now, make sure there's enough of her left for me on Monday!" he laughed obnoxiously as he shut the limo door. Erebus scowled and snapped "just remember who's slave she is, and who pays your ridiculous salary! After this retreat, you know she will need a few.