''But I'm not really a girl.''Then you'd better tell Gary about it and get it over with.''But Chloe, I couldn't do that. It would break his heart.''We...l, Anna, you have two options. Break his heart or go through withthe operation.''But Chloe, it seems so extreme. If I have the operation I would becommitting myself to life as a girl.''And what is so bad about that? I'm a girl and I don't complain.''You know what I mean!''Course I do. But the operation can be reversed. And, Anna, just look inthe. I'll arrange for Tristan and his men to come and collect it," William Kent, Captain of the pirate ship Catherine's Fancy, told his first mate Jack Stirling."Aye Capn. I'll see it done mesself," Jack responded, acknowledging his Captain's wishes.Bloody Will, Black Bill or any of the other names that William Kent had come to be known as during his career as a notorious sea dog, left the unloading of his ship to his first mate and strode away from the docks of Still Water. He would see the. They had ordered a single portion between the two of them, well aware of what to expect in terms of the size of portions that restaurants served up.Once the food had been served and they had relative privacy, Fiona questioned her brother on what he planned to do next."So, bro, I'm guessing that you had to use the $10,000 to redeem the necklace that's in the case. What about your promise to the dead guy? Didn't he ask you to make sure his wife got the money?" she asked."I thought it was too. First, instead of a dark blond it was now almost black -with a hint of red in the black. And on the sides and in back it wasn'tmuch longer than a regular boy's haircut. But she had parted it over myleft eye and left it long in the front so that on the right hand sideof the part it swept over my forehead and across the bridge of my noseand completely covered my right eye and much of my right cheek. Wow,talk about making a fashion statement! As long as we were at the beautyparlor Makki thought we.