Either I stand my ground and try to regain my life, or I'll spend the rest of my days running from it. How are you two and the baby holding up?"Julie ...nswered for them. "We're doing fine, but this kid is going to have a strange life. Both her mother and father are women who used to be men, and her stepdad used to be a woman."Paul had been surprised at how relieved he had been when he had found out that neither Jim nor Julie held any ill feelings to him over what had happened. They wanted their. "I'm serving you tonight. Your job is to talk to me while I get this put away."Amy finished cleaning up and came back to me, offering me her hand. She lifted me up and kissed me, then pulled me down the hall and shooed me into the bathroom."Meet me in my bedroom in a few minutes. Don't wear too much," she directed. I cleaned up, taking my time, then undressed. I walked back to Amy's bedroom to find it lit with several candles. Amy stood by her bed and beckoned me over.She slid into my arms. I. " We both hope so. Never more than four hours has been wearing on Michiko." Yeah. And you can't do breast-feeding." He laughed."And you?" Well, the visitors have gone. Has Rachel been out on a trip yet?" Just to the supermarket." Why don't you come over tomorrow? We can sit in the garden. We'll put down a groundcloth with a blanket on top. Rachel can sort of lie on the grass." Sounds good to me." When does she wake up?" Between eight and ten." Well, when she's up and fed come over. We'll have. “I love you,” I said calmly. She stopped sobbing, but didn’t look at me. *A week after Nicole’s cast was applied, Nadja paid us a visit. She didn’t seem to be well-disposed to me, nor did she try to hide it. Her displeasure was obvious. She perceived me as a potential threat, and I had to admit she was right. Nicole pulled herself into a sitting position and waited to be examined. Nadja made sure that the cast was intact, then scanned her pelvic area, using the same device as before..