. We, you an' me, Alan 'n' Tina, and now, Susan. We're going to do wonderfully. Just wait." Okay, sweetie," I said. And somehow, her enthusiasm was co...tagious.I heard the knock on the door. Cindy let Susan in. The two of them exchanged knowing glances before they jumped on the un-used bed."Get the cards, baby," Cindy said."Just one hand, then I gotta take a shower," Susan said.I lost another one, then one went my way when Cindy and I played while Susan was showering. She came out wearing. She had wanted to stay in her own bedroom at the castle for the night instead, but she was eventually convinced to stay close with the others, as they would have an early morning departure hopefully the next day.Home once again, the two lads along with the gléaman greeted old friends and plenty of friendly townsmen back over at the Goblin's Head Tavern, as they discovered once again that their pints of good local ale were still being provided entirely gratis by Ypreth the tavern keeper. The. But Mariaexplained how she felt. She showed me things on the internet. And Ilearnt to understand. So we stated this."Mum had by this time got a photograph album out. I recognised it as thealbum we had started when I first came out to her. We showed Millicentthe pictures in the album. They were all pictures of me as Maria. Therewere none of me as Michael. Millicent looked at the pictures a few times.And I could see the beginnings of a smile cross her face. I wondered if Ihad won her round.. Maybe I should just takeit. I opened it up again and threw it back down. No way! I looked at the clock. "Oh man. It's already past 7." I had a routine every night. At 6:30 I would have a glass of carrot juiceand a specially created multi-vitamin. It's supposed to give all thenutrients I need. Then I'd go work out for a few hours and then watch TV inmy room. I was already over an hour late. I ran to the kitchen and pouredmy juice and took my vitamin. Then ran to my exercise room, got on.