I had to hope that he’d feel better once he’d helped find us a healer. If not ... well, we’d deal with that problem when we came to it. No point...in borrowing trouble, Sierra.I felt it the moment the ship docked in Wycome; we’d clearly made good time, because I didn’t think it had even been the four hours the captain had promised. With one last hug and kiss from Aedan, they were off.And I was alone.Well, not entirely alone. There were guards, obviously, though we were down three from our initial. "Can we... play again tonight?" asked Debby as she rose to her feet."Yes," Mavis said. "Tonight. Tonight and every night, if we feel like it... which we probably will! But right now we've got to earn our keep. Come on, kids, let's go!"And together, the three of them holding hands like the happiest, most ideal family on earth, retraced their way back across the meadow and through the woods to the Sunny Acres Resort.A long black Continental sat waiting for them in the gravel driveway before the. She said she wouldn't make the same mistakes again.My only reply was "neither will I." I wondered, silently, if she thought I was good, or just got lucky? I knew the answer was yes, to both choices.We spent an hour in her hot tub. Then we went inside, and shared a hot shower. Then we went to bed, but we didn't sleep. I was exhausted when I finally left that evening, just as Brandy's boyfriend was coming upstairs.Brandy and I didn't see as much of each other as we did during volleyball season,. I had been dressing as a woman for 5 months, l didn’t need to wear wigs as my hair had grown and Alice’s training had helped me look more passable as a woman, my wife was bringing home different men, but Martin was her most regular.One lunchtime Martin knocked at the door l explained my wife Jolie wasn’t home, but he still wanted to come in, so we went into the kitchen and l started to make us a drink when Martin grabbed me from behind turned me around and kissed me, l was powerless to do.