Joyce inherited his legitimate businesses, and only those.”“And the other stuff?”“Went to Joyce’s sister, Connie, and her husband, Anthony. ...hey eventually got muscled out of the business, and now they run a restaurant and club across the river in Covington. The restaurant and club are legit, though they also front for high-end gambling and high-end escort services. No trouble with the cops.”“Did Joyce’s grandfather have any trouble with the police?”“Never. And neither did I.”“What was that. "Would you mind if I take the light? It's pretty dark out there and I would hate to fall over something." Yeah. That would be fine. I don't need the light in here now. Try not to step on me when you come back."Mom took the light and crawled out, unfortunately not giving me much of a view this time as it was so dark, but this time she didn't go round behind the tent instead just walked to the front of the shed, making sure not to go into the rain. She was obviously more confident of not being. "Mom said that she went through a phase and didn't want us to go through a phase like she did," Beth embellished."And we wondered about it. Was, ah, did mom do, ah, when mom was in school did she do, ah," Mandy tried to ask. She couldn't get it out for a lot of reasons. It wasn't just because she was talking to her Aunt Ruth. She was asking it about her mom. She didn't even know how to ask if her mom was a, well, a slut."Mom also said some stuff about Bill looking at us," Beth said.That got. No matter what I thought about this punishment, I had tofind a way to remove the self doubt and innate fear that I felt. Byletting myself be merely a boy in a dress would ruin me, socially, andpossibly trash my future. No, the only way out of this was to become thegirl I now looked like. Once I made that decision it was a lot easier forme to accept the plight I was in."Good. Now that we have that out of the way, I want you and your motherto go shopping tomorrow and make sure that you have a.