Somehow the knife never materializes.It's hot; middle of summer. The moon is out. It makes it easier to see, but that in itself presents problems. The... might see him too.He circles the entire house, trying to analyze where he can get in. He studies the neighbors; who might be up and who might be able to see him. He finds the window airconditioner. It is about 2:00am. Everybody is asleep. Carefully, he is able to raise the window without making any noise. He gets the airconditioner pulled. Yeah, I think the two of them would get along well enough togeth ... Wait, wait! Hell! Let’s just completely swap! I bet they would both go for it. That keeps them with someone they know, and we’d know the kids are with decent parents. Uhh, wait. That brings up a point. Who gets the kids? I’ve got two at home, and you’ve got one. And then we have the three girls here, all three are over thirteen.” Jeremy was looking down at the five females in a new light. Jeremy was a bear of a man at six foot. Well, it took all types.He was just finishing up the left hand brake when he heard the phone ringing. He put down the specialized metric wrench he was using to adjust the cable tension on the brake, eyed the job critically for a further second or two, and then reluctantly tore himself away. He picked his way through the labyrinth of clutter to the duct-taped wall phone."Hello. Everyman's Cycle." Marcia was on the other end. She sounded rather disheveled."Is anything wrong?" "I need to talk to. I'll talk to you laterabout what its going to be like living full time as a woman. It's notall sex, drugs and rock and roll," she chuckled."I gotta go it's nearly ten and I've got four other acts besides you guysto manage. Kick Panti in the arse when you get back from shopping andget her out of bed ready for this afternoon's rehearsal please sweetie,"Wendy kissed Cherri on the cheek, picked up her handbag and made her wayto the door.Cherri poured another cup of coffee and drifted into deep.