If thatdoesn't mess a child up then I don't know!" But you seem so -, so." So what; so normal?" Well, in a word yes; normal." You mean apart from the ...lephant in the room, my transvestism. Thetruth is Mrs Bodkin, I escaped. That did my self-esteem no end of good.I beat them at their own games. They never caught me after that. I ranaway to sea. Anyway enough about me, what about these two kids? What'sto become of them?" Well that's up to you."I fell silent. I felt sorry for the kids but I also. In the end it was mostly fried rice and an egg roll for me.Getting hard looks all the time took a bit of getting used to, but I managed. Cutting my hair as short as I did was probably a huge mistake. I personally didn't care, but it sure make other people uncomfortable.When I got back after dinner, I made a quick walk through the lounge, then headed back to my room to get more sleep. I still had a day off left, so I needed to decide how to spend it. I ran several things through my mind, but. That they were out of his mom's hearing range.Ivy crossed her arms over her chest, looking bitterly towards Charles. Charles was scared, intimidated and worried."Listen I didn't know they were going to try something like that. They saw you and I said I wanted to leave but they forced me to stay. Trust me. I am as mad with them as you are!!" Charles stuttered.Ivy continued glaring at him."Oh come on. What did you expect me to do? I told them that we should go. I was surprised one of them was. I don't know if I could keep up at the pace those efforts sometimes require.I just realized that I haven't showered in a couple of days. Sure, I've eaten and slept and actually interacted with people. I just haven't made the time to shower and shave so I could keep up on the visiting memories in my mind.Sorry. I don't mean to interrupt my story. I really do hate cliffhangers. I do not want to be dangling anything for you or for me.I recall we were crawling from one spot to another. Watching the.