. my question for you, is: do you want me to stay? I can be out of here by the end of the day, if you no longer want me here."The old man just stared ...t me, but I could see that deep down I had hurt him. Just then, Jean walked into the room. She pulled a chair up next to mine. She sat down and then took my hand. She struggled to speak as she stroked my hand.After several seconds of this, Jean managed to gasp out, "Lacie ... Please don't leave us ... I promise you that there will be no more. It was amazing to find out he had turned 18 since he joined up. Peggy mentioned the ship tour and Cerome said we might, but he didn't know. he called the ships officer of the day and asked. he told him that with Homeland security and all it was no longer possible. Then he mentioned to Cerome that one of the Sailors families failed to show and he wondered if he could bring another sailor with us. Cerome asked Peggy and she said I'd love it but how would you feel (to Cerome) and he said he would. "His wife had passed on a few years earlier, and Charlie was trying to find his lost libido with a grass widow he had known for years. I would have bet even money that he was on the verge of getting in her pants, maybe again, and that was why he wanted to close early. 'Why not. The old goat deserves all the fun he can find, ' I thought. I would just deal with the problem myself, or catch Charlie on Tuesday.Shirley was not so charitable. "Damn. I'm bored, and the building's empty. I'm also. When the news about the ball came to the little crossdresser's home,he got happy. He thought this was the opportunity to get out of thathated house and maybe find a fianc?e to marry him. His stepmother andstepbrothers could not continue his humiliations if a fourth persongot involved and so the little crossdresser dressed his best (male)clothes and prepared to attend the ball. Soon after that hisstepbrothers discovered his plans. They started to laugh, saying thatthe ball was no place for a fag.