His roll became a tumble that ended with him back on his feet. He spun and yelled back at the fence "I want to be a boy!!" What??" the woman asked eit...er Dey."Er, "Pinocchio"?" Alex said, smiling stupidly."How can I let you go to school, when you keep saying things like that: In public!!" the high gate opened."I will keep saying things like that until you let me go out in public!!" the boy wearing flower print pants and little blue tank top threatened. "I can runaway, right now!!" Halt!!" the. ‘Should nave known you’d be up to pester me with questions about tonight.’ ‘Well of course I’d be awake, dear. I just set up two of my closest friends on a blind date they didn’t even know about. Who wouldn’t be eager to get the scoop? So… spill it!’ ‘Okay, Aunt Ginger. What the hell was that all about?’ ‘Archie’s something, isn’t he? Shoot, if I was even 10 years younger, girl… I wouldn’t let you anywhere near him. He’d be my little secret! So… tell me all about it.’ ‘Okay, so… We didn’t. The Jamaican woman's colorful robes billowed and flowed behind her as she strolled into the hospital. Her jewelry jingled musically as she walked, and she shined and sparkled in the fluorescent lights. She strode to the information desk heralded by her jangling accessories, rested her arms and bracelets on the counter, and smiled as the attendant looked up at her."May I help you?" the attendant asked."I am here to visit a patient," she said in her rich accent."Patient's name?" Miss Adaline. ‘Just show me the way.’ I said eagerly. I followed her into the juniper entrance. In the gardens, alone deeply lost, she had kissed me in a way I believed only the Holy Mother could manage. It was tenderness that I had longed for and dreamed about through a variety of silly c***dish stories spun about love. My breathing became erratic in a manner I had never known. I had only heard the raspy breaths previously from Lord Fairc***d. But now, in her arms, she was drawing my sexual want and I was.