I grabbed him by his jacket, pinned himup against the wall, and hissed, "Now look here, gay-basher. How wouldyou like it if I beat the shit out you, r...ght here, right now? Sure, I'dno doubt go down with all these witnesses but it'd be worth it to see thehumiliation on your face when you get battered by a tranny poof right infront of all your friends. It'd be in the newspapers and everything, infact, I think you'd never be able to live it down."Megan yanked me away just as I took aim with a. I told myself this wouldn't be a big deal."It's a very simple receptionist job," Mrs. J. said. "There's nothing else too it but checking members in."I liked her. I trusted her. It would be okay. I was just happy at the possibility of a job."And loyalty and discretion are paramount," Mr. J. said. "I mean ESSENTIAL." Oh, I got it," I said. "You can count on me. I'm the epitome of prudence and discretion. Bevvie told me a secret in the sixth grade, and I've never told a soul. I'll take it to my. Choosing the right word was different. Precision in writing was challenging and fun. They soon entrusted me with responding to simple inquiries from the public and working on drafts for speeches for precinct commanders. It didn’t go to my head; I knew that any speeches I worked on went through the hands of at least four other people before it was finished.The written test for the NYPD was simple. After everything my father put me through, I was surprised at how easy it was. My raw score was. It had been a frustrating, exhausting and exhilirating process. Only Mick had any idea what the recording process was like and it was something he couldn't explain to the others. But the feeling at the end was, to them all, indescribable - like giving birth, Anna decided, although how she could make that comparison was anyone's guess.But, in fact, it wasn't a bad analogy. They had given birth to something - something they could all be proud of - something that hadn't been there before and, they.