Richie was still at the bottom; he would stay there until he saw Diane was safely inside the house.Diane typed in the code. Her heart thumped when she...saw that the garage was empty."Wait, where's your Mom's car?" Richie called out.Diane turned her head. "I don't know. Oh, wait, she's probably at the store. She mentioned this morning she might have to get something for tonight's dinner."Though Diane thought this would be rather late for her mother to be out. She supposed it was possible her. "Higgen's house, Krissy speaking... Hi mom. What happened this morning?... No way! How can there be a six car pileup out here? The roads are not big enough to hold six cars at a single time!... It's ok. The safety feature on the toaster popped them out before they caught fire... I'm making English muffins before I leave for school... What do you mean?... You heard stories about the Program and you want to talk to the people involved?... Listen mom, it's a school requirement. You do want me to. When my husband Charles and I, Lynlee, first got married we couldn’t afford much so we moved into his dad Eric’s house. Eric’s wife had passed away when Charles was young and as Charles was the youngest of their c***dren Eric had the house to himself so there was plenty of room for us. It was awkward at first for me sharing a bathroom and laundry room with two men. On a few occasions I’d hear Eric walking around and think it was my husband. When we were first married and talking about having. He said sorry. I said it’s ok, no problem.While tying the wire, he asked, “Are you a trans?” I ignored the question. But he asked me again. I replied, “Why are you asking me that?” He said, “You got a girlish body. We never saw a man with such a beautiful aunty-type body.”I asked, “What do you mean by ‘we’?” He said, “Shakeel and I have seen you coming naked out of the bathroom.”Now I completely understood that he was giving me signals. But I was afraid to make a move, so I said, “Yes, I know,.