“What can I do for you?” I offered, looking up into those intense eyes, suddenly intensely aware of my own heartbeat. “Well you see Ms Farrell,�...� he began, his slow, wide manner of speech making each word hang in the air like a sweet drop of syrup, “ I have this hypothesis I’ve been kinda working on for a couple weeks now…” “Oh?” “Yeah, well it’s sort of a two part hypothesis.” “Okay, so…” I concentrated on breathing evenly, “why don’t you write it up and bring it to class on Tuesday and we’ll. It was short. 'Will you join me at six on the eleventh at the same hotel and the same suite?' was all it said.Did I read this right? Was I going to see Judy again? I had to make sure; I had to read her note a second time. But every time I had dried my eyes enough to read they immediately moistened again and everything became blurry.Finally I succeeded, and yes, I had been right. Yes, it was a short note, but to me it said so much. I jumped up and danced around my living room shouting. I wanted. Out? Right now?" One of the new guys has already arrived, Freddie. He's on the roster, and I'm going to play him, tonight. Listen, I'm... I'm really sorry about this. You're a good kid, and you've done everything I've asked you to do. But it just ain't enough, Son. Listen, go talk to Eddie Carnegie in the office. He'll have a severance check for you."Word hadn't yet spread among my erstwhile Baysox teammates that I had been released, so I simply sat around by my locker, half-dressed, until the. Riding a horse as the young boy he'd once been simply wasn't the sameexperience as riding one now with the body of the young woman he'dsince become. Sitting bareback on the horse wasn't all that muchdifferent than he remembered. But having his new breasts continuallyjostling up and down by the motion of the horse was a strangelyexhilarating totally inexplicable feeling that was almost too much forRoy to endure.When they finally arrived at their destination, just getting down offthe horse.