What had I done to cause this? was my first thought, but I couldn't think of anything that I'd messed up THAT bad.I finally found out when I saw Cindy...between classes one afternoon."Tommy, it's nothing you did. Beth's parents are going to be out of town—something for their company and they can't reschedule it, but it means she'll be alone for Thanksgiving." Why didn't she tell me?" I mean, I thought we could talk about anything.Cindy hesitated, "Tommy, even though Beth seems like a totally. ‘You said you weren’t!’ ‘Please let me explain,’ Nicholas started and held her back as she started to fight. ‘Layla I told you I wasn’t married because at the time she was laying on her deathbed of tuberculosis. So I didn’t exactly feel married. I never loved her, it was an arranged marriage so her parents could get ahead financially. She died soon after you left for . . . this.’ Nicholas stretched his arms out on the last word. ‘So I’m a widower and by society’s rules I’m still in mourning,. Apparently dressing me up as a girl and calling me "Natasha" calmed medown and made it easier for Mum to control my temper. For a while Iwould try to fight against being forced to wear girls' clothes but Mumwas bigger than me and would force me into the clothes.When Aunt Stacey first saw me dressed as Natasha I was wearing a littleblack dress and she said, "Isabel, she looks just like her father!" witha tear in her eye. "But you really shouldn't dress Natasha like that I amsure her father. I've always wondered what it would be like to be a female,and I knew that Andrea would be a good way of doing so. I would havetaken over your body, except I wanted to see if I could get the wholelesbian wife angle going on." Andrea let out a giggle.Allie had always found Andrea attractive. She was a little over fivefeet tall, and weighed about one-hundred pounds. She had long brown hairthat reached to her mid back. Her face was round, with a little bit ofextra fat around the cheeks. Her hazel.