My mom praised me and mademe sit at the vanity.- Are we thinking girly today?I nodded, and then she blew dry my hair in the same style that Louisetaug...t us. I saw myself turning into a girl. Mom had some moisturecream in my face. Then she put on a little mascara and some blush.The lipstick was pink. I turned my head from side to side. Motherasked:- Do you see a boy or a girl?- A girl- See! There is a girl within you. Let her out!Then I left the vanity and watched myself in the tall hall. “Technically, you are one of my lords so I would expect you to defend any of my territory. I also understand that you owe allegiance to others as well as to yourself. Since I would probably have lost everything without your assistance, I am content with keeping only the territory that was previously mine. In fact, I am moved to expand the Tumilat Canal Province, changing the boundary to forty miles north and south of the canal and forty miles east and west of the canal southward to the Red. She headed to the front door and answered it. She swung open the door. “Whoa Frederick?” she said. “Come in, come in.” It was a congenial meeting. He sat down. She offered him a beer And they talked for a while. She knew why he was really there and she was more then ready to get his secret notebook, which she’d just had lots of fun with due to him. “Before you say anything else Frederick I do want to thank you for what you uh wrote in that notebook. I mean it too. Do you have any idea at all. I asked you because I want to take you. Because I ask, you may assume I want to ... now, will you let me take you to dinner?"The way she answered almost broke his hear, "Yes Jack ... I would love to."Jack took her to an old favorite restaurant of his. He hadn't been able to afford going there very often when he was in school, but he really liked the ambiance of the place. They were shown to a booth and Jack slid in first and asked Tara to sit next to him. He explained why he slid in first,.