I just wish they could understand that I'm happier this way. I'm happy, despite missing them, for the first time in my life.Some nights Alexis looked ...n the mirror and wondered if the pain would ever stop. Some nights Alexis wanted to stop the pain. Some nights Alexis was happy enough to ignore the pain of missing the ones she loved.But Alexis does realize that her family is just unable to understand, and they really refuse to accept out of misguided love. They believe they are helping her, by. “What’s that?”“Research into the stock market.”“You know that’s essentially gambling, right?”“Yup.”She nodded, “You have a plan, I take it?”“Yup.”Robin shook her head, understanding that she wouldn’t get any more out of him.That afternoon when he got home, James sat down with Amanda.“So why do you want to do this so badly?”“Let’s do a little math,” James said surprising her. She’d never heard him do math or even seen him do it. He seemed to do everything in his head lately.“Shoot.”“I make $4.75. Your pants bulge immediately and you now know you want to have me, I sit back down and straighten my clothes a little, slightly embarrassed by the noise of dropping the ashtray in a quiet bar, and I look over to see if you saw anything, I see you talking to the bar man and you see me take my last mouthful of the cocktail. My eyes very glassy and starting feel a warmth over me from all the alcohol soaking in. The barman comes over nad replaces my cocktail with another of the same, I take a sip. He took a sip of his coffee and began reading. As he read,his hand tightened on the handle until his hand slipped andsmashed the mug on the floor."Shit! You've got to be shitting me." Steven said as helooked over at his son. "What kind of sick joke are youpulling here? Talk about a lack of gratitude for all we'vedone for you." It's no joke." Phil tried to sound strong while holdingback the tears. "I knew I was meant to be a girl since Iwas six. Mom here has always had trouble accepting it,.
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