Dad never knew that we know what happened. Mom did tell dad that she had danced with men but it was only dancing and nothing more. Dad wasn’t overly...happy to hear that. She said she and her friends always stayed together and didn’t except drinks from strangers. That made Dad a little happier. On one of Mom’s nights out with the girls, a couple of guys where Dad worked asked him if he wanted to go out for a few beers. He mentioned it to Mom and told her he’d see her when she returned home from. "The doctors said there was a fifty percent chance that this may happen," her step-mum began to explain."What do you mean?" Tracey asked.She sighed heavily. "When you were growing in your mother's womb, a gynecologist told her that her unborn child had more male chromosomes than female. So, when you were born, you were a girl, and he told her that her daughter's vagina would change shape and develop into a penis, and testicles will develop as well. When you were in your teens, she dreaded that. We all turned in unison, with mouths agape, staring in the direction of the brilliant burst of light that had exploded miles away from us. Unfortunately it’s radiance was short lived and it had already dissipated, turning everything black once more. Moments later a faint rumbling sent us back on our heels.“What the hell is going on?” Jimmy asked.“I don’t know,” I responded truthfully.“Look!” Paul exclaimed, pointing his finger wildly. “Something is shooting up into the sky!”“Where?” I asked,. ’ We have begun our walk and I notice that we are greeted by many people, all of them walking in pairs, men with women, men with men and women with women. All are naked and for the first time I become conscious of the fact that I am naked. Some of the couples do not greet us, and instead they are standing, sitting or lying very still, seeming to gazing into each other’s eyes. I wonder what they are doing. Dionysus who seems to know my every thought says, ‘They are making love, Catriona.’ I am.