Looking down, he saw his tracksuit replaced with that of a cheerleadershell and skirt. Tits protruded out from his chest and 6-inch mary janeheels we...re strapped onto his feet. He didn't know how this happened buthe figured the football players misplaced him as a girl lost in the men'slocker room."Guys, it's not what you think," he offered. "I'm not some chick. I'mactually Tanner." Oh, we know that," Darryl retorted. "You really are an airhead. Butthat's okay, you don't need to be smart.". But he sucked at it,” Taylor said.“I told her it would get better over time as he learned,” Alex continued.“But he didn’t. So I asked Mom to train him.”“You can imagine how surprised I was,” Alex told Ted.“But you did it?”“I did. He thought he was quite the cocksman. I managed to teach him a few things before Taylor tossed him over.”“He turned out to be a perfect jerk. He got better at screwing, but Mom couldn’t cure him of being an ass.”“So, that kind of established a pattern.”“Until Kevin,”. Well, I thought, heart failure covers a lot of things. I found the name of the doctor who had signed it. Doctor Horace Martin had practised in Blackorchard, the village nearest to the house. I found a number of references to his having treated some of the tunnel workers in their frequent accidents. He was always paid by the canal company and, I imagine, it was lucrative work.I traced his family. The sole surviving member was a woman who lived in Oxford so I decided to pay her a visit. Mrs. *I Ignored the knock.*Knock-Knock-Knock.* "Jim? It's Tom."I didn't want to see anyone right now, not even my best friend. After what Coral did I didn't want to be ALIVE.*Knock-Knock-Knock.* "Jim, I know you're in there. I can see the light under the door!"I continued to pretend I wasn't home.*Knock-Knock-Knock.* "Damnit Jim! I'm your best friend for Christ's sake! I know you are feeling down but you've missed three days of work! Your boss called me and said if you aren't in by this Friday.