"She hasn't decided a date yet," said John.He decided to hold back information about Anne's gay wedding for now. Itwas too much for the children to ta...ke in one go."I just want to point out that, I don't want you talking about this atschool," said John. "I know kids are up to speed with what gay means,even at your age. Please give your aunt some privacy."The children didn't mention it at school. Besides, there was half termthe following week.That week saw Michael in girl mode almost full time.. ..”The four went into the hall and Kevin told them to follow him. He led them to the hall near the office as more kids were walking reluctantly toward the office door.“Hey, all you guys! Come here before you go in, okay?” Kevin called. They gathered around. “Do they physically force you to strip in there if you don’t do it?”One of the guys answered, “No, the principal threatens with extra time in the Program and you can’t graduate.”“The Program is changing, you know,” Kevin continued. “You can. As he watched her long slim fingers running up her slit, the tortured sound of her weeping caused his heart to turn over. She was so lonely and so wanting.Almost without conscious volition, he entered the library. It was significant that in spite of his giant size, Mary seemed to be unaware of his presence as he came towards her. Hearing her tortured sobs was tearing him up inside. This woman, more than anyone else, had saved his life. He would do anything for her, including sacrificing his own. Never having to worry about paying the rent and where money for the fall wardrobe was going to come from. Weekends in Paris, vacations on the sandy beaches of Thailand, emerald-encrusted jewelry. Always the best of everything... and all she had to do was let him stick his thing into her. Ugh!It hadn't always been that way. As a schoolgirl she'd had the conventional romantic fantasies of swooning and melting away in some man's arms, of getting married and living in an ivy-covered cottage, of.