"Mom, you're a girl, right? You turned out alright, Grandmamade sure of that. What happened is all my fault, and there wasn'tanything you could have d...one to change it. I admit that I like to dressup as a girl every now and then, and maybe I even thought about being agirl full time, but the problem isn't me dressing as a girl, it's thefact that I owe so much money! My dressing up as a girl was fun, onlynow I have to do it! Mom, this is my chance to get even with the bookie,and dressing as a girl. “I had too much fun,” said Constance, yawning.“Too much fun?”Constance brightened, coming fully awake as if by magic.“Tim asked me to go steady with him!” she squealed.“Awwww, how sweet,” said Prudence.“He kissed me too,” said the girl.“Do I need to put you on birth control?” asked Prudence, joking.There was a long pause, long enough for Prudence to turn and look at Constance, who seemed to be thinking seriously about that.“I think that might be a good idea,” said Constance.Rhonda sat in front. So he pays attention when I talk. Another point in his favor.After they had gone out a few times, she appreciated the fact that he wasn’t trying to molest her, but she was also wondering if he was ever going to kiss her.She brought it up with Christie one day.“When is ever going to get up the nerve to kiss me?”Christie laughed.“I thought you liked that he wasn’t trying to force himself on you.”“Well yeah, but I still want him to kiss me. Is he gay or something?”Christie laughed even. It was Sergeant Irwin, who was becoming to her and Vice what Sergeant Rudistan was to Tanya and MCD. ‘Ma’am, a person matching the description of your orphan was just seen near the Saskia Warehouse.’ Irwin said. ‘I’ll head on over.’ said Teresa. ‘Come in as backup, but slowly and discreetly. I don’t want to scare her off.’ Irwin acknowledged and signed off. The Saskia Warehouse was west of the Girls Orphanage, which was west of Church Row, as it was called. The warehouse had been abandoned for.