She survived, but her working days, and in fact her days of taking careof herself were over, forever.I talked my brother into setting her up in his ba...sement, and for a whiletaking care of her gave me a reason to keep fighting. Well, her, and mydaughter, of course.Until both of those reasons were taken away from me.First, my ex finally realized how feminine I looked now, and we had theblow-up I had been dreading since I first told her I felt more like awoman than a man.It didnt matter a hill of. " He laughed, and he began taunting Rhea again."Or what, Andy? You protecting your little baby sister now? Poor little Rhea." Fuck this!" Rhea flung her bag on the floor and started walking purposely over the grass and flowerbeds towards him, her arms outstretched and shouting. "Fucking come on Nat. This is between you and me. Not Si. You can't stand that it that I dumped you. Well it's over but if you want revenge, try and take it, you arrogant cunt." Nathan's expression changed as my sister. What really startled him was how much her words made sense to him. Was he maybe losing himself to whatever madness possessed him to do this with his daughter? He honestly couldn’t say any longer. He’d lost that objectivity necessary to say one way or the other. “What are you saying, Alley? You’re right about your mother. I loved her more than anything in the world, well anything except you. Your mother completed me, yes, and made me feel like I could do anything. You were right about. Again, congratulations. Sounds perfect." Poor Charlie, here, he'll have to eat canned dog food while I'm gone. He's hopeless in the kitchen. I'll have to buy him Alpo in pull-off top cans. He can't even operate a can opener, poor baby." Now, look, you knew when you married me that I was the most inept guy around the house ever created." That bad, huh?" asked my sister-in-law, Judy."Oh, he's hopeless. Can't do a thing. I choose his clothes each morning or he'd be laughed at at work. And cook?.