.. I mean, I don't... Not really..." she stammered quite unconvincingly."It's nothing to be ashamed of, Gretchen," the therapist assured her. "It's na...tural.Biological. You're proud of being a woman, right?" Yes," she agreed, and agreeing felt so good. "I'm... I'm proud to be a woman." Then why be ashamed of your body?" he reasoned. "It's your body that makes you a woman, right? You should be proud of its womanly features! Hiding your boobs, your hips, your cunt, your feminine ass, that's just. If youdon't comply we'll have you arrested and seize any and all files in thisbuilding."Gloria finally saw that she was outgunned and glowered for a moment at mebefore walking away angrily.Mom kissed me on my forehead. "Ik ben blij dat ik je weer terug heb,Marc." [I'm glad to have you back, Marc.]"Misschien kun je me nu beter Marcy noemen," I said hesitantly. [Maybeyou should now call me Marcy.]"Marie," Mom said confidently."Wat?" I asked her."Ik zou je Marie hebben genoemd." [I would have. Larry mainly slept in there because he snored to loudly for Maranda who kept the master suite in the 2,300-square-foot, 4-bedroom, 3½-bath house. The room was outfitted with a black sectional sofa that had a chaise lounge, a 65-inch 4K Ultra HD TV, and a minifridge that contained copious amounts of beer.Carmen went into the attached bathroom to change. She emerged wearing a bright green color piece of lingerie that was trimmed in red.“You look like cute little elf,” Larry opined. “I like this. She wanted to be a doctor and was part of Stanford's accelerated M.D. program. It was a six-year training program, involving three semesters per year: fall, spring and summer (Why English persists in referring to them as 'semesters' baffles me. The 'sem' in semesters refers to 'twice', implying that there would be two per year. 'Trimesters' would be more accurate, but that term is seldom used.).She was maintaining a 3.6 (out of a possible 4.0) average in her grades, which put her in the second.