....................................................Nick cautiously opened one eye, to be confronted by the silhouette of a tall suited man framed aga...inst the bright morning light entering the apartment."I've left you a cafetier of coffee on the table. And there are croissants in the top cupboard. Just warm them in the microwave." What time is it?" Nearly 8. 'Fraid I've got to dash, sweetie. Busy day at work today: we're stocktaking."Nick reached out to take Dae's hand. "You were right. It was. Her older Brother Alan knew, but he never once said a word; except that one time in the shower when he blurted out his dismay and shouted out in the loudest voice ever, "You've got a prick!"The simple truth was Henrietta was a Hermaphrodite.Yes, she had all the equipment for either male or female sexual activity. That was why she was so secretive and why she protected her privacy referred to as, "my business". Now, nearing her Eighteenth birthday, and ready to graduate from High School;. My parents weren't home so we ended up watching television. I can still remember what we watched that night. It was the first part of the movie Helter Skelter.We were sitting on our sofa - Jim on one side and I was on the other and watched about an hour or so of the movie. Being 16, pretty much anything stronger than a breath and I could get hard. I still don't know why I was getting a boner that night but I casually reached over and grabbed a pillow to lay on my crotch so Jim couldn't see.. Sorry about that." Michael followed his wife down toward the stream. "Just woolgathering." They sat down together in silence, under the arc of a weeping willow. The strands of its leaves reached down and kissed the surface of the water, leaving small ripples as contact was made and broken. "Now what?" Gemma asked, his voice quiet and strained. "Now we talk. Now we say the things that will make everything better. There has to be something. I thought this place would be enough. We'd.