I doubt that they know about the baby, either, but I could be wrong about that. There might not even be another man, come to think of it," Vicki revie...wed some possibilities out loud."I don't know, Mom. Maybe she doesn't yet, but her family is pushing for her to meet one. That's kind of their style, after all. Meddling bunch of motherfuckers. Not literally, of course. I can't say the same about Karl, from what I've heard lately. Rumor has it you've been busy with Mom, bro. Kirsten, too, not that. ’ Said Father, then turning his attention to me. ‘ My little wolf cub I need to have a few words with you.’ I turned to face him and tried to recover my mind from the thought of Alford impaling a woman on his middle leg. ‘Father would you stop calling me that, I’ll be 20 in a couple of days. Would you please start calling me Annabelle or Anna or Belle, or anything other than Little Cub? You wanted to talk to me, yes Father.’ I said with a bit of a whine in my voice, hoping that he would start. ..."Since you bought all those earrings, can I assume that we will beseeing more of Kathy after today?" I don't know mom. I like it, but I don't know why. I just do, and if Ican, then yes, you'll probably see a lot of Kathy...unless dad says no."Mom smiled at me, that smile of hers that says I sort of understand butdon't get it, then said, "I'll take care of your father Kathy, but rightnow we, you and I together, need to decide just how far we should gowith this. Myself, I was thinking a couple. " I said to myself.Then I tried to figure out my situation. Where was I? How had I got here?Was this some kind of joke, or a dream, or had I gone insane? As a youngperson struggling with feeling like a girl when I was physically a boy, Ioften questioned my sanity.I had done so less since I had actually begun working on a transition,but it was still something I wondered about on occasion. But lacking anyway to be absolutely sure I was sane, I decided to act as though thissituation was real,.