"Okay. I need you to help my friend. I owe him. I'll pay you back, and that's a promise. But, I need you to front his bail. And, I need you to defend ...him in court it if it goes to trial. He's my friend, my only friend, Darla. He needs me, and I need you to help me out here for the short run. Like I said, I'll pay you back. Believe me I wouldn't be here if this wasn't real important," I said. Her turn to nod. "Bail for who?" said Marty. "Gabriel Montoya," I said. Marty rose and left the room. . Gradually she had come to accept that her female body had forcedher to move from her male persona to a more female one."But if that's what you wanted, why did you trap me here?" Jeri asked."I didn't trap you here Jeri," Lisa said, "I gave you things to do.Pretty much about the same as what you had to do at home. It took me awhile to figure out how much that was and to balance it properly but Inever trapped you here or forced you to stay." Telling me that we were hired to work here and were. "It's nothing." Nothing? I can read you like a book. I can see it's not nothing. Is it the neighbours?"Ken looked alarmed."Neighbours? What's this about the neighbours? Should I be troubled? What are you saying?" When we visited Mr and Mrs Wood, and Mrs Wood said 'nigger'..."Ken looked suddenly relieved."Oh that! You get used to being called a 'nigger' in the Army, dear. It's nothing. Nothing at all!"Cissy was right to be perturbed though. And it wasn't the Woods' unthinking prejudice as she. She could not turn her head enough to look into his face.“Honey, you are going to learn that you have to pay sometimes for your high and mighty attitude. I was not very pleased with the way you disrespected me this morning.” She heard Hank whisper in her ear.“I am so sorry if I did anything to make you angry. I didn’t mean to. Please stop this.” Sarah pleaded again.“I’m not angry baby. I stopped being angry at white folks long ago. I just make them pay now and your ticket is past due. But.