I could stomach it. I stared him in the eyes as I drank. My resolve was back. He'd used me and thrown me away. Or had he? He held my gaze. "Look. If ...you don't want to stay, I'm not going to make you, and I'm not going to cause a scene. But, I like you, and I wanted to get to know you. Can you at least tell me why?" My resolve buckled. And he saw. "Let's go somewhere were we can talk. I just want to know why you're running away." I nodded, and let him take me by my free hand. Everything else. ’ Everyone was excited and enthusiastic about the idea. Goldie was excited too! That is how we ended up in Nashville. I was feeling better every day and the studio wanted Goldie to come back and finish up the recording. She flat absolutely refused. She told them I was not up to travel and she would never leave me again. They called every day wanting Goldie to come back. I told Goldie to tell them to come here. There had to be a recording studio in Ocala or Gainesville. They said they would. Many were jeering and many were hissing. Others would notbelieve this allegation. Miss Winter came in and pretended to be thecompassionate mother and took me out of the studio.The next week was hell. The media went crazy over the speculation thatMandy was a boy. Some have even pointed out that she was Angel Valesnski.It hurt me a lot as they were telling the truth. It hurt especially whenfans and other supported me. They were saying I was a girl, and theclipped picture shown was just a film. Als ich auf der höhe der Küche war kam sah sie den Gang entlang und ich sah Maria nur mit einem Handtuch bekleidet vom Schlafzimmer Richtung Bad gehen. Sie blickte herunter sah mich und grinste nur. Wow, was ein Anblick dachte ich für mich und ging ins Wohnzimmer. Kurze Zeit später rief sie aus der Küche „Kaffee oder lieber ne Latte“, Ich musste laut lachen und sage, ne Latte wäre mir lieber. Kurz darauf kam sie mit zwei großen Gläsern Latte zu mir lacht und sagt nur, immer das zweideutige bei.