By the time he was Jackson’s age, Charles was behaving more like a girl. He wasn’t cross-dressing but he was playing with dolls. I remember my fol...ks and my aunt and uncle talking about it. At that time I was in college, attending the state school here and living at home. Charles’s behavior disturbed his parents so they had him live with us. My parents were more tolerant of him.”“You said Carla didn’t get treatment.”“Not ‘til later. As he underwent puberty, he became less and less able to cope. Nick smiled and ruffled his little sister's hair and said, "Yeah yeah we'll have fun." Lynn perked up and said, "Hey, do you want to hypnotize me while we wait on the rest of the family?" Nick smiled again. His little sister often offered to let him practice hypnotism. He found her to be pretty suggestible. He had found that using hypnotism you couldn't just have people do whatever you wanted. One rule was that it had to be something they were okay with or agreed with at least subconsciously. I guess I felt like I had been used by her. Which was weird because I had obviously wanted it too, otherwise I'd have been sat on my Xbox waiting for Angel to get home.I pulled out of her and got to my feet, the lounger was glistening as the light bounced off of the fluids that was now all over it.''Best hangover cure, ever.'' she said smiling up at me. I returned her smile and pulled the cigarette from my ear, I put it between my lips and lit it. I then picked up my towel and re-wrapped. None.Over the next month, she worked on her tan, being careful not to burn herself or freckle too much. At 38, she looked pretty good. She had recently cut her hair shorter, giving her an "artsy" look. She wore glasses most of the time now, but gray hair wasn't showing up yet, and her figure remained...thirtyish. A few extra pounds, but considering two kids and the available time for exercise, she looked pretty darn good, better than almost all the other moms she saw at the Elementary.