Several questions came to mind, was I gay? Did I actuallywant to be a woman? Why did I want to do this? I arrived at the addressand parked in the rear.... I grabbed my bag and entered the store. Ientered what appeared to be a high end women's boutique. There wereracks of fancy clothes, shoes, a wall of wigs, and a makeup counter witha small alcove containing a barber's chair facing a mirror. I wasgreeted by a handsome woman who called herself Patrice. She was astately woman, very attractive for. I will have the authorization within fifteen minutes. Is that time enough?" I guess so," was the answer. "It will take us about that long to round up the surgical team and get her fully prepped." Where is your wonderful Mr. Sloan, anyway?" Caitie asked. "And how do we get to his office?" As she asked her questions she nudged Prince. She knew that Bellevue was an enormous hospital, but she also knew that the tigers had an astonishing sense of place. Regardless of the complexity of the. " How old is he?" He's twenty two." Did he know before he married his wife?" I said."Oh yeah, he knew. Andy and I started fooling around when I was sixteen and he was twenty. I stood up at the wedding." Does his wife know that he's bisexual?" I don't know if he told her or not, Greg." Dave shifted uncomfortably and looked at me. "It was more than just sex to me. When Andy told me he was getting married, it broke my heart. I knew that we would never live happily ever after, but it still hurt.". None of the men or women under his command ever spent more than one nightin jail, and rarely that much. His relations with the aldermen and thepolice were cordial; he and his uncle didn't step beyond the unofficialbounds of custom, and they didn't enforce the law in all its rigorin his territory, when they had more disruptive bosses and bosses'lieutenants to worry about.When his uncle died of a stroke, he took command swiftly and decisively;only one of his uncle's other lieutenants challenged.