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life as a gaming casino waitress. That's how long it took for interest in the opposite sex to begin to come alive. Marie said or did nothing to encourage this but she was beginning to feel more than just an attach- ment for her round-the-clock companion. At first she wanted to return the car, and sufficient money to get him started, back to the youth.

But as she watched him from week to week she felt hersel⋅ wishing that he was older, or she was seven years younger. When at last she knew that she loved him, she just suffered the pangs of loving without receiving. It wouldn't do to reveal how she felt.

Marty began to come of age after the third month in dresses. Her per- sonality brightened, her looks constantly improved, she no longer showed a sign of tenseness or unhappiness. About this time her eyes were opened to a beautiful woman. "I'm way out of her class." Marty sighed at the thought of asking Marie to change their relationship. “I have nothing to offer her, why I can't even return the favors she has extended to me.“ Immediately, however she began to try. Instead of sleeping until noon or later, she set the clock for ten, and with five hours sleep would get up and do the housework. She'd put on slacks and work in the yard. When the grass began to grow in early spring, she rode the riding mower and cut the hedges. All this was noticed by Marie.

In the first few days of April Marty found herself observing Marie's lovely body at every opportunity. She wanted to touch. but stayed back from respect for what this beauty had done for her. Marie, on the other hand, had developed such a thing for Marty that she decided to set her free. "He would never fall in love with a woman older than he is," she said to herself.

The showdown came when the boss told her to start closing two nights a week. Business was so good and things pleased him so much that he wanted his employees to have more time off as a reward. They had been used to working six nights and on the seventh each had plenty to do. Now there was a night in which they had to find something. They found each other. They were sitting in the den with cake and coffee one Monday night watching an old love movie on TV.

After it ended with the couple who had experienced so much trouble getting married, Marie turned it off and went to pour herself a drink. She fixed Marty a stiff one also, and sat down near her. “Marty . . . I think you are over your self punishment thing. Living as a girl these months has been good for you. I think I'm going to return your car and

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