I was no longer a boy.

“Come on then Alison,” said mum, “Let’s go and get you some more clothes.”

This was it, I thought, Alison is entering the real world.

“How about a large clothes shop first,” she said.

“We’ll look for a few more tops and a couple of skirts for you.

Then we’ll go on to a shoe shop and get you another pair of heels.

How does that sound?”

“That’s just great,”

I said in a whisper, practicing what mum had suggested.

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