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voice cracked with emotion.
    “But you know we have another problem,” Vida
said. Melissa knitted her brows together. “Seth,” she whispered.
“What are you going to say to my boy? What are you going to tell
him?”
    Melissa sighed as if a mountain was on her
shoulders. “Yes, he’s going to be a problem. Your boy has helped
Dav- Daphne so much. I don’t know what to do. I’m afraid he might
not understand.”
    “I think you should tell him the truth.”
    She saw Vita’s eyes mist again.
    “My boy is strong. I’ve been watching him
lately and something is wrong. He’s very moody when David, err,
Daphne is not around. They are attached and sometimes I feel just a
little too close for boys. But my Seth has a good heart; he won’t
let you down.”
    Melissa saw a concerned frown on the other’s
woman’s face. She believed Vida was right; she hoped the truth
wouldn’t make things worse.
     
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    Seth and David were scouting the woods for
supper when his friend tripped and fell. The boy screamed when he
landed on his side but Seth was too concerned to notice that he had
uttered a sound. The boy sat holding his side in pain when Seth
pulled David’s hand away
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    noticing the small splotch of blood. He
looked on the ground and saw a pointed rock with a trace of the red
stain. He better take a look to make sure it wasn’t serious.
    “I’m sure it’s nothing but a deep scratch,
David, but let me see.”
    He began to unbutton the shirt without any
protest from the injured party but he was experiencing a funny
feeling in his gut when his knuckles touched soft skin. Seth opened
the shirt to find the chest tightly bound. This was very odd, he
thought, but he didn’t harp on it seeing blood seep through the
wrappings. Deciding to unbind the material, he untied the knot in
the back and unwound the cloth. His eyes were on the location of
the wound, and he studied the cut.
    “It’s not that bad but it has to be cl...?”
His eyes were on their way to the face but stopped midway noticing
the small, white breasts. Although, he never had seen a woman’s
breast before, he knew this was no boy. Seth jumped back and landed
on his rump and sat staring like an idiot for a long time before he
looked up into a confused face.
    “You’re a girl!” He stood and picked Daphne
up, hugging her, repeating, “You’re a girl! You’re a girl!” He
started to cry and then laughed. And cry and laugh at the same
time. He was so overjoyed that he placed kisses over her face.
“I’ll be damned, no wonder I was so attracted to you.” Then he
shouted for all to hear. “I’m normal!”
    Birds took to flight from the sound of his
voice. He put her at arms length and studied the beautiful torso
before his dark eyes. “Why?” he asked the girl who couldn’t answer
him. “Why
    would anyone pass you off as a boy? Such
loveliness shouldn’t be hidden.”
    There had to be a good explanation and, by
God, he’d find out. Then, on second thought, what did it matter as
long as he knew the truth? Leaving the binding on the ground, he
re-buttoned her shirt and wondered how he’d explain seeing her bare
chest. He’d be too embarrassed to tell Melissa, but the wound
needed tending so it wouldn’t get infected. He decided to confide
in his mother. It was the most awkward moment in his seventeen
years on the God’s green earth. His heart feeling so much lighter,
he escorted the girl back to camp and very uncomfortable, he
explained to his mother what had happened.
    “Turn around while I tend to her injury,”
his mother ordered. He thought there was no need since he had
already laid his eyes on her beautiful breasts but he’d be
embarrassed with his mother looking on. He recalled the look on his
mother’s face when he brought the girl to her; she
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    was surprised but not shocked. Then she sat
him down and calmly told why it was necessary to pass the girl off
as a boy.
    His heart sank when hearing of her brutal
rape and how she