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you just rub on, wait a minute, then wipe away the hair. Your mom can get it in any pharmacy." |
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"It would only grow back." |
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"True, but you can keep using it until the medicine takes over. I'm giving you a prescription for something that will stop it from the inside. In the meantime, use the depilatory so you can wear T-shirts again. We've got a long hot summer ahead of us, and I don't want you passing out on second from the heat, okay?" |
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"Just a few questions." Mitch opened the file folder. "Can you tell me when you first noticed the chest hair?" |
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Matty let the question sit in the air for a while. He didn't seem to want to talk about it. |
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Mitch coaxed him. "Two years ago? A year?" |
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"I guess around Christmas." |
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"About five months ago," Mitch said. The growth had come on fast. "What did you think when you saw it start to come in?" |
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"Why did you get scared?" |
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"I thought I was turning into a freak." |
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"A freak? Why did you think that?" |
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"You know," he said. "You saw me." |
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"You mean your privates." |
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"Matty, I know this is hard, but it will help," Tojian said. "And when did you notice the changes there?" |
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"About the same time, I guess." |
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"So it happened kind of fast." |
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"I know you're not going to like it, but I'd like to take a quick look," Mitch said. |
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Matty looked away for a moment, then, without a word, he slipped off the table, unbuttoned his pants and lowered his undershorts. Mitch quickly examined him and said he could pull his pants up. |
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Even though he had been prepared and had had cases of precocious puberty before, the sight was startling. Framed by a twelve-year-old's narrow thighs were the testes and penis of an adult male. |
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