Altered Fates: Family Matters
by Bashful
bashful47"hotmail.com
Jerry Fields was "baching" it tonight. His wife of 5 years was visiting her
father for the next couple of days. Elizabeth's father, Harold Bigelow, was
Jerry's boss. He owned the manufacturing plant that Jerry managed where
they manufactured a variety of household cleaning products such as brooms
and mops. Not very exciting but a solid, steady business.
Jerry was very young to hold such a lofty position. He had graduated from
the University of Virginia with an MBA. As an honors graduate, he had been
courted by many large firms. They all offered impressive salaries, lots of
perks and benefits. None offered him the challenge he sought.
Jerry believed a good business manager sought to constantly improve the
business and keep it growing. Most of the job offers he received would have
him buying businesses, pumping them up quickly and then selling them off.
Worse than that was the raider mentality. Buy a business and sell off the
assets for a profit. This meant a business was closed, jobs lost, lives ruined.
Jerry had no stomach for this type of business.
Harold Bigelow was the president and CEO of Bigelow Manufacturing
Company, Inc..
He invited Jerry to visit his company. It was the smallest firm that Jerry
received an invitation to visit. He almost didn't go but a small voice told him
to. Jerry was sent a first class ticket to Dallas/Ft Worth airport. He was met
by a limo and driven 30 miles southeast to a small town in low rolling hills.
Jerry liked the location right off. Close enough to a major metropolitan area
for all the important services. Far enough away that life was taken a little
slower. Jerry met Harold Bigelow when he got out of the limo. He was taken
on a tour of the plant. While it was over 15 years old, the plant was clean,
modern and well maintained. Safety was a major concern to Harold, Jerry
noted, he believed in it as well. As they toured the plant, employees all spoke
familiarly with Harold and he knew their names as well. Jerry knew this man
ran a family not just a business.
Jerry and Harold had lunch in the cafeteria along with the workers.
Employees could bring their sack lunch or purchase the hot meal cooked that
day. The food was good. Jerry saw the prices and figured Harold was just
breaking even on the cost of running the cafeteria. This was a perk he gave
his employees, a good hot meal for lunch at a very affordable price.
After lunch, Harold took Jerry on a tour of the town, he stopped in front of a
new house in a new subdivision. The house had a wooden privacy fence and,
like all the other lots, had an established yard and landscaping. Harold told
Jerry that the man he hired to run his plant would have this house to live in.
The company would finance the purchase at a very low interest rate. All
closing costs and fees would be covered by the company.
Harold and Jerry finished the day in Harold's office in his home. The
position Jerry was interviewing for was plant manager. Harold needed new
blood. Someone with a fresh perspective to update the administration of the
business. Mostly, Harold wanted a manager who believed as he did. That
running a successful business meant producing good products. Offering them
at a fair price and treating everyone you dealt with honestly. It meant that the
company was a sacred trust. Harold had the livelihoods of over 1200 people
in his hands. He was the largest employer between Dallas and San Antonio.
His company must continue to grow and it must endure.
"If you're not looking for a long term job," Harold told Jerry, "I'll run you
back to the airport now. If you're willing to make a career here, and I mean
30 to 40 years, and then pass the business on to another manager who can do
the same, then you are the man I am looking for."
Jerry knew he didn't need to think the offer over. It was exactly what he had
hoped to find some day. He never dreamed he could find such an opportunity
so early in life.
"Where do I sign?" Jerry said.
Harold jumped up and pumped Jerry's hand. He knew this was the man to
take Bigelow into the next century and beyond. A great weight lifted from his
shoulders. Now he had only one major concern. But he would deal with that
later.
It was now 3:00pm on Friday afternoon. Harold called a company meeting.
No one area of the plant was large enough to hold all the employees at once
so the meeting was conducted over the loud speaker system. Harold
announced the hiring of his new plant manger in training, Jerry Fields. He
gave a brief bio of Jerry and then Jerry said a few words about how much he
looked forwarded to working with all of them. Harold closed the meeting out
and gave the entire plant the last hour and a half off with pay as a celebration.
Harold wanted his employees to associate only positive thoughts with Jerry.
Harold took Jerry back to his house and there Jerry met Elizabeth, Harold's
daughter.
She was one of the most attractive women he had ever seen. She had straight,
thick, dark brown hair, worn to her shoulders. Her blue eyes shone with
intelligence. Full lips and creamy skin added to the classic beauty of her face.
Her figure was tastefully shown off by the casual but expensive dress she
wore. Jerry found out that Elizabeth wore dresses and skirts 95% of the time.
She occasionally wore jeans when nothing else would do but that was
seldom.
Jerry was immediately taken with her. He felt his heart pounding and he
struggled to maintain control. Harold introduced the two young people.
Elizabeth saw the effect she was having on Jerry and smiled at him. He
actually felt his knees quiver! No woman did this to him before. He took her
hand. It was so smooth and yet she gave him a firm handshake. She felt a
spark jump between them when they touched. She too was attracted.
Jerry was 6' 2" tall with light brown hair. He had warm brown eyes and a
quick smile. She saw a faint resemblance to a young Harrison Ford.
Elizabeth found out later that Jerry didn't care for this comparison. He had
nothing against the actor, he just felt you should see people for who they
really are, not who they may look like. This was to prove somewhat
prophetic.
Jerry managed to exchange a few words with Elizabeth without making a fool
of himself. while they both noted the mutual attraction, Harold seemed not to
notice anything.
Harold suggested they all drive into Dallas for a steak as a celebration. Jerry
found himself praying Elizabeth would agree.
"Sorry, Daddy." She said, "I have a date. Maybe next time. It was nice to
meet you, Jerry."
Jerry was disappointed but thought it was probably best. He would not be
able to concentrate on anything else if Elizabeth had been at the table. He
watched her walk out the door and get into a waiting sports car driven by
what looked like an athlete. A tall, blonde man with a big smile. Jerry felt
immediately jealous. The man in the car looked familiar but he couldn't quite
place him.
Harold saw Jerry staring at the car as it left. He told Jerry that the man was
the newest draft pick of the Dallas Cowboy's. Harold didn't like his daughter
dating men with so much money and popularity. They tended to believe the
rules weren't meant for them.
Jerry didn't like the idea of Elizabeth dating anyone else at all but he didn't
say anything.
Harold and Jerry drove up I-35 to Dallas, Harold took Jerry to the Traildust
Steak house.
It was a big unpainted wood building. Inside, a large room with rows of long
tables. A small dance floor sat in front of a live country band. The waiters
and waitresses were all dressed in jeans and western cut shirts and wore
cowboy hats. When they were seated, a pretty blonde girl walked up to Jerry,
took out a pair of scissors and cut off his tie!
Harold laughed at the reaction Jerry had. Harold had not worn a tie all day
and had purposely not told Jerry about the restaurants 'no tie' rule. The girl
laughed also and then brought Jerry a free drink. They then nailed his tie up
to on of the wooden posts that supported the roof.
The place was brightly lit and noisy with people talking. At least two birthday
parties were in session and the band was playing popular country songs.
When the band took a break, all the kids in the place ran over to a slide
attached to the staircase leading to a second floor. Jerry was unsure about the
place. It definitely wasn't a place for a romantic date or a business meeting,
too noisy, too much activity. When their meals came, Jerry understood. The
food was fantastic. They ate and talked as best they could. When they were
done, Harold and Jerry stood in the cool night outside the restaurant and
talked.
Harold let them cut Jerry's tie off to make a point. They don't wear ties at
Bigelow. Jerry could dress as he wanted but the plant was casual dress all the
time. Harold had high hopes for Jerry and told him so.
"Jerry, you can find yourself in charge of Bigelow one day," Harold told
him, "maybe sooner than you think. I am looking for my successor, if you
are the kind of man I think you are, then that is what your future holds. I just
ask that you treat me, my employees and our customers fairly."
Jerry was deeply moved by the brief speech. Harold was offering Jerry
something he had only dreamed about. He realized Harold was insuring his
loyalty and he was ready to give it. Thus began a strong friendship and a
profitable business relationship.
Jerry considered Harold a friend and not a father figure. Jerry and his parents
had a strong relationship although he would be living almost a thousand miles
away. Harold became Jerry's best friend and they spent a considerable
amount of time together for the first 4 month's Jerry worked at Bigelow.
Elizabeth was busy dating the football player and enjoying herself. She had
just finished her degree at SMU. She had majored in Business Administration
but had no interest in working. She wanted to be a wife and mother and raise
good children. A little old fashioned some people may say but a very
honorable profession, none the less. For now, she was having a good time,
interviewing prospective husbands.
Jerry was so busy for those first 4 months that he didn't have time to think
about Elizabeth more than 6 or 7 hours a day. He concentrated on work but
his free time he spent dreaming of her. She invaded his dreams day and
night. Jerry wasn't dating any of the eligible young women in the area
because he couldn't bear the thought of not dating Elizabeth.
Finally, Harold had an out of town meeting that he could not get out of. He
also had committed to the biggest charity event in Dallas. Harold asked Jerry
to go in his place and escort Elizabeth. Jerry felt his heart pounding once
again. He was actually going to take Elizabeth out. More good news had
come the day before. The draft pick got traded to Minnesota.
Elizabeth wasn't too broke up. He wasn't that smart and he was too rough in
bed. It was a blessing actually since she didn't have to break up with him.
That night Jerry dressed in his new tux. Harold paid for it. He told Jerry he
might as well get one because he would be going to more of these events. He
picked Elizabeth up right on time and they drove to the Radisson Hotel in
Dallas. The party began with dinner followed by awards to the contributors.
Jerry accepted the award for Bigelow. Elizabeth was pleasant but not very
warm during diner. After the awards were over, the hotel provided a
ballroom and band for dancing.
Elizabeth accepted Jerry's invitation to dance. Finally alone, Jerry and
Elizabeth had a chance to speak privately.
"Are you not having a good time, Elizabeth?" Jerry asked her.
She was dressed in a long black cocktail dress with a plunging back and a
low cut front. The dress was slit up the left leg nearly to her hip. Her hair
was piled on top of her head and her lovely neck was adorned with an
expensive diamond necklace. She was breathtakingly beautiful.
"I'm sorry," she apologized, "I just wish daddy hadn't made you take me to
this. I can get my own dates. I'm imposing on you and whatever plans you
had tonight."
"I had no plans." Jerry told her. "I was thrilled to be asked to take you. I
have wanted to date you since the day we met."
"Then why haven't you?" she asked.
"You were always so busy, he explained, "dating the draft pick or going to
some women's function. I have been very busy also. It just never seemed
appropriate to ask you out."
Elizabeth laughed, Jerry thought it sounded like tinkling bells.
"I thought you didn't like me,' she said between giggles, "and that's why
you never asked me out. I've been wanting you to since that first day also."
Both of them laughed and hugged. They danced for awhile and then Jerry
took her to a quiet bar where they could talk. They were still talking when the
bar closed at 2:00am and ran them out. Jerry drove Elizabeth home and on
her doorstep, he kissed her for the first time. That kiss lasted for several
minutes. When they broke at last, Elizabeth felt dizzy.
"Would you like to come in, Jerry?" She breathed the words into the skin of
his neck.
"I would, but not until I've talked to you father. He said, "I really don't want
him to think I'm going behind his back."
Elizabeth wasn't used to being told no. but she knew Jerry was right. She
knew how close they were as friends. She didn't want to have to sneak out to
see Jerry. Better to wait and let her father know first.
They kissed again, and Jerry left.
He floated out to the car.
Jerry was happy beyond words, Elizabeth actually liked him.
When Harold got back, Jerry asked him if he could see Elizabeth on a regular
basis.
Harold gave Jerry a very serious stare.
"Elizabeth makes up her own mind about who she dates." Harold answered.
"She has never asked for, nor taken my advise on that subject. I have no
objection but my blessing will mean little to her I'm afraid."
'I'm the one that's seeking your approval." Jerry explained. "I didn't want to
go behind your back to see her."
"What if I told you I don't want you to see her?" Harold asked him.
"I guess we would have our first disagreement." Jerry replied, "I intend to
see Elizabeth as long as she is interested."
Harold grinned, "I expect no less. Remember though, she's my only child."
Jerry and Elizabeth began a passionate romance that lasted 3 month's
terminated by the proposal Harold had hoped Jerry would make and Elizabeth
would accept. The wedding was held 4 month's later.
Jerry and Elizabeth didn't settle down into married life. The sought out
excitement. They agreed no children before Elizabeth turned thirty. They
wanted a life together first and to add children later. For more than four
years, their life was full of love, sex and adventures.
Jerry could not imagine loving someone as much as he loved Elizabeth. He
brought her flowers for no reason. He lavished affection on her and she
returned it. Their love making was never a contest, but always a celebration.
Six months ago, Harold delivered the bad news. He was dying. He had a
rare genetic disorder that only a dozen people had ever been diagnosed with.
His father had been one of them.Harold had known since he was 16 that he
carried the disease. His father had died from it and they had tested him and
his sister. They both carried the disease. His sister had not lived to see her
25th birthday. Harold had been much luckier.
The disease was only passed through heredity. Harold and his late wife
Cynthia had known this, that is why they never had a child, Elizabeth had
been adopted. She had been brought home when she was just three weeks
old.
Harold and Cynthia spent every moment possible with little Elizabeth.
Cynthia didn't work, Harold was doing well enough with his young business
and they felt raising children was the most important job she could have.
They had plans to adopt a son when Elizabeth turned 3 but tragedy
intervened. Cynthia died in an auto accident on her way home from a regular
check up with her doctor . Elizabeth was being watched by the sitter they
employed on rare occasions.
Harold went in to a deep depression that he did not come out of for month's.
Only when his business was near failure did he bounce back. He hired the
best child care professionals he could afford and made sure Elizabeth lacked
for nothing. He then threw himself into his work and brought his business
back from the brink of disaster. Harold locked into a routine of work and
more work. Micro-managing his company before the word had been coined.
He built his business into a multi-million dollar industry in 10 years.
Elizabeth lived for the brief time they spent together. It was too brief and too
far between. She began to resent her father and his business. They argued
and she threatened to move out but never did. He was her only family.
When Elizabeth was told the news that her father was dying, she began to
deteriorate. Her actions became random and erratic. She would come home
late at night or never get out of bed. Jerry and Elizabeth had sex less and less
frequently. When they did, she wanted to control the action. When she was
satisfied, she would stop, whether Jerry was or not.
Elizabeth began spending several days at a time at her father's house, in her
old room. She didn't want Jerry to visit her there. She was on one such visit
now.
Tonight Jerry was feeling down. He had spoke to Harold on the phone and
he had discovered that Elizabeth was not there as she said she was going to
be. Jerry didn't let on to Harold that his daughter was probably running
around with someone else. Jerry tried calling Elizabeth's cell phone and got
her voice mail. Jerry asked his wife to call him on his cell phone and he left
work. Jerry was convinced now that Elizabeth was having an affair.
Harold's illness complicated matters. Jerry loved Elizabeth too much to just
dump her. He knew she was hurting. Any attempt he made to discuss
counseling or even just talking about it fell on deaf ears. Jerry decided he
would not make Harolds last few weeks harder than they have to be. When
Harold had passed, Jerry would give Elizabeth a decent period of mourning
and then he would insist on marriage counseling or a divorce.
Jerry stopped at a bar he liked for a drink and a light meal. The bar made very
good chili. Jerry was finished eating and was listening to the band play when
a woman approached him. Jerry saw her walk up and assumed she was
going to pass him on her way to the restrooms but she stopped and cleared
her throat. Jerry looked up and she asked if she could set down. Jerry was a
little surprised but he stood and held her chair. She seemed taken by the
simple courtesy and thanked him.
She introduced her self as Toni Chambers and held her hand out. Jerry told
her his name and shook her hand. It wasn't as smooth as Elizabeth 's
although the nails were nicely done in a dark pink polish that Jerry noticed
matched her lipstick. Toni had shoulder length blonde had the had just
enough body to give it curl. She had bright green eyes and a pert nose, just
barely turned up on the end. Toni looked to be about 27, a year or two
younger than Elizabeth and 5 years younger than Jerry. She was wearing a
simple shirt dress that just covered her knees. It fit her well but it was less
expensive than the clothes Elizabeth wore. Jerry couldn't help compare this
woman to the one he loved. She was at least as pretty as Elizabeth but in a
less polished way. She probably didn't go to the beauty parlor as often or
buy as many clothes but she had pride in her appearance. Jerry was attracted
to her but wasn't sure why. He believed in fidelity even if his wife didn't.
Toni smiled shyly with her eyes downcast. "I don't mean to be forward but I
have been watching you for the last hour and I found myself walking over to
meet you. I can't help but feel like I've seen you before."
Jerry tried to remember seeing this woman somewhere before. She was
attractive but he couldn't remember having seen her before. "I'm sorry, I
don't remember seeing you before," Jerry said. " I do believe I would
remember someone as attractive as yourself." Jerry said this more to be polite
than as a line. He did think he would remember her if he had seen her before.
Toni snapped her fingers and said, "I have it, didn't you have jury duty last
year?"
Jerry nodded his head, "Yes, I sat on a jury in a lawsuit for a traffic accident.
I don't recall seeing you there though."
"I wasn't a witness or anything", Toni said, "I came to court one day with a
friend who was a witness. I sat in the benches while I waited for my friend to
testify. Then we left and went shopping. I was only in the courtroom for
about an hour. I remember looking at the jury and trying to guess what they
did for a living. I guessed you sold insurance, was I close?"
Jerry smiled, "Well I do work in an office," he admitted. "I run the broom
and mop factory on the west side of town."
Toni returned his smile and said, "Well, I just had to clear up where I had
seen you, I'll leave you alone now."
She rose to leave and Jerry stood up and asked her to stay.
"Please don't go right away. Can I buy you a drink?" He asked.
Toni blushed and agreed. She sat back down as Jerry signaled for a waitress.
They began talking and fund a number of things they had in common. Toni
actually enjoyed NASCAR racing, something Elizabeth found boring. She
had never been to a live race but she enjoyed watching it on TV. Jerry loved
the races. He found himself wishing there was a race locally this weekend so
he could invite Toni to it. NASCAR races only come around once or twice a
year though. The next race was months off.
As they talked, Jerry felt Toni's foot sliding up his leg. He was a little
shocked and more than a little aroused. Jerry and Toni had several drinks
each and Jerry knew he was in no condition to drive. Toni wasn't either.
Jerry asked the waitress to call a cab and he told Toni he would drop her off
at her place before having the cab driver take him home. He told her he would
help her get her car back the next day. Toni smiled and thanked Jerry.
The cab arrived and they got in the back seat. Jerry asked Toni where she
lived and she gave the driver an address. Toni then moved close to Jerry and
kissed him on the mouth. Jerry responded without thinking. He was just
drunk enough to stop thinking and just react. Jerry had convicted Elizabeth,
in his mind, of cheating on him, now he was getting even.
The cab pulled up to a hotel and Toni asked Jerry to walk her to her room.
Jerry paid off the cab and walked in with Toni. She had a room on the 23rd
floor and once the elevator doors closed, Toni glued herself to Jerry.
Jerry knew this was wrong but he was also lonely and hurt by his wife's
apparent cheating. When the elevator stopped on Toni's floor they got off and
walked down to her room. Toni handed Jerry her room card key. He opened
the electronic lock and handed the key back to Toni. She took the card and
kissed Jerry again. They walked into the room still embraced. Toni stepped
back at the end of the kiss and started taking her dress off. Jerry took time to
think. He was about to make love to a stranger. He had no protection and she
probably didn't either. He should leave, he was married. Just because his
wife cheated didn't mean he should. Jerry thanked Toni for a pleasant
evening and apologized for being so forward. He started to leave.
Toni was down to her bra and panties by now. She grabbed Jerry's arm and
asked him to stay. She was near tears. She told him she had been very
depressed lately, her marriage had broken up when her husband decided he
was gay. She was beginning to believe she wasn't desirable to men. Jerry
was touched by her plea. She saw his eyes soften and she kissed him again.
This time she stroked his penis through his pants. It was definitely awake.
Jerry felt his resolve weaken as Toni's tongue flicked in and out of his
mouth. Jerry gave up and wrapped his arms around her. They finished
undressing each other and fell on the bed. Jerry made love to Toni and fell
asleep in her arms.
When the sun crept in through the window the next morning, it shone in
Jerry's eyes waking him. He was a little hung over. He had a headache and
his mouth had a particularly salty taste to it. He was laying on his back and
appeared to be alone in bed. He was keeping his eyes closed and his body
still because it hurt to move. Then he heard something that chilled his very
soul. A man's voice, in the room! Jerry opened one eye slightly to see if he
could appraise the situation. It occurred to him Toni may have lied about her
husband and he might be in the room ready to beat the hell out of Jerry. Not
that Jerry could blame him.
The voice sounded strangely familiar. The man was apparently talking to
someone on the phone. The man said, "I think she's waking up now. Why
don't you get up here as soon as you can?" Jerry decided there was no use in
playing possum, he opened his eyes and saw a lock of blonde hair across his
eyes. He brushed it aside and discovered it was growing out of his head.
Jerry sat up and felt a strange weight and movement on his chest. He saw
himself hanging up the phone across the room!
"Good morning dear," his body said, " I've been awake for hours, I guess
you girls don't hold your liquor as well."
Jerry felt his aching head spin. His body was talking to him as if he was a
woman! What is going on here? Jerry looked down at his chest and saw a
pair of respectable looking breasts hanging there. He also saw the same
blonde hair he had pushed out of his eyes laying on the tops of those breasts.
Jerry threw the covers back and gasped at the sight of his empty crotch. His
penis was gone! Jerry slowly moved his hand to the empty space and felt
around. He discovered a slightly moist pair of lips which he was sure lead to
a vagina. Jerry was a woman. He noticed his hands were smaller and
slimmer. They also had long nails. Jerry knew he had become Toni.
He looked up at his body and asked himself how he had been changed. His
body laughed, "Don't worry your pretty little head about that now, sweetie,
you have more important things to worry about. I am not really Toni, Jerry, I
am Elizabeth. Now you are Toni and will be for the next 2 weeks. The real
Toni will be up here in a few minutes. She will give you the keys to her mini
van and a book with everything you need to know about your new life for the
next 2 weeks. While you are playing the loving housewife. Toni and I will be
taking the cruise we have planned for the last 6 months. Only I will be Jerry
and Toni will be Elizabeth."
Jerry was feeling worse by the second. The shock of the body change, the
knowledge that his own wife had done this to him and the hang over was
more than his body could stand. Jerry jumped out of bed and ran for the
bathroom. Once there, he vomited repeatedly until he had emptied his
stomach and then had dry heaves for several minutes.
Elizabeth stood looking at the pretty woman that used to be her husband and
smiled. She knew her plan would work. Just then there was a knock on the
door. Elizabeth opened the door and let in the real Toni. She walked in
carrying a small suitcase and her purse. She was dressed in a short pleated
black skirt and a tight low cut T-shirt. She was wearing black high heels and
nude panty hose. Elizabeth looked her up and down and whistled, Toni
smiled and kissed Elizabeth.
This all took place in front of Jerry who had gotten off of the floor and was
now seated on the toilet so he could urinate. When he finished he wiped his
new plumbing, disgusted by the situation and the scene in front of him.
Elizabeth finished kissing Toni and instructed Jerry to take a shower, "And
no touchy feely there girly- girl. We want to leave and we need to make sure
you're ready before we go. Chop-chop, hurry up."
Jerry started to object and Elizabeth stepped forward and grabbed a handful
of blonde hair. "Do I have to demonstrate how much stronger I am than you
right now, honey? Do as you're told. This doesn't have to last two weeks, it
could last forever you know."
Jerry was shaken by the implied violence and the knowledge that he was
weaker and at their mercy. Jerry turned on the water and took a quick
shower. It took longer to wash his hair and he found that washing his breasts
and crotch was better feeling than he was comfortable with. When he was
clean, he dried himself off and wrapped a towel around his body. He was
shorter by about 7 inches and he was al least 80 pounds lighter. The body he
now possessed was in fairly good shape showing only a slight bulge around
the waist. He was captivated by his reflection in the large mirror in the
bathroom. He knew it was real but he was having difficulty believing he was
actually a woman. He looked for a robe but none was in the bathroom. He
walked out and saw a robe in the closet just outside the bathroom. He took
the robe back into the bathroom, discarded the towel and put the robe on. He
had to try twice, forgetting women wrap their robes the other way.
Jerry walked into the bedroom, hoping he wasn't going to find his wife, in
his body, screwing the real Toni. Jerry found instead, a woman that almost
looked like Elizabeth, wearing just a bra and panty matching set and a cheap
looking pendent. Toni was not to be seen, except when Jerry looked in the
mirror.
Elizabeth, in Jerry's body, was sitting down and watching the other woman.
Jerry realized the woman was changing into Elizabeth, or at least becoming
her double.
Elizabeth told Jerry to set down and not talk. Elizabeth explained how she
had been trying to prove Jerry was cheating on her so she could divorce him.
Her father wouldn't stand for a divorce because Elizabeth was tired of being
married. Harold was Catholic and didn't believe in divorce. He would allow
it only if Elizabeth could prove Jerry was cheating.
"But I never cheated on you, how could you prove it?" Jerry demanded.
Elizabeth looked hard at Jerry, " I said be quiet, bitch, what do you call last
night? Besides, I have many pictures of you with several different women."
Jerry shook his head, trying to make it clear up. He never cheated on
Elizabeth until last night and even then, he was set up.
Elizabeth somehow had the power to make people look like someone else.
The woman had stopped changing, she was a dead ringer for Elizabeth
including the small butterfly tatoo on her shoulder. The woman was putting
on a blue top and red skirt that Jerry recognized as belonging to Elizabeth.
Elizabeth told Jerry to take the robe off. He clutched the robe together, not
sure what Elizabeth wanted to do to him. When Elizabeth saw him protect his
body she laughed. "Don't worry sweetie, your safe with me. It's time for
you to learn how to dress and wear makeup. Pay close attention, you only get
one lesson."
Jerry reluctantly took the robe off. Elizabeth looked him over and smiled.
"You are cute with a capital 'C'. Maybe a test drive wouldn't be a bad idea.
Give you some experience before you meet your husband."
"Husband?" Jerry said with a shudder.
Elizabeth laughed at his reaction, " Yes, husband, dear girl. That is who you
have to fool for the next two weeks. But don't worry, he really loves Toni.
She has been gone for 3 days so he is really looking forward to seeing her
again, if you know what I mean?"
Jerry knew what she meant. He was going to have to pretend to be some
guys wife and have sex with him. He couldn't do that, it was too much to
imagine. Jerry shook his head.
Elizabeth, now Jerry, jumped up and stood towering over the woman's body
Jerry now inhabited.
"Number one," Jerry said " from now on, until I change you back, you are
Toni Johnson. Wife of Jack and mother of 3. Don't worry about the kids.
You just took them to your parents house for a 2 week visit. Jack is a good
man, he earns enough that Toni doesn't have to work, she keeps house,
raises the kids and coaches soccer in the spring and summer. She is the
prefect soccer Mom. Excuse me, you are the perfect soccer Mom, Toni. You
will have dinner ready for Jack when he gets home at 6pm. You will then
make him happy to be a man and he will make you happy to be a woman.
That is what you are now, a woman. Don't forget it. Jack enjoys oral sex as
the recipient. He occasionally returns the favor and you will enjoy that
greatly. But remember, Jack always gets head after you have intercourse."
"You have seen what I can do. I can leave you this way. You can be a
woman for the rest of your life, managing a household instead of a factory.
You will never know if the man in your bed is Jack Johnson or me. If you
ever step out of character around Jack, you will never see your body again,
not from the inside any way."
Jerry, now Toni, was shaking her head no, her drying hair swirling around.
She wasn't going to give any guy a blow job, no way!
Elizabeth, now Jerry just smiled. "Toni, if you don't behave just like the
loving wife that you are, you will always be Toni. I have to admit, that would
greatly upset my plans and make me very angry but I will leave you with tits
and a vagina, don't doubt that for a second. It's only 2 weeks, just think of it
a vacation from yourself with some new experiences, Hey, you might learn
to like it." Jerry then laughed.
The real Toni, now Elizabeth had finished dressing and she told Toni to
standup. She showed Toni how to put on a bra and panty hose. She then
showed her how to make up her face.
Elizabeth told Toni that if she didn't try too hard, she could just let her body
take over and it would do many things it was used to doing like putting on
bras, makeup, nail polish and having sex. Toni looked at 'Elizabeth' at that
remark. She wasn't going to get around having sex with Toni's husband but
she doubted she would enjoy it.
Jerry was getting impatient. He wanted to leave and hurried his 'wife' along.
Elizabeth was trying to make sure she had covered all bases. She gave Toni a
note book with several pages of typewritten instructions.
Jerry and Elizabeth left. Toni sat down, wearing the short pleated skirt and T-
shirt the real Toni had worn into the room. She had tried walking in the high
heels and had nearly sprained her ankle. She decided to read the notebook
first and then try again. Toni began reading the simple everyday facts she
would need to know to get through the next two weeks. She wanted enough
information to get through tonight. Tomorrow she would study the book
more completely. As she read, she unconsciously crossed her legs as a
woman would and she began twisting her hair around her fingers. She read
through the book once and got up to get a glass of ice water. She walked
across the room wearing the heels without thinking and had no problem
walking at all. She had sat back down before she realized how easy it had
been. She picked up the book and read it through again. She finished the
book again and decided to pack her bag and leave. She searched the room and
threw all of the clothes she found into the suitcase that was in the closet. She
tried to pick the suitcase up and couldn't. She was much weaker than she had
thought. She was humiliated at having to call for help but she did so. A bell
man came up and carried her suitcase to the valet parking attendant. When her
mini van was brought around, the attendant put the suitcase in the back and
Toni tipped him.
She drove toward her home some 35 miles away in another town. She
arrived before 2pm and started dinner. She had stopped and bought the
groceries the notebook told her she needed for the roast she was to cook
tonight. Toni began dinner and had it ready to go on the table when Jack
arrived home.
Jack slipped into the house quietly and snuck up behind Toni. He grabbed
her from behind and squeezed both her breasts. Toni screamed in surprise
then moaned softly with the contact to her tits. She felt her nipples get hard
and experienced electric shocks shoot through her body to her crotch.
Jack turned Toni around and kissed her. Toni had never kissed a man before
this moment, Jack started out soft and slow but built to a deep passionate
kiss. Toni tried coasting and let her body react as it wanted to. She found the
kiss enjoyable but when she opened her eyes and saw a man's face stuck to
hers, she became uncomfortable. Jack sensed something wrong and broke
the kiss.
"Is something wrong, honey?" he asked, concern in his voice.
Toni shook her head, she had to stay in character. She kissed Jack back and
they stayed like that for several minutes. Toni felt herself getting wet between
her legs. She was becoming very aroused. She found her self thinking about
her dinner. If they wound up in bed now, would it be ruined? Jack began
nibbling her ears and neck and Toni forgot about dinner. Jack sensed his
wife's desire and picked her slight but curvy body up and took her to the
bedroom.
They made love for 2 hours. Toni enjoyed the intercourse and endured the
oral sex she gave Jack. He returned the favor, bringing Toni to climax more
often than she had done for him. Toni lay in bed on Jack's chest, dozing.
Jack was asleep. Toni had been to heaven and back in the last two hours. She
was troubled by her acceptance of the lifestyle of a woman so easily. She
missed her male body and wanted her life back. She didn't look forward to 2
boring weeks as a housewife with no kids around to keep her busy. She
thrived on work as Jerry. She didn't believe she could stay happy for the next
2 weeks. At least she would be alone during the days and she wouldn't have
to pretend to be Toni all day long. She felt the urge to urinate and she slipped
out of bed. She padded to the bathroom and did so. She cleaned up and
washed her hands. She came back to the bed to find Jack awake and pulling
his robe on. They went into the kitchen and Toni was relieved to see she had
apparently thought ahead without knowing it. She had left the warm items in
a warm oven and the salad was covered in wrap in the refrigerator. She had
the food on the table in a couple of minutes. Jack praised the meal and Toni
felt her face get red. She enjoyed the compliment.
Jack then took her hand and said "This is the second best thing I have eaten
since I got home tonight." he then kissed her hand softly.
Toni felt her blood rushing though her veins and felt her crotch grow damp
again. Jack lead Toni back to the bedroom. Now that she knew what to
expect, the second round of love making was better. Toni found the oral sex
less objectionable and this time she even swallowed. Jack again brought her
to orgasm more times than she did him. Jack used his mouth, tongue and lips
to play her body like an instrument. Toni vocalized her pleasure.
They did not leave bed again that night except for 10 minutes to clear the food
from the table. Even then, Jack couldn't keep his hands off of Toni. For the
first time in her life, in either gender, she had sex on a dinning room table.
Jack left for work the next morning, without waking Toni. She got up around
9:00am feeling very sore. She started doing some stretching exercising and
soon felt better. She showered and dressed in a simple, short, denim jumper
with a T-shirt underneath. She wore white socks and walking shoes. She
cleaned the kitchen and scrubbed the table. She couldn't help smiling while
she cleaned the dinning room. Toni sat down and read through the notebook
several time. She then returned it to the hiding place in her closet. It would be
hard to explain if Jack found it. Toni did the laundry which had accumulated
over her absence. She received a call from her "mother" who was upset
because she had not called to let them know she was okay. Toni explained
they had been very busy and her mother had laughed and asked if she could
be expecting a 4th grandchild in the next 9 months then. Toni laughed but she
was horrified at the thought. What happened if she got pregnant. She had no
idea what method Elizabeth used to change Jerry into Toni, but what
happened if Toni got pregnant? After hanging up with her mother, Toni called
Jerry at work and asked him about getting pregnant.
Jerry laughed and told her not to, the medallion won't work on pregnant
women.
"What medallion?" asked Toni.
Jerry changed the subject and refused to discuss it again. He insisted they talk
about a problem at the plant. Toni didn't want to. She was on vacation,
remember?
"Okay, have it your way, if I manage to lose your job for you, you'll have a
long vacation, maybe one in a bikini." Jerry threatened.
Toni knew she had to help, it was her neck on the line. She told Jerry what to
do to settle the labor problem that had come up. Jerry normally didn't work
on Saturday but the problem had brought him in.
Toni hung up and called Elizabeth. She asked her about getting pregnant.
Elizabeth told her Jack had a vasectomy last year. They hadn't told anyone
else, not even her parents. Toni breathed a sigh of relief. On a hunch she
suddenly asked where Jerry hid the medallion.
Elizabeth said " In the bedroom safe. . . wait, how did you know about the
medallion?"
Toni said, "Jerry told me. I just want to make sure it's safe, if something
happens to the medallion, we're all stuck, right?"
Elizabeth was unsure what to say, if Jerry found out she was discussing the
medallion she would catch hell.
Toni could hear the fear in Elizabeth's voice. She pretended no to hear what
she had said.
"I'm on the portable and it cut out there for a minute, where did you say the
medallion was?"
This time Elizabeth refused to answer. " You better ask Jerry about that Toni.
Uh,. . . how's Jack?"
Toni heard some longing in her voice. She decided a little de-stabilization
would be good right now. " Jack's much better than I thought he would be.
Have you guy's ever done it on the dinning room table before?"
Elizabeth gasped, "On the table, are you serious?"
"You bet," said Toni, "it was great too, but then you know that, right? I don't
know why you would care, you obviously would rather be with 'Jerry' why
do you care about the man you're cheating on?"
Elizabeth was shocked. She had never had sex with Jack anywhere but their
bed. What was this man in her body doing to her husband? She felt tears
sting her eyes, she wanted to tell Toni the truth but was too afraid of what
might happen if she did.
"I have to go," Elizabeth said, "Jerry is on his way home and I need to get
ready. We're going out to eat and a play."
Toni smiled as she hung up ,she could tell she had pushed some buttons.
Now she knew there was a medallion that changed her into a woman and the
medallion was hidden in Jerry's bedroom in the safe. She also knew the
happy couple was going out to eat and a play so she had several hours to get
the medallion.
When she was the man of that house, she had supervised the installation of
security system and the safe. She had requested a concealed access pad for
the security system with a special "backdoor" code that no one could disable
without knowing that code. The code was 5 random numbers and letters that
didn't spell anything or represent any date or event. She was the only one
who knew that code. She also had a spare key hidden in a fake rock that she
had never told anyone about. She had checked on the pad and the rock every
week since the system was installed.
The real Elizabeth couldn't care less about emergency plans, she just wanted
the system to arm every time she left and let her in when she got home. Toni
just hoped Jerry hadn't changed the combination of the safe.
Jack called to tell Toni how much he loved her and apologize for having to
work a double shift tonight. Toni pretended to be disappointed on the phone
but jumped for joy when she hung up. She had the evening to find the
medallion. When it got dark, Toni drove her mini-van to her old
neighborhood. She parked it on a street a block away near a house that was
having a party . No one would notice a strange van in the neighborhood with
all the other cars around. She called the house on her cell phone but got no
answer. She walked up the street toward her former and hopefully future
home.
She was wearing denim shorts a t-shirt and sneakers. She knew many people
walked around the block in her neighborhood as night for exercise. She
looked just like any other young housewife taking a stroll. When she arrived
at the house, she locate the fake rock and took the key out of it. She replaced
the rock. She walked across the yard to her secret entry pad. She disarmed
the alarm system and used the key to get in the side door. She wiped her feet
and moved into the bedroom quickly. It took her just a minute to open the
safe. Inside lay the medallion. She looked at it for several minutes. She
wanted to replace it exactly as she had found it. She removed the medallion
from the safe and laid it on the bed. The bedspread was a neutral color and
was perfect for photographing the medallion against. She got her 35 mm
camera out it of the closet and loaded it with the roll of film she had brought
with her. She took an entire roll of 36 shots of the medallion and the cheap
looking chain it hung from. She bracketed her shots and photographed both
sides. When she was done, she replaced the medallion and left. She had been
in the house less than 25 minutes. She kept the key and reset the alarm. She
didn't want to leave the medallion but she had a plan that required 'Jerry'
think the medallion was safe.
Toni went to an all night pharmacy with a 1 hour photo developer. She
dropped off the film and went shopping for groceries. She was back in 45
minutes and the film was just then coming out of the tank. They offered to
load the images onto a cd if she had a home computer. She had seen a
computer and scanner at Toni's house. Having the pictures on a cd would
save her some time. She agreed to the cd and waited while they scanned and
loaded the pictures. She took the photos and cd home and logged onto the
Internet.
She opened a confidential e-mail account with a company that specialized in
such services. She used that to send the images to several museums and
universities, asking for information. She now had to wait. She needed to
know how the medallion worked to fine tune her plan.
Jack arrived home when she was finishing putting away the groceries. He
didn't surprise her this time. She surprised him by wrapping her arms and
legs around him and kissing him until he was gasping for air. Jack protested
he was tired. Toni was aroused by her " Black Bag" adventure and wanted to
play. She stripped Jack's clothes off of him and laid him down on the bed,
she then climbed on top and rode him until they both came. Jack had never
had his wife rape him before and he liked it. He had worked a double shift
though and was tired. He fell asleep with Toni laying next to him. She was
troubled by her actions. She had to admit that she liked having sex as a
woman, but she was really a man and hoped to return to being one soon. Her
body was obviously very used to having sex and was controlling her more
than she was comfortable with. She would have to get her plan completed
before she found herself in love with Jack.
Jack woke Toni up in the morning with a new kind of eye opener. Toni was
surprised to wake up with a penis inside her, she quickly warmed to the idea
though and soon she was enjoying herself. Jack and Toni made love and then
had breakfast. Toni did the dishes and Jack went to watch the game on TV.
This was a typical Sunday for them according to the notebook, except for the
sex. Toni wondered what the real Toni was going to do when she came back
to a much hornier husband.
Toni checked her e-mail and was happy to find a response. She had thought
she might have to wait several days. The response was from a professor of
history and ancient religion at a southern university. The medallion was the
Medallion of Zulo. He gave a short history of the medallion and said it was
rumored to have the power to change the shape of whomever wore it. The
change would depend on what or who touched the medallion.
If a piece of clothing touched the medallion, then the wearer would become
the person who last wore that clothing. If a person touched the medallion,
then the wearer and the person who touched the medallion would change
places. The medallion would not work on women who were pregnant or
having a period. Also, the medallion could only be used on the same person
once every 12 hours. The body needed to recharge before changing again.
The person changed became the other person completely except for their
mind. The person wearing the medallion retained their memories. Some
'muscle memories' remained, walking in high heels or sitting in a skirt for an
example. The professor warned Toni in his message not to trifle with the
medallion. If the stories he heard were true, the medallion would exact
revenge on any who tried to misuse it.
Now Toni knew what the medallion was and how to use it. She might even
know more than Jerry did. Now, how to use the information to her
advantage?
Toni decided she needed the medallion without Jerry knowing she had it. She
took the photos to a jewelry maker and had him make her a copy. Since the
medallion was made out of bronze, it was not very expensive. The copy was
ready in 2 days.
Now Toni needed to get into the house and get the real medallion. It was
Tuesday, Jerry and Elizabeth were leaving on the cruise on Friday morning.
Toni called Jerry at work. When he answered she hung up. She now knew
he was at work. She called Elizabeth and asked her to meet her for lunch. He
said she thought she was falling in love with Jack and wanted to discuss
staying the way they were.
'Elizabeth' became very upset. She didn't want to stay as Elizabeth, Jerry
was no gentleman, literally . They agreed to meet at a restaurant downtown.
Toni drove to her old house and waited for Elizabeth to leave.
Toni went inside and switched the medallions. She was relieved to find the
medallion in the safe. She left, turning the alarm back on. She drove down
town to the restaurant and had lunch with Elizabeth.
Elizabeth asked Toni if she was serious about staying a woman?
"I think so, Elizabeth, I never knew sex as a woman was so different, so
good, so much better," she lied.
Elizabeth looked pained at that remark. " I love Jack and I wouldn't cheat on
him but..."
Toni finished for her, " 'Jerry ' is blackmailing you, right?"
"The real Elizabeth needed someone she had power over to pretend to be
Elizabeth while she punished you and got total control of the company from
her father."
"But I did nothing wrong until I was seduced," Toni said. "What was I being
punished for?"
"I think, Elizabeth said,"for being like a son to her father, he likes you more
than he likes her."
Toni saw the truth there. Harold was dying and Elizabeth was losing her
bargaining chip she thought. As long a Harold was alive, she was protected,
when he dies, she becomes vulnerable. It was exactly what Toni had been
thinking when she was Jerry. Wait for Harold to die peacefully then confront
Elizabeth. Only Jerry intended to try and heal their marriage, leaving
Elizabeth was a last resort.
Elizabeth continued," Jerry is going to get Harold mad at you so that he
leaves the factory completely to Elizabeth and you have to either stay with her
or at least obey her orders. Once you were punished by being a woman for
two weeks Elizabeth will reveal to her father that Jerry has been sleeping
around. Harold will be made to believe that as soon as he is dead, Jerry
intends to dump Elizabeth. Harold will change his will to protect his only
child. At least that is what 'Jerry' is trying to accomplish.
Toni knew what to do now. She scrapped her other plan and improvised a
new one. This is what she did best, thinking on the run. This was why she
made such a good factory manager.
"Elizabeth, what does Jerry have on you?" Toni asked her.
"He raped me one night, when I had a flat." she said, " he was wearing your
body and stopped to help me. He gave me a ride since I didn't have a spare.
He took me to a bar and bought me one drink. I don't know what happened
then but he has pictures of us together. If Jack saw them he would die. I
didn't screw the son of a bitch but I was too ashamed to report the rape, now
it's too late."
Toni was as angry as she had ever been. She couldn't believe that the real
Elizabeth would rape a woman as part of some plan to control the real Jerry.
Apparently she did it though.
Toni was determined to do something permanent about the situation. She
would have to get everyone back into their real bodies and then fix it so
Elizabeth couldn't harm Toni and her family.
Toni patted the real Toni's hand and assured her that justice would be served.
She then suggested the two of them go see Harold Bigelow; Elizabeth's
father and Jerry's boss.
Toni and Elizabeth were lead to Harold's bedroom by his private nurse.
Elizabeth said she needed to talk to her father alone and the nurse left. Toni
explained the whole story to Harold. He was unbelieving at first but Toni
proved it was all true. She took the medallion from her purse and slipped it
over her head. Elizabeth then touched the medallion and before his eyes, both
women began to change. The two women were similar in size and height so
the body changes were not dramatic but Toni's air grew shorter and became
dark red while Elisabeth's hair got longer and turned light blonde. Toni found
that she had more room in her bra cups now since Elizabeth's breasts were
not as full as Toni's.
The real Toni, back in her own body found she was slightly uncomfortable in
the tighter bra that Elizabeth wore. Both women realized they needed to
exchange some of the clothing there were wearing. The went into Harold's
large bathroom and traded bra's, dresses and shoes. They also cleaned there
faces and applied makeup that matched their new coloring.
When they left the bathroom, they appeared much as they did when they first
entered the house. Harold was convinced though. He was very upset with the
problems his daughter had caused. He apologized profusely to Toni for the
wrong committed against her. She was totally innocent of any wrong doing.
Harold didn't mention it but he had decided to set up a trust fund for Toni's 3
children so they all received the chance to get good educations. It would be in
his will.
Harold was upset with Jerry who now resembled Harold's daughter
Elizabeth. Jerry had cheated on Elizabeth even though it had actually been
Elizabeth he had slept with. But he understood that Jerry was tricked and he
was punished by having to live as Toni for the last 4 days. Harold turned to
Jerry/Elizabeth.
"What do I call you now?" Harold asked, "Jerry doesn't fit very well does
it?"
"Harold," Jerry/Elizabeth said, "I'm used to thinking of myself as a woman.
I want to be a man again, but for now it would be easier and cause fewer
problems if you call me Elizabeth and think of me as a woman. I am not
going to try to imitate your daughter around you. But I want my body and life
back. I may need to impersonate Toni/Elizabeth to accomplish that."
"I also want Elizabeth to get the help she obviously needs. No one in their
right mind would do what she has done." She saw the pain in Harold's face
when she said this. "Don't worry Harold, I'll stand by her until she is better.
I won't abandon your daughter. I don't want to make your remaining time
any harder on you. "
Harold was moved by the compassion Jerry was showing. Any other man,
treated as Jerry had been would be seeking revenge. Jerry wanted only to
help the deranged person Elizabeth had become. Harold blamed himself for
what his daughter had done. He believed that if he had paid more attention to
her as a child, she would know how much he really loved her. He was a
success as a business man but a dismal failure as a parent.
"Toni," Harold said, "I see no need for you to be inconvenienced any further.
May I have my driver return you to your home?"
"Thank you," she said, "I drove here, or rather, Jerry, well I mean, Elizabeth
uh. . . Let's just say I have my mini-van outside and I can get home myself.
Elizabeth's right, it is easier to think of her as a woman and who she looks
like. "
Elizabeth hugged Toni who had tears in her eyes again. The worst for her
was over. Now she was going to have to decide what, if anything, she would
tell Jack about this whole affair. The two women agreed to get together and
discuss what had happened between Jack and Toni in the last five days.
After Toni left, Harold wanted to have 'Jerry' brought in and put both people
in their right bodies. The real Jerry, looking like the daughter he so loved,
explained that was not possible. The medallion would not work on this body
for the next 12 hours.
Harold didn't like the idea of having his son-in -law at the mercy of a
deranged 'Jerry' in a much stronger male body.
"I'm sending 'Jerry' to New York for a couple of days on business." Harold
told 'Elizabeth' " I'm going to make sure he leaves you here to keep me
company. That will give me time to prepare for what must be done." Harold
said the last with great sadness. Elizabeth knew Harold was going to have his
daughter committed. Mental illness was such hard disease to treat. The toll on
Harold, having his daughter confined during his last days would be terrible.
He would die, not knowing if she ever got better.
"You know Harold," 'Elizabeth' said, "there may be another way to handle
this. I have an idea. It's kind of radical but it would solve many problems."
'Elizabeth' described her plan to Harold, he was shocked but had to admit it
was workable although one aspect of the plan was more than a little
unsettling.
"Consider the alternative." 'Elizabeth' told him.
"You have a point." Harold said, "If I can accept this solution, can you?"
'Elizabeth' knew the question was coming, she had been considering this
solution since she had gotten her hands on the medallion. It would be a major
adjustment but she believed she could make that adjustment if Harold could.
When it was agreed, they began planning. First Harold called 'Jerry' and told
him he wanted him to go to New York and take care of the contract dispute
they were having with a supplier in Albany. 'Jerry' objected to the trip but
Harold spoke firmly and told him to leave immediately.
In minutes, 'Elizabeth's' cell phone rang. She and Harold listened to 'Jerry'
rant and rave about having to go to Albany when he didn't want to.
'Elizabeth' let him vent and he finally hung up, saying he was going to be
gone for a couple of days.
'Elizabeth' and Harold discussed the best way achieve their plan.
'Jerry' returned to town in a bad mood. He had screwed up the negotiation
with the supplier because he didn't know what he was doing, not to mention
being under a great deal of stress.
He had bought the services of a hooker while in New York and had made
sure he had pictures of the two of them together. He had found the woman to
be boring to speak to but she earned her money. Satisfying him orally
whenever he asked, as long as he had the money to pay. The chance that he
might catch a disease and spread it to Toni/Elizabeth didn't bother him at all.
Besides, he could use the medallion to change into a version of Jerry before
the trip and any disease in this version of Jerry would be gone.
'Jerry' went to Harold's house to see him. Harold had told 'Jerry' to come
straight to his home when he got back.
'Jerry' walked into Harold's study were the nurse escorted him. Elizabeth
was there alone.
She was dressed in a simple shirt and a pair of jeans, obviously new, and a
pair of new sneakers.
She was drinking a glass of wine. She offered one to 'Jerry' and he accepted.
She poured the wine and handed him the glass. She raised her glass to him
and took a sip. He drank about half of the glass. He was drinking more since
his male body held the liquor better.
"Why are you dressed like that? Elizabeth doesn't wear jeans." 'Jerry' asked.
"I'm not Elizabeth, I'll dress as I like." she said.
'Jerry started to get mad but before he could speak, she hit him with the
news.
"Harold's dead." she told him.
"What?' 'Jerry' yelled, "the doctor's gave him 3 more months, how could he
be dead now?
Dammit, I didn't get him to change his will yet. Now that bastard Jerry will
get half the plant and I will have to kiss his ass for everything I need or
want."
'Elizabeth' looked at 'Jerry'. "I never made you kiss my ass for anything. I
always treated you like a queen."
"What, who are you? Why are you talking like that to me?" 'Jerry' shouted,
obviously close to collapse. The stress of the last week and the announcement
that his plan was busted pushed him right up to the edge.
Harold opened the door and walked in just then. He had tears in his eyes. He
had not wanted to cause his daughter any addition pain but he had to be sure
that the two other people in the room were really his son-in-law and daughter
in the wrong bodies. What hurt most of all was the lack of concern by his
daughter over the report of his death. She had only been upset at the spoiling
of her nefarious scheme.
"Elizabeth, it's time to put this whole mess right.' Harold said.
'Jerry' looked about wildly, he was caught, he had to run or they would put
him in jail or a mental institution. He started to walk over to the door but he
suddenly felt very weak.
"You were given some of the same drug you used on Toni, when you raped
her." Harold said, "We found the drug and the pictures in the safe in your
office at the plant. We have destroyed the pictures and the rest of the drug has
gone down the drain."
'Jerry' slumped to the floor. Harold helped him to the couch. Harold's
attorney James Hotchkiss was there and helped. He had been in the other
room listening with Harold. Now he was here to see something he thought
was a fantasy of Harold's mind. Brought on by his illness.
Harold pulled a medallion out of his pocket and placed it around 'Jerry' neck.
He had used the medallion earlier that day, so he would not be affected by it
now. Harold reached into a diaper bag laying on the floor next to the couch.
He pulled from it a baby's sleeper.
"Elizabeth, I know you can hear me honey" Harold said softly. "I know
you're not well and I don't blame you for any of what has happened. It's as
much my fault as your's. I was a failure as a parent, I know that now. I have
a way to make it all right now. This is the sleeper you wore when your
mother and I brought you home from the adoption agency. You were just
three weeks old and so precious. Your mother never put this sleeper on you
again after that day. She saved it with your baby pictures and the lock of your
hair."
Tears were rolling down Harold's face as well as 'Jerry's'.
"I'm going to use the medallion to turn you back into that little girl, honey."
Harold said with a tremor in his voice."Then I'm going to make sure you get
a chance to grow up properly, with a loving mother and father."
Harold touched the sleeper to the medallion. In a few minutes it was clear the
changes had begun.
James watched in awe as 'Jerry' transformed into an infant girl. When the
change was complete, 'Elizabeth' picked the child up and dressed her in a
diaper and gown 'she ' took from the diaper