

I have reason to believe as an officer of thelaw that you are about to carry out a sex change operation against thesubject's will, and so you are all under arrest. The Sergeant headed down to thebasement where a group of masked surgeons, fully prepared to operate,were about to anaesthetise a girl with long red braids."Police-stop right there. Those who they met made no attempt tofight and were quickly handcuffed. "On the countof, go, go!" At once his officers battered downthe main door with a battering ram and charged in with their batonsdrawn, followed by two armed officers borrowed from a Trojan Armed Policeunit in case of armed resistance. And then what? They will force me to be the girlfriend of the boythey selected for me.for how long?"Are you all ready," Sergeant Howard said over his radio. I never wanted to be a girl, and now there is now wayback. He eyedme curiously as I did that but made no comment. Ferris," I replied as I put the money in my purse. Don't forget, Iexpect you here at nine o'clock sharp on Monday morning." I won't Mr. "Oh, and Joan, Ijust wanted to say you've done a great job this week. "Now, don't spend it all in one place," he chuckled.

I was beyond pleasantly surprised when Mr.Ferris handed me five crisp twenty dollar bills at the end of my shift. I cautiously fellback to sleep.Thursday passed in a blur. I half expected the wholeepisode to play itself out all over again. Icrawled back into bed and turned out the light. I actually got out ofbed and checked everywhere: under the bed, in the closet, out the window.Everywhere! I finally convinced myself that I must have been dreaming. I sensed total desperation in its plea.Something about that voice was hauntingly familiar.

Although it was a warm summer'sevening, I began shivering.
