A joke, I hoped, would never become a reality. I was awful at house chores and if asked what the difference was between a mop and a broom I wouldn’t... be able to tell you. Luckily, we were fortunate enough to have hired help. Hired help that today had decided to get herself sick with mono and not show. The audacity of some people. Our gas stove had way too many buttons and in search of the right one I lit the wrong stove top which in turn set my sleeve on fire. In blind, white terror I felt. "Jane!" I mumbled trough gritted teeth. As a next step I grabbed mycellphone and dialed Jane's number. She picked up almost immediately andanswered in an amused voice, "Hey there girlfriend, what's up?"I snarled in an angry voice, "Haha, very funny Jane. So I guessed rightthat you are behind this?" It was still strange to hear myself taking inmy new girl-voice. My girlfriend seemed to like it though. "Hey, I likeyour new voice. So you already noticed the changes did you? Amazing whatthis golden. But I feel sad for her now, instead of angry. She got her freedom but she never had the love she threw away. And 36 is too young to die. I don't care who you are."Mary said, "Do you pity her?" No. It isn't as if God struck her down or circumstances beyond her control took everything away from her. She knew what she had and she made the choice to give it up. You can't pity someone for using their free will, no matter how they mess it up."Charlie said, "Well, I've got my car if you want to visit. She started to count the days since her last period.She had planned to go the clinic that Monday because her period had ended the Thursday before. She knew the shot was effective immediately if taken within a week of the start of her menses.She had never tracked her ovulation cycle but she remembered from her prep school sexuality class that menstruation started 14 days after ovulation – and her period came every 28 days like clockwork.She also knew a woman was most fertile 24 to 48 hours.