ChapterCold and discomfort welcomed Paul as he struggled awake. Outside, dawn was breaking. Stiffly, he sat upright and watched the sun clear the hi...lls on the horizon.As he got up he felt an unfamiliar weight on his chest shift. His eyes drifted over his large, firm breasts. He had hoped that it had all been some insane dream. That he still had his own tall, muscular body. Not a half female, half male one.He could still remember vividly how the horror had started. He had woken just two. A second bid appeared: $1,200. Another bid followed on the heels of another as a digital clock counted backward from 30 seconds. At zero, a buzzer sounded. Paula walked across the stage and pressed a light beside the highest figure. It appeared at the top of the row with the words: jacket, the amount and an identification number of the bidder. That was the end of round one. Paula lifted the coat lapels and shrugged it off. She handed it off stage to an assistant. ‘Congratulations to the winner.. “You always look like a bug!” That’s Deena’s comment when I have a soldering iron in one hand and a pair of tweezers in the other and a pair of magnifying viewers on, trying to solder a teeny tiny little wire to a teeny tiny little pad on a circuit board on the lab bench in front of me.“That’s okay,” I said. “Next time you’re jumping around with your burnt finger in your mouth, the video’s going on YouTube.”“This is why Dad says he likes power engineering.”“Oh, I know. Those outdoor circuit. At exactly eight thirty, there was a soft knock on my door. Words almost stuck in my mouth, but somehow, I was able to grumble, "Come in."Slowly the door cracked open, and in walked my son. He came forward just a few steps, and then stood tentatively near the foot of the bed, looking more nervous than I was. I let him soak me in for a short time, and then asked, "So, you agree with everything I asked?"Kyle nodded his head and replied, "Yes."Even though I had resolved to go through with it, the.