But, after that, all Bastard's stories became rather formulaic don't youthink? 'He becomes me,' and later, after his probation was over, 'Shebecomes m...e' simply failed to excite. 'He becomes it' did have somethingto say about the modern obsession with GRS, but largely failed to engagethe average reader.'I became her; she became me,' whilst not the shortest story, by a longchalk, was certainly heralded as a plotline with an exciting, refreshingbrevity for those well into the body-swap genre.'I. .. I was hoping you ... Dr. Cromwell would be able to help me again. Yes ... yes ... we are here on Vancouver Island now. Yes ... yes ... we are even in the same hotel. Okay ... we will be her when you get here." She hung up; not being sure how the conversation had gone. Jim had been very friendly and cordial. This new voice; of Joe, was much more reserved. He did not seem nearly as friendly."One of the doctor's assistants is coming over to speak to us. He should be here soon." Jenny said. Or was it her age? The woman's birth certificate, pulled from the public records showed her to be 48 years old! "Almost as old as me!" Linda thought. But what bothered her the most was "Yolanda's" criminal history. She had been arrested multiple times on charges of shoplifting, petty theft, public drunkenness, fights, lewd behavior, public indecency and Prostitution. In fact, with at least 11 counts of misdemeanors and felonies in this county alone, Yolanda's record proved her to be nothing. I knew Andy remembered my proposal of marriage on the streets of San Francisco when a movie star and I got in a bidding war for her services as she game-played as a hooker. Fianc, then? Andy had told me she did not need a piece of paper to belong to me, that the proposal was enough for her. Sweetheart? That is what she called me. It was a nice, old-fashioned word.“Sweetheart,” I said. Andy liked that. I could tell by her smile.“Andy, do you mind your sweetheart having sex with another woman?”.