No! This is completely insane! This... this can't be happening to me!

"Miss? Miss?"

You shake your head away from the horrible smelling salts. Opening your eyes you see a young-ish man standing over you.

"Are you okay? Do we need to take you to the hospital?" he asks.

"No, thank you. I'm fine."

"She's had quite a shock, Tim," Mr. Blakely chuckles. You sit up slowly. "I think she'll be fine. Thanks for the quick first aid!"

"Oh, no problem sir," says Tim (he's cute, too!) as he packs up the first-aid kit and leaves the office.

"That was Tim, my paralegal," says Mr. Blakely. "Just like you... well, not anymore, obviously. Listen, Paul, or, um... Jennifer, there are a few things and a couple more tests that we'll need to do before you can assume your new role. So, let's move over to the table here and I'll guide you through the process..."

"Tests, William?" you ask, as you sit down at the table.

"Yes. And the first test is this." Mr. Blakely puts a form in front of you.

It's a legal name change document. If you sign it, your first name will, forever, become 'Jennifer'.

"I'll give you a few minutes to think it over. Just call for me when you're ready."

Mr. Blakely leaves the room.

You sit and stare. This is the moment of truth, isn't it? Change your name, become a woman forever, and inherit Mr. Hewitt's fortune (about $300 million after taxes). Become Jennifer and you will become one of the wealthiest people in the state. Become Jennifer and you will run one of the largest charitable foundations (the 2nd largest you will find out later) in the United States.

You pull out your powder compact and open it. You look at yourself in the mirror. You stare at your feminine face, your lips, your hair... and try to think to think this through.

Point of fact #1: You didn't escape at the mall, and you could have.

Point of fact #2: You asked to come to Mr. Hewitt's lawyers. You could have returned to your own law firm.

Point of fact #3: You desire to become a woman, permanently is currently {I want to be a woman}%.

Point of fact #4: You are much more beautiful and much more interesting a person as a woman than you were ever as a man. In fact, your current femininity is {I am female}%.

But now...

Now you will be making it permanent and official. You will permanently become Jennifer. You will become this person for all of your colleagues, all your friends, your family (!!!)... your parents??

You freak out as you imagine trying to explain to your mother and father what happened and how you're now happier as Jennifer. Okay, let's put a pin in that one and come back to it later! You are SO not ready to tackle that.

Of course, you are a smart para-legal and you also realize that you could just sign the document, take the money and then run. Probably you could then change back, right? Remove the prosthetics, become a man again, return to being Paul...

But then, why does that thought make you so sad?

Maybe it's because, in your heart, you know that it would be wrong. You've never been the person to skate along like that. You've never been the person to work the system and do the minimum. You've always wanted to be the one that is loyal, the one who can be counted upon, who does the job to the best of one's abilities.

Which is to say, if you are going to do this, you would ant to commit to it fully, 150%, without reservation.

You look at the paper.

You reach for a pen, put it to the paper...and pause...

... this could be the very last time that you sign your name "Paul Madison" to any document, you realize. If you do this, you will be Jennifer... forever.

You will be... trapped.

You feel a surge of pleasure course through your body.