GERALD STOOD AWESTRICKEN AS SHE ACCOMPLISHED THE REMOVAL OF THE VEST, THEN QUICKLY REPLACED HIS CORSET, DRAWING THE LACES IN EVEN MORE TIGHTLY THAN JOSIE HAD.

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"GET UP ON THE TABLE, CHILD, " SHE ORDERED. WHEN GERALD HESITATED, INGRID PICKED HIM UP IN HER STRONG ARMS AND POSITED HIM ON THE TABLE, QUICKLY SECURING HIS WRISTS WITH LEATHER STRAPS, THEN DOING THE SAME TO HIS ANKLES. HE COULD ONLY SQUIRM AND WRIGGLE A LITTLE NOW, AND HE FELT UTTERLY HELPLESS. HE SOBBED BITTERLY.

"I'L GIVE YOU SOMETHING TO QUIET YOU," INGRID SAID WITH A KNOWING SMILE. GOING TO ONE OF THE CABINETS, SHE TOOK OUT A DISPOSABLE SYRINGE, HOLDING UP FOR HIM TO SEE AS SHE TESTED IT THEN CAME TOWARDS HIM.

"HERE! WHAT ARE YOU GOING TO DO?" HE SCREAMED HYSTERICALLY, DESPERATELY TRYING TO AVOID HER.

"IT'S ONLY TO QUIET YOUR NERVES, YOU LITTLE COWARD!" MISS INGRID SAID, AS SHE TOOK A WAD OF COTTON FROM A GLASS JAR AND GENTLY RUBBED A SPOT OF ALCOHOL ON HIS ARM.

"NO, NO, PLEASE!" HE SHOUTED AS HE FELT THE NEEDLE PRICK HIS SKIN AND SAW THE PLUNGER FORCE A GOLDEN LIQUID INTO HIS ARM.

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IN MOMENTS, GERALD'S SCREAMS HAD DIMINISHED AND HE WENT INTO A STATE OF TOTAL OBLIVION.

DOCTOR BUELL ENTERED NOW AND CAME OVER TO THE TABLE TO GAZE DOWN AT GERALD'S INERT FORM.

"AN EXCELLENT SUBJECT, DR. BUELL, THE NURSE COMMENTED.

"YES, HIS FLESH IS QUITE ADAPTABLE TO HIS NEW BOSOM," THE DOCTOR REPLIED WITH A GAY CHUCKLE, CUPPING GERALD'S BOYISH 80SOM ONCE MORE. "WE MUST PROCEED IMMEDIATELY. HIS AUNT HOPES THAT HE WILL BE ABLE TO GO HOME BY FRIDAY NIGHT OR SATURDAY AT THE LATEST.

"I HAVE PREPARED EVERYTHING THAT'S NECESSARY, DR. BUELL," REPLIED THE NURSE.

"GOOD! YOU MAY NOW INJECT HIM WITH SODIUM PENTOTHAL, TO MAKE SURE HE DOESN'T WAKE UP UNTIL I HAVE FINISHED THE OPERATION."

"YES, DOCTOR!" MISS INGRID ANSWERED. THIS TIME SHE INJECTED A SMALL AMOUNT OF ANESTHETIC DIRECTLY INTO GERALD'S VEIN IN THE HOLLOW OF HIS ARM.

NOW THE DOCTOR GRASPED EACH NIPPLE IN TURN WITH THUMB AND FOREFINGER, STRETCHING 17