INTO THE DRAWING ROOM WHERE HIS AUNT WAS WAITING, THE OLDER WOMAN ROSE TO HER FEET WITH ALACRITY, TAKING HIM INTO HER ARMS AND CLASPING HIM AGAINST HER OWN BOSOM.

"NOW I HAVE A REALLY AND TRULY DARLING NIECE!" SHE SAID, A TEAR IN HER EYE.

"BUT WHY, WHY, AUNTY? MARKED FOR LIFE!" HE SAID.

NOW I AM

"SHUSH, DARLING, 17 SHE REPLIED, KNOW EXACTLY WHAT IS BEST FOR YOU. $1

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BUT THERE WAS LITTLE COMFORT IN HER WORDS FOR HIM. HE WAS TOO UTTERLY MISERABLE FOR ANY CONSOLATION FROM ANY SOURCE.

"NOW, DEAR, RUN ALONG TO YOUR ROOM SO THAT JOSIE MAY DISROBE YOU. I WANT TO SEE FOR MYSELF THE WONDERFUL CHANGE DOCTOR HAS WROUGHT ON YOU," HIS AUNT CONTINUED.

GERALD TRUDGED UPSTAIRS TO HIS BEDROOM, WITH JOSIE CLOSE BEHIND HIM IN CASE HE FALTERED IN HIS ASSIGNMENT. ONCE UP IN HIS BOUDOIR, HIS OUTER GARMENTS REMOVED, JOSIE REMOVED HIS BRASSIERE WITH TREMBLING FINGERS, AS IF UNVEILING A RARE WORK OF ART.

WHEN HIS AUNT ENTERED, HER EYES WERE WIDE WITH EXCITEMENT AS SHE SAW HIS BREASTS. 34 -

"HOW PERFECTLY DELIGHTFUL, GERALD DARLING!" SHE EXCLAIMED. "NOW YOU ARE INDEED A BEAUTIFUL YOUNG LADY! CONFESS, NOW, AREN'T YOU ECSTATICALLY HAPPY?"

GERALD COVERED HIS FACE WITH HIS HANDS, WHIMPERING, "AUNTY, AUNTY, HOW CAN YOU SAY SUCH A THING? HOW COULD YOU HAVE DONE SUCH A THING TO ME?"

"BECAUSE AUNTY KNOWS WHAT IS BEST FOR YOU, DARLING. AND BECAUSE IT IS WHAT YOU REALLY WANT, WAY DOWN DEEP INSIDE YOU, EVEN IF YOU DON'T ADMIT IT NOW, SHE REPLIED.

HIS AUNT REACHED OUT TO STROKE THE NEW FLESH ON HIS BOSOM. HE DREW BACK AS IF HE HAD RECEIVED AN ELECTRIC SHOCK. BUT SHE NOW LEANED OVER AND KISSED EACH OF THE PINK OUTTHRUST NIPPLES.

"GOOD NIGHT, MY PRECIOUS DARLING!" HIS AUNT WHISPERED AFFECTIONATELY, THEN LEFT THE ROOM.

JOSIE DROPPED A DAINTY SILK AND LACE NIGHTIE OVER HIS HEAD, ONE WHICH OUTLINED AND EMPHASIZED HIS NEW BUST, THEN HELPED HIM GET BETWEEN HIS FAMILIAR SILKEN SHEETS.

THE LIGHT WAS EXTINGUISHED, LEAVING GERALD TO HIS OWN THOUGHTS.

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