I am Baaack! Part 13

A.'s wife was an auxiliary, and had insisted on driving. They were backup, if necessary. Georgieann and Stephanie had been relegated to their respective virtual lounge chairs, as it was felt that, in the event backup was needed, it would be a "testosterone moment". Both Rose and Salielah would have preferred to be in the cab instead of Barbara, but Joan would have recognized them; as it was, they were both extremely nervous, and worried about Adain.

Worry about Adain, and the preoccupation with the "Project Joan" part of The Plan, had, in fact, caused The Group to be a bit careless in regard to Lou and Ed; neither woman had survived and become as successful as they had by being stupid. None of the three girls left at the store had any military background, and, while they had all taken basic street self-defense classes, had no martial arts training. Neither had Lou and Ed, but they were bigger women, and stronger than any of the three, and would have the advantage of surprise.

While Jessica, as usual, ran the boutique, Bethany and Elizabeth, who were between makeovers, brought lunch down to Lou and Ed. As they were descending the basement stairs, they were preoccupied with a discussion of their last makeover, a teenage boy whose mother had brought him in as punishment for constantly teasing and harassing his sister. As usual, Joyce had investigated the situation before agreeing to it. She had talked to both the mother and the sister, and then, separately, to the boy, and had felt that a feminine experience would do the boy good. Vaingirls did forced feminization, but only after careful investigation had convinced Joyce that it would be good for the forcee, and was not just a matter of revenge; she was almost never wrong.

While not a particularly effeminate looking young man, Casey, after the efforts of Bethany and Elizabeth, who could make Arnold Schwarzenegger look like a passable woman, and Jessica, who had picked out "her" outfit, had been positively gorgeous.