I am Baaack! Part 4

He had again looked at her face, looked for the smile, some indication that this was all an elaborate joke. Nothing. She was completely serious. His male ego shouted at him and he ignored it; this was ROSE. His left brain practical side began to raise the points of difficulty involved, and he pushed them aside; this was ROSE. ROSE was asking him to help with something that was right and good; if this was what he had to do to play his part, what else could he do? So what if it might be a little, a LITTLE? humiliating and difficult; this was ROSE!

All he had said was, "Yes, dear."

More kissing and hugging, and when that finally died down, she explained the plan and told him what he had to do. Step one was this trip to New England to meet one Ms. Jane Thompson.

Rose had explained that Ms. Thompson had perfected the art of petticoat punishment to help straighten out wayward young men. The young men were referred to her from various sources where more traditional means of reformation had been tried and found wanting, and her record was excellent; of over fifty young men, all but two had gone on to lead successful lives. She broke them down, remolded them as gracious young ladies, and then returned them to their male status much improved.

Joyce had heard of her through conversations with some of her customers, former students, who occasionally liked to return to their feminine personas created while they were with their "Aunt Jane". They all spoke highly of her, and with affection.

Then had come a call from her brother, G.A. One of his legal clients was having trouble with her son, and G.A. had wondered if Vaingirls could help. Joyce, Bethany, and Elizabeth - Jessica had not yet joined them - discussed it. The young man was a minor, and, they agreed, would need to be treated "in residence". They had never dealt with a minor before, and Vaingirls did not have residence facilities, yet Joyce did not want to just say no to her brother.