What you saw in the window this time was a young, black woman in shorts and a halter top. You looked down at your very dark skin. Well, this was different. Even as a Chinese girl your skin had been lighter. You did not mind it. Skin color meant nothing to you personally. It was a much bigger change going from male to female than from white to black. But not everyone felt that way, and you wondered if your next dilemma might be caused by some kind of racial tensions?
Not for now it seemed. A woman walked up to you, “Tiana, if you want that job, get in here now!” You soon found yourself a waitress at a local restaurant, and you swore that, when you got out of this curse, would never be a jerk to a waitress again! You had your ass grabbed, breasts felt up, and were propositioned more than you thought possible, and that was just your first night! Now you wondered if some man would rescue you from this? No such luck.
But Friday was payday, and that was worthwhile. What you were doing was working double shifts to earn enough money to show that you could take care of your brothers and sisters. You had to get them away from your drugged out mother and abusive step-father! In the little time you had to think each day, you began to wonder about this curse. Were these things you were being forced to do just random? Were they made-up just to torment you? Or was it more? Were you taking the place of a real woman for a while? You were beginning to think so. Each name was different, and you had memories in each body. You spoke with a different accent. Hell, you once couldn’t speak English! But no matter what, your actions seemed guided. You did what that woman would do, not what you would have done.
Whatever the case, you tried everything to remove the bracelet, but you couldn’t.
Then one day, as you were walking back to your apartment, Leon, a local punk and gang member, grabbed you as you passed, “You know Ti, I am getting tired of you ignoring me!” His grip on your arm hurt! “I see where you are living slut. I think it is time we got to know each other better! I am moving in with you, right now!” In spite of your screams and protests, nobody did a thing as he drug you to your own door and made you give him the key! As soon as the door closed, you had no doubt where things would go next.
After he had his way with you, he went through your things, found the money you were saving, and took everything you had! Your tears meant nothing to him. Worse, he made it clear that you had two choices. One, quit your job and be his girl, or two, be found dead somewhere. If this had been your life, you might have asked, ‘Why me?”, but for you, this was more like what you came to expect.
Relief came from an unexpected source. While you were at the gang’s ‘club-house’ one day, a fight broke out between Leon and one of his lieutenants. Knives were pulled, and Leon lost. The winner, who you only ever heard called Bumper, grabbed you and took you into a private room. He stared at you, “Tiana, I know what you were trying to do before Leon grabbed you. I already have a woman, so you are free. Take Leon’s money and get out of town tonight. I can protect you that long. Leave, and get your family out too.”
You started to cry, “Oh thank you! You may have a woman, but please, let me thank you before I go!” You tried hard to give him the best sex he ever had! And there was no denying that you enjoyed it! Afterward, you got cleaned up and headed home. Leon had used your apartment to hide his share of the money from the gang’s various activities. You never saw it, but you knew where it was. You gasped when you saw enough to by a home and start a new life! You packed only enough to get out, and left as fast as you could!
You were in a small town where you got off of the bus. But the change happened when you got off of the bus. In the Ladies room at the bus station, you saw you were now…
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