There had to be reasons for my selection that Ihadn't been told, but Admiral Nepper had no plans to tell me what theywere. I had reached the point at ...hich all I could do was accept themission and hear him out.Satisfied that I would not offer further protest, he continued, "The chipis the product of Vulman Industries. It's a manufacturing company withheadquarters in Oklahoma. They do manufacturing in several locations, butthe chip was developed by a small research team at the. Whatever she had planned, she was using the entire garage. As she had instructed that morning, I entered the garage through the side door, and could immediately see that she had put a lot of work into her plan for my feminization. Using sheets and cardboard, she had partitioned off the garage into a pathway that I had to follow. Upon closing the door, I looked at what she had written on a sign she hung there telling me what to do first.“Stripe,” I said aloud, puzzled.After a moment I chuckled. However, Steve had other ideas. He got up and walked across the room to the drinkers. There, Steve leaned affectionately over Karl, the gay Danish backpacker. Jennifer watched him smiling up at Steve as he reached in his pocket for his room card.On returning to Jennifer, Steve waved the plastic before her face and grinned, “This is the ‘where.’ Holding out one hand, inviting her to stand up, he asked with a sly grin, “Why not now, Jennifer? Karl’s room is only one floor up.” Jennifer dismissed. And Kyle. I really like him, you know. But look what happened last night; he freaked out.” “Yeah.” Helena’s face then became serious. Shane recognized that look. She knew Helena had thought of something. “Shane, there might be a way for you to help your brother. Are you willing to do whatever it takes to help him?” “I am.” “My idea is . . . well, it isn’t good and extremely wrong. Kyle is acting this way because, just like what you said, he thinks every girl coming his way has plans of hurting.