'Becca and Steph seemed a little resistant to the idea of me being Bethanyinstead of John, giving me an odd look with Steph saying "um, okay Iguess." ...ut Jennifer encouraged them both to be nice, saying, "let's giveBeth a chance to prove herself, ok? At least we know she's not going tostay here for a while and not run off with some horny man like that Emilydid!"And stay at The Women's Place I did, though it took a lot of effort at thebeginning. When I did try and speak like a girl, my voice was. She suddenly pulled her hand from Sophia’s as she tried desperately to huddle and hide, even as she tried to follow the older woman.Yes, she still followed Sophia even as she broke her hand free – but then she’d been doing it a lot lately. Following Sophia. Listening to her. Taking the woman’s advice. Even more so than Brianna, Sophia had been her friend. Of the two, she trusted Sophia more.She considered the thought, realizing it was true. She wondered when it had happened. She couldn’t quite. She told how aunty was pressurizing her to give her a grandson eventhough it wasn?t even an year since her marriage. Ankita was very excitedto know that Neha and Ramesh had ran away from their homes and married.She wanted to know the whole story. Neha had to create a backstory andnarrate to Ankita. It was a silly romeo Juliet story that she narrated toher and thought of updating Ramesh also so that if someone asks him theirstories match.After a few hours of casual chatting she heard the sound. Would you like to see the printout?" Sure!"Mei opened the manila folder she was carrying that contained a single sheet of laser printed paper with dates, IP addresses, and the names belonging to those addresses. This was the real-world representation of the trail that Stella had followed in simulation. One address, and the name associated with it, appeared several times. Stella recognized the name and her eyebrows shot up."Does this mean what I think it means?" she asked."Yes," was Mei's only.