Mike's eyes still had thatsparkle to them. "Let me help you put it on."Cody turned around and let Mike slip the necklace aroundhis neck. He was surpri...ed when not only did it latch, butit seemed to do so with ease, despite the fact that itlooked too small. The moment the latch snapped into place,the etching on the pendant began to glow.All of the sudden, Cody felt a tingle over his entire bodyas he began to change. He shrank six inches from hisprevious 5'11" to 5'5". His short brown hair grew. "Oh, nothing; it's just that if I look really closely I can see just theslightest signs of boy-ness. Nothing to worry about, but I can see it.It's good; I mean that would be just too weird if there was no indicationwhat-so-ever."Courtney threw back the covers and ran to the mirror. "What do you mean;show me!" Don't get alarmed, no one will notice. Just, well, see right here; that'sjust a little bony and prominent -- also, here, here, and here." I see what you mean. Is there something I can do. The first two were young men that worked for the company now. The interviews went well. Either of them should be able to do the job. The two that were scheduled for the afternoon were from outside the company but already lived in the city so there would not have to be a relocation package for the company to pay. I looked at the resume for the third applicant. It was a twenty-seven year old woman named Carrie O’Brien. I went to my office door and spoke her name. "Carrie O’Brien." She. Aphrodite just smiled again, "Yes, little man, I will fix your mistakes. That means, I will help you to find love and serve me by this. But first, you have to earn it."Aphrodite will help me to find love? That sounded... unexpectedly positive, quite the opposite of killing me. But what would she do? Making a girl I had a crush on love me? Or make me meet a girl that did? No matter what, I wanted it!"How can I earn this honor, my goddess?" I asked eagerly.She grinned, "As simple as it could be:.