‘I am not your possession. You can not just sell me to the highest bidder because it serves your purpose. I will not sacrifice my honour and my prid... to meet your ends. I may have no experience with men or romance, but that is of my own doing and choice. I am the only person who gets to choose what is done with my body.’ I stated lividly, my cheeks flaming with indignant anger. I stared firmly into his deep green eyes. He broke eye contact first, while looking away to hide a smile. ‘And what. Yeah, I share a birthday with Donald. What’s different, beside me being a young woman now, is that instead of being thirty-five, I am fourteen years old. Additionally, instead of clearly being white, my skin tone is light brown, and my hair is black. My eyes are the one thing I recognize without having to imagine myself as a white male. They are still hazel green with gold flecks. I still have the scar from a busted lip from falling down the stairs when I was 9, and the cut on my left ring. . I... I’ll just leave now if that’s OK with everyone,” she stuttered as she moved toward the door.She was about half-way through the control room when Marcella called out, “Loretta!”Loretta turned with fear on her face. “What?!” she said nervously.“You might want to get dressed before you walk out to your car,” Marcella said, pointing to the clothes on the floor of the growth lab.“Oh!” she cried, as if for the first time realizing that she was naked in this reality. She ran back for her. "Susan and Ann leaned forward to listen."Well, you know that law Texas passed a few months ago?" Jacob said with resignation. "It means I can't marry you legal like."Marnie laughed which caused the women's heads to jerk toward her."You can marry them legal like if you want to," she said. "At least one of us. You and I ain't no more legal than you and they are."Jacob supposed that was true. Although there was times he felt like it, he wasn't ready to trade Marnie in just yet. But given her.