...how CJ was feeling? Was she enjoying her time as a girl?
The answer, of course, was Yes, because the wish was that Catherine Jane would accept and enjoy being a girl for the entire week. In fact, the "part" of her that was Jon -- that is, her mind's occasional struggle against the wish -- was all but gone now. She'd accepted that she was Catherine Jane, and she enjoyed being Catherine Jane.
In fact, CJ was really looking forward to the sleepover with her friends. She'd never been to a sleepover before, and was looking forward to it with every passing minute.
CJ's mom saw her daughter singing softly to herself and clearly loving life. She felt no desire at all to change her back into Jon.
The week passed, and then something remarkable happened -- something CJ's mom had given up on over a decade ago. She met...