The first surprise arrived a couple of days later. Thai herbal capsules. H asked over WhatsApp C what they were for. To help your little boobs came the reply. There followed a longer message from C.
'I ordered a supply of herbal tablets from Thailand and I see from the tracking data they have arrived this morning. Jenny and I researched them for you. They will make your boobs grow. You've always had a thing about breasts, now you can try some out. Take two a day for three weeks then stop for a week, like a natural female cycle. They will also stop you feeling frisky in a boyish way. With less testosterone running around your system they should help reduce any gruff dominant feelings. I'm looking forward to a voluptuous new you, a more feminine you, a more submissive you."
The next surprise package to arrive contained some running shoes and leggings.
The next email was a set of links to weight loss advice and a running site called Couch to 5k.
C's WhatsApp message told him she wanted regular progress reports on his transformation to a slimline fit person.
Over the next days C continued to talk about her feelings and her desires. She talked about forbidden fruit. Growing up, homosexuality had been taboo, not often talked about but only referred to in disparaging terms if it was. Promiscuity, especially for women had negative connotations. Affairs were something that the rich and famous indulged in but were not for normal couples.
"I'm tasting forbidden fruit and I'm loving it. I've challenged all the hang ups and shyness that stopped me doing so many other things. I feel like a new woman, a woman who can, a woman who does, rather than a woman who shouldn't or a woman who doesn't. Do you understand how important that is to me, that's what having Jenny in my life has done and that's what taking your compliance has given me. And there's another thought I had, I'm going to become a forbidden fruit."
She propped her phone up on the bedside table and stepped back. She lifted her t shirt over her head and unhooked her bra.
"See these ripe melons? Take a good look. Because they are for Jenny. Take a good look. Forbidden fruit as far as you're concerned. "