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I was tired but didn't know if that was from the transformation or from all the sex. I felt bad that I had ghosted Sandra. I should have made up some story instead of just disappearing. If I repeat this I'll try to do better next time.
I went out to check my mailbox and pulled out a couple of pieces of junk mail and the electric bill. As I headed back into the house I ran into Amy, coming out of the apartments next door. She and I had formed a minor friendship and she smiled and waved when she saw me. "Hey Edison! Any fantastic new inventions?"
Edison was her nickname for me - she thought it cute and I tolerated it. "Actually, yes, although you probably won't believe me."
"Ooooo! Now you have to show me!" she exclaimed.
"Okay, let me know when you want to come over."
"Right now! Let's go," she said as she turned and followed me into the workshop behind my house.
"So what is it?" my thirty something neighbor asked.
"Well, it's sort of a combination of a transporter like on that old space tv show, a time machine, and an enhancer. I call it the Transformation Machine," I explained.
"You're right. I don't believe you."
I pulled out my phone and discovered that the selfie I'd taken with the old flip phone thirty five years ago had somehow transferred to my new iPhone. I showed it to her and she asked, "Who's that?"
"Me, during a trip to the past."
"Well, it does look a lot like you but more attractive. No offense."
"None taken, you're right. My normal appearance is okay but that one is much better. That's what I meant by 'enhancer'."
Over the next hour or so I filled Amy in on every detail of my trip to Atlanta in the past. She was incredulous but eventually believed me, as I've always been honest with her. "I want to try it! Do I get to pick when and where I end up?"
"Nope, luck of the draw. Now that I know it works, I plan to think about that."
"Okay. How does it work?"
I filled her in on all the things I'd learned and guessed. The most important was that she had to return to the exact place she arrived, and do it two days later. If she wasn't there at the right time I couldn't promise she'd come back.
"Let's do it!" she said as she got into the machine. I sat at the control panel and asked "Are you sure?" to which she nodded. So I activated the machine and in seconds she vanished. I made a note of the day and time and then took the nap I needed.
The next two days were agonizing in my anxiety. What if something went wrong? What if she didn't get back? Would I be a murderer? Would we ever know what happened? It was hell.
At the appointed time I entered my workshop and stood outside the machine, watching and waiting. All of a sudden Amy was just there, sitting in the machine with a huge smile on her face. I opened the door and helped her out, whereupon she immediately gave me a giant hug and kissed me on the lips and with full French. She'd never so much as pecked my cheek before.
"Wow! What brought that on?" I said.