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After a hen party leaves her overwhelmed, Akilah pushes through hours of overstimulation while suppressing fear in her peripheral vision. As biblical interpretations from her mother loom and a single supportive staff member offers only limited relief, Akilah must manage pressing tasks, physical distress, and the pressure of being trapped in an unforgiving existence.","[OceanofPDF.com](OceanofPDF.com)  \nThis is a work of fiction. The names, characters and incidents portrayed are the work o the author's imagination. Any resemblance to actual persons, living or dead, events, or localities is entirely coincidental and unintended.  \nCopyright © [2025] by [J.S. Jasper] All rights reserved.  \nNo portion of this book may be reproduced in any form without written permission from the publisher or author, except as permitted by U.S. copyright law. No portion of this publication may be used to train Artificial Intelligence (AI) .  \nEditing: Sarah Mesh  \nFinal Proofing: Amethyst Dragon  \nCover Design: J.S. Jasper  \nCover Art: Adduani  \n[OceanofPDF.com](OceanofPDF.com)  \nFor all my non-op trans girls, guys and theys.  \nLove you bad.  \n[OceanofPDF.com](OceanofPDF.com)  \nContents  \nCHAPTER ONE  \nCHAPTER TWO  \nCHAPTER THREE  \nCHAPTER FOUR  \nCHAPTER FIVE  \nCHAPTER SIX  \nCHAPTER SEVEN  \nCHAPTER EIGHT  \nCHAPTER NINE  \nCHAPTER TEN  \nCHAPTER ELEVEN  \nCHAPTER TWELVE  \nCHAPTER THIRTEEN  \nCHAPTER FOURTEEN  \nCHAPTER FIFTEEN  \nCHAPTER SIXTEEN  \nEPILOGUE  \n[OceanofPDF.com](OceanofPDF.com)  \nCHAPTER ONE  \nAKILAH IS FOUR SECONDS and one dirty look away from burning her club to the ground. She glares as the last people stumble out into the rain from the hen party, and she finally releases her breath until she feels lightheaded. This morning has been a lot. Nothing major happened. It was simply bigger than she wanted it to be.  \nUsually, Akilah can compartmentalise the horror of loud noises, too many people, and owning a strip club. She takes shelter in her office like a raccoon in a dumpster, freezing the moment someone finds her with her hands wrapped around a pastry.  \nThis morning, one of her servers called out sick, so she’s been serving drinks for an overly enthusiastic hen party for hours. People have thrown unsolicited advice at her with no regard for whether it would offend her. Akilah should smile more, let them get on the poles half-drunk, and wear purple mascara to bring out her eyes. (Akilah noted the latter) .  \nThere had been at least thirty conversations happening around her that lasted more than three seconds, and she managed not to say a single word. It’s one of her many talents.  \nA gust of wind blows in the open door, and Akilah tenses for the inevitable slam. She jolts even though she knew it was coming, and all of a sudden, she is left to figure out how to get over three uninterrupted hours of noise. There’s no chance her mind will settle simply because nothing is loud anymore. It is waiting, like a terrified toddler in a thunderstorm, for someone to be in her peripheral vision.  \nIn her thirty-two years, Akilah has learned to function while her body doesn’t feel like her own. There’s a routine. So, she rids the tables of glasses. She throws leftover feather boas away. She repeats the same Emily Dickinson poem in her mind.  \nShe does well, even as her fingers tremble and her shoulders refuse to settle. She does it all so she can go home and lie on her back with her eyes wide open and her hands tapping the bedsheets, until her alarm goes off at six and she’s right back under the fluorescent lights.  \nOnce the ringing in her ears calms down, she’s going to be fine. It takes awhile, but she trusts it will calm. It has done every time before. Soon, her body will be kind to her again.  \nBut God often gives her the hardest battles and will continue to do so if her mother has any say in it. Including, but not limited to: clearing up after a hen party she didn’t want, answering the phone, and placing her in the wrong body at birth.  \nThere’s never going to be a day she answers the phone with glee. However, she has managed to fix at least one of them (even if the boobs she was desperate for, try and slip out of this bra she knew was too pretty to be useful) . A second on the horizon if the water hose would cooperate and let her rinse the bar mats. 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