Caryn was exasperated as she listened to the same recorded message over and over on her cell phone: "...Please continue to hold. An operator will be with you shortly. Thank you for calling the Spontaneous Age Regression Crisis Hotline. Please continue to hold. An operator will be with you shortly. Thank you for calling..."

In desperation, she hit the "0" pad and got a different message. "Sorry, but that is an invalid response," went the recording. Then with a few clicks, Caryn again heard, "Thank you for calling the Spontaneous Age Regression Crisis Hotline. Please continue to..."

"N-n-n-n-o-o-o-o!" Caryn screamed as the recorded message prattled on. She began to shake with fear, wondering what would happen if she didn't get through to an operator, and couldn't find out why she suddenly youthened into a 6-year-old girl, and get help in reversing the change before the rest of her family found out. Her 5-year-old son seemed to welcome having her as a potential playmate. But what about her husband, her 9-year-old daughter (whose hand-me-downs she was wearing), and especially her rebellious 16-year-old daughter, whom she grounded for a week after a nasty argument last night?

"I never thought the portal to hell began at a telephone receiver," Caryn cried.


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