Down (Part 6)

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Several months passed, and Clifford still hadn’t swapped back to his own body. He guessed no one else from the elevator did either. While he stayed in touch at first, as he adapted to Amanda’s life, he began to see less and less need. He thought he’d have troubles with her job or being a woman, but he seemed to adapt quite easily to both. He certainly loved her paycheck -- it was much higher than his had been as a security guard. The hours were better too.

He did think back to the elevator sometimes. He would wonder just how such an unexplainable even occurred. But as he thought about his new life, he thought that maybe it was just the universe setting something right -- making things how they were truly meant to be. At least the way it seemed for him...