Epilogue to Caravelle: The Throwaway Girl

**THE EPILOGUE TO CARAVELLE: THE THROWAWAY GIRL**

That morning, Caravelle rode with Josiah and Becky in the village SUV, first to the Village Government Room Service Building, then to the Home for Little Wanderers. At the Village Building, Josiah presented Caravelle to the Residence Clerk, and had Caravelle again sign in with her legal, feminine name. Josiah, using his legal authority, and Becky, using her advocacy position, also co-signed an appurtenance statement, saying that "Carl Axxe" and Caravelle Axxe are the same person, and that ***Caravelle Axxe*** is her legal, rightful name. That legal maneuver gets around the Mayor's mean-spirited executive order that Caravelle could only be recognized and admitted by her discarded birth name.

Next, after visiting the Village Building, the three went to the Home for Little Wanderers. There, they met with the Director of the Home, an older woman who is every bit the religious crackpot and zealot that the Mayor was. The two got Caravelle checked in, and she was shown the motel style room wherein she was to begin occupying. After much back-and-forth explaining and arguments, and despite Josiah and Becky's best efforts, it was determined that Caravelle would have to spend at least the rest of the weekend in the Home. That meant she would have to stay the rest of Saturday, and Sunday, too.

The following Monday, Caravelle, in a fortunate turn of events, found out that Attorney Burl Iverson was coming to Vonder Village on a two-week vacation. On the phone, he agreed to take a day or so out of his vacation to meet with Joshia and Becky, in order to craft a plan to get Caravelle out of the Home, and allow her to stay in her cabana. That Monday afternoon, the three adults met together, along with Caravelle, in a room in the Welcome Center. There, they brainstormed a 'battle plan' to help Caravelle stay in Vonderland, without harassment or obstruction from the Mayor, or her mis-guided minions.

The next day, Tuesday, Burl Iverson went before the Village's Administrative Law Judge to argue Caravelle's case. Turns out the two of them had gone to Law School together, but had not seen each other since then. The minion that was sent by Mayor Keera Wellman to represent the Village, was so uninformed about transgender concepts or Caravelle's case issues, that they, for the most part, only repeated disapproved tropes over and over; that boys born perceived as such can never be real girls, and that birth sex was immortal and immutable. Plus, he said that the Mayor wanted "Carl" Axxe '*jailed' and confined to the Home*, wherein "he" would be subjected to conversion or raparative therapy, to force "him" to embrace "his" "male" birth gender. The Judge seemed to 'see through' that religious quackery.

The Judge ruled, thanks to Caravelle's Mature Minor status already having select adult privileges and rights, among other things, that Caravelle was, indeed, free to stay in the cabana most of the time. However, Caravelle was to report to the Home for Little Wanderers every Friday night, Saturday and Sunday, and had to reside there during that time period. While in the Home, the Judge ruled that Caravelle will be allowed to wear girl's clothing, present herself as a real girl, and expect to be referred to as a girl with female pronouns and her female name, all without harassment, restriction, or discrimination by the Director of the Home, or other employees and residents. At all other times, she was free to do what she wants, and to go where she pleases without interference by the Mayor or the Director of the Home. Plus, no "conversion therapy" of any kind was to be applied to Caravelle, not at all ! Any attempts at 'conversion therapy' would be met with fines or jail time for the perpetrators. Caravelle could stay for longer periods of time in her room at the Home, but that would be entirely at her sole decision. Becky Zarzour, Caravelle's Advocate and Representative, would be charged with enforcing the Judge's rulings.

Joshia Mathesson was appointed her additional legal guardian, alongside Burl Iverson, since the Judge ruled that the cabana was, in fact, actually owned by Joshia as part of Henry Mathesson's estate, and did not belong to the developers, WE WREC U, or the Marina. This went well with Burl Iverson, who already was her legal guardian and the trustee of Caravelle's inheritance. Becky Zarzour was also appointed her Legal Advocate with regard to the necessary requirements that Caravelle had to fulfill to be a member and citizen of Vonderland, such as getting Caravelle enrolled in Wonderland High School as a freshman. Her legal residence will be the village of Vonder Beach, where her cabana was located. Legally, this puts Caravelle under the jurisdiction of the Mayor of Vonder Beach, a fair-minded benevolent man, and not Keena Wellman, the underhanded and fanatically religious Mayor of Vonder Village.

Caravelle was not entirely happy with what the Judge decided, but she perceived it as a "break-even" situation. It was not entirely what she wanted, but it could have turned out far, far worse, given the many troublesome religious fanatics that were in the Vonder Village government. One small step for a teenage trans girl trying to live her life as her authentic female self.

(Later, at the next Mayoral election, Keena Wellman was voted out of office.)

**(End of the Epilogue)**