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God, do I ever pass! I'm gorgeous. I bet every cock on the
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street is hard just from looking at me and every woman on the street
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hates me. The tall. elegant blonde checked out her appearance in the
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plate glass of a store window.
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Bobbie was svelte, leggy, glamorous and he knew it. Heads turned
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when he passed and as many women stared as men. His clothes were
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expensive, only the best designers. Eat your hearts out, you losers,
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he thought. You all wish that you could look half as good as me, and
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I'm a man.
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There were flashing red lights up ahead, they were in front of
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Bobbie's shop. What the hell was this? Bobbie pushed his way through
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the crowd of people who had gathered to stare and looked at the official
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insignia on the car door.
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OFFICE OF THE SHERIFF
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FORECLOSURES AND EVICTIONS
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Eviction! Goddammit, they had until the first of the month to vacate.
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Where did that fucking landlord get the almighty gall to evict them a full
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month early? Bobbie stormed over to the front door as quickly as he could
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in his tight slim skirt and high heels.
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A burley deputy barred his path. Furious, he looked around. Sheila,
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looking ashen, was standing a few feet down the sidewalk. Sheila DeVille
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was his office manager. Shit, if this was anybody's screw up, it was
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Sheila's. Bobbie pushed past another deputy to confront his employee.
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"What the holy hell is going on here? Why are they padlocking
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our doors?"
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"The lease is up today, it seems, and the landlord is evicting us
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and seizing the property inside for the cost of eviction," Sheila
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responded icily. "It seems that you signed a letter at the last renewal
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period changing the expiration date and waiving any grace period. I
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never saw that letter before today and you never told me about one.
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But the Sheriff sure has a copy."
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"What did you do to us Bobbie? We're out of business now." Sheila
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looked at her boss, lost and dismayed.
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A letter, what letter? Had he signed any such letter? There had
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been all the new forms and the riders, the environmental stuff and new
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insurance coverage. The landlord had pushed some papers through at the
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end of the meeting, but it was all routine he had said. After all, he
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was so busy staring at Bobbie's legs in that micro-mini skirt, that
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Bobbie had stolen the place for two bucks less a square foot than the
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going rate.
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Perhaps, Bobbie hadn't been so slick as he had thought. This was
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a disaster. How would the shop meet it's printing commitments? The
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customers would sue. The landlord would sell the presses, the stock and
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the bindery equipment. Bobbie was well and truly screwed.
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Dazed, he went back to the shop's entrance. The same deputy blocked
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his path.
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"Could I get in please? I have to remove some personal items. You see,
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my apartment is on the third floor."
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The deputy looked Bobbie up and down appreciatively, but still shook
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his head no.
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"Look Miss, this court order seals the building. If your apartment is
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in there, you're going to have to get a judge to release your stuff. As it
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stands now, nobody goes in or out without court approval."
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Bobbie stared back, dumbfounded. He had to get in. His things -
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Robert's things - were in there. He would be trapped as Bobbie if he
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couldn't get in. None of his credit cards would be any good and he only
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had a few dollars in his purse. That was nowhere near enough to get a
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place to stay or a meal to eat.
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Red-faced, Bobbie returned to Sheila. The tall blonde coolly ignored
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her former boss and turned away.
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"Please Sheila, I have nowhere to go. I'm sure that I can sort all
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this out, but I'll need your help to do it. Can you give me a place to
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stay? I can't stay out in the cold dressed like this, can I?" The tall
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woman started to walk away, but turned suddenly.
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"You always had all the answers," she sneered. "You knew how to
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make the best deals, what to charge, what to print, how to move product.
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Well, I don't know much about the printing business, but I damn sure
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would have known what lease I was I signing."
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"If you want back, it's gonna be on my terms. First, I get fifty-one
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percent of the business. Two, you work for me. Three, you get to live in
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my house and, until this mess is resolved and we have some money, you'll
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wear whatever clothes I decide to give you."
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"Sheila, be reasonable. I can't go around dressed like this all the
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time. Couldn't I buy some more mascul..."
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"Bobbie, sweetie," Sheila snarled, "aren't you the one who always
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bragged that he was the best "passer" around. Aren't you the perfect
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little cross-dresser? Haven't I had to listen to you boast time after
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time about somebody else you had just fooled?"
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"Well, the only clothes I have for you are hand-me-downs, things
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my mother and my aunts put away. They stored damn near everything they
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owned. Our attic could start a thrift shop. And we were a house full
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of women. So get used to the idea, Bobbie dearest, you're going to be
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in drag for some time to come. And the worst news of all as far as your
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concerened is that I don't think a stitch of clothing went up those attic
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steps after ... oh, say maybe ... 1963. I do so hope you love those
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form-fitting Fifties fashions.
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Bobbie staggered backwards and slumped against the wall of the
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building. Trapped! I'm trapped as a woman until she lets me go. I don't
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have any choice really. I don't have any money or clothes. I'm dressed
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as a woman right now and eventually someone will find out my secret.
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Then, I'll get arrested as a queer or something and they'll put me in
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jail. Bobbie shuddered at the thoughts of his likely doom unless he
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took Sheila up on her offer on her terms. Dejected, he followed the
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woman, whom he realized had just become his mistress, to her home.
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