Sitting Pretty
by Paul1954
London : Tuesday June 16th 1998
Colin Peterson sat in his office with his feet resting on his mahogany
desk. It was 7:30pm and it had been another hectic and stress packed day
that had started, for him, at 8:00am. His sales team had just clinched
another deal for Birchington Enterprises, one of the fastest rising new
breed of advertising agencies, in a company that now boasted seventy five
employees - this time last year they had only had twenty - and Colin was
relaxing for five minutes and reflecting on his life so far .
He thought back to his childhood and upbringing.
He had always been a smallish child with a slim build and was the youngest
child of four having three older sisters. His family had doted on him, his
father and mother had always wanted a son and his sisters played with, and
pampered him, almost like he was a doll ! He grew up a spoilt child never
really wanting for anything. As he grew older his build remained slight and
he always seemed to be that little bit smaller than the other boys at his
school.
With all the pampering and cosseting he received from his family, along
with the bullying he experienced in his early school days, he could easily
have turned out to become the atypical mummy's boy and a wimp. Instead he
had turned his diminutive physical appearance to his advantage by using it
to push him into developing his drive and determination as compensation. He
always stood up to threatening behaviour by refusing to back down and had
frequently suffered a pasting as a result of this but this merely served to
toughen him up and strengthen his resolve. In time he found that his
aggressors did not bother him anymore - there was no fun in bullying and
tormenting people who never gave in - he had earned their grudging respect
- he was known as one tough cookie!
He was now twenty five years old and still possessed the same physical
characteristics of his youth. His body had never really caught up with his
peers and he had remained small and still had a very slight build for a
man. He was now 5'7" and weighed in at 130lbs and his features could almost
be described as androgynous. He sported a light beard to disguise this
aspect and it successfully hid a weak jaw line.
All through his education, and the early days of his career, he had adopted
a pushy and driven attitude and had confidence in spades. He gave the
impression of being able to achieve anything and projected a very powerful
and intimidating self image - this had taken him a long way very quickly.
He had joined Birchington's as an Account Executive in Sales eighteen
months ago. A number of major deals swiftly came his way and he was soon on
a fast track career progression which had resulted in him sitting very
pretty right now. He hoped that this time next year he would be sitting
even prettier!
It was one of Colin's favourite phrases and annoyed the hell out of his
co-workers. It was a phrase that he would one day regret.
He had high hopes of getting a seat on the board of directors in the near
future. One of the company founders was due to retire in the next month and
his only real competition for this vacancy was Susan Davies the Head of
Resource Management and Finance.
He figured that he was favourite for getting the seat as he had far greater
potential for pulling off another big deal and of keeping himself in the
limelight - he was also aware that there was another deal coming,
hopefully, next week. Human Resource and Finance was far less glamorous
than Sales and this was borne out by the fact that Susan had been here
since the company had started five years ago and he was already viewed as
her equal.
He was not aware that Sue Davies, 42 , had made the same assessment of the
situation and she was looking for something to give her an edge. She didn't
like Colin - he was far too flash and cocky in her opinion. She especially
did not like the demeaning way that he treated his secretary Karen -
someone who had joined Birchington at the same time as herself - and she
thought he could really do with taking down a peg or two. If she didn't get
the seat on the board this time around it was unlikely she ever would -
people like Colin Peterson would see to that!
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Colin pressed the autodial on his telephone to call up John Freeman who,
despite being five years his senior, was his assistant. He was sure that
John resented his high flying boss and he knew that John considered himself
chiefly responsible for the deals they had pulled off but what the hell -
John was a good solid and reliable second in command - he would never make
the top echelon's at this company and Colin thought that he would have to
do something to motivate him further. This was the secret to being a good
leader in his opinion.
He waited until he heard five rings and when he had no answer he cursed
"shit, has he gone home already ?". He tried his secretary Karen Shipley's
number but she had also gone. He tended to forget that other people do have
a life. He had wanted to go through the preparation for next weeks visit by
that Japanese Motor Company, Shikano's. Their order could well put the seal
on his promotion and he was annoyed that, in his opinion, not all of his
workers shared the same drive and commitment as himself and he determined
to have words with John about bucking his ideas up a little.
"What the hell" he thought. "If everyone else has gone home I might as well
do the same - there's not much more I can achieve tonight" as he packed up
his papers and put them in his attach? case. He took the lift down to the
underground car park and pressed the remote key to unlock the door on his
BMW. "Next year" he thought grinning " it'll be a Porsche". He gunned the
engine and set off into the last remnants of the rush hour traffic and back
to his flat in Battersea.
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Susan had left her office early for her at 5:00pm, and went to the local
wine bar for a meeting with some old school friends. There were only four
of them that now kept in touch and it was no co-incidence that all of these
had been successful in their careers. Apart from Susan they consisted of
Dr. Anne Lawrence - one of the few top grade female surgeons, Dr. Hilary
Clark - psychiatrist, and Maureen O'Donnell - lawyer. The other thing they
all had in common was the fact that they were all single, none of them had
managed to establish a stable relationship with a man and Dr's Lawrence and
Clark actually held a profound distaste for the male of the species, both
of them having suffered career setbacks as a result of discrimination.
It was a measure of their strength and determination that they had risen
to the top of their profession despite these setbacks! They had all made a
pledge to each other that no man would spoil their lives, or cause their
careers to suffer, ever again - they would all be there for each other.
It was within this context that Susan was relaying her hopes that she could
clinch a seat on the board but was concerned that her main rival - a man
none the less - would beat her to it. She had to admit that his drive was
impressive and he had achieved fantastic results since he joined the
company. The trouble was, she had seen his like before - trample over
everyone to get to the top and then disappear to a more exciting job after
trading on the sweat of those that had performed and helped put him there.
She had worked hard and remained loyal - she was DUE a reward!
"Wow honey" said Hilary, "he has really got under your skin hasn't he !" as
they all loosened up over the second bottle of Pinot Blanc. "You know, I
reckon your assessment of this jerk sounds just about right to me, he's
going to get this job and that's your career stalled. I may be sounding a
little indelicate here but, at your age, you are unlikely to get a second
bite at this - what are you going to do about it?".
"That's the trouble, I just don't know what to do. I have been given the
task of organising the Shikano visit which increases my profile but Colin
gets to give the keynote speech and presentation. One good performance from
him and that'll clinch it" Susan said as she fumbled inside her leather
suitcase. She found a copy of Birchington's message to shareholders which
carried a picture of the top team on the front cover and placed it on the
table.
"That's him" she said pointing to the picture of Colin at the end, "that's
the little weasel".
"What ....!" they all exclaimed laughing together. "You mean to say that
this is the little creep who's causing you all this grief" Anne Lawrence
continued. "For goodness sake, he looks no taller than you and his physique
looks no different than most young girls. Look, you can't let him get away
with this - remember our pledge - she said as she turned to Hilary and
Maureen!".
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It had taken Colin 40 minutes to cover the four mile drive - the traffic
was murder tonight - and Colin finally entered his apartment to take a
refreshing shower. As he got out of the shower he looked at himself in the
mirror and considered his reflection favourably - despite his lack of
physical stature it had never impacted on his ability to woo the ladies -
his presence and sense of power could be a powerful attraction to women.
He had a TV dinner and opened a bottle of Chardonay to help wash it down.
He still couldn't wind down properly and went over to his PC and logged
into his company network remotely. He would use this time to catch up on
the email that he hadn't had time to address today. He was grateful for the
fact that Karen had sorted his email into priority order so that he
wouldn't have to waste any time ploughing through the ever increasing
amount of dross he seemed to get.
"Shit" he said out aloud when he opened up an email from the MD. It had
only been posted 30 minutes ago, "he must have been working late" he
thought to himself. It was a reminder about the company's "Rewards and
Recognition" event to be held on the Friday of this week. Today was
Tuesday. One of the things that had made Birchington's so successful during
the last year had been the exceptional feeling of team spirit and
camaraderie that the board of directors had fostered. They ensured that
each employee shared in the success of the company by having a direct stake
in the profits. They also held an annual event where everyone who had made
a telling contribution would receive some public recognition and the chance
of winning a substantial prize that could be shared with their partners or
family.
Each year the event would have a particular style to it, last years event
was held at a theme park. The previous years event, although Colin wasn't
with the firm at the time, had seen the management team waiting and
serving on their staff at a restaurant that had been hired for the evening.
Colin thought that this years event seemed a little strange but didn't
really question it - the company's year-on-year results bore testimony to
the success of the company's attitude in motivating it's employees. Last
year had seen a 60% increase in profits.
According to the email this years theme was going to be that of role
reversal with the management team donning fancy dress. The MD's message
continued on, reminding the management team that these events were good for
morale and ALL the management team would be expected to participate. It
also stated that the chosen costumes were to be kept a close secret, even
from management colleagues, to enhance the spontaneity and fun of the
event.
Team spirit aligned with the work ethic were extremely important at
Birchington's.
"Shit" repeated Colin. "I've got no idea where to start on this but I've
got to make an effort - it could ruin my chances of promotion if I don't!"
and then dismissed it from his mind while he went through the rest of his
emails.
London : Wednesday June 17th 1998
The next day Colin became subsumed in his work and all thoughts of the R &
R event left his mind. Susan Davies had been left with organising the visit
from Shikano's and was arranging both the running order of the
presentations and also the hospitality and Colin wanted to make sure that
he made a big impact on both his clients and the board members.
It was now 5:00pm and he was well ahead of the game now and would have his
presentation completed by mid-afternoon tomorrow and all ready for a dry
run. Susan Davies was walking past his office and decided to pop in for a
moment to see how he was doing.
"Hello Colin, still working hard I see. How's your preparation going for
the visit?" she asked in a friendly, but transparently false, manner.
"Fine Sue fine - I should have this all finished by mid-afternoon tomorrow
and I think it's all looking good" Colin said smugly.
"God how he annoys me with his superior attitude and supercilious manner -
and I hate being called SUE !" she thought to herself while she waited to
drop the first bombshell on him. She was really looking forward to this.
"That's good Colin, and - oh by the way - I was just wondering how your
preparations for tomorrow night are coming along. I can't wait to see your
outfit" she grinned through gritted teeth.
Colin looked puzzled. "Tomorrow night ! What on earth's happening tomorrow
night" he said as he continued to focus on his presentation.
"Well I am surprised at you Colin, you mean to say that you've forgotten
Birchington's key social event of the year - I am talking about the R & R
event you know - very career limiting if you don't join in the fun!" she
said calmly as Colin spun round to face her.
"But that's not tomorrow night, I saw the message yesterday that said it
was on Friday" Colin said with just a hint of panic creeping into his voice
as he switched back to his mailbox searching for the message.
"No no Colin - it's always been this Thursday. I don't know why you thought
it was Friday" she smiled graciously.
"Oh shit" he thought to himself as he failed to find the message. He must
have deleted it straight after reading it. "Why hasn't Karen been keeping
me informed" he wailed. "That stupid bimbo will have to go".
"Well never mind Colin, I'm sure that you will still be a star performer
whether it's a Thursday or a Friday night! I'll bet you're glad you got
your costume sorted out well in advance aren't you!" she said maintaining
an evil looking smile.
"Costume! COSTUME ! What bloody costume" he said with his panic
mounting. "Oh shit - I haven't sorted out a costume - what am I going to do ?"
he wailed.
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Susan took a seat on the other side of Colin's desk and bathed in the sweet
triumph of Colin's discomfort. She was having such fun !
She had deliberately mislead Colin into thinking the R & R event was on
Thursday just to see his reaction and to see if Mr. Cool's feathers could
be ruffled for short while. She had been sure that he would have re-read
his email and seen that it was still on Friday and she was really pleased
that she had anticipated this and arranged for Karen to delete it this
morning.
"Stage 1 complete!" she thought.
The reaction she had elicited was everything that she had anticipated and
she started to move into stage 2 of her plan to get Colin out of the
running once and for all - with every utterance he made he increased her
determination to see this through to it's ultimate conclusion - he was such
a rude man!
"Well if you haven't got a costume now then I am sure that you can arrange
to get one tomorrow" she said knowing full well that he wouldn't have the
time. "I wouldn't leave it too late though - you know the MD takes these
things really seriously and will be expecting us all to put on a good
show".
Colin's voice got higher as he started to lose control of the situation -
this was completely unfamiliar territory for him!
"But I can't - I'll have no time tomorrow - I've still got a morning's
work to do on the presentation - Christ!, I don't believe this - what am I
going to do ? " he wailed.
Oh this was glorious - he was losing it, she just couldn't believe it, he
was actually losing it!
"Well Colin, I really think you should learn the art of delegation. John
Freeman's a good man and has largely contributed to your material anyway.
Let him finish it off and give yourself a break" she said.
There was no way that Colin was going to let John loose on finishing this
work. He just couldn't let go of it. "No, I'll just have to get a costume
at the last minute. What's the theme for this bash again - some sort of
reversal or something wasn't it? What are you going as Sue ?".
"Now, now Colin, we are supposed to be keeping this a secret from each
other - MD's wishes remember ! And anyway, as you've forgotten, the theme
is Role reversal".
"What's that supposed to mean anyway - that doesn't give us much of a
clue" Colin said angrily. He really didn't need all of this team building
shit with so much at stake right now.
"Oh well that's easy. The board members decided that our hard working team
could really do with some fun and thought that poking a little fun at
ourselves that's the senior management team, you and me Colin as well as
the board members, would help keep morale high and also stop ourselves
from feeling too important" Susan said continuing to smile. "You really
haven't been keeping up with the news have you!".
"Oh give me a break please - I really don't need this crap right now -
anyway - how far are we supposed to take this reversal rubbish and what
does it mean, you still haven't told me ?" he said banging his hand on the
desk in increasing frustration.
"Well I've got to say Colin that I'm surprised at you - senior management
should really know how to control themselves better - I'm only trying to
help you" she said sweetly knowing full well that she was really starting
to burrow deep under his skin. "The reversal should be job related as much
as possible and has to be entirely convincing else it will be frowned upon
from on high. Oh, the type of thing being suggested is MD to tea lady,
Director to typist, Delivery Manager to Post Boy, Boss to Secretary - you
know, that type of thing - all complete, of course, with the appropriate
garb. It's all going to be a lot of fun".
The appropriate garb - Oh brother, Colin was fearing the worst.
"Oh Christ, this sounds awful" knowing only too well that he would have to
make an effort to be convincing if he was to maintain his position let
alone manoeuvre for promotion. He had to come up with something and do it
fast. He would be expected to be all ready for the evening and that meant
getting prepared in the afternoon. All this on top of the presentation!
"Look Colin, I know we are supposed to be keeping our form of dress secret
from each other but I really can't see how you are going to get through
tomorrow without a little help - I am more than happy to help if that's
what you want ?" she said baiting the hook.
Would he bite ?
Colin thought for a moment. There was no way that he wanted to take help
from this woman but he couldn't see that he had much choice.
"All right then Sue - I'll go for it, what do you suggest".
"Well I think the simplest thing would be to go as your own secretary. That
would show a great sense of fun and would impress everyone I'm sure" she
said and waited for his response.
Colin greeted this idea with a snort of derision "Ha! You have got to be
joking - go as that bimbo ! - if you think you're getting me all dolled up
like some secretary you've got another think coming - I've got an image
here to consider".
Susan stood up ready to leave the room "Well you've also got a job here to
consider. If you're not interested in my ideas then I'll be going" she said
making to the door.
This was awful. Colin couldn't prepare the presentation AND find a
convincing costume without Sue's help! He decided to swallow his pride and
said "WAIT, Susan, come back. Look I'm really sorry about that little
outburst". He looked up to heaven, "after all I know you're only trying to
help!".
Susan paused and turned back "well OK then. Look, it doesn't have to be too
bad - after all, girls wear trousers too you know. If you're going to wimp
out I'm sure we can find some slacks or something. I'll have a rummage
round when I get home tonight - I've got a twenty year old daughter, Carol,
who moved out into her own flat last year, she left plenty of her old
clothes and I'm sure that there'll be something to fit you".
"Thanks Sue, I owe you one. I'm just going to tidy this stuff away from
here" he said as he cleared his desk. "Where am I going to get changed -
I'm going to have to get ready straight after the presentation run-through
?".
"Well you can use the Ladie's Executive washroom - I'm the only female
senior manager amongst this group of misogynist's and nobody else uses it.
You can change there completely undisturbed".
"That's great - thanks Sue - see you tomorrow then". he said as he searched
for his car keys.
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Sue left and returned to her office. She gave a little chuckle as she put
his car keys in her handbag and sat down to wait. This was almost too easy!
It had been her that sent the email using the MD's terminal following her
re-union drink. She had sent out a special version of the message to Colin
knowing that he would never query a message from the MD. There was no
fancy dress or Role Reversal theme. She had only sent this message to Colin to
set the springs for her trap.
She knew Colin was an arch professional and would not let anything get in
the way of the presentation - this had to, quite rightly, come first, for
him. This would leave him vulnerable and allow her to take control of the
situation.
All she had to do was wait until he came calling on her for help.
Sure enough, he came almost running into the office "Sue, Sue - you haven't
seen my car keys anywhere have you ?".
"Why no Colin. Isn't that the second set of keys you've lost this week" she
said knowing full well that Karen had mentioned he had lost a set on
Monday. "Still, I am sure that you must have had a duplicate set made up by
now. If you want to I can give you a lift home to get them. You're sure to
need them to get in here early tomorrow".
Colin sunk into a chair and put his head in his hands. "Oh bloody hell, I
just can't believe this - what is happening to me - everything's fallen
apart". Susan sat there not saying a word.
"I haven't had time yet to get copies and haven't got any car keys at all
now. It will take day's to get another set from the manufacturer. What on
earth am I going to do now" he moaned.
"You could just get a taxi you know. The only thing is that you'll also
have to get a taxi back home tomorrow evening and, by then, you'll be in
drag" said Susan enjoying his discomfort.
"No, no - I can't do that. If I go by taxi then I'll have to go back to my
flat through the front entrance - the porter will be bound to see me" he
said as his panic rose.
"Look calm down a little Colin - maybe I can help - I've got a suggestion
to make" she said reeling him in bit by bit.
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It was 6:00pm by the time they had set off to Susan's home. It only took an
hour to get there and Susan was the genial host as she entered the house
and, pointing to a door in the far corner of her living room, said "put
your things in there, Colin, and make yourself comfortable - I'll put on
something to eat while you freshen yourself up".
She had suggested to Colin that he spend the night at her house and she
could drive him in first thing tomorrow taking some of the pressure off of
himself. It would also allow Colin to try on some of the clothes she was
going to bring in for him for the R & R event and see what he felt most
comfortable in saving him a lot of time tomorrow. At first Colin appeared
hesitant but he had to admit that it would get him out of the hole he
seemed to have dug for himself.
She took a pre-cooked pack of chilli out of the freezer and put on the hot
plate to boil some rice. "Chilli Con Carne OK for you ?" she called out.
"It's some I froze last week and it's very good!".
"Yeah, OK , that'll do fine. I think I'd like to take a shower first
though" Colin replied.
"Oh, don't bother with that now - I'll help you get prepared later, you'll
most probably need a shower then anyway" she replied.
"Prepared, prepared for what ?" he called out.
"Oh Colin, you HAVE got such a short memory - no wonder you get yourself in
these scrapes! I meant getting prepared for getting dressed up - remember,
you were going to find and try out a costume for tomorrow".
"Oh yeah - right" Colin said a little awkwardly - he really wasn't looking
forward to this at all.
Susan defrosted the chilli and they enjoyed a reasonable meal together
along with a bottle of red wine. By the time they had finished the bottle
Colin had started to relax a little.
"You know Sue, I'm really very grateful for this - I wouldn't have expected
you to put yourself out for me like this. I would have been in trouble if
it wasn't for you".
"Not at all Colin, not at all. I know that we are rivals for the board
vacancy but I will feel much happier if I succeed on my own merits, I
wouldn't want to take that position due to you making an unplanned mistake"
she said a little ambiguously.
"Anyway, we've spent long enough over this, time is getting on now and
we've got to get you sorted out for tomorrow. I'll go and get a selection
of my daughter's clothes while you get yourself prepared. Go and take a
shower - you'll find some shower gel already in there. Make sure that you
wash all over with it, it's quite invigorating if you leave it on for a
minute or so. Don't get dressed when you've finished - you'll find a
bathrobe hanging up behind the door".
Colin thought Susan's advice was strange but thought he would try it anyway
- he could certainly do with washing away the grime from the city.
He went to his bedroom, removed his clothes, and then went to the bathroom
and straight into the shower cubicle. He saw what must be the shower gel on
the shower rack and slowly lathered it all over his body enjoying the rich
pine scent. "This certainly is invigorating" he thought as the gel tingled
all over his body. He continued working the gel into his hair where the
tingling continued - "this certainly feels good" he thought as he left it
for five minutes.
As he started to rinse off the gel he felt clumps of hair come away in his
hands. He stared down in shock as all of his hair ended up, with the
remainder of his body hair, on the shower floor. He stepped quickly out of
the shower and rubbed down the steamed up mirror - he was totally bald -
every hair on his head had disappeared, including his beard.
"Shit, shit, shit" he said as he stared down at his perfectly smooth body.
Everything had gone ! The hair on his arms, legs, chest - even his pubic
hairs. "What the hell's happened" he screamed in panic as he made for the
bathroom door stark naked.
On hearing his screams Susan came running. She fought hard to stifle her
laughter at the sight of the naked man leaving her bathroom. This was going
like a dream!
"Colin, whatever have you done to yourself. Well I'm impressed at your
dedication to making your costume look authentic - this will certainly help
you pass" she said looking at his smooth body as he just stared
dumbfounded. "You had better put the bathrobe on, or do you intend to stay
like that?"
He stopped when he realised what he must look like and ran back into the
bathroom to put on Susan's pink bathrobe. He left the bathroom without
looking at himself any further which was just as well - with his lack of
hair and a pink bathrobe he almost looked like a giant baby girl.
"Wh ... what was that stuff I showered with - look what it's done to me" he
cried.
Susan walked into the bathroom and picked up the pot of gel that Colin had
used as she had known he would!
"Oh no, you didn't use this one did you" she said holding out the pot to
him.
"Well yes, I thought you said to use the shower gel in here" he replied
angrily.
"Yes I did - I did say use the shower gel" she said walking over to the
bathroom cabinet and taking out the real shower gel where it had been left
out of sight.
"Then what's that then - what's in that jar ?" he said desperately pointing
to the pot in her hand.
"Well come and sit down for a moment - I don't know quite how to tell you"
she said as Colin's heart sunk - this did not sound like good news. "What
you've used was a trial jar of depilatory gel I've been beta testing for a
friend who works at a pharmaceutical laboratory. It's strictly to be used
sparingly on parts of the body where you don't want any hair at all - if
put on too lavishly the effects can be permanent" she said trying to stop
giggling at his look of horror. She held up a leg and ran a finger along
it, "look at this - I used the gel on my legs six weeks ago and they're
still as smooth as a baby's bottom - it's really great stuff".
"My God - what am I going to do" Colin said in a daze. He was absolutely
dumbfounded and looked in a total daze.
"Oh don't take on so - we'll sort something out. Come on then, there's no
good crying over spilt milk - there's nothing you can do about it now - rub
this cream on you, we don't want you getting a rash and then we can go and
see if any of Carol's clothes fit you" she said handing a bottle of peach
smelling lotion. This was all going so well.
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Colin's mind was in turmoil. He had rubbed the lotion into his body and
that had soothed the last remains of the tingling sensation he lad
experienced. The only trouble was the smell of peach it had left - it was
very strong and gave him a feminine aroma.
He walked into what had been Carol's bedroom to see an array of clothes
spread out of the large single bed. He couldn't believe the variety that
was available to him.
"Well what do you think Colin, I think that there's bound to be something
here that will appeal to you. What would you like to try first ?" she said
pointing to the bed.
Colin had a buzzing in his ears. He found it hard to concentrate and
stammered "L ... look, there is nothing whatsoever here that will APPEAL to
me. I do not like this situation at all. I don't know what to do" he said
staring at the bed. There was everything a young girl could wish for from
frothy and floaty dresses, smart business suits and blouses, to jeans and
slacks. There was even women's UNDERWEAR. He couldn't be expected to
wear these as well surely!
"I suggest starting from the bottom and working your way up" Susan said as
she held out a white lacy pair of panties and a matching bra.
"You cannot be serious - why on earth should I have to wear these" he said
incredulously.
"A girl will always feel more attractive and confident with a decent set of
underwear on. Here put them on, it will help you get into the feel of
things" she said refusing to take no for an answer.
"Yes well I'm not a girl am I and I won't wear them" he whined almost
sounding like a petulant child.
This delighted Susan. She certainly knew how to handle petulant children
having a number of nephews and nieces. She gave him a playful slap on his
rear and started to pull off his robe.
"Oh come on for goodness sake, we haven't got all night. If you're not even
going to take this seriously then I'll call a taxi and you can go home now.
I'm not putting myself to all this trouble to help you if this is going to
be your attitude" she said in mock indignation.
Colin felt foolish and took the bra and panty set to help cover his modesty
as the robe fell to the ground. He pulled the panties on quick and shivered
slightly at the way they hugged his hairless crotch. He even managed to put
the bra on first time without difficulty much to his embarrassment and
Susan's amusement.
"You managed that easily Colin" she said, "one would almost think you've
done this before" she said raising an eyebrow and enjoying his squirming.
With his bald head, hairless body and standing there in girls underwear it
would have been easy to imagine Colin as a female mannequin if only he had
something to fill the bra cups. To his surprise that came next.
Susan left the room for a minute and Colin looked at himself and wondered
what could be next. He had lost control of the situation and was being
carried along on a tide of Susan's helpfulness whether he wanted it or not.
He had just started to think that it was time to start asserting his
masculinity when Susan walked back into the room holding two round, what
appeared to be, bags.
"Here. lets put these in here" she said while inserting two balloons filled
with wallpaper paste into his (!) bra cups. He just stood there and let
her, all fleeting thoughts of rebellion gone.
They felt cold at first but Susan reassured him that they would become more
comfortable once his natural body heat had warmed them.
He moved around a little and felt them wobbling both with, and against,
his body.
The next thing he knew Susan had started to pull a dress over his head when
he finally snapped, "No, no - stop this. I am NOT putting on a dress for
anything whether it means I lose my job or what!" he stated defiantly as
everything but his pure male instinct fled from him.
"Fine, OK fine then - you just get on with it 'cause I've had just about
enough of this. I invited you round here tonight as an act of charity and
this is all the thanks I get !" she shouted as she walked out of the
bedroom and slammed the door shut.
Colin just stood there - he didn't know what to do!
He felt very uncomfortable with wearing these clothes and the sight of his
hairless and slender body caused a shiver to run down his spine. The
problem for him was that he really didn't look that bad. Apart from the
lack of and hips and backside he didn't look like a man at all. It was this
fact that upset him as much as anything.
He sat down, with all this girlie paraphernalia around him, and thought
hard.
If he didn't go through with this then he would lose all chances at
promotion - if he did then he would mentally have to lay a few ghosts of
his past and re-build both his self-image and that which he presented to
the world.
There was really no contest, besides, it would all be over tomorrow! He was
tough enough to get through this not only intact but better placed, he told
himself. The trouble was, every time he looked in the mirror at his bra and
panty clad reflection the image slowly chipped away at this confidence.
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He finally called Susan back in the room and they continued, for another
two hours, trying on various combinations of Carol's clothes until they
were reasonably happy that Colin's body could pass as a female. This was
finally achieved by Colin managing to fit into a white basque that pulled
in what waist he had and shaped him somewhat. It gave the illusion of slim
hips and raised his buttocks to give him a slight, but convincing female
profile.
He had still refused to wear either a dress or a skirt but fitted into
feminine off-white blouse and a skin-tight pair of slacks. He had managed
to fit into a pair of Carol's 2" heeled white sandals which surprised him -
he had thought that his feet would be too delicate to fit into girl's shoes
-he was wrong!
He had relented and let Susan apply make-up to his smooth face - the
removal of his beard had left his skin baby soft - and when he was
finished Susan turned him around to face himself in the full length mirror.
Colin's - it was Colin wasn't it! - jaw dropped. He could not believe the
vision of femininity that was staring at him and the fact that this vision
moved as he moved! The slim graceful neck, the slender and frail looking
shoulders, the slim and sexy legs - the shape clearly visible through the
skin-tight slacks - enhanced by the heels.
He looked all girl !
His legs started to buckle as Susan moved behind him and put on some silver
dangly clip-on earrings and an auburn coloured, page boy style, wig to
complete the illusion. This final act of emasculation nearly caused him to
faint.
"Oh my God" he said aghast forgetting where he was for a moment, "I look
just like my sister" he said as all his past insecurities about his build
and size came flooding back to haunt him. He had fought so hard,
literally, to maintain his masculinity and to stand his own against any
man. This image before him belied all those years of hard work and had
reduced him to looking like what he had always subconsciously feared he
should have really been - the fourth sister.
In the past he had refused to acknowledge that his build was more girl than
boy - the reflection in the mirror had brought this to the surface.
Susan smiled sweetly as she saw Colin's reaction to this transformation -
she had done a splendid job and was now ready to press home her advantage.
"Why Colin, you look absolutely gorgeous. Any man would be proud to have a
babe like you on his arm".
She saw Colin's flustered look and continued to twist the knife.
"I never really expected you to be so convincing - you know, you really
should have been a girl - it's seems such a waste to have such a sexy body
like yours on a man. I bet your own Mother wouldn't know you".
"She's wrong there" thought Colin, in a moment of lucidity, "she would
recognise me easily, I look just like Amy" he thought referring to his
youngest sister.
Susan continued "it's a shame we've got to get up so early tomorrow, we
could have gone clubbing".
"There is absolutely no way I'm leaving this flat like this - I'm getting
out of this" he said as he started to remove his attire. He had needed
Susan's help in removing the basque -he couldn't undo the small eyelet's
than ran all the way down the back on his own. "How on earth do girls
manage" he thought wondrously.
"Well at least we've got you sorted for tomorrow now - you looked
absolutely stunning" Susan said in mock admiration. "Come on, let's have a
night-cap - it's getting late and we need our beauty sleep".
Colin didn't like this conspirital line of banter at - she was talking to
him like he was another female!
He followed her into the kitchen and drank eagerly at the large whiskey
Susan poured him. He idly wondered what brand it was as he yawned - it
tasted rather bitter.
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Susan held Colin by his elbow and, pulling him up, said "come on now Colin,
big day ahead tomorrow - you've got to go to bed now" and led him into the
bedroom. She could tell that he was struggling to keep awake now as he
slurred "go to bed ... got to go to bed" as staggered into the bedroom. She
removed the pink bathrobe that he had put on after changing out of Carol's
clothes and tucked him up comfortably under the duvet.
She left the room and waited five minutes to ensure that he was fast
asleep. The strong tranquilliser she had mixed in with his wine should be
enough to keep anyone out for a while! She returned carrying a portable
stereo with auto reverse facilities and fixed a set of headphones over his
ears. "Thanks Hilary - I owe you" she said to herself as the next piece of
the jigsaw fell into place.
For the remainder of the night Colin would listen to subliminal messages
that would bury deep within his psyche and would shape and mould his
behaviour over the coming weeks.
London : Thursday June 18th 1998
Colin woke the next morning feeling refreshed and quite cheerful. He could
see the sun trying to creep round the curtains and could smell freshly
brewed coffee outside. He thought that this must have been the best night's
sleep he'd had in a long time and felt ready to tackle the world.
He walked over to the mirror to examine himself, remembering last night,
and was still mildly shocked to see a hairless face peering back at him.
"Oh God, how I am going to face the office today looking like this" he said
to himself as he rubbed his hand over his smooth pate. He still couldn't
get over how child like his face appeared without his beard, quite feminine
in fact, and was a little perturbed to discover the total lack of a five
o'clock shadow. He hoped and prayed that all his hair would return soon as
he looked down to see an equally hairless groin.
"God, that bitch friend of Sue's is going to clean up with that depiloraty
gel" he said as he cupped his hand around his testicles marvelling at their
smoothness.
With his investigations over he decided to follow his nose and, slipping on
the pink bathrobe, walked out to the kitchen to get a cup of much needed
Java. Pouring himself a cup from the coffee pot he sat down and, sipping it
slowly, savoured it's taste. He wasn't yet aware that sipping coffee was a
new habit for him, he usually gulped it down quickly as he always had too
much too do! He was also unaware that he was sitting with one leg draped
over the other and bent at the knee.
He had never felt so relaxed and good about himself.
He could hear the shower running from Sue's room and this snapped him out
of his reverie. He suddenly remembered the presentation and today's agenda
and in a panic ran back into the bedroom to find his watch.
His eyes nearly shot out of his head as saw the time and ran back into the
kitchen shouting "Sue, Sue - have you seen the time - it's almost ten
o'clock!" he said in blind panic as he could see his career disappearing
before his very eyes.
"Relax a little Col, I can have you in the office in just over an hour.
You'll have plenty of time for all that you'll need to do" she said with a
smirk on her face that Colin missed completely as she turned away.
"B ... but I've got the presentation to finish - I'll never get it done
now! What am I going to do?" he stuttered.
"It's all sorted so just calm down" she said in a patronising (matronising
!) tone. "I rang the office and spoke to John - he's finishing the
presentation as we speak and has already organised a dry run for this
afternoon for the whole team. I gave you some good advice yesterday,
delegate - learn to delegate. You'll be burnt out in a year if you carry on
trying to do everything yourself. You've got a good team - it can cause
resentment if you don't trust them".
"Finish your coffee and have some toast. We can get your things ready for
later and then drive in".
He rubbed his hand over his smooth head again and said "What am I going to
do about my hair - I can't have everyone see me like this, I'll be a
laughing stock".
"We can worry about that when we get there. If we go to the office through
the car park then nobody will be able to see you" she said decisively as
she left the room to get dressed.
She came out of the bedroom twenty minutes later and appeared her usual
businesslike self. She held out a large holdall to Colin and told him to
carry it to her car.
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They arrived at the car park approximately thirty minutes later and went
through the rear entrance to the executive offices. As they entered Susan's
office, he still didn't want anyone to see him until he had arranged some
covering for his head, Colin looked up at the clock.
"Oh my God!" he yelled, "how the hell has this happened, it's nearly half
past one! There must be something wrong with the clocks in your house -
it's at least an hour later than what we had planned. I must have missed
the dry run of the presentation by now!" he said despairingly.
Susan smiled. "I guess there must be - still there's nothing we can do
about it now - I'll check how it went for you if you like" she said as she
went to pick up the phone.
"That's not the point" Colin wailed, "I'm supposed to be presenting this to
Shikano's and I'll have to do it without a rehearsal. I don't like that,
it's not my style".
"Well I think I know exactly what your style is Colin, and also what it's
going to be" Susan stated as Colin looked a little puzzled at her choice of
words.
She spoke into the phone and, after hanging up, came back to Colin. "John
has managed to lead the dry run through and it went very well apparently".
"Huh - John would say that wouldn't he" Colin snorted in irritation.
"No that wasn't John, that was the MD I just talked to. He sat through it
and was most impressed at John's performance. You should be very pleased
that your team can cover and manage without you leading everything all the
time" Susan said smugly.
"Anyway, don't you worry about it Colin, I am sure that the presentation
will go very well and there is nothing more that you can do about it now
so we might as well spend the afternoon getting you ready for this evenings
event - I am sure that John has everything under control and it will take
us a couple of hours - at least - to make you presentable. A girl's got to
look to make an effort if she is going to make an impact" Susan said as she
started to lead a confused Colin to the executive suite.
She pulled him back quickly for a second. "Oh I nearly forgot" she said
handing him some documents, "I need your signature on the bottom of these
to wind up the accruals and to authorise your teams bonuses. He signed them
without a second glance and Susan led him to the executive suite.
He was beginning to feel like everything was running away from him. He mind
was in a whirl as a new sense of insecurity started to take root as he
worried about his position being undermined by John and the fact that he
seemed, ever since last night, to be taken along on a tide of events that
seemed to be beyond his control.
Colin felt strange as he entered the Ladie's Executive restroom. He felt a
little guilty, and also like an interloper, and he was amazed at how clean
and fresh everything looked.
"Why do we need to start this so early - I don't need to be ready until
this evening and why are you referring to me a 'a girl' and what are you
talking about making an impact?" he babbled nervously as he felt a deep
shiver run down the length of his spine.
"Oh don't you like worrying about everything! Just relax a little and let
me deal with it all. I would have thought that you, being such a ladies
man, would understand just how long a girl takes to get ready for a night
out - maybe this will prove just how much of a ladies man you really are"
she said to a perplexed Colin. "Besides, I do have to get ready myself and
I can't arrange for both you and me to get prepared at the same time".
"But what will I do the rest of the time - I have so much work to do and I
can't go back out into the office dressed like a girl" he said.
"Let's just get you ready for now. If it'll make you feel better I am sure
that you can cover some work - I'll arrange it for you so that you won't
feel you're wasting your time. Now start getting undressed" she said
walking into a cubicle to relieve herself.
He started unbuttoning his shirt and, removing it, hung it in a hanger on
the wall. He could hear the toilet flushing in Susan's cubicle as he
removed his trousers and socks and was left standing in his boxer shorts as
Susan walked out to wash her hands.
He felt so embarrassed as Susan dried her hands and looking over to him
said "Well that's a good start, now remove those shorts and we can get
started on you".
Colin hesitated for a moment. He saw Susan look towards him and thought
"I'd better do this before she starts on at me again" feeling totally
intimidated and almost like a little boy again.
It amazed Susan that Colin was going along with this so easily. True, she
had hardly given him time to protest as she led him from one feminine
addition to another but it had still surprised her that this pushy and
cocky sales manager would let her do this to him.
"Thank's Hilary" she acknowledged once again.
Susan smiled wryly as she saw him remove his shorts - she couldn't believe
he was doing this - the tapes, that had been designed to make the listener
submissive, had obviously been working their magic. He was following her
lead without realising it! This was wonderful !
She went to a room at the back and wheeled in a padded trolley.
"Now Colin" she said leading him towards it - it was hard to resist when
you were standing there naked - "lie down here and wait for a moment"
He did as he was told and just as his mind again started concentrating on
his predicament he felt a pair of hands start to rub his back. This caused
him to jump slightly.
"Susan ... Susan, what's going on - what's going on now" he said
nervously.
"It's all right Colin, I've arranged a little treat for you - a little
something to help you relax" he heard her voice say. The strange thing was
her voice seemed to be coming from in front of him.
He looked up to see her standing there although he could still feel the
hands working his shoulders. He couldn't turn his head around enough to see
who was doing this to him and said nervously "Who ... what ... I thought
that nobody else was supposed to know about this - what will everyone say".
"Relax Colin", she said "this is Hilary, a good friend of mine who has your
best interests at heart - she would do nothing that I wouldn't. I have
arranged this to help relax you and loosen you up a bit. You've had such a
hard and tense time recently that I thought a massage and some aromatherapy
would do wonders for you and help ease you into tonight's role". Oh!" she
sounded excited, "you are going to be so convincing you can't imagine!".
Colin's head slumped back down as the strong and gentle hands kneaded into
his shoulders and around his back. He hadn't realised how stiff and tensed
up he had become as the kneading and pulling caused all of his tension and
resistance to leave him.
"Mmmm, this is good" he thought as he felt his buttocks receiving the same
treatment and felt himself being turned over. He also noticed a powerful
and sweet, but pungent, smell assail his nostrils and assumed that this was
the aromatherapy stuff that Susan referred to. He couldn't see anything due
to the eye mask that Hilary had put on him, "for your own protection" she
had said. He also felt the soft and hypnotic music from the earphones she
had put on him insinuate itself into his subconcious - "to help ease your
mind and achieve total relaxation" she had said as he slipped into an
almost trance like state. "Strange" he thought, "I could swear I can hear
voices" but couldn't make out anything tangible.
Along with the massage, the music was having a hypnotic effect on him and
he found himself responding to Hilary's commands to lift an arm, spread a
leg or whatever without a thought. He hadn't even realised that he
shouldn't be able to hear her voice over the soft music and in fact it was
coming from the tape.
It actually took him a full minute to realise that Hilary had moved her
hands down to his groin now and was sensually massaging his cock to the
point of climax. He was beyond the ability to control himself as he heard a
subliminal voice tell him to cum.
This he did in a beautifully prolonged and explosive orgasm that seemed to
spread throughout his whole body - he had never experienced anything like
this before ! He drifted into a blissful sleep as a post orgasmic bliss
overtook him.
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It was one and a half hours later when Colin was called awake by a soft
voice. It seemed almost heavenly and he came fully awake feeling great in
himself. "That massage Susan suggested was amazing, she was right - I feel
so much better in myself" he thought as he sat up to take in his
surroundings. He was on his own and still completely naked apart from a
strange G-string device that pushed his cock and balls out of sight between
his legs. It never even occurred to him that this felt strange.
He got off up from the table to walk over to the mirror in the washroom and
licked his lips tasting, what he knew to be from last night, lipstick. Even
this didn't phase him as he examined himself.
He looked in the mirror to see a beautiful young woman whose face moved in
time to his own movements as he moved his head to examine his profile.
Susan had worked her magic and it was impossible to see Colin within this
vision of beauty. He had everything on - foundation, eye liner and shadow,
mascara lip gloss - the works. His hands now sported plum red fingernails
with matching toenails and the only thing that looked incongruous were the
lack of breasts, hair and his male genitals. He tugged at the earrings that
dangled from his ears and looked for the clasp so he could unclip them.
As he tugged he realised there was no clasp. Closer examination showed
there to be small holes where the earrings had been threaded through. He
gasped as he realised his ears had been pierced and the two inch long
earrings didn't appear to have anything which would allow him to remove
them - it was almost as if they had been welded!
His normal senses started to return to him as a sense of panic snapped him
out of the trance like acceptance of his condition. He looked at his hands
to see long nails covered in a plum coloured varnish. the nails seemed to
be a part of him. He looked down past his flat chest to see similarly
attired toenails.
"What have they done to me - what have I let them do to me" he almost cried
in desperation. "I never wanted to go this far, what will everyone think
tomorrow when this is all over" he wailed as he looked at the permanent
disfigurement that had been made in his earlobes.
"Ah ! Emma, I'm glad you're awake I was just coming to wake you. We are
going to need you soon and we've got to finish preparing you - how do you
find yourself?" she asked watching him examine himself in the mirror.
"I ... I don't find myself at all" he said in a trembling voice. He
suddenly realised that he had responded to the name of Emma without
thinking and it hadn't felt strange to do so!
"Why are you calling me Emma" he asked plaintively.
Just then Hilary walked in holding Colin's new clothes and Susan led him
back to the restroom and started to put on the basque he wore last night
leaving it undone around his smooth chest.
"Well you don't much look like a Colin to me and I've always liked the name
Emma so that's who you are when you're dressed like a girl" she said
decisively.
Colin was confused as this sounded like a longer term arrangement or was he
just mis-interpreting her words?
Hilary applied some substance to his chest and told him to look to the
ceiling. He did so immediately without delay and wondered why he was going
along with all of this - he seemed to follow every suggestion without
hesitation!
All of a sudden he felt something being pressed to his chest and looked
down to see two very realistic and flesh coloured breast forms hanging from
his chest. Susan pulled the basque up to cover them and he felt an
immediate lessening of the unfamiliar weight as the support the basque
provided took effect.
"There, now that won't take more than a couple of minutes until they set
properly now lift up your leg" Susan said as she sat him down on the table
and raised Colin's left leg.
She started to unroll a sheer black stocking over his leg and, as she
attached it to clasps on the bottom of the basque, she saw him shudder at
the sheer sensuous pleasure it gave him. She repeated this with his second
leg and she looked at him with admiration. He really did make quite a
fetching girl with the shaping his basque and breastforms gave him.
While she was doing this Hilary applied some more lotion to his head and
quickly attached, before the lotion set, the same page-boy style wig he had
worn yesterday.
The speed of his transformation left Colin stunned as he was led to a full
length mirror. He stared at himself, although it was getting hard to think
of this creature as a him, and saw his reflection move it's hands to his
false breasts. He tried to move them to see if they would come loose and
was horrified as he felt his own chest skin pulling with the movement. They
were stuck fast !
His hand went to his head and he tried to raise the wig only to find this
stuck fast also.
With his smooth crotch and shaped waist and hips he looked totally female -
more than he could possibly have imagined this time yesterday when Susan
first suggested this!
"Tell me, Susan, that this will all come off easily?" he questioned with
more than a hint of desperation. "How am I going to get by tomorrow looking
like this?".
"Come with me Emma" she said leading back to the table, "and let's just
finish you off" she said as she held out a mid-thigh length dog-tooth check
skirt for him to step into. He did so with barely a whimper. A tight and
stretchy ribbed beige top and a pair of 2" slingback sandals finished off
his costume. "You will get by just fine".
"Now I've just been called back to the office - you wait here and I'll find
out what for".
As Susan left the room Colin returned to the mirror. He looked every inch
the attractive young female and, as he turned to the left and the right to
get a good look at this profile, found he was quite aroused at the sight of
himself. He looked just like the type of girl he would have made a play
for.
Strangest of all was the feeling of vulnerability that Colin felt as he
tottered about on his heels. He had never imagined that he would find
himself feeling so helpless and vulnerable - after all, he had spent all of
his life creating a strong and tough image to compensate for his lack of
stature. Even stranger was the hidden thought that there was an element of
this that he quite liked, he found that letting others make these decisions
for him was a relief from having to do everything himself.
Susan came back into the restroom to see Colin in deep thought. She smiled
to herself knowing that the subliminal messages that had been played to
Colin in his sleep last night, and also during his massage, were taking
hold. She was starting to disassemble him bit by bit. Soon it would be time
to rebuild him or, by that time, her.
Now was the time to prepare the next killer blow.
"Right Emma, sit down in that chair - I need your help".
Colin let her lead him to a chair in the corner and sat down - "God ! I'd
wish she'd stop calling me Emma, this is no longer funny" he thought as his
developed macho-ness rose, again, to the fore. This was to be short lived.
He hadn't realised that he was sitting with his knees together like any
other natural female would and that his right wrist was hanging rather
foppishly.
Susan sat down next to him and spoke authoritatively. "Now Colin, we have a
minor crisis outside in the main office. Our Shikano clients have arrived
today and are expecting to see the presentation in thirty minutes".
"What !!!!" Colin stood up looking a little ridiculous in his short skirt
and heels as he assumed a masculine pose. "B...b .... but who is ... . how
can I ... " he stuttered in blind panic. "I've got to get changed - I've
got to get ready" he said as he tried pulling his wig off. It didn't budge.
Susan grabbed him by his slender shoulders and pushed him back down onto
the chair.
"Now just shut up Emma - you are acting just like a hysterical woman" she
said as his eyes started to get all watery. "I have got it all sorted -
John will give the presentation and will be backed by Karen who has been
helping him prepare it. This could be a good opportunity for her - she has
been under utilised for a long time now and has been waiting for the chance
to impress".
"I don't understand" Colin said with his anger rising to the surface. "It
must be at least four o'clock now - why are they here today, they were
supposed to be coming tomorrow - it must be too late now - you'll never
have time to get changed for whatever costume you've got ready for this
evening" he stuttered in utter confusion.
Susan had been looking forward to this moment. This was where all her plans
and schemes finally paid off - she hoped Colin would react as she had
anticipated.
"Now I do not know where you get these ideas from - you must surely be
aware that the celebration event is tomorrow and always has been - and I
also don't need a costume. What ever gave you that idea - tomorrow is just
a celebratory meal? Anyway, it's only three o'clock. My office clock must
have been fast I suppose" she chuckled.
Colin looked stunned as she continued.
"You must have know that the presentation was for this afternoon surely.
Everybody has been working so hard on this - don't tell me you have been
concentrating on your own work so hard that you didn't realise" she asked
feigning puzzlement and enjoying every minute of his agony.
Colin felt he was going mad!
"B ... b ... but why have you got me all dressed up like this then ... .
.... unless" he said as the realisation hit him, "you have set me up for
this haven't you - you are trying to get me out of the way so you will get
the promotion I've worked so hard for".
Susan just smiled not giving him a direct answer. Time to twist the knife a
little further.
"Right then Colin, oops sorry I mean Emma !. I have got a little job that
I need you to do. Karen is going to be so busy helping John get ready in
these last few minutes, and also preparing herself, that I've offered to
lend her a temp to act as a team secretary for the visit. You know the
Japanese like to see a strong team working and they need somebody to take
minutes and record the actions".
Colin felt like somebody was walking over his grave as he feared the worst.
Susan continued, "You have two minutes to get your mind in shape Emma my
dear, I have told John and Karen you will be joining them to carry out
those duties at any minute. Now don't be too long, I believe they need some
tea and coffee prepared".
Colin was devastated. She was trying to ruin him - there was no way he was
going to go along with this!
"You must be joking, I'm not going to let you get away with this you crazy
bitch. There is no way I'm going to play at being some Girl Friday to the
likes of my own secretary !" he said looking very feminine as he stamped
his high heeled foot on the floor.
Susan smiled as she relished the end game that was approaching.
"No I'm not joking at all. Oh by the way, I've heard the MD is concerned
that you haven't shown today - this is a really key account for the company
and he's really pissed off at your none appearance. He's been asking
everyone if they've seen you. Would you like me to give him a message for
you - I can arrange for him to come and talk to you in here if you like?"
she said inquiringly, "or I could even take you outside" she said pulling
him towards the door easily as he struggled to maintain his balance.
While Colin was struggling Susan forced his mouth open and squirted a small
spray into it. Colin felt contractions and a general tightening feeling as
the spray made it's way down his throat.
Colin nearly collapsed from despair - he knew that she held all the cards
"No, no please don't do that. You know that will be the end of me if anyone
finds out about this. Wha ... what do you want me to do?" he said totally
defeated and further shocked at the high pitched soprano voice that came
from his mouth. She had even managed to change his voice - this was the
most devastating blow so far!
Susan had to bite her lip to stop herself cheering - she couldn't believe
it - she had him, she actually had him! She relished the continuation of
the hold on him that she now had both for today and also in the future -
she was going to have such fun with her Emma!.
"Right then Emma, now dry your eyes and make yourself presentable. If you
let Birchington's down or don't behave just like a good little secretary
then I will expose you for all your superiors and colleagues to see. Now
take this" she said pushing a handbag onto him, "report to Karen and go and
make the refreshments - we have a busy and important afternoon ahead of us.
And if you don't behave yourself then I will not let you have the antidote
to neutralise the coating that I've given to your vocal chords. It would
take an operation and laser surgery to remove it otherwise.
"Who else knows about this - do Karen and John know?" he asked as she led
him out of the restroom.
"No this is just our little secret. If you play your part well there is
never