A man is feminized by his wife and his business partner and framed for
embezzlement. Can he survive the humiliations his wife intends to subject
him to and start a new life?
This time:
Rob deals with more humiliation from his wife as he descends further into
his feminine persona.
Chapter 7
Rob found his way back to the house with little trouble. He was in no
hurry because he was spending as much time thinking as he was driving.
Why did it feel so good while he had been talking with Jake and why had
that kiss thrilled him so much? He would have liked to have spent more
time with Tanya and the kids. They were cute and they brought out strange
feelings that felt right at the same time. He almost went off on the
shoulder when he recognized those feelings as motherly instincts; he
shouldn't feel that way should he? Maybe he could call them parental
instincts instead? He knew that he shouldn't like Jake's company either
because they were both guys, weren't they? But his lips still seemed to
tingle from that kiss. He just felt so confused and he tried to push it
down so that he could concentrate on driving.
It was late in the afternoon now because of the difficulty with the car
battery. Rob realized that it must have taken longer than he thought to
charge the battery, but the time had just seemed to fly. He pulled into
the driveway for the house and pulled around back to the closed garage.
He got out to open the door as it appeared to not have an automatic
opener. He pulled all the way into the garage noting with a small smile
that there were no trash cans to avoid. It seemed like just a day or two
ago that he had been concerned about that in his own garage.
Once in the garage, he closed up the big door and began the process of
moving the groceries into the house. Before he got started, he looked
around for a place to put the cell phone Jake had given him and that he
had picked up for some reason when he got out of the car. His purse was
still on the passenger seat. To save time, he just slide the phone down
into his bra because he knew that it would not slide out of there and
there was room next to his breast forms.
As he stepped into the kitchen with his first load, he was confronted by
his wife who looked torn between being angry and worried.
"Where the hell have you been?" she practically screamed at him. Rob came
to dead-stop in front of her, totally shocked by her behavior.
"The...The battery on the car died," he stuttered. "I didn't have any way
to let you know what happened and I didn't have any more money to fix it."
By the time he was done stammering through an explanation, Rob was almost
in tears. His control had been crumbling all day and he felt like the
last of it was about to go.
His explanation had partly relaxed Geri, but she still seemed upset as she
said, "So what did you do? Did you call someone for help?" This last
question seemed to be asked with a tone of concern or fear.
"No...No. I went over to the service station by the store and Jake helped
me out."
"Who is Jake?" Geri demanded, her eyes narrowing.
"He's the mechanic. He looked at the battery and decided that it needed
to be charged." For some reason, Rob did not want to look Geri in the eye
when he thought about Jake.
"I see. I guess I need a more detailed description of your day. Put
those bags on the counter and bring everything else in while I put things
away. "
"Yes, ma'am, I mean, okay," Rob said. Geri had a self-satisfied smile on
her face that Rob did not see as he went back to the garage. He finished
bringing everything in fairly quickly and Geri made short work of stowing
it all away.
Geri looked at Rob critically and said, "Let's have a seat in the dining
room. I think you need to tell me about your first day as a woman."
Rob clipped on into the dining room and took a seat at the table. Geri
followed right behind, holding Rob's purse that she had picked up from the
counter. She dumped the purses contents out and did a thorough search
discovering... the store receipt that she tossed on the table and two phone
numbers Rob had been given by Tanya and Jake.
"This is interesting. What are these from?" Geri waved the piece of
paper and business card in front of him.
Rob looked embarrassed and said, "I had to use the rest room and I had to
go into the ladies' room. I helped a mother with her son and her baby. I
got to burp a baby." Rob's voice when he said that almost sounded dreamy.
Geri noted that with some amusement. She would have to remember to
encourage that behavior over the coming days because she thought it would
be fun to watch Rob act like a doting mother to someone else's child.
Then she noticed the stain mark on Rob's shoulder.
"Why is one of my best dresses stained?" She asked loudly. Actually, she
did not care much at all. This was a dress that she had purchased for Rob
at the mall yesterday and he would have to deal with any long-term damage.
"Well, the baby burped on my shoulder and it ran down," Rob said,
flinching back. He seemed to be feeling more and more fearful of Geri
lately and letting her take the lead on things. He was afraid that he was
going to be in trouble for something he didn't do.
"You let a baby puke on my dress? I should punish you for that! You know
that, don't you? Well you're going to have to wash it by hand and hang it
to dry in the bathroom! You might as well consider that dress yours now;
I don't want something that some brat threw up on!"
"Yes, ma'am," Rob answered, trying to cringe back from her. It almost
seemed like Geri's tone of voice alone was beating him down. He just felt
so bad about her dress.
"Why is your lipstick all smeared?" Geri asked.
"My lipstick?" Rob was totally shocked that he had forgotten about his
makeup.
"Yes, your lipstick is all smeared. What happened? Were you rubbing your
face or something?" Geri was completely familiar with the way Rob's
lipstick appeared. Was it possible that her man was growing up to be a
woman?
"No...No. I...I was at the service station asking for help and the mechanic
pushed the car over to the garage and he said that he would charge the
battery if I let him buy me a cup of coffee and we talked and he kissed
me!" Rob told the whole story in one big breath, just to get it out. He
was still confused about why he had enjoyed that kiss so much.
"He kissed you? And you let him? Did you enjoy it? I bet you did,
didn't you?" Geri asked, barely concealing a smirk. "You little hussy
and on the first date too. Maybe I need to go back and look at those
pictures again."
The reference to the pictures the agents were using to blackmail him with
rattled Rob.
"I didn't let him. Before I could react he had his lips on mine. Besides
it wasn't a date. I mean, he's a guy and I'm a guy and I'm married to
you...and...and," Rob was almost babbling in his confusion.
Geri could see that Rob's mind was about to go into vapor lock with all of
the conflicting thoughts and emotions. She decided that he could do with
a little reassurance and then she would hit him with more programming
tonight. She knew just the right tape to use on him too.
"It's okay, Rob," she said soothingly. "You looked like a girl to him and
you just got into the part. Go change into the clothes I laid out for you
on your bed and I'll show you what you need to do to clean that stain out
of the dress."
Rob stood a little unsteadily and then made his way to his room. The
conversation with Geri had started him thinking about Jake's kiss again.
He started stripping off his clothes and he realized that he still had the
cell phone in his bra. After all the scolding and browbeating he had just
gotten from Geri, he didn't want to have to deal with more about the
phone, so he put into the back of one of the bureau drawers. He removed
everything, including the gaff, which felt refreshing. Looking at the
clothes that Geri had put out, he saw that she had left him a skirt,
camisole, and anklets. In the absence of anything else, he slid the
panties back on and then put on the other articles of clothing. He was
glad that the cami was soft against his sensitive breasts and he decided
that a bra was unnecessary as he wasn't trying to dress up as a woman.
Out of necessity, he put the high heeled shoes back on and returned to
where Geri waited for him.
Geri looked him over, taking note that he had elected to not put the bra
back on and that his breasts had grown to a size they were just noticeable
through his shirt. She would have to put the estrogen cream on again when
they were finished. She led Rob into the bathroom where she instructed
him on how to use a small amount of laundry soap to wash and rinse his new
sundress. When they were done gently squeezing the water out of the
dress, she showed him how to hang the dress in the bathtub so that it
would not wrinkle badly.
"A girl needs to know how to take care of her delicate clothes," she told
him. To Rob, it sounded like he was getting a lecture from one of his
elementary school teachers.
Once they were finished, Geri and Rob sat back down at the table again.
Geri looked at Rob and said, "I've been thinking about our situation here.
We don't look like husband and wife or even like sisters. I think that we
should tell anyone who asks that we are roommates, that way we won't have
any awkward questions to answer. What do you think?" Geri knew that she
had already primed Rob for this and he would fall in line with almost any
story she told him to believe.
"That makes sense. The people who are hunting for us will be looking for
a man and a woman and we look like two girls."
"Right," Geri said, nodding. "For this to work you need to present a very
believable feminine persona. I think that you need to act more like a
woman. That way, no one will figure out that you're actually a dude in a
dress."
"You're right Geri, but I am a man and your husband. I am not sure I will
be able to fool anyone." Rob whined.
"It's okay, Rob. You and I know you're a man, my man; most people will
believe you are a woman, if they see a woman. Your looks and conduct will
determine your ability to pass. We'll just let everyone else think that
you're a girl. "
"Don't worry," Geri said enthusiastically. "I'll help you learn to be
more girly. In fact, I know just how I'm going to do it. But let's get
some dinner and then we need to get some sleep."
Rob and Geri worked in the kitchen to prepare a small dinner for the two
of them, but Geri seemed to have Rob doing most of the work and she stood
and directed him. When everything was ready, Geri said, "You know... I
think I will call you Diana all the time we are hiding out. That way there
is less chance on a slipup. Besides it is such a pretty name for such a
pretty girl. After all, it will help you get into the proper attitude for
your disguise." She leaned to Rob and kissed him on the cheek. . She had
been calling him Diana when he played the maid, so she knew that it would
be simple to extend it from maid time to full time.
Even though he was not happy with it, Rob really could not think of a good
argument against it, so he nodded. Besides, he was still enjoying
dressing in the way a woman named Diana would dress.
Geri said, "Diana, why don't you bring everything to the table and I'll
get out of your way. Be sure to put an apron on so you don't soil another
outfit. There's a frilly one in the top drawer."
Rob stood open-mouthed in the kitchen as Geri walked away and took a seat
at the table in the other room. He realized that she had no intention of
coming back to help, so he resigned himself to carrying the bowls and
plates of food to the table. There really wasn't much, but it was the
fact that Geri had essentially just treated him like a servant.
He found it to be a little demoralizing that his wife would treat him like
serving wench. He made a decision if Geri asked him to curtsey he would
put his foot down. Hadn't he been the one to go to the store and have to
deal with the problem with the car? But then, he wouldn't have met Tanya
and Jake. That thought cheered him up and he put his disappointment
aside.
They ate quietly and Geri only asked Diana to go out to the kitchen for
more bread. After dinner, she complained that her breasts still hurt and
that maybe she should lie down. Rob was left to clean up their mess, what
there was of it, and wash everything that they had used. When he was
done, he went into the larger bedroom that Geri had taken over to find her
reclining in the middle of the bed. It did not appear that she had
planned on making room for Rob.
Geri looked up from the book she was reading as Rob came in. "How does
your chest feel? I saw that you weren't wearing a bra. I assume that you
aren't feeling any irritation?"
"Not really. This cami you lent me felt soft enough and I wasn't trying
to dress up, so I didn't put a bra on."
"Well, let's put this cream on just in case," Geri said, holding up the
tube.
Rob pulled the cami up to the top of his chest to reveal that his breasts
had developed even further. When he looked down, he started to freak
until Geri calmed him down. "If these things get any larger, I won't need
breast forms! We need to call the doctor!"
"Oh please! You're overreacting and they aren't that large! You were in
town all day and you didn't use the cream like we talked about. Let's put
it on now and see what it looks like in the morning." What he had now
were just the beginnings of breasts and he would really have something to
have a meltdown over in a few days. She got Rob to sit on the side of the
bed and she sat next to him. Once again, she smeared a large glob from
the tube onto her hands and she rubbed it into his chest, making sure to
squeeze and pinch his new breasts and nipples. She didn't need to do
anything other spread it on, but it was fun to watch Rob's eyes roll back
in ecstasy.
This time she even got to watch his cock join in the fun. The best part
in all of the treatment Rob was being subjected to was that his ability to
be aroused would not be affected by all of this. In the end, he would end
up looking like a beautiful, big-breasted playmate with a fully functional
set of balls and a penis. The prison system wouldn't know what to do with
him; Rob wouldn't even know what to do with himself.
When she was done torturing his breasts, all Geri had to do was run her
hands over his cock and Rob was spraying himself all over the inside of
his skirt and his thighs. She smiled in satisfaction at how easy it was
becoming to manipulate Rob. It took several minutes for his breathing and
heartbeat to steady down again. As he came down from the erotic high, he
felt the cooling mess on his thighs and his face reddened. It didn't help
when Geri said, "You're kind of quick on the draw there, partner."
Rob only felt a little better when Geri said, "It's okay honey. These
little accidents happen to everyone at some point. Go get cleaned up,
take your vitamins, and go to bed. We'll try again tomorrow." Her tone
of voice sounded more like she was talking to a child who had just had an
accident than anything else. Rob's look of embarrassment deepened again
as he got up and he left the room.
Geri smiled at Rob's back. Once he had taken his pill and gone to bed,
she intended to start up the next programming tape that the doctor had
prepared for her. When Rob woke up in the morning, his whole world view
would be skewed. Starting tonight, he would start thinking of himself
more as Diana, dream of having not big tits but gigantic ones, and would
be thinking of Geri as even more of an authority figure over him.
She was glad that Evan had discovered Doctor Winters and blackmailed him
with Anders' assistance. Not only was Winters' clinic outstanding in the
plastic surgery field, but they also had the resources to reorganize and
program a person's thoughts and behavior. With the pills and programming
tapes that Winters had been forced to provide, Rob was being remade into
the fall guy they needed. It was Robs' misfortune that Geri was finally
being able to unleash her more dominant nature upon him.
She waited for about half an hour, to be sure that Rob had time to prepare
for sleep and for the drugs he had taken to put him into the proper state.
Hearing no sounds from the rest of the house, Geri opened the bureau and
took out a digital player and sleep headphones. She found Rob unconscious
in his bed and he did not respond when she nudged him experimentally.
Satisfied that he would be out for close to twelve hours, she put the
headphones over his ears and started the player. She pulled the blanket
up over Rob so that there would be no discomfort to possibly cause him to
wake up early. She returned to her bed and set the alarm clock to make
sure that she would be awake in time to remove the evidence from Rob's
room.
* * * * *
It was mid-morning when Rob woke the next day. He wondered why he seemed
to be sleeping in more and more these days. Of course, he and Geri had no
place to go or anything to do while they were stuck here. He rolled out
of bed and straightened the nightie that he had worn to bed. Padding into
the bathroom, he was so focused on needing to empty his bladder that he
did not see Geri sitting in the living room, fully dressed. He did notice
her when he came back though.
He smiled and said, "Good morning. Did you sleep well?"
"Yes, I did. I was just wondering when you were going to get up," Geri
said, acting a bit put out. "We have a lot of work to do today."
Rob looked at her blankly until she said, "Don't you remember? We're
going to work on teaching you how to be more girly. That means that you
are going to learn how to walk and act properly. By the time we are done,
you will know how to act and look like a high-class socialite or if you
want, a slutty streetwalker. That way, you can do your part in
maintaining our disguise." Even though Geri was stepping up the
programming and the fairy tale they had made up for Rob was not completely
necessary, keeping it up made sure of his continued cooperation. At least
until he could not keep from cooperating.
He shook his head slightly, as if to clear out the cobwebs. "Yes, I
remember," Rob said. "Sorry I guess that I forgot for a minute."
"Well...Go take a shower and get dressed. We need to have some breakfast
and get to work."
Rob nodded his agreement and headed back into the bathroom. He got the
shower running and slipped out of his nightgown and panties. Stepping
into the shower, he found that it was still necessary to stand on his
toes, just trying to stand with his feet flat on the floor hurt. The
water hit his skin like needles and bullets and his entire body seemed to
be tingling as he soaped up and rinsed off. His breasts felt especially
sensitive and just brushing his rock-hard nipples seemed to send jolts of
electricity through his body. He considered relieving his sexual tension,
but decided that he should get control of himself and he shut off the
shower. As he looked for a towel he looked down at his legs and he
realized that his calves looked fabulous. He wondered if his butt looked
just as good, he'd have to check it out in the mirror in his room.
The towel felt like sandpaper on his skin as he tried to towel himself
off. He resorted to patting himself dry with the towel, like he seen Geri
do in the past. Wrapping the towel around his waist, he walked out of the
bath. Geri saw him as he crossed into the small dining room and called
out to stop him.
"Rob! The first thing you need to learn is that a woman doesn't parade
around showing off her tits!" Geri scolded. "You should worry more about
covering your girly assets and less about the little fellow and his two
friends, pull the towel up to your arm pits, so your breasts are covered."
As Rob did as he was instructed, the too-short towel revealed his still-
engorged cock. "It looks like you were enjoying yourself in there."
"I know. I thought that I could manage it though. Do you have any ideas
about how to deal with this?" Rob looked at Geri suggestively.
Geri could see that she needed to nip this behavior in the bud and remind
him of her authority over him. This was how it was done anyway. Use the
programming overnight and then reinforce it over the next days. It helped
if the programming was actually used for more than a single day to make
sure that it 'took'.
"How dare you suggest that I help you with that! I will decide when and
if we have sex. You should remember that from now on!"
Rob looked dumfounded for a moment and then said plaintively, "I'm sorry.
I forgot...I don't know why I am so confused all the time."
He continued on into his room red faced and looking lost and he closed the
door. He took a seat on the edge of the bed, trying to understand what
was going on. He and Geri were married and that they had been equals in
their marriage, but something seemed to have changed in their relationship
and he just could not figure it out. The more he tried to understand what
was going on, the more confused he became. Just as it seemed like he was
just figuring it out, Geri opened the door and came in.
"Come on! We have things to do. If we're lucky, I can teach you
everything you need to know and then you can start practicing." Geri knew
that Rob would not leave the puzzle alone and that she needed to distract
him. If he did not figure out the solution as to why she was suddenly in
control of their relationship, he could very well drive himself insane.
All she needed to do was distract him for the day and continue to
reinforce the conditioning to make sure that things progressed the way she
wanted.
Rob's dizzy thinking and the surprise of Geri bursting into the bedroom
served to cause his body to forget all about its rather aroused state.
Once Rob started moving, Geri left the room again and Rob took care of
getting dressed. He realized that it probably made sense to wear the
gaffe, so he quickly took care of it and got dressed. He was back out
with Geri in less than fifteen minutes.
"Very good," Geri said. "We really do not have a lot of work to do here.
I notice that your voice already has the inflections of a young maiden,
almost as if you were born with it. Your mannerisms seem to be much more
gentle than a man's too. Have you been practicing when I haven't been
around?"
Rob looked down, embarrassed and shook his head. "My voice has been
really high since we had that surgery and the doctor said that it would
return to normal. But it isn't sounding more manly at all."
"I know. I called the doctor this morning before you woke up. He says
that it could take several weeks to get back to where it's supposed to be.
When vocal cords get stretched the way yours were, it can take quite a
long time to heal. He said that you should not be concerned." If Rob had
actually paid attention to how Geri was saying it, rather than just the
words, it would have sounded like a mother talking to her eight year-old
child. Never mind that she was lying through her teeth. By the time he
knew she was lying, it would be too late.
"Well, it just means that you're already pretty girly. It must have been
there all the time that we were married and I just did not see it." Geri
took hold of Rob's chin and tipped his head up to turn it back and forth
for her study. She'd been conditioning him for weeks before this, it was
good to see her work was paying off.
"You're lucky that your skin has always been so clear. In fact, you
probably won't need much in the way of foundation makeup. Just a little
mascara to give those beautiful blue eyes that wide-eyed look men find so
attractive and maybe a little blusher to give you that look of sexual
excitement. Guys like that too."
Geri's observations were being delivered with clinical detachment and only
served to drive Rob even deeper into his confusion. Was he a man or woman
now? Did he care? Which did he want to be? Seeing himself in the mirror
was enough to get him turned on. Did he like Jake or Tanya more? What
would Sally think of him now?
Seeing the blank look on Rob's face again, Geri slapped his cheek lightly
and said, "Hey! I'm talking to you! Are you paying attention?"
"Yeah...Sorry," Rob answered, shaking his head.
"That's yes, ma'am," Geri said. "A lady is always polite and well-
behaved."
"Yes, ma'am," Rob said meekly.
"A woman's hair is important also, it is her crowning glory after all. It
shows how she feels about herself by how well it is taken care of and how
it is styled." Geri looked at Rob's hair and how it mainly hung down and
back and said, "I'm surprised that anyone was interested in you
considering how limp your hair is. It makes you look like a washer-woman.
We are going to have to do something about that."
Rob felt alternately like he had been slapped across the face and then
hugged consolingly.
"Thank you," was all he could say.
"That's thank you, ma'am. You really are a slow learner. Now let's get
with the program we don't have much time!"
"Now...As for your clothes, you have a few outfits that will look acceptable
enough when you go to the store. But, we are going to have to get you
some dresses and gowns that you can wear when you are out with your
boyfriend. Maybe a couple of other things when you want look slutty."
Geri winked at Rob when she said that.
"But I don't have a boyfriend. He is just a friend."
"Yeah, whatever." Geri waved her hand in a sign of negligent dismissal of
his statement. "Just remember. Guys only want one thing from girls like
us. You just have to decide how and when you are going to give it to
them."
Rob found himself agreeing everything that Geri said, even though her
statement that lumped him with her made him uncomfortable. He decided
that he would do the best he could in his situation. If he was going to
look like a woman, he was going to be the best woman that he could be. He
could almost feel an invisible pillar of strength shoring up his spine and
he straightened as he refocused his attention about what Geri was saying
to him.
"So, I think that tomorrow you need to get your nails done. Your hands
look like you have been washing the floor." She said pulling his hands
out away from him. "Oh yes. Once we get your nails and hair done, you
will look like a lady in high society. But right now, you are going to
take this DVD player into your room and watch these movies." Geri pushed
a portable player and a stack of movies at him. "I want you to watch how
the ladies in these movies walk and talk. Pay attention to how they move
their hands and how they sit. I want you practicing while you watch. By
the time you're done, you'll know to walk and to talk like a ready lady!
Then you will come out and demonstrate for me. We'll work on your
mistakes."
Rob was determined to learn the lessons that Geri had set for him and,
with a firm resolve, said, "Yes, ma'am." He had to resist the urge to
curtsey as he gathered up the player and movies and carried the pile into
his room. He closed the door and did not come out for several hours.
Knowing that her husband was now occupied for the rest of the day,
willingly cooperating in his feminization, Geri made a call to the local
salon that she found in the phone book and made an appointment for Diana's
nails to be done. She debated upon whether to have her hair done at the
same time and decided that she could have some more fun telling Diana how
bad her hair looked for another day or two.
Geri only saw her husband once during the remainder of the day, which is
when Rob needed to make a trip to the bathroom. She watched Rob as he
passed through the dining room and kitchen and could see that he was
moving differently. The changes made to his legs and butt at the clinic
had helped to modify how Rob moved, but Geri could see that he must have
been practicing while he watched the movies. He now moved with more of a
glide than a stride, which served to make him appear more ladylike. Geri
was looking forward to teaching him to be slutty as well.
Because she did not want to stop Rob's training until absolutely
necessary, Geri took care of fixing a quick dinner that night. When Rob
came to dinner at her call, Geri could see that Rob was an excellent
student. He moved with a graceful sway in his stride and took smaller
steps, he seemed to sashay out of the bedroom rather than just walk.
Over dinner, Geri reined in her natural tendency to pick at Rob. Instead,
she engaged him in conversation making sure to call him Diana at every
opportunity. Geri found that Rob's gestures were smooth and gentle,
almost as if he were stroking the fur on a kitten. When he spoke, his
already soft-spoken womanly voice was almost a lilt that she knew would
fascinate any man who heard Rob's womanly voice.
Geri sat back in her chair and looked at the person in the other chair.
If she did not know that this was her husband that she was looking forward
to humiliating and framing for fraud, she would only see a pretty young
woman with a gentle manner and a soft spoken voice. In a brief moment of
weakness, Geri felt herself drawn to this woman in front of her and wanted
to take her to bed and ravish her. She quickly quashed the forming
fantasy and drew her mind back to her blueprint of evil.
"Diana, if you're done eating, get these dishes washed and put away. I
want to watch you walk a bit, to see if there is anything we need to work
on. Then you need to take your vitamins and we need to use more of the
cream on your chest."
"Yes, ma'am," Rob answered; he didn't curtsey, but did bob his head. He
quickly cleared the table and washed the dishes, making sure to wear an
apron over his dress. Rob almost felt like he was operating on autopilot
and he couldn't quite understand why he automatically jumped and did
whatever Geri told him to do. He needed to get this straightened out in
his head somehow.
Once he was finished with cleanup, he stepped back into the dining room
where Geri was waiting for him. What followed was an hour long marathon
of walking, strutting, and sashaying around the room. When Geri was
satisfied with how he was moving, she had him walking in progressively
higher heeled shoes. He didn't know where Geri even had shoes with a five
inch heel. He was even more surprised that the shoes fit him. By that
time, he was getting tired and it never occurred to him to question how
Geri came to have these shoes when the two of them did not where the same
size.
When it seemed to Rob that he would either collapse from exhaustion or his
legs would simply fold up for some reason, Geri relented and let him take
a seat next to her at the table. She had the vitamin bottle and tube of
cream laid out on the table already. Rob had noticed before that both
containers had the same kind of prescription label on them, but he
dismissed the thought as quickly as it formed. Geri shook out the pills
for him and he popped them into his mouth. He dry-swallowed them as he
pulled up his blouse and exposed his chest in anticipation.
She looked critically at him and said, "At first I just thought they were
man boobs, but if I didn't know better, I would think that you were
growing real breasts. Maybe we should put some extra of this on tonight."
Rob looked down at his breast buds and said, "Do you really think that
these are becoming breasts? I've wondered what it would be like if these
actually were to grow into real breasts." The tone of his voice sounded
eager and wistful.
Geri smiled at hearing the confirmation of Rob's programming. "Now Diana,
we don't know that. Let me put this on for now."
"But if that is going to keep my breasts from growing, do we want to put
that on?" Rob objected. He knew that he wanted the salve put on his chest
to keep his chest from continuing to swell, but he somehow wanted his
breasts to continue to develop.
"We will put it on for now and see what happens!" Geri snapped. She was
starting to be sorry that she had told Rob the story that the salve would
help to reduce the development of his chest. Tomorrow she would need to
try a different line to keep him from catching on. Then again, maybe she
would leave the tube out for him to snag and she would see if he continued
to use it on himself. She quickly took care of smearing the salve on to
his breasts and was rewarded with watching him become aroused again. Of
course, his was still wearing the gaffe and she enjoyed seeing his
discomfort. Once she was done with him, she made sure that he took his
'vitamins' and then dismissed him to his room and Rob half-stumbled into
the bedroom and closed the door.
Rob hurriedly stripped out of his blouse and dress, throwing them into the
laundry pile. His bra, stockings, and panties quickly followed. He could
see that he would need to get some clothes washed or he would be running
out pretty quickly. Removing the gaffe and tossing it into the laundry
was a major relief. For some reason, his body seemed extremely sensitive
and having Geri rubbing the salve into his chest was an incredible turn-
on. Once the gaffe was off and his engorged member was released, it
sprang to attention like a good little soldier. Looking down at it, it
did not seem to Rob like he was going to feel any better any time soon.
He resigned himself to either taking a cold shower or take things into his
own hands, as it were. He found the box of tissues and lay down on the
bed with the tissues beside him. He relaxed, one hand brushing over his
incredibly sensitive breasts and the other grasping his raging hard-on.
He began to fantasize about having huge, tender breasts and he was holding
his breath as both hands were starting to move faster.
Suddenly, the door opened and Geri stepped into the room. She took the
scene in with a single glance and sneered at her husband. "Diana! What
do you think you are doing?" She made sure to be loud and to sound
shocked.
It had the proper effect because Rob's eyes shot open and he sat up
looking as he wished he could hide. "I...I..." was all he was able to get
out. He felt like he was fourteen years old again when his mother had
walked in on him. But she had never gone ballistic on him like Geri was
now.
"Polite young ladies do not do that kind of thing!" Geri shouted. She
was completely enjoying the look of complete embarrassment on her
feminized husband's face. She raged at him for a few minutes, threatening
everything from making him wear a chastity belt so that he could not play
with himself to taking him to the doctor and making him into a complete
woman. All Rob could do was sit there with a red face and stammer at her.
So she added of course I can go all the way and do the Lorena Bobbitt on
you. I will if I catch you being nasty again. Finally, Geri could see
that the drugs she had just dosed him with were starting to take effect as
he started to look more and more drowsy.
She let him lie back on the bed, telling him, "Remember, no more playing
with yourself or I go out and buy a pair of ginsu knives. Hee hee." He
was quickly unconscious as she repeated the instruction several more times
while she started up the programming tape that she had used the night
before. As she left the room, she reflected that he would be thinking of
himself as Diana more and more now and the image of Geri as dominant over
him would be firmly cemented in his mind. She could start telling him in
the morning that she had just realized that she had misunderstood the
doctor and that the salve that they were using was actually supposed to
promote the development of Rob's breasts. Then she would sit back and
watch him beg to have her rub the cream on. If the programing worked as
expected she would probably have to hide the tubes between treatments.
Even though she would rather be back in the city relaxing, she was
actually enjoying this whole thing. The thought was enough to drench her
panties and she knew that she would be spending some time relaxing herself
like she had prevented Rob from doing.
* * * * *
Geri woke Rob the next morning, instead of allowing him to sleep into the
late morning. She had some things that she needed to accomplish and he
had an appointment to have his nails done. After getting him moving, she
left him to take care of his personal business. As he was gathering his
gaffe and underwear, Rob caught sight of himself in the full-length mirror
on the back of the door. He was struck by the fact that his face had
changed so much. If he looked carefully, he could almost see his old
face, but it was easily lost in the softened cheekbones and rounded jaw.
Even his eyelashes appeared to have thickened and grown in length...that
wasn't not possible was it? The face the confronted him now was oval-
shaped and positively cute.
He spent a few moments posing and admiring his legs and ass, seeing how
firm and sleek they were. His only disappointment was that his breasts
were not as large as he wanted. Maybe he could talk to Geri about getting
a boob job done; maybe they could talk to Doctor Winters about helping him
to get the figure he needed.
Once he was in the shower, he relaxed somewhat. Now that he knew that his
voice would be healing up, he decided to enjoy the high voice. He hummed
tunelessly as he soaped up and rinsed off. For some reason, his voice
reminded him of the princess in Shrek. Except that he was changing into
the beautiful princess from the ugly ogre. He shook his head in amusement
at some of the thoughts that seemed to be bouncing around in his head
these days. Regardless, his voice sounded pretty.
He tried to dress quickly and get his hair brushed. With the help of the
videos he had watched the previous day, Rob was able to apply his makeup
and not appear to be a circus clown. It helped that he had paid attention
during those times that Geri had been putting it on for him.
When he finished an attractive, blue-eyed blonde girl was looking back at
him. Remembering what Geri has been telling him and the lessons from the
movies, he smiled at himself. He presented the image of a girl that he
would have loved to have dated in college. Instead, he would have the
enjoyment of meeting some cute guy and being his eye candy, for some
strange reason that thought sounded sweet to Rob. The thought seemed so
natural to him that he did not even pay attention to it as he slipped on
his heels and stepped out into the rest of the house.
Geri looked up from her breakfast to behold the vision in front of her.
For some reason, the story of Snow White came to mind where Rob was
becoming the fairest in the land. She quickly abandoned that train of
thought because it meant that she was the ugly stepmother. She could see
that Rob was becoming the image of a lovely woman. The thought crossed
her mind that maybe she was pursuing the wrong goal here. Now that her
husband was transforming into a goddess, maybe she should forget about
Evan and the plan to steal Rob's trust fund and all of the investment
funds in the business. If she stayed with Rob, with him being her love
slave, she would have everything. In time, she might even actually care
for Rob, instead of being with him just for the money.
She shook her head sadly as she realized that she was in too deep with
Evan and the part of the Mob that Anders represented. Rob would have to
be sacrificed as part of the scheme, but she could enjoy herself with him
until then. He might even come to enjoy it in the time left.
"Spin around for me," Geri instructed. "I want to see how you look."
The apparent girl before her wore a light blue blouse that displayed a
demure portion of her cleavage and a simple skirt of the same color that
came to just above her knees. She was not wearing pantyhose or stockings
and her legs still appeared to have the glow that hose seemed to impart to
a woman's legs, the matching shoes completed the ensemble. Geri knew that
this was Rob and at the same time, she saw a woman. Once the hair had
been done, Diana would turn heads everywhere she went.
It almost broke her heart to say, "Very nice. It's too bad that your hair
ruins it all." The deflation of Rob's happiness was visible.
"Maybe I could have it styled. Then it would look nice wouldn't it?" Rob
asked hopefully.
Geri could see that the feminized Rob was as a much an eager-to-please
puppy as the old Rob was. There must have been something in his past that
had made his so hungry for approval. They had never talked much about his
parents. She wondered if Rob had been neglected as a child, it might
explain some of this. He was just lucky that he hadn't turned into a
cold, bitter person instead. But that would have given him some emotional
defense from what was coming at him.
"Perhaps, but we can't afford that until we get some more money from the
marshals. We'll worry about that later. But, right now, I've made an
appointment for you at Ladies' Nails in the mall to have your nails done.
We can afford that." In actuality, Geri knew that she had several
thousand dollars in hand. She just thought that it was better and more
fun to turn her husband into a sissy a little bit at a time. First the
nails, then the hair. A little later she would have him get his ears
pierced so that he would start wearing some very long and heavy earrings.
Those would hurt like a bitch. Then a tattoo.
"You have just about enough time to get yourself some breakfast and have
everything cleaned up before your appointment. Let's get moving!"
Rob had to fight the impulse to curtsey as he acknowledged Geri's orders.
Instead, he just said, "Yes, ma'am." Knowing that his appetite for a
larger breakfast was non-existent, Rob contented himself with some jelly-
topped toast, juice, and coffee. He finished eating relatively quickly
and washed the dishes, his own and Geri's, after donning an apron at
Geri's reminder.
He had about an hour left before his appointment when he was ready to
leave. Having learned her lesson from the last time Rob had been on his
own, Geri wrote down the number of the cell phone she carried. She gave
it to Rob with the admonition that he should call if he had any problems.
He was also supposed to call when he was finished and on his way back.
That would let Geri know when to expect him.
Rob smiled and promised that he would call when he was on his way home.
He hadn't realized that he had come to think of this place as home until
now. It made sense to him though when he thought about it, considering
that the place that he had considered to be home had been destroyed.
Just as he was about to walk out the door, he snapped his fingers and
said, "I almost forgot my purse." Rob went back to his room and grabbed
the purse off his bureau. Taking a quick look behind him and seeing that
he was alone, he quickly retrieved his hidden cell phone and put it in the
purse. He giggled like a coed at his absentmindedness as he went out the
door. He went through the ritual of opening the big door, moving the car
out, and then closing the door again. Rob was coming to appreciate the
convenience of a garage door opener.
* * * * *
As Rob left the driveway, Geri was dialing a number on her phone. When
the person on the other end answered, she said, "Evan? We need to talk."
There was a pause as she listened and then she said, "I've sent Rob off to
get his nails done and I should be able to give him things to do to keep
him away for most of the day. Okay, I'll see you in about an hour." She
didn't bother to exchange pleasantries with Evan; she didn't respect him
any more than she did Rob. She just told herself that she felt a little
sorry for Rob at the moment is all.
The mystery black car was parked on the street again as Rob drove by, but
it did not start up and follow this time. As Rob disappeared down the
street, the man in the car consulted the laptop computer beside him and
could see that Rob's location on the street was shown on the screen. It
was similar to reverse-GPS in that the tracking system showed where the
transmitter he had connected to the car in the garage was moving away from
his location, instead of showing him how to get somewhere. Satisfied that
he would be able to find Rob if he needed to, he resumed watching the safe
house. He had decided to monitor Geri this time because it appeared that
she was sending Rob on another errand. He wanted to see what the wife
might be up to.
His patience was finally rewarded when he saw Evan's car coming up the
street. He bent down as the car went by so that his car appeared to be
unoccupied. Once he confirmed that the tracker he had attached to Evan's
car earlier in the week was still working, he settled down to see how long
Evan would stay.
Geri answered the door when Evan knocked. She had changed into a pretty
blouse and skirt, making a concession to wear heels that would make her
taller when facing Evan. Considering that this would be the first time
Evan would have seen her since she had been 'enhanced' without her request
or desire, she wore a pushup bra that she had purchased during their
shopping trip which put her breasts on display. The blouse had first
three buttons open so that her substantial cleavage couldn't be missed.
"Hey, babe. Having fun playing house with your husband?" Evan stepped in
when Geri answered the door and he attempted to embrace her. When she did
not return his hug and she stepped back, he knew that there might be a
problem.
"What's the matter? Aren't you happy to see me?" Evan asked, frowning.
Now was not the time for their con to start going sour.
"I'm just overjoyed," Geri said, the sarcasm dripping from her voice.
"How should I feel considering you manipulated me into going to the
plastic surgeon with Rob? I wasn't supposed to get anything like what we
planned to do to Rob, so why don't you explain to me how I ended up
looking like a centerfold?"
Evan stopped and took a breath. Admittedly, he was practically drooling
over Geri's statuesque physique and his eyes had barely even gone higher
than her cleavage. He'd always been a tit man, so he saw nothing wrong
with having the doctor provide his lover with much larger breasts. And
Geri should respect what he wanted. After all, he was the husband and she
was only the wife.
"I thought that you wanted larger breasts," Evan began. Geri's cold stare
brought him to a halt almost immediately.
"My tits were fine, thank you very much. I had to tell Rob that it was
part of the plan to conceal us both. The truth is that you wanted me to
have larger tits. How would you feel with these things plastered on to
your chest?" Geri asked, her voice rising. "Not only do I have to
breakdown Rob to be a humiliated sissy, but I have to deal with this
mass."
Evan tried to defuse Geri's anger by acknowledging it, "Geri, I'm sorry.
I didn't think that this would be so severe for you and I thought that you
would think it would be fun. Winters assured me that he could reduce or
remove the implants, if that is what you want. I wouldn't have done this
to you if it were a permanent change." Even hoped that she couldn't hear
the bullshit tone in his voice. It's difficult to con a con man.
Hearing that Evan cared about what had been done to her, served to settle
Geri down a little. But he sensed that there was still tension between
them.
"What else is wrong? How is Rob's transformation going?"
"I'm making good progress with him. Take a look at these pictures." Geri
held out her cell phone that she had apparently used to take pictures of
Rob.
Evan scrolled through the list of pictures, stopping on a few to study
them. "This is Rob? This looks more like somebody I would hire as a
secretary at the office. What does she sound like?"
"Rob is still a he, Evan. He's only just starting to respond to the name
I've given him and he still thinks of himself as a he, not she. His voice
sounds like a teenager right now, but the doctor said that his voice would
settle down in a few weeks."
"How much more work do you have to do?" Evan asked. He knew that he was
looking at his partner, but these pictures seemed to be of a college
graduate or a twenty-something.
"I'm pretty much done fixing it so that he answers to Diana. A couple of
more days and he will be thinking of himself as much as Diana as he does
Rob. In that same amount of time, he should end up with his own set of
very sensitive mammary glands."
Geri grinned wickedly, starting to get back into her plan to destroy her
husband's ego and set him up as a patsy for their theft and fraud. "In a
couple of weeks, he'll be able to nurse babies. That will really play
games with his mind."
Evan grinned at the thought. "My partner, a nursing mother. That is so
kinky."
Geri returned his grin and said, "When he finally gets out of prison, I
might just keep him as a pet."
The grin on Evan's face evaporated at the thought. "You're joking right?
That goes beyond kinky. My bigamist wife's ex-husband being our live-
in...what maid...slave? Would we want him near us after what we are going to
do?"
Geri's grin disappeared just as quickly as Evan's had. "I'll decide
whether Rob lives in our house and what I have him do. I've been feeling
a little sorry for him and it doesn't hurt that he's turning into a sexy
goddess." Moving up next to him, she looked into his eyes seductively and
said, "Who knows, maybe I'll have him nurse our children."
Evan looked at Geri for a second and then slid his arms around her.
Pulling Geri to him he said, "Just talking about this turns me on. We'll
do whatever you want to do." He hugged her in for a long, intimate kiss.
When they finally broke, Geri's eyes were glazed from arousal. She took
him by the hand and led him toward her bedroom saying, "Come on. I
haven't been laid in a week."
The mystery man remained outside while Evan was inside the house. While
he did not have any equipment in the house, he had a pretty good idea of
what Geri and Evan were up to. He was still able to get information from
friends in the department and he had already determined to his
satisfaction that Geri and Evan were having an affair.
Evan left about four hours later and Rob still had not returned. The
tracking system showed that he was still in town. He was comfortable
thinking that Rob was still there as the contacts he has made were all
local. Also, the call from Sally indicated that Rob would be staying in
town at a beauty salon. About an hour after Evan was gone, his tracking
system showed that Rob was headed back, so he relaxed.
Chapter 8
Rob arrived at the mall with about an hour before his appointment and he
found the salon without any trouble. When he checked in for his
appointment, the woman at the desk politely told him that the girls were
running about on time and that he could come back in an hour without a
problem. Rob smiled and told her that would be fine and that he would do
some shopping for the next hour. He had passed a children's store on the
way in and he had the wild thought to go in and look around.
While he browsed, it occurred to him that he had not had a chance to speak
with Sally in almost a week, but it seemed like much longer. Looking at
the cell phone he removed from his purse, he was becoming used to thinking
of it as his purse; he punched in Sally's cell phone number. Just hearing
her phone ringing at the other end seemed to make Rob feel happy and he
seemed to bounce through the store. He stopped dancing when Sally
answered.
"Hi, Sally?" Rob said happily.
"Yes...Who is this?" Sally replied, obviously expecting to have to deal
with a salesman of some sort.
"This is Rob. I know that we haven't talked in over a week, but I wanted
to let you know that I was okay."
"Who is this? Did Rob give you a message for me?" Sally's voice was
alternately angry and concerned.
"Sally, this is me, Rob," he said again. "Wait a minute." He had just
realized that he sounded nothing like Rob Tanner and sounded more like
some young coed.
"Sally, hold up for a minute. I can prove that I'm Rob," he said, trying
to sound calm and reasonable. "The last time we saw each other, we were
signing papers in my office. I decided to push the vesting date of my
trust fund out by a year and I made you the executor of the fund. Would I
have told anyone else about that?"
"Rob wouldn't have told anyone willingly. But you're not Rob," Sally
replied. It was obviously ridiculous to expect someone to accept that the
woman on the phone was Rob Tanner.
"Sally, I know that I don't sound like I did when we were in my office
last week. The reason that I don't is that they performed some plastic
surgery on us to change what we look like. They decided that the Mexican
cartel wouldn't be looking for sisters, so they changed me a little, well
it looks like more than a little now. That's why I sound like cheerleader
right now. But the doctor promised me that it was all reversible once
this was all over."
"Rob? I don't really believe you, but the way you talk is the same as how
Rob talks, even if you don't sound like him. To tell the truth you sound
more like those ladies on the phone sex lines than my old boss " Sally's
voice went from skeptical to one of concern in a heartbeat as she realized
that she could very well be talking to the man that she cared a great deal
for. "What have they done to you? Where are you?"
"I can't tell you where we are, because we're supposed to be in hiding.
You shouldn't tell anyone that I called you either because it could put
you in danger," Rob said. "They had to move us out of the city because
the cartel firebombed our house and they thought that we would be safer in
hiding."
"Your house was firebombed?" Sally asked in shock. "Nobody here at the
office knew anything about that. Are you okay?"
Rob reassured her by saying, "Yes, we're fine. I don't look or sound much
like myself at the moment, but Doctor Winters told me that he can undo
everything once this is over. Even Geri got a little bit of an upgrade."
"But I really look cute," he gushed. "I'm hoping that these changes will
hurry up. I can't wait to show you how I look when my breasts are fully
developed. Oh, I have to hurry, my nail appointment is coming up and I
just wanted to let you know that I was okay."
"Rob, wait. What do you mean that you look...?" Sally's question was cut
off as Rob broke the connection as he discovered a summer dress that he
was sure that would look darling on Tanya's daughter. He was getting so
used to thinking like a sissy, that he did not notice now. He was calling
Tanya as he paid for the dress and went back into the salon to wait.
"Tanya, it's...Diana!" Rob fumbled for a moment as Tanya answered the
phone. For some reason, it almost felt natural for Rob to think of
himself as Diana, but he had still had a bit a brain-fart when he heard
Tanya's voice on the phone.
"Hi, Diana! How are you?" Tanya really sounded pleased to hear from him.
"I'm really good," Rob answered. He was as pleased to be talking to her
as she sounded. "I'm here in town getting my nails done and I was
wondering if you might want to get lunch."
"That sounds like a great idea," Tanya raved. "It's just me and the kids
these days, so I like to get out of the house, if I can. Are you at
Ladies Nails? We can be there in about ninety minutes okay?"
"Yes, I'm just going in for my appointment now. I'll see you in a little
while." Rob hung up, the thought of seeing Tanya and her kids giving him
some kind of a warm feeling in his gut. He'd been having so many weird
thoughts and emotions, that he was just going with the flow now. He
smiled at the receptionist and she led him back into the salon.
* * * * *
Tanya ended up being a little later than she had promised Diana; after
all, packing the kids and all their stuff in the car was like packing for
a caravan...or like preparing the space shuttle for a launch. When she
arrived at the entrance to the salon, she saw a golden-blonde woman
sitting on a bench near the salon entrance. The woman was bent over
double with her face in her hands, which muffled her quiet sobs. Tanya
frowned and guided David and the stroller over to the bench.
"Diana?" Tanya went over to her and touched the woman on the shoulder,
not sure if this was her friend.
Rob raised his head to look at Tanya and said, "Tanya! It's good to see
you!" Rob's mascara had smeared from the crying he had been doing and he
looked like a raccoon with streaks down his face.
"Honey, it doesn't look like it. What's wrong?" Tanya sat down next to
Diana and put her arm around his shoulders. April was happy to stay in
her stroller and watch the floor show, but David crowded up next to his
mother, unsure about what was going on.
"I...I came in to have my nails done, be...because they looked really bad,"
Rob choked out, his voice made him sound like a sad little girl. He took
a deep breath and then continued. "They ended up attaching these daggers
to my fingers!" He held out his hands to show Tanya what could only be
glamour-length nails, extending almost three-quarters of an inch from the
top of each finger.
"But they're pretty Diana," Tanya said, somewhat at a loss.
"Yes, but I have to be so careful with them. I've already scratched
myself twice and I'm afraid to even rub my eyes!" Rob started crying
again.
"You'll learn to handle that. Haven't you had long nails before?" Tanya
asked a little confused.
"That's not it. I'm afraid of hurting the kids and I wanted to be able to
hold them and play with them," Rob trailed off, tears starting to run
again.
Tanya hugged Diana. "Couldn't they do anything about it? Why did they
put these claws on you if you didn't want them?"
"They said that my roommate made the appointment for me and that is what
they were told I wanted. When I complained, the manager said that they
couldn't do anything about the nails because they were bonded to my own
nails."
"Instead, she offered to attach extensions for me and color my hair to
match."
"Your hair is beautiful Diana. It's a nice color," Tanya said
consolingly. She pulled tissues from her purse and handed them to him.
Once Rob was finished dabbing at the tears running down his face, Tanya
proceeded to clean up the streaked mascara on Diana's face.
"Yes, but I have fingers like Wolverine. I don't dare touch my face, let
alone the kids," Rob's crying was winding down while Tanya talked to him.
"I have an idea!" Tanya said, standing up. With some imagination, one
could see the light bulb exploding over her head. "Why don't you take the
stroller and David can walk next to me while I make a call? Come on!"
She led the pack to the entrance while she dialed the phone. When the
other end answered she said, "Jill? This is Tanya...I'm fine thanks.
Listen, I have a friend here who needs some of your magic. Can you
help?...Oh, thank you! We'll be there in ten minutes! Bye."
Tanya put an arm around Rob and squeezed. "No worries girlfriend. Jill
can fix this without a problem." She took David's hand and they went over
to where she had parked the car.
"Who is Jill?" Rob asked.
"She runs a small beauty parlor out of her house. Just to help her
husband with the bills," Tanya said. "Actually, I think that she uses the
parlor as a stress-reliever from their five kids."
"Five?" Rob said, surprised.
"Yes and they're all younger than seven. They really keep her hopping."
"Five kids. I've always wanted kids but my wi...I'm not able to." He tried
to cover his slip, but he wasn't sure how well.
Tanya finished buckling the kids in and stood back up on her side of the
car. She made it obvious that she had heard as she leaned on her arms on
the roof of the car and locked her gaze with Rob's. Her eyebrows cocked
up in a humorous question before she smiled broadly and ducked down to get
into the car. Rob stood for a moment, wondering what had just happened
before he got into the car and closed the door. Tanya had a half-smile on
her face, but she said nothing as they drove away from the mall.
They drove for about ten minutes and pulled up to a nice-looking house in
a neighborhood. In the backseat, David started bouncing up and down
saying, "Aunt Jill! Are we going to see Aunt Jill?"
"Yes, baby. Aunt Diana needs some help from Jill, so you can play with
James and Jennifer while we're here okay?" Tanya unbuckled him from his
car seat and set him on the grass.
"Okay, mom. Thank you," David called as he ran across the yard to the
front door. He was into the house and out of sight before Tanya, Rob, and
April were halfway to the door.
"Boys!" Tanya said, shaking her head. "Why do they have to grow into
'yucky men'? Can't they stay that age?" Rob took the diplomatic way out
and just laughed.
They were met at the door by a dark-haired woman who appeared to be their
age. This was apparently Jill. She smiled at the stragglers as they came
up to the door.
"Tanya! It seems like I haven't seen you a long time! How are you?" Jill
asked the happiness at seeing her friend was obvious.
"I'm doing well," Tanya replied, hugging Jill. "I'm sorry that I haven't
been over to see you in a while. Things have been hard with Jerry being
gone."
Rob stood off to one side, watching the two women become reacquainted. He
assumed that Jerry was Tanya's husband.
"Jerry is my husband," Tanya said, explaining to Rob. "It's kind of an
involved story so I'll tell you about him later. Tanya turned to Jim and
said, "Jill, this is a friend of mine, Diana. She had a bad experience at
the salon at the mall." Rob held up his hands to display his nails.
"I can see what you mean. Nails that long have gone out of style. What
did they tell you when they were done?" Jill asked, looking up from the
nails to Rob's face.
"They said that is what my roommate said I wanted," Rob replied sadly. "I
don't know why she would do that to me. When I told them that these were
too long, they just said that they couldn't do anything because they were
bonded to my natural nails."
"I can see their handiwork with your hair too," Jill said, giving a
critical look at Rob's extensions. "Come on in you two. I think that I
can fix this." Jill led them into her converted porch-parlor and gestured
to one of her beautician chairs. Rob took a seat and Jill pulled a
rolling tray around beside him. Tanya seated herself in the other chair
and picked April up to feed her.
"The problem with salons like that is that they know how to do things like
glue nails and color them, but they have such turnover that they can't do
some of the things that those of us who have been doing this work for
years can do," Jill carried on a monologue as she took cuticle scissors
and proceeded to remove most of the length of the artificial nail on each
of Rob's fingers.
Once she was done with his hands, she took some more time to look over
Rob's new hair. While the coloration the salon had used had been close to
the color of the extensions that had been quickly woven into Rob's own
hair, a close-up look showed where the old ended and the new began.
"They didn't do a good enough job matching your hair to the extensions
that they wove in," Jill said, coming around in front of Rob to face him.
"It looks like they hurried the weave somewhat too. What I want to do is
tighten the weave so that it won't look ratty and add some highlights. I
can use a dye that will let me color both your natural hair and the
extensions and the highlights will let me hide where the two join.
"I think with your coloring and your blonde hair, I would like to use some
light red highlights. I believe that the results will be striking and
classy. I don't know why they did it, but they ended up making you look
slutty and I know that they can d