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The Distracted Manager Belladonna [Author's Note: Loosely based on an idea provided by Honoria] Eli Nemours clasped his head as he heard his secretary and office manager celebrating his loss. The bet had seemed like one he could not lose when he made it with his office manager, Terri. Of course, Eli knew better than to believe in sure things, but he was certain about what the outcome would be. Now, he was stuck having to live up to his part of the deal. "You're going to look great, Eli," Terri said with a laugh. Her comment prompted Eli to shake his head, causing his long, low brown haired ponytail to brush against his back. "I'll bet you'll be the belle of the office," Katie Millstone, the office secretary, added with a grin. The only other employee in the small office stayed silent. While Melina was nearly as thrilled about the prospect of seeing her boss dressed like one of the girls, Katie and Terri both answered to her in addition to Eli. Melina was the only saleswoman the company had, and she worked closely with Eli to grow the business and her own commission driven paycheck. It was a role that she relished as many other businessmen had rejected her as not driven enough simply because she was a woman. Eli had been different. He took a chance on her and that had rewarded them both nicely. So while she was eager to see what type of woman Eli would make, Melina did not have the same pent up frustrations over slights that Terri, and too a greater extent, Katie had. "You're not really going to hold me to this?" Eli inquired. "Would you hold me to my end of the deal?" Terri asked with a grin. Eli shrugged before Terri replied, "That's what I thought." "What does the schedule look like?" Eli asked. "It's pretty empty. We're all in the office all day tomorrow. Ain't that a lucky break for you," Terri said as she raised eyebrows and continued to grin. "So you can all get the maximum number of insults in..." Eli began to reply before Melina interjected, "We're not going to insult you." "Well, what would you call it then?" Eli asked. "At worst, critiquing," Melina answered. "Critiquing how I look, dress, sound, that all sounds like judging," Eli lectured before a smile came across his face. "You may be right about that, but I wouldn't put too much thought into it," Terri replied. "Why?" "Because we're the one's who are going to be making you over," Terri answered. "Yes! Do you think we're going to insult our makeup skills or what we do with you hair?" Melina interjected. Melina's response prompted Katie to add, "Or my clothes that you're going to be wearing." "I'm going to be wearing your clothes?" Eli asked as he looked over the youngest girl in the office. While Terri and Melina were in their late thirties like him, Katie was in her late twenties. She was essentially Terri's assistant as the workload had increased to the point where one secretary was not enough, especially as Eli began to be able to take more time off for traveling. "Whose clothes did you expect to wear?" Terri asked. Eli looked over his employees and shrugged as he realized that Katie was the only one similar in size to him. Terri was 5'3," while Melina was 5'5". Katie, however, stood 5'10'', a full inch taller than Eli. Her lean, muscular build was not much different than Eli's either. "You weren't going to get into my panties," Terri said with a smile, trying to fill the silence that her question had elicited. Eli blushed before Katie added, "Or mine. You'll be getting your own, Eli." "Why?" Eli asked. "Well, would you share your underwear with a guy?" Katie asked. Eli shook his head with a laugh and said, "I see your point. I'll get some underwear." "No. It has to be panties," Terri countered. "Why? What's the difference between briefs and panties?" "Have you ever worn them?" Terri responded with a laugh. Eli took a moment before he responded, "Well, I used to wear briefs before I switched to boxers, but..." "So you have no point of comparison?" "Well, do you?" Eli countered. "I've worn panties, and I've folded my ex-husband's briefs. Trust me, there is a world of difference in how they feel and how they fit," Terri answered. "I would image they wouldn't fit me any better than briefs. I don't think they're quite made for..." "Oh, don't worry about that silly little thing. I'll make sure that it's not running amuck in your panties." Eli blushed as he heard Terri refer to his member as both silly and little, prompting the girls in the office to laugh at his expense. He wanted to ask what she was talking about, but he could not find the courage to do so at that moment. "Yes, it has to be panties. Oh, and I think he should wear some pantyhose or tights. You know, just to give him a little more support," Katie added. "I don't think that's necessary," Eli interjected. "Hush, now, women are talking," Terri said, prompting Eli to glare at his subordinate until he realized that she was just having fun with him. As the girls continued to talk about making him over, Eli blurted out, "I can't buy panties." "Why not?" Terri asked, shaking her head as all the girls turned to face him. "I'm a man." "So what? I bought my ex underwear all the time," Terri retorted. "That's because you're a girl. It's not weird." "So it's okay for a woman to buy her man underwear, but not the other way around?" "Yes, exactly. You've got it." The girls began to laugh at Eli before Terri acknowledged that she would find it strange to see a man shopping for panties. "Strange is an understatement. I'd be calling security," Katie added, prompting the girls to laugh a little once more. "So I guess, we'll have to call the whole thing off. Dang!" "Nice try, Eli. I'll just have to go shopping with you to give you a beard for your purchases," Terri replied. "A beard?" "A decoy to throw people off the scent. They'll think we're shopping for me, even though the pretty panties in my hand are really for you," Terri responded with a wink. "Do they have to be pretty panties?" Eli asked to the girls' laughter. "I insist on the prettiest," Katie answered with a grin. Terri laughed along with her and Melina before she said, "Now, now, girls. We can't go too overboard. He'll only be wearing them once. Well, at least that's what he'll be telling us." "Trust me. It will only be once," Eli countered. "So you say," Terri replied with a grin. Eli rolled his eyes before Katie asked, "So are you going to get a bra fitting?" "Are you seriously asking me that?" Eli inquired. "It's a fair question, seeing as your going to be blossoming into a woman much quicker than I ever did," Katie answered. "Late bloomers bloom quickly," Melina added, prompting the other girls to keep smiling. "What's there to measure?" Eli asked as he pointed to his flat chest. "Eli, relax. I'll pick out a bra for you. You've got to stop taking this stuff so seriously," Terri responded. "I'm not taking it seriously. This is just serious." "Serious? What's serious about you parading around in my skirt?" Katie asked. "Your skirt?" Eli shouted. "You don't think I'd be giving you pants. I've seen how you look at girls in skirts. They seem to be right up your alley," Katie replied. "That and a pair of tights," Terri interjected. "Oh, my god, yes," Katie responded with a laugh. "Are we back to this again?" Eli asked. "Wait, he's right. This already came up. We got sidetracked somehow. I think I wanted him to wear tights, but, Melina, you wanted him to wear pantyhose," Katie said. "That's right," Melina replied. "Well, Terri said tights, so...," Katie began to respond before Terri interjected, "I was just saying what he likes. I think pantyhose might be better because we can be sure that his legs are nice and smooth when we're dressing him tomorrow." "Woo, woo, girls, I don't know about that." "Don't be silly, Eli. It's just like shaving your face. It will grow back. It always does, unfortunately," Terri responded, trying to put Eli's mind at ease. "Is it really necessary?" "Well, how, many pairs of tights are you going to have?" "What does that mean?" "If you don't want to shave your legs, you're going to have to get quite a few extra pairs of tights to keep around in case you snag them." "How many am I really going to snag?" "It's easier than you think, and I don't want your hairy legs sticking out from beneath a pair of laddered tights," Terri responded. "Laddered tights are trending though," Katie added. "Not in this workplace," Melina rejoined as Terri nodded. "So what, I'll take the tights off," Eli interjected. "But then what?" Katie asked. "What?" "You'll have bare legs that will appear to be bear legs when they're peeking out from under my skirt," Katie replied. "I'll just put on my pants." "Well, then we'd have to do it all over another day until you spend a full day in the skirt." "Come on," Eli replied while he rolled his eyes. "That was your part of the deal," Terri replied. "Okay. I'll shave my legs, but what do I use?" "A razor," Katie deadpanned. Eli glared at her for a moment before Katie added, "A lady's razor." "I could have guessed," Eli replied. "Don't worry, Eli. I'll pick one out for you when we go out shopping." "Gee, thanks," Eli replied in as sarcastic a tone as he could muster. "Oh, don't get that way, Eli." "I'm not getting anyway. Let's just get back to work," Eli responded. The girls watched as Eli retreated into his office and closed the door. As he began to try to get his mind focused on work, he periodically heard the girls laughing with each other. He knew too well that it was at his expense. Eventually, Eli was able to focus on his work. The prospects of the day ahead, however, periodically crept into his mind and distracted him. He almost longed to get the next day over with, even as he dreaded the prospect of working in skirts. "Why the hell did I agree to this?" Eli asked himself while Terri knocked on his door at 5:00 pm. "Eli, are you almost ready?" Terri asked. "Just a minute, mother," Eli said trying to tweak Terri a little, as he often did. "If I was your mother, you'd be getting spanked right now," Terri replied. "That ought to get him out here," Katie said before she headed for the door. Eli overheard her comment and laughed before he pulled open the door. He took his coat off the hook on the back of it and put it on before he followed Terri out the door and said goodbye to Melina and Terri. Eli locked up the office before he asked Terri, "So where are we going?" "Some place where we can buy cheap underwear and a razor." "So that means..." "Walmart, Target, K-Mart, those kinds of places." "Oh..." "Yes, it's a little different shopping experience than your typical outings to Bloomingdales and Bergdorf." "I would imagine," Eli replied. "I would too. I never bothered going into Bergdorf..." "Why?" Eli interjected. Terri glared at him for a minute before she shook her head, amused that he did not understand how his own well-to-do status contrasted with her working class existence. She shook her head before she said with a smile, "It's a little expensive." "I guess." "Yes, it wouldn't be worth it for you to shop there for clothes you're only going to be wearing one day." "All right, so where are we going?" Eli asked. "I'm thinking Walmart." "I've never been there before." "There's a surprise," Terri said while rolling her eyes "Is it a sin to like nice things?" "No, but I think it'll do you some good to see how your employees shop." Eli shrugged before he asked where the nearest Walmart was. Terri told him where it was and told him to meet her there. Eli nodded before he headed over to his Maserati, while Terri walked towards her Toyota. They then drove down to the store and parked before it. As Eli exited his car, Terri walked up to him and led him inside. Eli looked around at the cheap tile floors and the forced smiles on the greeter's faces while he entered. "That was creepy," Eli said to Terri as they walked away from the man in a vest who had welcomed them to the store. "He was just trying to size us up as shoplifters." "You're not a shoplifter are you?" Eli asked. Terri glared at him and said, "You don't pay me that little." Eli nodded before Terri led him into the ladies intimates section. Eli felt uncomfortable as Terri looked through the racks before she selected him a simple white, cotton pushup bra, a three pack of nude, control top pantyhose and a three-pack of black cotton panties. Eli looked over the panties and said, "Those aren't that pretty." A smile crept across Terri's face as she shook her head in response. Two female shoppers standing not too far away from them gave Eli a strange look as they overhead his comment. Terri rolled her eyes before she said, "Come along, dear." Eli wondered why Terri referred to him as dear. As they got further away from the women, he asked Terri about it. Terri replied, "Because I don't want people thinking that I'm shopping for intimates for some random weird guy." Eli nodded his head at her as they came upon the shoe racks. "Is this it?" Eli asked. "Yes. What did you expect?" "I'm used to women's shoe departments that are way bigger than..." "Well, the Chinese can only come with so many designs," Terri retorted, cutting him off. Eli nodded before he asked in a whisper, "What should I get?" Terri twisted from side to side before she whispered, "I don't know what color skirt Katie's bringing in for you, so I'd say something black." "Okay, there's a few black shoes here." "Well, there's really two." "What do you mean?" "I mean, you're not buying stilettos. You need a chunkier heel." "Why?" "So you don't break your ankle when you take your first step. You're being thrown into heels without any real practice. You can't just walk in stilettos without knowing any of the basics. If you did, you end up on your back or face in no time," Terri lectured in a whispered response. Eli nodded along. He figured that Terri was far more knowledgeable about the subject than he was, and her statements made sense to him. Eli told Terri his shoe size, which prompted Terri to do a conversion of the size in her head before she picked up a shoe box. "Is that what I'm going to wear?" Eli asked as he looked at the shoe box containing the black, chunky heeled shoes. "Yes." "Shouldn't I try them on?" Terri laughed as she shoved the box towards him and said, "Be my guest." Eli's jaw dropped as he realized what he had asked. "You know what, I'm sure you're right," Eli managed to respond. "Don't worry. Worse comes to worse, you'll spend a day walking with your toes crossed," Terri responded with a wink. 'God, I hope not', Eli thought as Terri led him towards the health and beauty section of the store. Eli felt horribly out of place as they walked past the feminine sanitary napkins that were across the aisle from the pink razors that Terri had her eyes on. As Eli stood next to Terri, he felt as if every woman who came down the aisle was giving him a dirty look for being in a place he had no business being. Terri noticed that Eli was squirming as he moved closer to her to avoid the stares of other women. She smirked as she hemmed and hawed for a few minutes before she selected the razor she had decided to get for him before they had even entered the building. With that selection in hand, Eli followed Terri to the register and paid for the items after they were rung up. The cashier saw nothing wrong it since she assumed that Eli was simply Terri's husband or boyfriend. Eli and Terri then headed into the parking lot. Eli took the bags from Terri and placed them in his car before he said goodbye to her for the evening. Terri smirked at Eli as she said, "Get a good nights sleep, Eli, because tomorrow's going to be a day you'll never be able to forget." ----------------------------------------------------------------------- The next morning, Eli awoke and went through his typical morning routine. He ate breakfast, had a cup of coffee, shaved and got into the shower. As he stepped into the shower, the only thing that made the day seem any different to him from a normal day was the pink razor he had placed in his shower the night before. As Eli washed his body, he peered over at the razor with a sense of foreboding. Eli lathered his legs before he took hold of the razor and drew it up his legs. The black matted hair on the razor blades made Eli wince a little before he pulled the razor up his legs once more. Eli noticed that it was not taking as long as he figured it would while he continued to remove the hair from his legs and feet. Once Eli felt that they were sufficiently free of hair, he washed his smooth legs with soap. He was surprised by how much more sensitive they felt without the hair and wondered what it would feel like to have nylons covering them, as he frequently enjoyed the feeling of them on his ex- girlfriends' legs. After Eli finished showering, he dried himself off and headed into his bedroom. Eli dressed in a tailored suit, black socks and oxfords before he headed down the stairs. Eli collected his wallet, keys and briefcase and walked into his garage. Eli got into his car and pulled the car down the driveway. After pausing for a second to let a car pass, Eli pulled the car into the street and began the drive towards his office. The prospects of the day ahead were agonizing to Eli. He felt gnawing and churning feelings within his stomach while he thought about how much good natured abuse he was going to receive. The same angst he felt about making the bet with Terri that he had experienced the day before seemed amplified as he drew ever closer to the office. He pulled up in front of it and parked in the sole parking spot reserved for his company before he went inside the building carrying his briefcase and the bag containing the intimates he had purchased the day before. Eli entered through the main door of the office building and headed for his first floor suite. Eli pushed at the door and noticed that one of the girls had already unlocked it. Eli rolled his eyes as he walked through the doorway, wondering if the girls were all lying in wait for him. As he walked towards the door that separated the small lobby area from the rest of the office, Eli heard Terri and Katie talking at their desks. After drawing the door open, Eli saw Terri's head jerk towards him. A smile came across her face before she turned towards Katie and to announce, "Miss Elise Nemours is here." Katie laughed before Eli replied, "You gave me a name?" "Of course. Eli doesn't seem fit for a woman as cute as we're going to make you," Terri answered. "Oh, you're going to make a woman out of me. Mommy always told me this day would come," Eli responded with a chuckle before he entered his office. After he hung his coat up and placed down his briefcase, he saw that Katie and Terri were standing up and waiting for him. "Do we have to do it, like, right now?" Eli asked. "I suppose we could do it a little later today and then tomorrow to makeup for the lost time," Terri responded with a grin as she tilted her head. "Fine! Let's just get this over with," Eli said with a huff before he added, "How are we going to do this?" "Well, you can start by taking off your top." "Another thing that men don't usually hear," Eli mumbled to the girls' laughter. Eli then rolled his eyes as he removed his jacket. His red power-tie followed before he took off his white dress shirt. Eli was not self-conscious about his trim body, so he had no hesitations about being shirtless in front of the girls. Regardless, they had already seen him without his shirt on at an office barbeque he held on a beach a year earlier. While Katie hung up his shirt and jacket on the hook behind his door, Terri handed him the bra he had purchased the night before. Eli slipped his arms into the bra, as he had seen several ex-girlfriends do countless times before he tried to hook the bra behind his back. Katie and Terri struggled to contain their laughter at Eli's awkward efforts to secure the bra behind his back. Eli noticed and realized that he would be laughing too if he were in their shoes. "Haven't you ever taking a bra off a girl before?" Katie asked as Eli's frustration caused him to take a break. "Yes, I've taken them off, but I never saw a reason to put one on a girl," Eli retorted before Terri offered to help him. Eli put down his head for a moment before he nodded and accepted Terri's help. Terri walked behind him and hooked the bra for him before she looked around for something to stuff the cups of the bra with. As Terri clasped at Eli's tissue box, Katie said, "You should start off with his socks." "Oh, that's right! You wear the high socks," Terri said as she turned to Eli. Eli nodded before he took his shoes off and pulled off his black socks. Terri took them from him and balled them up and shoved one into each cup of the bra before she padded the rest of the cups out with tissues. Once she finished, Katie walked out of Eli's office and took hold of the clothing that she had hung up in the supply closet. Eli and Terri waited in silence for her to return. He heard the sound of the crinkling plastic bag containing Katie's dry cleaned skirt and blouse as she made her way back to his office. When she entered the room, she handed the pink, shinny blouse to Terri with a smile. "Oh, what a lovely choice," Eli said as she shook his head at the sateen blouse that Terri was handing him. "Don't just stand there. Put it on. This is a place of business. You can't be having your girls hanging out," Katie rejoined while he stared vacantly at the blouse. Eli rolled his eyes once more as he put on the blouse that he knew that Katie selected for him for the sole purpose of trying to humiliate him further. Eli then fumbled with the buttons that were not on the side of the shirt he was accustomed to finding them on. With the button up blouse secured over his padded bust, Eli looked to the girls to see what was next. Terri smiled and said, "Go into the bathroom and put on your panties." Eli felt that her statement was more of an order, but he did not give it much thought while he removed a pair of cotton panties from the plastic Walmart bag. As he walked out of his office, Melina walked towards her own and came to a stop. Melina began to laugh as she saw the deer in the headlights look Eli gave her as he stood before her in a pink blouse that was being held away from his body by what appeared to be breasts. "What's so funny?" Eli asked. Melina smiled as she replied, "As if you don't know, Miss Nemours." Katie and Terri laughed along with Melina as Eli squirmed with blushing cheeks. Melina collected herself before she turned to Terri and Katie and said, "I've got some work to do, but if you need any help, come and get me." "I think we've got this handled," Katie said as smirk came across her face while she looked at Eli standing there holding a pair of panties in his hands. Eli slinked away from the girls and into the restroom. He saw his appearance in the mirror over the sink and recoiled at the masculine head above his blouse and the male pants peeking out from beneath it. Eli locked the bathroom door before he slipped off his pants and boxers. He then drew the panties up his legs, surprised by how good they felt as he dragged them up his smooth legs. Eli squealed a little as he pulled them up over his surprisingly hardened manhood. Eli blushed as he wondered why he was having an erection while the tight panties seemed as if they were trying to suppress it. After hastily pulling up his pants to cover the bulge in his panties, Eli opened the door to find Terri. Terri smiled and shook her head as she said, "Those pants will have to go." Katie nodded along before Eli said, "I know, but you didn't tell me to put on the hose." Terri sighed as she said, "I'll be helping you with that." "That's not necessary." "If you ever saw a greenhorn put on hose, you'd know you were wrong," Terri retorted. Eli's silence acknowledged that she was likely right while she approached him with the package of pantyhose in her hands. She led Eli back into the bathroom and told him to take off his pants and sit down on the toilet. Eli hesitated to pull down his pants, prompting Terri to say, "Don't start being a prude now, Eli. Anyway, that blouse is long enough on you to cover your privates." Eli sighed as he blushed and nodded in response to Terri's statement. His hands trembled a little as he fumbled with his fly before he dropped his pants to the floor. Terri smirked at his hairless legs as he removed his feet from the tailored men's pants that he had dropped to the floor. Terri opened the package of pantyhose and rolled down a nude pair before she knelt before him. Eli felt strange having Terri so close to his crotch, but he knew that there was no way that anything fun was going to happen for him at that moment. Terri placed his feet into the hose before she began to work the pantyhose up to the knee of his right leg and then did the same with his left leg. Eli blushed again as he realized his manhood was beginning to stir again from the soft feeling that was rising up his leg. 'Come on, pull yourself together', Eli thought before he tried to think about anything other than the feeling on his legs as Terri continued to pull the silky nylon material up them. She then proceeded to keep pulling them up Eli's legs until she could not any longer. She told Eli to stand before she continued to pull the tight pantyhose up his legs in a slow manner that seemed to excite Eli even more. As she began to reach his groin, she felt the heat from his aroused manhood and briefly brushed it. She jerked her hand away and smiled at her boss before she said, "That little thing is supposed to be tucked away." 'Little thing', Eli thought, horrified by her statement, but he was even more embarrassed that she had confirmation that he was aroused by the situation he found himself in. Eli nodded while reached down and grabbed his manhood. Terri smirked as she turned her head away, but she still noticed his extreme discomfort as he forced his hardened member between his legs. With it tucked away, Terri finished pulling the pantyhose up his legs and made sure that the center seam of the pantyhose was straight over his smoothed groin before she let the blouse cover his groin again. As Terri proceed to walk away from him and towards the door, Eli was blushing as he felt more mortified than he could ever remember. 'How do I explain that to her?' Eli thought. Terri opened the door and called out to Katie to bring her the skirt. Katie nodded and hurried over with it. After she handed it to Terri, Terri closed the door and held the black pencil skirt out for Eli to step into it. Eli stepped into the skirt before Terri pulled it up his waist. Eli felt uncomfortably close to Terri as she reached around his body and pulled the rear zipper up. Terri lingered for a little bit. Part of Eli wanted to kiss her, while another part realized the folly of such thoughts. Restraining himself, Eli stood still until Terri took a step away from him and opened the bathroom door. She called out to Katie again and told her to bring in her makeup. Katie hurried towards the bathroom with her pocketbook and let out a howl of laughter as she saw her boss in the bathroom dressed in her pink blouse, pencil skirt and a pair of nude pantyhose. After collecting herself, Katie and Terri had Eli sit down on the toilet so that they could work on his makeup. The two worked in tandem as they applied the cosmetics to Eli's face and made small talk with each other. Eli felt out of place even though they were making him over at that moment. It was not long after the girls finished with his makeup that Terri took Eli's hair down from its low ponytail. Terri brushed out his hair a little before she pulled it back and tied it up in a mid-high ponytail. Katie gave Terri an approving nod before she said, "It's time to unveil the new you." Eli rolled his eyes before he got up and moved towards the mirror. Eli came to an abrupt stop as he realized the effect the makeup and slight change to his hair had. 'Oh, God, I look like a chick!' Eli thought, appalled by the apparent femininity of his bone structure and body. "Well, what do you think?" Terri asked with a smile. 'I think this isn't right', Eli thought before he responded, "I think you girls are magicians." "I think we're more like painters, but were only as good as our canvas," Terri responded. Eli blushed at her apparent acknowledgment of what he was thinking himself. Terri and Katie then led him out of the bathroom. They then helped him step into the black pumps he had bought the day before. With his shoes on, Eli tottered over to Melina with the girls in toe. Melina turned away from her computer screen and began to laugh as Eli entered her office en femme. Deciding to play along with the joke, Eli did his best to strike a model's pose as he sauntered towards her. Eli's efforts prompted further laughter from the girls before Melina began to praise the girls for their makeover of Eli. She then praised Eli regarding his appearance. Eli blushed as he hoped that her assessment of his feminine appearance was charitable. After a few minutes, Eli decided to reassert his authority as he said, "Okay, girls. The deal was I would dress like you all for day. Now, that's happened, so everybody get back to work. This is a normal workday." The girls nodded with smile as they went back to their desks. Eli walked to his own office, feeling a bit foolish for calling it a normal day. Based on the soft feminine feelings that were encapsulating his body and continually arousing him, Eli knew that it was anything but a normal day. Despite that knowledge, he sat down at his desk and tried to get to work. As Eli began to look over the details of an incoming shipment for a client, he began to feel the need to rub his legs. One hand soon became two as the feeling that was encasing his legs consumed his mind until the sound of the phone ringing brought him back to reality. Terri handled the call, while Eli began to try to refocus on the task at hand. He kept his hands on the desk, but the feelings surrounding him did not abate. Eli found himself smiling at the feeling as he wiggled his toes in their silky confines. Eli then rubbed the soft fabric of his blouse that was beginning to increasingly intrigue him. Suddenly, realizing that a half an hour had passed, Eli got to his feet and decided to try to get his mind off his clothing. He took his coffee cup and walked towards the kitchenette. "Eli, I'll get you a cup," Terri said. "No. I'll get it myself," Eli replied. Terri found it odd that Eli was getting a cup of coffee for himself. He rarely did it, except when he knew that Terri and Katie were too busy to do it for him. Eli wiggled about in the kitchenette as he waited for the coffee to brew. Terri walked in and saw Eli pulling at his pantyhose. "They're not a good fit?" Terri asked. "They fit fine I think," Eli replied. "Well, I took my best guess at your size. They're also cheap. If you want buy more expensive ones, they'll probably stay up better." Eli nodded at Terri with a smile while he said, "Fortunately, I won't have this problem for more than a day." Terri laughed and nodded before she made herself a cup of coffee as Eli headed back to his office. Eli walked into his office and began to try to refocus his mind on his work. The coffee passing through his lips tasted slightly off. Eli realized it was likely the taste of the lipstick, the residue of which was also left on his coffee cup. "Jesus," Eli thought as he clasped his head, unable to help being slightly turned on by the sight on his cup. Terri heard Eli's murmur and got to her feet. She noticed that he looked lost. Terri shook her head at her boss and realized that he was still trying to do the task he set out to do at the start of the workday. Terri smiled as she said, "You know what, Elise. You're just not with it today. Why don't you let me handle things for a bit?" Knowing that Terri frequently worked closely with him, Eli realized that she could do his job for a day. In fact, when he had gone on vacations in recent years, Terri had effectively run the business for over a week at a time. She also served as his safety valve when he had too much to handle when he was in the office. Consequently, Eli knew that Terri was more than up to the task of handling the affairs of the company for a day. Eli nodded as he looked at her and said, "You're right. I don't know what's going on with me today." "Really, you don't know," Katie said. Eli glared at Katie for a second, which prompted her to back down and get back to work. Terri shook her head at Katie while she replied, "Why don't you just hangout at my desk for the rest of the day. I'll keep this place running, and you just try to get through the day." "I can do a little more than that," Eli countered. "I'm sure you can. Just do your best," Terri replied as she turned away from him and walked into his office and picked up where he had left off. Eli was slightly upset by Terri's patronizing tone, but he realized that she had pegged him right. Eli sat down at Terri's desk and felt oddly out of place sitting in the general area of the office beside the office secretary. Trying to make some productive use of the day, Eli looked at Terri's task list, which was sitting on the corner of her desk. Eli smiled as he looked it over, while unconsciously rubbing his pantyhose covered leg. Katie saw it and smirked, but she decided not to say anything given that she felt that he might discipline her if she kept pushing her luck. Eli looked over the tasks that his highly organized subordinate kept. Eli nodded at the list and figured that if she was doing his work, the least he could do was take a go at getting some of Terri's tasks done for her. Eli felt that he was up to doing some of the tasks that did not involve much thought, so he circled certain items he felt as if he had the mind to do at the moment. After selecting the first task for himself, Eli collected the documents that needed to be copied and headed for the copy machine. Eli felt strange as he approached the machine and felt the tugging on his legs that was keeping him from striding as quickly as he wanted. Eli felt constrained by his skirt, but he knew better than to complain about it as Katie never did when she wore the skirt. Eli assumed that it was something that women were used to, like walking with their feet on an angle. The restraint on his legs and awkwardness of his feet beneath him, limited Eli's mobility as he work at the copy machine. Eli soon found that making and arranging the copies was taking far longer than he expected. He wondered if it always took that long and if his own complaining about it was out of his own ignorance. Eli figured he would give the girls a little more slack when it came to the task, even as he thought about giving them leeway to wear flats to work. He believed that they might be more productive if they wore more comfortable shoes. 'Something good might come of this after all', Eli thought as he daydreamed about a more productive office. Eli carried the copies back to his desk and checked where they were supposed to go before he bundled them up and placed them under the cover letters he was supposed to check before they were packaged to be sent out. Eli then decided to check the cover letters at that moment before he finalized them. Eli then signed the letters and packaged the documents to be shipped out with Katie's assistance. Katie fought the urge to laugh as she saw her boss packing up documents to be sent. He seemed much different from the man who seemed to never veer away from paperwork in the office. Once he finished assembling the packages, Eli sat down at the desk and looked at Terri's task list again. Eli immediately bypassed her task to clean up the conference room, since he felt that doing so would result in too much ribbing at his expense. Eli decided, instead, to sort the mail that had come in that morning. Eli took out Terri's letter opener and read over the various pieces of correspondence that he segregated into separate piles based on whom they were directed to and their subject matters. Once Eli finished sorting the mail, he carried the majority of into his office. Terri smiled at him as she watched while he came into the office carrying the mail, as she had done countless times before while he was behind the executive's desk. Eli saw that Terri was processing an order for a client while he placed the mail in the inbox. Noticing what he had done, Terri turned to Eli to say in a soft voice, "Thank you, Elise." Eli could tell that Terri was trying to have fun with him, so he replied, "You're very welcome, Miss Monet." Terri smirked at his use of her last name before Eli walked out of the office and over to Melina's. He gave her the mail that was directed to her, prompting Melina to give him a strange look before she thanked him. Eli then walked out of Melina's office and back to his secretary's desk. Before he sat down, he heard Terri call out from his office, "Are you going to order lunch, Elise?" "I don't know. Why?" "I just figured you weren't going out." Eli laughed a little in response as he stared down at his pink blouse and responded, "You certainly figured right about that." "Where are you ordering from?" "I don't know," Eli said, feeling oddly indecisive. "How about Carlo's?" "Sounds good," Eli replied, deferring to Terri's choice, figuring that she earned the right to make the choice after taking control of the office that day. "Do you mind calling in the order?" Terri asked. Eli shrugged and said, "Why not?" "Okay. Can you see if the other girls want to order too?" "Sure," Eli replied, ignoring the implication in Terri's question. Eli turned towards Katie and asked if she would like anything from Carlo's. Katie smiled as she gave Eli her order, which he dutifully wrote down on a yellow post it. Katie's smile only broadened when she saw Eli get to his feet with a post it pad and a pen and walk over to Melina's office to ask what she wanted. Melina was a bit bemused to see Eli taking the order, given that Katie frequently did so in the past. She told him what she wanted before Eli asked Terri for her order. Terri smiled as she watched Eli take down her order verbatim, as Katie so often did for him. She realized that Eli did not seem to see anything wrong with what he was doing. Terri shrugged and laughed to herself as she got back to handling Eli's work for him. Eli then sat back down at Terri's secretary's desk and picked up the phone. He called in the order to Carlo's and gave the company's credit card information, believing that it would be nice to buy lunch for the company given Terri's increased workload for the day. Eli also figured that it would show that he was being a good sport about losing the bet. Eli got back to work typing some correspondence that he had asked Terri to draft for him the day before. The simple prose came easily to him while he drafted the letter in the polite, but direct style he preferred. As he typed up the sixth letter, he heard the sound of the bell being pushed at the reception window. Eli instinctively got to his heeled feet to greet the man before the awkward feeling beneath his feet instantly reminded him of why he should not walk towards the deliveryman. Eli looked to Katie and told her to take in the order for him. Katie huffed as she stopped doing the research task that Melina had assigned her and got her feet to greet the delivery man. Eli felt relieved that he was seated far enough from the deliveryman that he could not get a good look at him to see the little tells that Eli was sure existed regarding his appearance. Katie carried the bags containing the staff's orders back towards Eli and placed it before him on Terri's desk. "You don't want to take it to the conference room?" Eli asked. "I would love to, but we're all a little behind given the time we had to spend on you this morning." "Hey, nobody made you do that," Eli countered. "True, but we've got work to do," Katie answered before she took her meal and headed to her desk, leaving the boxes containing Eli's, Melina's and Terri's meals on top of the secretary's desk Eli was seated at. Eli got back to his feet and carried the boxes containing Melina's and Terri's orders to them. They each took them and thanked Eli for the meal before he retreated back to Terri's desk beside Katie's to get some work done while he ate his meal. As Eli ate and typed up correspondence, Katie tried to make small talk with him. Eli indulged her as he felt it was helping to pass the time. Once Eli finished eating, he threw his container and Katie's in the garbage in the kitchenette before he sat down and finished typing the correspondence. Eli then finalized the letters and signed them before he assembled the mailings and put them in Katie's outgoing mailbox. She gave Eli a strange look before he sauntered back to Terri's desk and looked at the remainder of Terri's task list. Eli decided to take up her task of filing away some documents. He got up and took hold of some of the papers before he headed to the filing cabinets. He drew them open and used the company's file numbers to direct him as he took to the task of filing each document or set of documents away. As he did so, Eli noticed that his ankles were really starting to feel sore from the movements they were unaccustomed to making. The pain in his ankles was only overtaken by the pain in his feet from the unequal weight distribution and unnatural perch the cheaply padded shoes forced his feet into. As 3:00 pm passed, Eli sat back down at Terri's desk while he typed up a letter that Melina had requested Terri to draft for her. Given that Terri was still busy with his work, Eli felt that it was only fair that he continue to do hers. Eli felt relaxed as he sat at her desk beside Katie's with a smile while he continued to type. The smile faded as he heard a man call over to him. "Hello, Miss." Eli stared at the man standing in front of the reception window before he pointed to himself. The man laughed as he said, "Yes, you. I was wondering if I could meet with Melina Anaxandra." "Well, she's in. Can I get your name?" Eli replied, careful to use a higher voice than he was accustomed to as he walked towards the reception window. "Oh, I'm sorry, Miss. I'm Angelo Airola. And you are?" "Elise Nemours," Eli lied as he hesitantly shook the man's outstretched hand, fearful that Angelo would realize that there was something off about him if he lingered too long. "Pleasure to meet you, Elise," Angelo said. "Likewise," Eli replied before adding, "I'll see if Miss Anaxandra is free." 'Why the hell did I call her Miss Anaxandra?' Eli thought to himself while he hurried towards Melina's office in the fastest steps he could take in his heels and pencil skirt. Eli knocked upon Melina's door. Melina looked up at Eli with a smile and asked, "What can I do you for you, Elise?" Eli walked through her doorway and closed her door. He told her that Angelo Airola was in the office to see her before he asked who Angelo Airola was. Melina replied that she had been trying to obtain Angelo's business for months before she told him the nature of his business. Eli began to rub the back of his neck as he realized that obtaining Angelo's account would result in a marked increase in the company's bottom line. "Should I bring him into the conference room?" Eli asked, confused over what his position was at that moment. Eli often met with Melina's prospective clients, but he was in no position to act like her boss after Angelo had seen him working at a secretary's desk. "Yes, of course, I'll meet with him," Melina replied while she got to her feet. Eli opened the door and followed her towards the reception window. Eli was a few feet away from it when he heard Terri call out to him from the doorway of his office, "Elise, can you give me some help with these...oh." Terri's request came to a complete halt once she realized that Eli was about to speak to a man that she did not recognize. The man squinted his eyes as he looked at Terri and saw the plate reading manager on the door she had emerged from. Barely able to make out the words, the man asked Eli, "Is she the boss?" Feeling as if he had no alternative, Eli responded, "Yes, she's the manager." Melina nodded as she walked towards Angelo and introduced herself. Angelo greeted her warmly before he told Melina and Eli that he liked to meet the whole staff of a company before he did business with them. Eli and Melina nodded before Eli opened the door to let him into the office area. Terri walked over and exchanged introductions with Angelo. As she heard Angelo speak his name, Terri realized that he was a potential client who believed that she was the business owner. Terri maintained a smile as she exchanged pleasantries with Angelo while she did her best to try to present herself as a businesswoman. Melina then introduced her to Katie. Angelo and Katie spoke for a few seconds before Melina said, "Would you like to discuss business, Mr. Airola?" "Please call me Angelo," Angelo replied before he added, "Although it's nice to see a formal office around. I don't think I've heard a secretary call her boss by their last names since my father still ran the business." Melina and Terri gave each other confused looks before Eli remembered how he referred to Melina by her last name shortly after meeting Angelo. As the realization hit Eli, he responded for the girls, "Well, it's just a sign of my respect for Miss Anaxandra and Miss Monet." "You're a very respectful girl, Elise. That's rare in this day and age." "I try," Eli lied with a half hearted attempt at a feminine laugh. As Melina opened the door to the conference room, she asked Angelo to follow her. "Is Terri joining us?" Angelo asked. "Oh, yes, sure," Terri replied before she added, "Elise, why don't you grab a pad and come on in too." Eli nodded, realizing that he was supposed to play the part of her secretary and use his business acumen to make sure that the girls did not get bamboozled by the experienced and, outwardly, kindly man. Accordingly, Eli hurried to Terri's secretary's desk and took hold of a yellow pad of paper and a pen and joined them in the conference room. While he placed the pad down, a smile crept across Terri's face as she asked, "Angelo, would you like coffee or water?" Angelo hemmed and hawed for a moment before Terri added, "We also have tea if you like." "You know what, a cup of coffee would hit the spot," Angelo replied. Terri gave Eli a look that told him that he was supposed to ask the follow up question, "How would you like it, sir?" "A little milk if you've got it, but no sugar, please." "Figures, you're sweet enough already," Melina added, prompting Eli, Angelo and Terri to laugh a little before Terri and Melina asked Eli to get them coffee as well. Eli nodded before he exited the conference feeling confused by his situation. While he was a bit aggravated that he was being treated like a secretary, Eli found the situation rather amusing and more than a little exciting. Eli tried to be as chipper as he could be while he made the three cups of coffee up before he called over to Katie and asked for her help. Katie entered the kitchenette and Eli whispered, "Do you know how Melina and Terri like their coffee?" Katie nodded and poured milk and sugar into both of their cups before she took hold of one, while Eli took hold of Terri and Angelo's. They then walked towards the conference room. Eli felt awkward while he struggled not to spill the coffee from the filled cups as he tottered about in the heels that still seemed so strange to him. He let out a sigh of relief as he placed the first cup before Angelo, who took it with an appreciative smile and thank you. Eli then placed the second cup in front of Terri who took it with a simple obligatory, emotionless thanks that was similar to the ones he had given her over the years. Katie then scurried out of the room, closing the door behind her so that they could get down to business. As Terri took a sip of her coffee, Melina began to start talking business. This prompted Eli to take a seat and begin to write down the main points that Melina was trying to make. Eli listened intently as Melina, Terri and Angelo talked business terms, while he remained quiet, careful to pretend that he was keeping his place as a secretary. He knew that when Terri was in the secretary role, she kept her mouth shut as she was supposed to be a tool in the background that was not meant to be heard. Although Eli was unaccustomed to this role, he knew he had to play the part based on the potential client's apparent beliefs about him, which he had helped shape. The feminine reminders that still occasionally distracted him as he sat with his ankles crossed at the table helped Eli remember who and what he was supposed to be. The terms that Melina and Terri proposed were fairly standard for the company. Eli had no objections to them while Terri jotted down the basics of the proposal down for Angelo to review. Angelo smiled while he looked at them and asked if they had a standard contract. Terri replied that they did and asked Eli to get it for her. Eli was a bit surprised by her request, but he knew that she would do it if she was sitting there as the secretary. Consequently, Eli got to his feet and went to where they kept the form contracts that they frequently amended to meet each client's particular needs. Eli pulled the contract out of the drawer and carried it back into the conference room. Shortly after he sat down, Angelo asked if he could review the contract, propose modifications to it and get the markup back to them. Terri said that they would not be a problem as Melina nodded along. Angelo smiled in response and stood up. He shook Eli, Melina and Terri's hands before he said, "It was good meeting with all of you. Let me tell you, it would be nice to do business with such a pretty staff." Eli joined in Melina and Terri's thanks for the comment even as it made his skin crawl. 'I hope he doesn't think I'm pretty', Eli thought as Angelo walked out of the conference room. Terri showed him to the front door before she said goodbye to him again. After Angelo left the office, Eli finished up the rest of the workday by filling out some forms. He struggled to keep his mind focused as he did so. Consequently, he did not accomplish much. Terri, however, accomplished a good amount of his work by closing time. As the workday came to an end, Eli breathed a sigh of relief before he made Terri and Katie help him remove the makeup and clothing that they had adorned him with. Terri and Katie brought Eli back into the bathroom and removed his makeup as best they could before they took Eli's hair down from its mid-high ponytail. Eli tied his hair back up in a low ponytail before he removed his pink blouse and handed it to Katie. Terri then helped him remove bra before he told the girls that he could take it from there while Katie brought him his clothes to change back into. As they said goodbye to Eli with smiles on their faces while he stood before them looking very much like a woman from the waist down, but not like a woman from the waist up. Katie then told Eli that she would wait for him to give her the skirt before she took went home that evening. Eli nodded before he closed the door to the bathroom and removed the skirt. He looked at his pantyhose covered legs and smirked as he thought, 'Maybe it wouldn't hurt to wear them home.' Eli decided to do just that before he pulled his boxers and pants over his pantyhose. Eli then carefully put on his socks to conceal that he was still wearing the pantyhose under his pants. Once he finished dressing, Eli opened the door and handed the skirt to Katie. Katie smiled as she took it from him and said with a grin, "You can borrow it anytime you like." "I think I've spent my last day in woman's clothing," Eli responded. Katie lifted her eyebrows before she said, "Well, then I can take your heels." "I think they're a little big for you." "I don't want them to wear. I just want them as a little display piece." "Where are you going to display them?" "I was thinking on top of the bookshelf by my desk." "I don't know about that..." "Oh, what harm would it do to just let us girls have a little inside joke about who's pretty heels they are." Eli laughed and did not want to be seen like a bad sport, so he replied, "Sure. Why not? If anyone notices, I know no one would figure it out." "Oh, never," Katie responded with a laugh before Eli went back into the bathroom and retrieved the shoes for Katie. Katie smiled as she took them from him and placed them on top of the bookshelf before she goodbye to Eli. Eli smiled as he waved goodbye to her before he collected his spare panties, pantyhose and bra and put them back in the plastic bag he carried in that morning. Eli went back into his office and sat down at his executive's desk to try to get some work done that he was sure that Terri had not had the time to do. Eli was surprised to see that not only had she done it, she had accomplished more than he normally did on any given day. Seeing no reason to linger, Eli picked up his briefcase and the plastic bag and headed out of his office. Eli walked towards the door leading to the lobby, but he paused as he stared at the conference room table that had never been cleaned that day. A little coffee had spilled out of Angelo's cup and a ring had formed on the glass. The table was also dustier than he liked. Eli felt guilty that Terri would have to clean it the following day because she had to take on his tasks. Eli hemmed and hawed for a minute before he placed his briefcase and the plastic bag down on Terri's desk and went to get the cleaning supplies. As Eli collected them and headed to the conference room, he felt that it was only fair that he help her get out of the hole he had put her in given how far ahead she had left him. Eli sprayed the Windex onto the glass table top and wiped it down with paper towels. The task did not take Eli longer than a few minutes, but he found that he enjoyed the feeling of the pantyhose stretching as he leaned over the table to clean it. Once he finished, Eli placed the cleaning supplies away, washed his hands and picked up his bags again. Eli carried them out the door and hastily locked the office door behind him, since he was aware that some traces of his makeup remained on his face. Eli hurried to his car without being inspected too closely by anyone else leaving the office that evening. Eli picked up dinner at a fast food restaurant drive-thru before he drove home and ate it in his kitchen. While Eli was not fond of eating fast food, it was the only thing he could think of getting that did not involve getting out of his car. Once he finished eating, Eli figured it was time to take a shower to see if he could get the residue of the makeup off his face. Eli hurried up the stairs to the master bedroom. Eli pulled off his suit and hung it up before he tossed his shirt to the floor of his room. Eli boxers soon joined them as his hands reached for his pantyhose. Eli savored the feeling as he began to drag them down his legs, but promptly stopped after he removed his straining member from its tight cotton confines. Eli ran his hands beneath his pantyhose, between the nylon and his smooth legs. "Jesus Christ! I'm such a pantywaist," Eli exclaimed in horror as he realized what he was doing. He went to pull the pantyhose off, but the sensual feeling made him reach beneath them once more. Eli fondled himself until he felt his member release. A feeling of ecstasy overtook him for a moment, until he realized what he had done. Eli stared at the sticky mess that was quickly growing cold in his pantyhose and panties and turned away, revolted and ashamed of his own conduct. He hastily removed the pantyhose and threw them into bathroom sink before he jumped into the shower, hoping to cleanse his body and wash away his shame. As Eli let the warm water wash away the milky residue of his shame, his member began to surge as he thought about his day at Terri's desk. "God it was like we were each other for a day," Eli said to himself as his hand lingered while it carried out the task of cleaning his member and testicles far longer than was necessary. Eli clenched his eyes as he realized that he was excited at the thought of being his office manager's subordinate before he began to laugh at how ridiculous he found his reaction to be. Eli then finished showering. He dried himself off before he looked at the cum stained mess in the pantyhose and panties that he had left in the sink. He thought about washing them for a minute before he realized it was best to just get rid of them. He threw them in the trashcan before he made sure that there was no visible makeup left on his face and walked down the stairs. As he moved towards his living room, he saw the plastic bag containing the extra pairs of pantyhose and panties he had purchased at Walmart the day before and smiled. He tried to put the prurient thoughts that invaded his mind aside as he turned on the television and watched sports. While he was not the biggest sports fan, Eli felt that it would keep his mind off the urge to put on another pair of pantyhose. Eli kept fighting those thoughts until he retired to his bedroom for the night. Eli got into his bed and pulled the sateen sheets and comforter over his body. He squirmed against the sheets that seemed even softer than he was used to as they brushed against the smooth skin of his hairless legs. Eli began to drag his legs against each other as he brushed his body against the smooth sheets. 'This is so wrong, but I like it', Eli thought to himself as he embraced the feminine silkiness that surrounded him. ----------------------------------------------------------------------- The next morning, Eli headed back to the office wearing one of his tailored suits. While he expected to experience some ribbing about the day before, Eli knew that his position would keep the girls in check. Indeed, the girls did nothing more than make a few, harmless jokes at his expense. Eli shrugged them off and played along before he went into his office and began his workday. Around midday, Katie answered the phone and turned towards Terri while she said, with a hint of alarm in her voice, "Angelo Airola is on the line for you and Melina." Terri stared at Katie in stunned silence for a second before she got to her feet and knocked upon Eli's door. Eli smiled as he asked, "What can I do for you?" Terri rubbed her elbow while she replied, "Angelo Airola is on the line for me and Melina." Eli's face lost all expression before he replied, "Who picked up the phone?" "Katie," Terri replied. "Good. Okay. Send the call into Melina's office. I'll join you." Terri nodded before she walked out of Eli's office. Eli got to his feet and hurried behind her as Katie waited to transfer the call to Melina. Melina gave Eli a nervous look before she pressed the button to put Angelo on speaker phone. "Angelo, how are you?" Melina asked. "I'm doing well," Angelo replied before he exchanged pleasantries with Terri. Once they finished greeting each other, Angelo said that they he had reviewed the proposal and had only a few minor changes to make. Eli nodded as he listened to the proposed modifications before he turned towards Terri and Melina and gave an approving nod and thumbs up. Terri smiled as she replied that she was largely satisfied with his proposal, but she responded with a counteroffer despite Eli's pantomimed protests to the contrary. "You drive a hard bargain, Terri, but I can do that," Angelo replied. "I'm glad to hear it. I look forward to doing business with you," Terri responded. "Me, too. Can I come by and sign today so we can get the wheels in motion?" Angelo asked. Terri and Melina's heads jerked towards Eli. Eli nodded and whispered, "Do it." "Yes, that would be fine," Terri replied. "Great, I'll be in about an hour," Angelo said. "Great, we will see you then," Terri responded. "Thanks again," Melina added. "No problem. I'll see you ladies later," Angelo replied before they hung up the phone. "What the hell are we going to do?" Terri asked as she turned towards Eli. "Don't include me in this. I'm heading out for the afternoon. Use the conference room, or my office, if you need to. Just make sure he signs what he agreed to," Eli said with a smile. "Are you serious?" "You girls sold him on us last night. I'm sure you can reel him in without me." Terri and Melina nodded as they listened to Eli's words before he walked out of Melina's office. Eli shook his head as he laughed about the situation with Angelo. "If he only knew. If he only knew," Eli said to himself with a laugh as he collected his things to leave for the afternoon. ----------------------------------------------------------------------- When Eli returned the following morning, he reviewed the contract that Angelo had signed with the company and heaped praise on Melina and Terri for landing the account. After he finished, Eli went into his office to work. A sense of normalcy returned to the workplace as everyone fell back into their normal roles as the week continued on and came to an end. The following week went similarly except for two instances where Angelo called, prompting Terri to pretend once more that she was Melina's boss while they took the call together. Eli took some solace, however, when Angelo's first check cleared. "That sure makes a day in skirts seem worthwhile," Eli said to himself as he looked at the amount. Eli's day in skirts retreated from the girls' minds as the added pressure of Angelo's account increased the workload at the office. The sense of normalcy that pervaded the office however, was punctured as Terri heard the front door open to the office. She walked over towards the reception window and saw Angelo walking towards it. "Oh, hello, Angelo," Terri said. Overhearing her greeting, Eli hid himself beside Katie behind the half wall that obscured Katie's desk. Angelo turned towards Terri's desk and saw her pocketbook sitting upon it. "Oh, Elise's in today. That's great. I missed her the other day." "Elise?" Terri replied before she turned back and cringed a little at the sight of her pocketbook on her desk. "Right," Terri continued, "She's here, but she's a bit preoccupied at the moment." "Okay. I just want to say hello before I go." "I guess we could arrange that," Terri replied as Eli shook his head as he overheard her. Katie struggled to stifle her laughter as she saw how flustered Eli had become about Terri's admission that "Elise" was in the building that day. "What the hell does he want from me?" Eli whispered to Katie. Katie put her