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The Distracted Manager - Two Belladonna [Author's Note: Loosely based on an idea provided by Honoria] Eli continued to glare at Terri before he pointed towards the conference room they had just exited and said, "Round up the girls and meet me in there." "Okay," Terri replied nervously as she scurried back towards Melina's office and where Katie was hiding herself. Eli sat down at the head of the table and tapped his fingertips upon it before his eyes veered down to Katie's dress that was covering his false bust. Eli's eyes rose from the dress as he heard Terri and Katie talking as they walked towards the conference room. Eli shook his head as he saw Katie wearing his shirt and pants while she walked towards the conference room beside the other two girls. "Have a seat, girls," Eli said, trying to project confidence and dominance as he sat before them in Katie's dress and tights and a pair of high heels. The girls sat down as Eli explained that, going forward, Angelo and his underlings would likely be dropping by unannounced from time to time. Eli then added that Angelo advised that he was recommending the company to several of his associates. The girls nodded before Katie interjected, "So, I'll take it, that this means that Elise will be hanging around for a while." "Yes," Eli replied after a pause. Katie grinned before she said, "So you're going to have get your own wardrobe for Elise." "I suppose," Eli responded. "Well, you can't keep wearing nothing but my stuff. I guess we can share our clothes, but as I've already told you, you need to get your own underwear." "Understandable..." "I mean we already got you one pair and you can have the one stuff you got on right now, because I'd sooner burn them than wear them again," Katie added, cutting Eli off. Eli gazed vacantly at her with an open mouth not saying a word. A silence filled the room before Katie said, "But I want that dress back." "You can have it," Eli replied while he rolled his eyes. "I don't usually want to steer the conversation away from clothes, but don't we have more important things to talk about?" Melina interjected to ask. "Yes," Eli replied before taking a breath. The girls looked at him, expecting him to say something before Eli added, "We have to maintain certain appearances around here going forward. Okay?" "Keeping up appearances, got it," Terri answered for the girls while nodding. "This means that we have to all pretend that Terri is in charge when these clients come around." "So we have to clear the Eli stuff out of your office," Katie added. Eli went to respond before Terri rejoined, "Oh, no. We can't have Elise working in there at all. We can't risk a client seeing that. We could probably explain it away once or twice, but it could really give us away." Eli put his head back and then rolled it towards his left shoulder and said, "Terri's right." Terri grinned in response before Eli added, "Going forward Terri's going to have to be working in my office." "So where will that leave you?" Katie asked knowingly. Eli knew that she was needling him, prompting him to reply, "Where do you think?" "At Eli's secretary's desk, or should I say, Elise's desk," Katie replied. Eli wanted to hit her as he replied, "Yup." "Is that it?" Terri asked. "No. I want to make clear. Although me and Terri are exchanging our job spaces in this office. That doesn't mean that we're really exchanging jobs. When it's just us girls, shit!" The girls laughed at Eli's comment before he corrected himself, "Just us, then the office will be operating normally." "So, it will be the same, except that Terri will have the executive's suite and you'll be wearing skirts and typing away at a secretary's desk, right?" Katie asked. "Yup," Eli responded again as he glared at her. "That won't be the only change," Terri interjected. "What else is there?" "The new policy that you unwittingly introduced here," Terri replied before Katie shot her a peeved look that she soon turned on Eli. Eli sighed before Terri explained what was unnecessary for her to explain, "Going forward, you and Katie are going to have to call Melina and me by our last names." "Yes, when people are around," Eli countered. "No. You'll have to do it all the time. We can't have any slipups. We can't afford it," Terri retorted. Katie rolled her eyes before she propped her head up with her arm. Eli tried to figure away out of not having to call his secretary by her last name. The more he thought about it, the more certain he was that Terri was correct." Eli sighed again as she said, "You're right, Miss Monet. We can't afford to blow the whole thing with a slipup. Katie, we're going to have to keep referring to them as Miss Monet and Miss Anaxandra appropriately going forward. I want to make it second nature for us." "Just great," Katie replied in a tone dripping with sarcasm. "You also can't park in the boss's space," Terri then added. "I can park my Maserati there," Eli retorted. "No. Angelo thinks the Maserati's mine. What do you think will happen if he sees you get out of it?" "Shit!" Eli exclaimed as he slapped his palm against the table top. "You can take my car for the time being," Terri responded. Eli shook his head when thought about the Japanese car that Terri drove. It was not out of the ordinary for a man to drive a car like it, but it did not convey the type of status he was used to his cars' conveying. "I'll get my own car, eventually, but it'll do for now," Eli retorted. "Just remember that you're supposed to be a secretary, Elise. You can't go out and get a Benz or a Cadillac on a secretary's salary." Eli nodded, realizing that any car that he could get and maintain appearances with would represent, at best, a minor upgrade from Terri's blue sedan. Eli rested his chin upon his hand while he wondered what step should be his next. "Should we start moving things, now?" Terri asked. "Sure, let me get changed," Eli replied as he got to his feet. Katie looked to Terri as she said, "Terri, can you get my gym clothes from my car? I'd do it myself, but I don't want to step out like this or commando in that dress." "Sure, if you ask me right," Terri retorted with a grin. Katie muttered to herself for a moment before she said, "Will you did it for me, Miss Monet?" "Certainly," Terri replied with a smile before they headed back towards Katie's desk to retrieve her keys. Eli stared down at Terri's desk as he walked towards it and wondered what he had gotten himself into as Terri carried Katie's keys towards the door. As she exited, Katie looked over to him and said, "You really had to keep referring to them by their last names? What decade is this?" "Sorry," was all Eli could muster while Katie shook her head and sat down at her desk to wait for Terri to return with her change of clothes. Terri walked back in shortly after and handed the bag to Katie. Katie stood up and went into the bathroom to change. Eli watched her close the door before he felt a tap on his shoulder. "Elise. Let's get started." "I was going to wait to get out of these shoes." "You're not carrying anything heavy. We're just eliminating the little traces of Eli from the office. It's not really very much to do at all. I always thought you had a woman's touch," Terri replied. "Very funny," Eli retorted. "I wasn't trying to be. I think you have good taste." "Money can do that for you." "No. Money can make it easier, but money doesn't equal taste," Terri said as she entered the boss's executive suite with Eli. They removed whatever Eli felt that he wanted on his secretary's desk and brought it over to Terri's former desk. They placed the items down upon it before they carried Terri's belongings from her old desk into the executive's office and set it up. As they were finishing up, Katie emerged from the bathroom. Eli turned to her as she was carrying his male clothes in her hand. Eli exited his former office and took hold of the clothes before he entered the bathroom and hastily disrobed. Once he finished redressing in his male clothes, Eli called out to the girls to see if they had anything to help remove his makeup. Melina noted that she could help and retrieved her supplies for him. Melina helped Eli remove his makeup as best they could. While slight makeup traces were left on his face, Eli figured that it would not be anything that would interfere with him going home that night. As they exited the bathroom, Katie asked, "Are you ready to go shopping?" "What?" Eli retorted. "You need to get a new wardrobe. You've already admitted knowing that." "I need it, but right now?" "Is there anytime like the present?" "Can't this wait?" "I'm not lending you my clothes until you start having something that I wouldn't mind wearing myself." "So that's the deal?" "Sure. I'm willing to go shopping with you so that everyone will think you're shopping for me. Just like a married couple out shopping, and it won't raise any suspicions since we're about the same size." "I think the little makeup traces on my face might raise some suspicions," Eli countered. "Oh, you were just being nice and letting our niece give you a makeover, dear," Katie replied dismissively. "We're not married. We don't have a niece," Eli retorted. "Strangers don't know that it is a lie," Katie explained in response, growing impatient with Eli. "You really want to go shopping in your gym clothes?" Eli responded, trying to shift the topic. "What difference does it make? These are sport leggings and I can put a skirt over them just as easily as I can a pair of tights. My sports bra is not going to make a top not fit me either." "What about the sneakers." "All the better to walk around in while I'm shopping, my dear. You might want to invest in some flats for the office too. You're not going to want spend all your days in a pair of heels." "I guess," Eli replied. "I'm sure of it. Now, get ready because we're taking off." "But..." "Don't look a gift horse in the mouth," Katie replied, cutting Eli off. "Oh, don't forget your keys," Terri interjected as she reached into her pocketbook and took hold of them. Eli watched as Terri slid her key and key fob off her key ring and waited expectantly for Eli to do the same. Eli reluctantly reached into his pocket for his keys. Eli scowled as he handed over the key to his Maserati and took hold of what was in Terri's hand. He slid the key and key fob to Terri's sedan onto his key ring before Katie motioned for him to speed it up. They then said goodbye to the girls before Terri reminded Eli to take his heels home with him. Eli shrugged as nodded in response and placed them into his briefcase before headed out the door beside Katie. "So where, exactly, are we off to?" Eli inquired. Katie looked over to him and said, "I was thinking the mall." "Which one?" Katie named the mall and told Eli to meet her in front of a department store. Eli nodded his head as he walked towards Terri's car and unlocked it. Eli slipped into the car and promptly reached for the lever and moved the seat back. Eli shook his head, displeased by the fact that the car did not have power seats. He mumbled to himself about it as he started the car and pulled it out of the lot, shortly after Katie exited the property. Eli headed down the road that led to the highway as he made his way towards the mall. A little more than a half hour later, he reached the mall and parked the car. He got out of the vehicle and looked around for Katie while he walked towards the entrance of the department store. Katie waved to him as she made her way towards the door as well. Eli walked over to her and asked, "Is this the place we're shopping at?" "One of them. That's the beauty of the mall. Variety." "Well, it certainly isn't bargains." "You drive, well, drove, actually, a Maserati. I've seen the labels on your clothes too. I know you can afford to shop here." "Doesn't mean I want to," Eli retorted. "You should have thought about that before you introduced yourself as Terri's secretary." Eli hung his head before Katie led him inside. As Eli looked around, he asked, "Would a real secretary shop here." "I've got some clothes here before, but you will be shopping at some of the cheaper stores to build up your wardrobe a little more as the night goes on." Eli nodded as he watched Katie peruse through the racks until she found something that struck her eye. She looked over the grey three-quarter sleeved, wool dress with an asymmetrical neckline and a pencil skirt and searched for her size before she said, "Here, hold this." Eli wanted some input on the clothes she was buying for him, but he did not want to raise a fuss about in public as he looked over the dress. The longer he looked at it, the more he came to appreciate its beauty while Katie continued to shop next to him. Katie then handed an iridescent red, asymmetrical skirt suit with an A- line skirt and a matching jacket with notched lapels and a cubic zirconia closure to him and said, "This will be a nice addition to the collection." Eli nodded as he looked it over before Katie whispered, "But I recommend you get another couple of pairs of shoes to pair with it." "With this one suit?" Eli asked. "No. You're going to need at least a few pairs of shoes. I'd start off with a pair of flats and, maybe, another pair of heels, and stick to black. It's the easiest shoe color to pair an outfit with." Eli nodded as Katie continued shopping selecting several blouses and skirts before she led him towards the dressing room. Eli waited outside the doors for her to come out and model the clothing for him. Eli gave his opinion on each item she selected, which prompted some stares from the female shoppers around him. None of them gave Eli much attention though, believing that he was either Katie's gay friend or devoted companion. After deciding what to buy, Eli and Katie walked towards the middle-aged clerk working at the counter in a plain black dress, black, patterned pantyhose and high heels. She gushed over the purchases with Katie before she bagged them. Eli paid for the clothes with his credit cards before Katie handed the bags to him. Katie smiled as she led Eli out of the store and into the mall and said, "Do you think she would be gushing about the clothes if she knew they were for you?" Eli gave Katie a concerned look as he said, "Can you keep that down?" Katie grinned as she nodded and led him into another store. Eli and Katie hurried around the ladies department as Katie collected several cheaper outfits and undergarments for Eli. After leaving that store with several shopping bags full of clothing, Katie took Eli into one final store to help him build up his wardrobe. Eli looked around the store and noticed that the customers seemed younger than the shoppers in the other stores did. "What kind of place is this?" Eli asked. "It's a shop for more adventurous women." "You mean younger women?" "That's one way of looking at it, but I think it would help if you had at least one thing that wasn't so conservative," Katie whispered. "Is this something that you're going to be borrowing?" "We shall see," Katie replied with a smile as she looked through the racks of clothing that Eli knew that she was far more likely to wear than he was. As Katie settled on a mid thigh length, black sweater dress, Eli muttered to himself, "That would, literally, have to be the last clean thing in my closet before I wore that to work." Once Katie emerged from the dressing room, her appearance confirmed Eli's initial conclusion. While Katie looked wonderful in the tight, sleeveless dress with lace detailing above the bust and on the back, Eli felt that he would look like a woman desperately trying to hold onto her youth in it. "What do you think?" Katie asked. "It looks great on you," Eli replied. Katie read into his reply and smiled as she said, "Thanks." She changed back into her clothes and Eli paid for the dress. With that last purchase, Eli and Katie headed for the exits, carrying Eli's shopping bags. Katie helped Eli put them away in his trunk before she said goodnight to him and reminded him to order two pairs of shoes online. Eli nodded before he got into the sedan, started the car and drove home. Eli pulled into his garage and carried the bags inside and up to his bedroom. He placed away his ladies' intimates in his dresser before he hung his dresses, skirts and tops up in his walk-in closet. The site of his new feminine wardrobe contrasted against the male clothing, causing Eli to cringe and shake his head as he wondered aloud, "What the fuck am I thinking?" Eli cursed his foolish initial response to Angelo as he headed towards his home office and turned on the computer. Eli signed on, opened his internet browser and signed onto an online account with a retailer and began searching for shoes in the same size of the shoes that were sitting in his briefcase. Remembering Katie's recommendations Eli searched for a second pair of pumps and a pair flats, both in black. Eli read the reviews regarding the comfortableness of each pair before he settled on the shoes he was going to buy. Shortly after he placed his order, Eli made him self a quick dinner before he settled in for the evening. ----------------------------------------------------------------------- The next workday, Eli drove Terri's sedan to work dressed in an above the knee black, short sleeved dress with a draped round neckline. The hem of the dress rested over his black patterned tights with gold piping, while his feet rested in the most unisex pair of shoes he owned. As he parked the car in the unreserved area of the parking lot, Eli switched into the pair of heels the girls had got for him for what was supposed to be his one day in skirts. Remembering that he was not wearing pants, Eli swung his legs out of the car together before he stood up in his heels. He clutched his pocketbook as he locked the car door behind him and hurried towards the front door of his office, afraid that someone would see him. As he reached the door, Eli saw Terri pulling into the parking lot with the car he had used to attract women and impress other men so many times before. Eli shook his head knowing that the women he had once attracted with the car would have no interest in him if they saw how he was dressed at that moment and how little the men he had impressed would think of him too. Eli walked through the lobby of the building, trying to be discreet before he entered the first floor suite and headed for the desk that he would now be calling his. As Eli approached the desk, he noticed that Katie was already at hers. Katie spun towards him and greeted him before he greeted her. Katie smiled as she looked him and said, "I knew that dress would look great on you. It'll look better on me, but we'll get to that when we can." "I'm sure of it," Eli replied with a half laugh before he sat down and turned on the computer. As Eli waited to sign onto the system, Terri entered the office dressed in a black pantsuit and a pair of black, pointed toe pumps. She grinned at Eli and Katie and said, "Hey girls." "Hi, Miss Monet," Eli forced himself to reply. "Hi," was all Katie could manage. Terri smirked at Katie and said, "Katie, are you doing all right?" "I'm fine." "Aren't you going to ask about me?" Terri inquired. "How are you?" Katie retorted. "I'm fine, Katie." "Good." "Katie, have you started with that task that Melina gave you?" "I've started it," Katie replied, again making sure not to use either Melina or Terri's names. "Why don't you ask if she still needs it done," Terri pressed. "You know, you're not really my boss, right?" Katie replied. "I know, but we have to keep up appearances, and Melina really is your boss." Katie scowled at Terri as she got up and walked towards Melina's office and asked the question that Terri had asked her. "Of course I need it. Why are you asking me that?" Melina inquired, confused by the question that Katie was relaying. "I was asked by someone else," Katie answered. "Who?" Melina countered as a grin came across her face as she realized what Terri was doing with Katie and decided to play along with it. Katie rolled her eyes as she replied, "You know." "No, I don't! Who was it?" Melina retorted. Katie took a deep breath before she murmured, "Miss Monet." "Oh," Melina replied before she waved her hand dismissively at Katie. Katie glared at Terri as she walked back towards her desk. Satisfied with Katie's forced recital of her name, Terri walked into the boss's office and sat behind the desk and turned on the computer. Eli rolled his eyes as Katie walked back towards her desk. She sat down and said, "Again, this is your fault." "Preaching to the choir," Eli responded as he began to do his work. It felt awkward doing it at Terri's desk. The initial distractions that had plagued him the first time he ended up behind him were largely gone as the feelings that were encasing his body were no longer striking him as strange. Eli went about his work in silence. As the first half hour past, Eli slipped his feet out of his heels and began to wiggle his toes. The feeling of the hosiery around them brought a smile to his face, but he was able to refocus on the numbers on the computer screen before him. Eli kept moving through his work despite his occasional relapses into giving into the feelings that were arousing him constantly for reasons he could not quite discern. "Miss Monet, can you get me a cup of coffee?" Eli called out as he pulled his eyes away from the screen after a few hours. "What?" Terri asked. "Can you get me a cup of coffee?" "I'm kind of busy, Elise." Eli huffed as he put on his heels, got to his feet and walked towards his former office. He walked in through the doorway and said, "Can't it wait." Terri turned towards Eli and looked across her executive's desk at him while she answered, "What would it look like if I was getting a cup of coffee for you?" As Eli spread his legs and leaned back with his arms crossed, feeling the hem of the skirt of his dress pressing into both of his legs, Eli thought about her response for a moment before he said, "Nothing, if you were getting a cup for yourself." "But I'm not getting a cup for myself right, now." "So you want me to dump this all on Katie. All of your secretarial tasks that you can't do from this office." "Well, it would be nice if you helped her out." Eli rolled his eyes before he said, "Just so you know. I'm not getting you a cup of coffee." "We'll see," Terri responded with a grin. Eli shook his head and went to the kitchenette and made himself a cup of coffee before he strolled back to his desk. Eli then slipped his feet out of his heels as he settled back down and began to work. When midday came, Eli heard the front door open. Eli looked towards Katie, but Katie shook her head and said, "That's the junior secretary's job." "Oh, come on." "Again, your fault, not mine," Katie retorted before a grin came across her face. Eli slipped his feet back into his heels before he stood up and approached the man at the counter. "Hello." "How are you, Miss? Angelo sent me over to meet with Melina." "Oh, she didn't tell me." "It was kind of spur of the moment," the man replied before Eli took his name and hurried back towards Melina's office. Melina got up when Eli told her who was there. She greeted the man before she sat down with him in the conference. As Eli went to leave them to discuss their business in private, Melina asked the man, "Can I offer you anything? Water, tea or coffee?" "I'd take some water if you have it." "Sure," Melina replied before she turned towards Eli and said, "Elise, please get this gentleman a glass of water." "Sure," Eli replied, feeling a bit confused over why fetching the man a drink of water was slightly turning him on. Eli filled the glass in the kitchenette before he brought it into the conference room. Melina and the man thanked Eli before they ignored him and began to discuss the reason for the man's visit. Eli left the room and headed back towards his desk. Eli settled back in at his desk and did his work. He ate lunch at his desk as the office largely operated as usual with just the locations of Eli's and Terri's workspaces differing. As the day neared its end, Katie turned her chair towards Eli and asked, "So did you do any shoe shopping last night?" "Yes, I ordered two pairs of black shoes online." "Online? That's tough." "How else was I supposed to order them?" "You could have waited until tonight and gone after work." "I'm not entirely comfortable with going out like this outside of my car or here." "Oh, you're making too much of it." "I'm not making too much of it. It's dangerous out there to go around looking like this." "That's why I carry mace," Katie retorted. "Yes, I might need that and a rape whistle." Katie chuckled before she noted, "Remember those heels are weapon and always go for the groin." "Yes, that's what I needed to hear. Women's self defense techniques. I'd really be making Dad proud with the man I've become." Katie laughed slightly before she said, "But in all seriousness, I don't think online shoe buying is the best idea." "Why not?" "It's like buying clothes online. They say they're one size, but they can run big or small. You always want to try them on first." "I can't..." "Well, I can't try them on for you." "I know, but I...whatever." "What if one of us went with you? Would you feel more comfortable then?" "I guess." "I'll go with you," Terri interjected as she walked out of her office. "Are you sure?" "I'm positive. I'd love to hit the town with you. I think we can all agree I'm a pretty good guesser about your shoe size seeing as you're still wearing those shoes I got for you." Eli nodded before Katie added, "And make sure that Elise gets a pair of flats. I don't want to be staring at the seams of her tights forever." Terri laughed as she said, "That shouldn't be a problem." "I already ordered a pair of flats online," Eli countered. "Well, a lady can always use more than one pair." "She could use a thousand," Katie replied. "I don't know if you need a thousand. Just one for each occasion and color of the outfit," Terri responded. "So a thousand," Katie rejoined. "Well, when do you want to go?" Eli asked Terri. "At five." "Tonight?" "Will there be a better time? Are you going to feel more comfortable shopping for ladies shoes tomorrow?" Eli squirmed knowing that he would never feel comfortable doing what he was going to have to do. Eli sighed as he said "You're right." "I know. So get ready." Eli nodded as he finished up at his desk before he turned off his computer. The other girls wrapped up their work before they headed out the door that evening as well. After they locked up the office, Eli and Terri walked out the front door of the building. Terri gave Eli a wave as she veered away from him to walk towards the car and parking spot that had been his the day before. Eli's stomach churned as he saw Terri start the car he had long desired and enjoyed owning. Eli muttered to himself as he continued to walk towards the sedan he was reduced to driving. He started the car and pulled it out of the parking lot and drove towards the store. Eli and Terri reached the store within minutes of each other and parked in the parking lot before each got out of their cars a few stalls apart. As Eli stepped out of his car, he saw a man look over the Maserati that Terri stepped out of and say, "Wow, nice car, lady." "Thanks," Terri replied with a smile. Eli shook his head, remembering the various heads he had turned with the car that Terri was now getting to drive why he drove her common sedan that was little different from the five of the same make and model he could see in the parking lot. Eli caught up with Terri and headed into the store before they made their way to the shoe department. As they looked over the shoes, a saleswoman walked over and asked, "Can I help you ladies with anything." The smile on the clerk's face dissipated as she gave Eli a close inspection and noticed the lump beneath his face. Eli squirmed knowing that the woman had figured him out. She did not say anything about it before Terri replied for them, "Do you have these shoes in a size 11?" "Oh, they're for your friend," the clerk responded as she glimpsed down at the size eight 8 shoes on Terri's feet. "That's right," Terri replied. "I think we have some in the back. These run up to a size 12." "Really. That's unusual." "A little. Um...I just have to ask. Please don't take offense, but are you two a couple?" The saleswoman inquired, feeling curious. "A couple," Terri replied with a laugh as Eli squirmed knowing that the clerk had certainly concluded that he was a man. "I'm sorry. Is there a different relationship?" "A bit. She's my secretary," Terri responded with a laugh. The saleswoman gave Terri and Eli a confused look before she offered a confused smile as she said, "Well, that's certainly progressive." 'Progressive? The polite way of saying "Freaks"', Eli thought as he looked at the saleswoman. The clerk then retreated into the storeroom to come out with a pair of high heels for Eli to try on. Eli sat down and placed his feet in the shoes and walked around a bit before he said he would take them. Terri nodded before she had the clerk also get him a pair of black leather, three inch pumps and a pair of grey, t-strap stiletto pumps with a rounded toe to try on. As the saleswoman scurried away from them, Eli looked at Terri. Terri answered Eli's inquisitive look by saying, "It's like Katie said, a girls got to have shoes for each occasion and outfit. You don't have enough yet, but this will at least get you started on the right path." "I don't think anyone would think that I'm on the right path." "Just don't let Angelo know that," Terri replied before the clerk came out with a pair of brown, tumbled leather, mid-calf boots in her hands. Eli sat down on the chair and tried them on before he tried on the other pairs of shoes that Terri picked out for him. Once he had a pair of each that fit, Terri led him towards the counter where he paid for the shoes before he carried his bags out to the car. Eli put the bags in his trunk before he said goodbye to Terri and got into the car and drove home. As he drove towards the exit, he heard a sound behind him as Terri floored the gas pedal to get around his car. Terri's showing of her car's superiority made Eli shake his head before he turned out of the parking lot and onto the road. Eli drove home and saw a box on his doorstep as he pulled into the driveway. After letting himself inside and carrying in his bags, Eli opened his front door and discreetly grabbed the box and brought it inside. Eli looked over the label and knew that it was at least one of the pairs of shoes he had spent extra for next day delivery the day before. Eli opened the box and stared at the shoe box inside it. He opened the box and grinned at the black, embellished suede smoking flats before he pulled them out of the box and slipped his tights covered feet into them. As Eli felt comfortable walking around in the shoes, he smiled and thought, "These are going to be a game changer." ----------------------------------------------------------------------- After the first day of the new arrangement, the office adjusted to its new normalcy. Eli operated as the secret boss of the business from his secretarial desk, while Terri continued her work as Eli's assistant in his former office. Eli adjusted to the realities of what they had to project to those entering the building. Eli found himself making his own copies and getting his own coffee, but he made it point to make Terri make her own copies and get her own coffee as well. The rest of the office operated as usual when no one from outside the office was around. When one of Angelo's employees or referrals where in the office, however, things took a much different turn. Eli bemoaned each such meeting, knowing how Terri would go out of her way to make him feel the position he was pretending to hold. Terri or Melina would meet with a client, and, invariably, he, not Katie, would be the one called in to take notes or grab coffee for the girls and the clients. That the situations he found himself in aroused Eli was something that troubled him on some level. He was not sure why he enjoyed the way the strangers and acquaintances treated him as if he were nothing more than a secretary. The thing that bothered him the most about it was the fact that he had to slip out of his flats and into a pair of heels or wedges when they came by. Eli grew accustomed to wearing flats at his desk and grew to have a collection of flats in black, gold, silver, white and purple stashed under his desk. The girls frequented praised his ever growing shoe collection. At first Eli was dismayed by the way he found himself beaming about the praise, but he quickly grew to accept it and begin to return the girls compliments. Calling Melina and Terri by their last names became quickly engrained in him too, even as Katie struggled with coming to terms with it. Despite her best efforts to fight it, Katie found herself reflexively referring to the girls by her last name as the days went by. Katie was not happy about that development. She decided to deal with her displeasure by using the opportunities presented by clients being in the building to assert that she was of a higher secretarial position than Eli. As clients filed in for meetings with Melina and Terri, Katie rarely missed an opportunity to order him about in their presence. Not wanting to break character, Eli complied, often finding himself bemused by the fact that her show of dominance over him was making him excited. Eli knew what was animating Katie's treatment of him. Since he knew that, as she had driven home to him dozens of times, it was his fault, Eli let it slide. A few weeks passed before Angelo showed back up at the office himself. He walked in and greeted Eli and Terri before he pulled Eli to the side to talk about his transsexual sister's depressed state. Eli nodded, understanding how Angelo's sister felt like an outsider and freak, but for different reasons than her. Angelo pressed Eli to go out with her, just to try to cheer her up. The checks that were clearing because of Angelo ran through Eli's mind as he weighed it against his own fear of being discovered to be en femme again. Eli hesitated for a moment while Angelo practically pleaded with him to go out with Felicia. Eli nodded after one last plea and relented, "I'd be happy to go somewhere with her." Angelo beamed before he gave Eli's number and said, "I'll tell Felicia that you're going to give her a call." Eli nodded again, feeling a bit sick to his stomach. Angelo left shortly thereafter. As he exited the building, Eli turned towards Katie and Terri and asked, "Do you think this is all worth it?" "What?" Terri asked. "The money Angelo's bringing in here vs. the disruption it's causing." "Have you seen the checks coming in?" Terri asked with a laugh. "I have." "Well, there's your answer." "It's easier for you than it is for me. I'm talking about for myself." "You should have thought about yourself before you told him that you were the secretary," Katie chided. Eli hung his head for a moment before he said, "I'll go give Felicia a call." Eli called Felicia and instantly recognized her dour tone as he talked to her. Eli chatted with her for a few minutes before he made arrangements to meet her. Despite his mild protests, Felicia insisted on meeting him at a place that he realized was certainly a gay bar, given the name. Eli hung up and resigned himself to doing what he was going to have to do to maintain his company's good fortune. Eli left the office to meet Felicia at the end of the day. He took the Mapquest directions that Terri had provided for him and wondered how much easier it would have been to drive his Maserati there with its built in GPS. With some difficulty, Eli reached the bar and pulled into the parking lot. The rainbow flag flying from the top of the building made Eli realize that he was certainly in the right place. He swung his black flower print patterned tights covered legs out of the car door together before he walked towards the building in his flats. Eli looked around to see if he saw anyone waiting. Not seeing anyone, Eli reached into his purse and called Felicia's number. Felicia apologized for running a little late, but noted she was a few minutes away. Eli hung up and decided to wait by the front of the building for her. A few patrons walked past Eli as he waited. He could sense some disapproval in the eyes of the gay men that walked past him. Eli felt that they seemed to tolerate him as a transsexual, but not accept him. After a few minutes, Eli saw a blonde haired figure get out of a BMW. 'I guess Angelo paid for everything for this girl', Eli thought to himself as the lanky figure walked towards him. Eli stared up at the 6 foot even woman that seemed even taller in her three inch heels as she walked towards him in a sleeveless, dark brown dress that was decorated with a pattern of white hearts. "Are you, Elise?" The woman asked. "You must be Felicia," Eli replied. The two shook hands before they walked inside. They noticed the bar was full so they headed for a table. An employee came by and took their order as Eli and Felicia sat across from one another. The sense of alienation he felt in the building seemed shared by Felicia. No one bothered them, as their existence was tolerated, but Eli knew that they were being treated differently because of what they were both thought to be. Eli wondered if the feeling that was overcoming him was what was making Felicia so sullen. Felicia straightened out the silk skirt of her shirtdress beneath her, as Eli said, "Angelo's told me a lot about you." "Same here," Felicia replied with a smile before Eli added, "It's nice that you have such a supporting brother." "Yes," Felicia replied as their drinks were placed in front of them. Eli paid for the drinks before they were left alone and Felicia added, "Angelo's a good brother. Always has been. He's always had a paternalistic streak in him since he was young. He always looked out for me." "That's a nice thing to have." "Well, it's better than the alternative. Angelo always protected me as his little brother, but when I told him I wanted to be his little sister, well, things got weird." "How so?" "Well, he was kind of dumbstruck by my statement at first. He did not know what to make of it. It didn't help that he used to forcefully tell people I wasn't a sissy when they were mocking me when I was a kid, and he beat up a few guys for it." "But you're not a sissy." "I can't help but feel like one sometimes," Felicia replied with a fleeting smile. "It's not like you can control what's in you." "I know. I would give anything to not have these feelings. I was so ashamed of them for so long before I finally told someone. Angelo came around, but only after trying to deny it and get me help." "What about your parents." "They died at a young age. That's how I ended up being able to fund my transition, though, and how Angelo was able to expand his company into what it is today." "I'm sorry to hear that." Felicia grinned for a second as she replied, "I wish I could tell a happier story about how I got my rack, but that's it." Eli smiled in response before he asked, "And how long have you worked for Angelo?" "Since he started the company. I was his right hand man at the start. I was right out of high school, doing whatever little task he needed done. The company had gotten fairly large by the time I told him that I was going to transition." "That must have been an adventure at work." "I'm sure you know how it is. There was a big fuss about it at first. Some of them were very disapproving, but most got over it, eventually. Others just left the company when they couldn't pressure Angelo to fire me." "So I guess your role changed at work." "I would say. I wasn't going out on behalf of the company anymore when I was transitioning. Even now, I'm chained to a desk, but I have a good job. It keeps me in Jimmy Choos and Prada handbags so a girl can't complain too much." Eli nodded, aware of how stigmatized Felicia's situation was. Felicia then changed the topic of the conversation and began to ask questions about him. Eli lied about his own feelings, trying to mirror Felicia's as best he could, while occasionally letting truths slip about his love of female clothes. "So are you going to transition?" Felicia then asked. Eli shook his head as he half-lied, "It's too expensive." "That's true, but you've got to be true to yourself." "I'm at peace with what I am," Eli replied. Felicia went to respond, but saw a man walking over to them. The man began to hit on Eli to Felicia's amusement. Eli squirmed before he told the man, "I'm a pre-opp." The man grinned as he replied, "That's not a problem for me." Eli stomach sank as he was shocked that his statement did not send the flirtatious man fleeing away from him. "How about a dance?" The man asked. Eli shook his head, but Felicia responded, "She'd love to." Eli gave Felicia a scared look as the man grabbed Eli's hand and helped him stand up. Eli felt sick as his hand was wrapped around the man's larger hand as he led him towards a couple of dancing gay couples. Eli tried his best to follow the lead of those around them as he danced with the man to the music. Except for the occasional touching, Eli found that it was not that bad. As a song ended, however, the man snuck a kiss on Eli's lip. Eli's face lost all expression as horrified feeling filled him. He blinked his eyes dumbfounded that the kiss did not make him feel anything. It was neither the revulsion he expected nor a feeling of it being right. The man read Eli's blank look and apologized for being too forward before Eli excused himself. He then wandered back towards Felicia wondering why he was not sufficiently revolted by the kiss. ----------------------------------------------------------------------- Shortly after the end of the first month of the office's new arrangement, Terri asked Eli to come into her office. Eli got to his feet and asked, "What's up?" "Can you close the door?" Terri replied. Eli closed the door and looked at Terri inquisitively. Terri took a deep breath as she said, "Elise, as you know, there have been some changes around here." "I'll say," Eli said with a bemused grin as he pulled that hem of his black and white checkered pencil skirt and brushed his hands against his black, sheer pantyhose. "There have been certain changes too around here." "Like?" "Well, I'm meeting with clients a lot more. I've become more of the face of the company, along with Melina, while you've slipped into the background." "Where I pull the strings," Eli countered. "To a degree, but it's not like it was even a month ago." "So?" "I think I deserve a raise." Eli nodded as he replied, "I can see giving you a raise. You're doing more around here, and we've got the money coming in to justify it." "Thanks. It's hard to be doing this job on a secretary's pay scale." Eli's eyes widened while he asked, "What kind of pay scale doing you think you're going up to?" "I was thinking something more commensurate with my position." "You're still a secretary," Eli countered. "Eli, we're doing pretty much the same job. We've been doing it like that for years. Sure, you make the final call, but, now, I'm out there meeting with the clients." "Clients that Melina brought in. The others that came are here because they think I'm a transsexual and that just happens to be the group Angelo is overcompensating with to deal with his sister." "Did Felicia tell you that?" Terri responded, "It doesn't matter." Terri nodded before she replied, "Well, be that as it may, what would it look like if the boss walked away?" Eli was stunned by her threat. He knew that Terri could not just walk away from her job, but he was also aware that her disappearance would be difficult to explain without someone to pretend to be the purchaser of the company. Feeling stuck between a rock and a hard place, Eli asked, "What are you looking for?" Terri threw out a number that immediately struck Eli as unreasonable before he explained that any raise she got would have to be lowered by the raise he would have to give Melina as well. Terri listened to Eli's lowball counteroffer before she made another. They met somewhere towards the middle, but Eli refused to finalize the agreement until they cleared it with Melina. Melina entered the room and listened to the situation and her proposed raise. It did not take her long to accept the deal before she recommended that Katie get a raise too. Eli gave her a curious look before she explained that the workload in the office had increased dramatically and that Katie was doing more than she could handle. Eli nodded as he agreed to give Katie a modest raise and consider hiring a new employee to help alleviate the burden of the workload on the girls. As Eli walked out of the office, he shook his head. He did the math and realized that while he was only making a little more than he had been taking home when he was still coming to work in a men's suit. Still, as he looked down at the clothes that he had grown accustomed to wearing, Eli did not feel that it was not worth it. That night, Eli went to Felicia's house to see her place. Eli smiled as he saw the feminine touches to her decoration of her home. They hung out for a bit and made small talk over a few drinks before Felicia asked, "What's your place like?" "It's nice," Eli replied as vaguely as he could. Felicia pressed for more details before Eli said it was a typical girls place, even though he knew that there was little girly about his home. "I'd love to see where another t-girl lives," Felicia responded, dropping an unmistakable hint. Eli squirmed as he struggled to come up with a response before he agreed to show her his home one day. With that agreement set, Eli knew that he was going to have swap homes with Terri or Katie for a night. The next day, Eli entered Terri's office and explained Felicia's request to see his home. "Why don't you show her?" Terri asked with a knowing smile. "It's a little large for a secretary," Eli replied. "So what do you want me to do about it?" "I was wondering if I could borrow your apartment for an evening." "What? Do a little swap?" "Just for a night?" "What about if she wants to see it again?" Terri asked. Eli bit his lip, as he had overlooked such a possibility before he answered, "Then we'd have to swap again. It's not ideal, but I think we have to do it." "Well, what about when I need to entertain some of our business guests. I can't have them coming to my apartment, can I?" "No," Eli replied, reluctantly, realizing that he was going to be losing his home far more frequently than he wanted. "So, we'll just swap places whenever the need arises?" Terri asked. "Yes," Eli answered prompting Terri to smile at the dejected tone of his response. ----------------------------------------------------------------------- As the months continued on, the business continued to grow. Eli was happy to see the bottom line of the business increasing, but the increasing workload was straining the girls and pushing him to the breaking point. Eli knew that he had to hire someone else to help handle the new work that was coming in. Though the girls had pressured him to do it for more than two months to no avail, Eli relented to the new reality of the workplace and decided to make the hire. As Terri began to interview new girls for the support staff, Eli thought the situation through. When the time to make the hire came, Eli selected the girl that Terri was going to make an offer to. Terri nodded her head before she asked, "You know what this means, right?" "What?" "We're bringing on an outsider who doesn't know the truth about you. She's going to expect you to be the junior secretary, answering to Melina, Katie and I." "Yes," Eli replied sullenly realizing that he was going to be forced into appearing like a secretary during all business hours. Terri smiled as she said, "It shouldn't be that much of a stretch for you, given what you've already given up," as she looked around the boss's office that had become a second home for her. Eli nodded in response as he thought about what else he had given up since Angelo began giving his company business. In addition to his office, Eli had given up his car, his parking spot and his ability to live openly as a man. Eli's relationship with Felicia had also forced him into giving up his home. While, initially, Eli tried to maintain his home and trade living spaces with Terri only as needed, Felicia's sudden appearance at Terri's apartment unannounced ended that arrangement. While they were able to explain away why Eli was not there and Terri was, Eli knew that he could no longer lie about his home life. Eli realized that he either had to confess he had been lying the whole time or make a permanent transition to a home befitting a secretary. It was not long before his house was on the market and Eli was living in a second floor condominium unit. He decorated it with help from Kelly and Terri before he moved into it. The girlish surroundings of his home sometimes seemed to mock Eli as he lounged around his apartment in his male clothing. Eli knew that his new home would largely end his heterosexual dating life, but that had largely been consigned to the past since he surrendered his car and began to incorporate more feminine movements and speaking patterns into his office life. Eli struggled to not have them invade his personal life too, but he frequently found himself coming off as effeminate while he went around in public as a man. As Eli adapted to surroundings and belongings that were more befitting the secretary he was trying to present himself as, Terri used her increased pay to help put a down payment on a house of her own. Eli was envious of her as she moved into a modest home that was easily dwarfed by his old home, but which, just as easily, made his own condominium apartment seem tiny by comparison. Once the new girl started her first day at the office, Eli was relegated to playing a secretary from 9 to 5. Terri and Katie delighted in that fact at first, making sure to make Eli get them coffee and do the tasks they assigned him, since he could not refuse in the presence of the newest employee. That made Eli a bit disgruntled at times, but he found himself excited as he scurried around the office doing whatever he was ordered to do. The lack of choice in the matter made Eli aroused for reasons he could not begin to identify so he choose not to make too much of it. Eli was only able to emerge as the boss in private. It was during those times that he would plot out growth strategies with Terri and Melina after Katie and the new girl went home for the evening. It was also in those meetings that Eli noticed a more forceful side of Terri as she tried to assert a level of dominance in the management of the company. Although Eli dismissed some of her ideas offhand, others became incorporated into the business as Terri emerged as more of a partner in the business. As the sixth month anniversary of the new office arrangement approached, Terri waited for the workday to end before she called Eli into her office. Eli walked towards the door and asked, "What can I do for you?" "Please take a seat," Terri replied with a nervous smile. Eli smoothed out the beaded eyelet hem of the straight skirt of his cream colored suit before he crossed his black, opaque tights covered legs and asked, "So what's going on?" "As you know, Eli, I've taken on a much larger role around here over the last six months." Eli nodded as he let one of his heels dangle off his foot. "So, I've been thinking about asking you this for a long time." Eli waited expectantly for her to say something more before she added, "I want a stake in the company. I've earned it, and if I don't get it, I'm out." "You think you've earned one?" Eli asked. "Just ask Angelo," Terri retorted. "Angelo's here because of me," Eli replied. "True, but he expects me to be the boss," Terri rejoined as she raised her eyebrows. Eli stared at her in silence as he stroked his smooth chin. Eli contemplated refusing Terri's request. If she left, Eli knew that the house of cards that he had built out of deception would come crashing down around him and his business. There was no way he could explain away her departure since Angelo and the associates he referred over believed that she owned the company. Terri grinned at Eli before a smile came across his own face, making Terri a little nervous as she figured he was going to call her bluff. While Eli knew that Terri had in a bit of a bind with her request, he knew that she had a mortgage and needed the job that was paying her far more than any other she could find if she walked away. Eli responded by telling her just that. Terri nodded before she replied, "But what will Angelo think if I'm gone?" Eli shrugged in response, prompting Terri to add, "So it seems that we have a shared dependence on each other." "Yes, we do," Eli replied. "How about we talk about it more over drinks?" Terri responded with a smile.