Escape
Author's Note: Kinda had a "Sleeping With the Enemy" "Safe Harbor"
thing going on in my head. This story emerged.
"What do you think you are doing?"
Terry spun around to face the voice, the dress fanning out and then
wrapping around his thighs briefly before falling back the other way to
hang down his legs again. His heartbeat raced and he felt a fine sweat
break out on his body. He also found himself unable to move or speak.
"Seriously," his mother stalked into the room, "what are you doing? Why
are you wearing my dress? And, uh, are you wearing my pantyhose? Please
tell me you haven't got my underwear on, too."
Terry mind started racing trying to decide what to say. She wasn't
supposed to be home yet was his first thought, the next thought was why
did he have to decide to try those sexy pink panties today. He usually
went for black, or the light blue, occasionally the yellow lacy ones,
but why skimpy pink today?
"Answer me," his mother demanded.
"Uh, I, um," he started looking around trying to grasp what he was
going to say, how he could explain without making things worse.
His mother walked over and perched herself on the edge of Terry's bed
making it evident that she wasn't leaving without an answer and stared
at him. "I am waiting."
Terry could feel his body starting to wilt as he fully came to grips
with the realization that he had no escape. Tears started to run down
his cheeks.
"I, well, I-" Terry sniffed and stared down at his feet seeing the
sheer nylon that webbed his toes together. "I was curious, and they
feel nice, so I tried them on."
"Boys don't wear dresses," she scolded him. "I've got to tell your
father about this."
"NO!" Terry shrieked. "Please, don't do that."
"I have to," Terry could see the true sadness in his mother's eyes.
"You know how much worse it will be if he finds out later for both of
us. So, you are going to stay dressed like that until he comes home.
Then we'll talk about it and see what happens."
The tears were freely rolling down Terry's face now.
"Go into the living room and watch TV until he gets home," she took his
hand and led him from the bedroom. "And don't think about changing
clothes before he gets home or it'll just be worse for disobeying."
They exited his room and went to the living room. He took a seat in a
chair tucking his dress underneath him as he sat and straightened it
over his legs. He was grateful he had chosen a longer knee-length dress
this time and not one of her really short dresses.
His mother hadn't missed any of his movements and knew right away this
wasn't the first time he had been in her clothes. She thought back on
what he said when she confronted him and realized she had made that
assumption. Up until this moment she thought it had been her husband
searching through her things looking for God knew what when all this
time it had been her teenage son.
"How long have you been doing this?" She gently asked as she sat on the
couch. "And please, don't lie. I can see you've been up to this for a
while."
Terry continued to pick at the dress without looking up. "Since I was
about 10 I guess."
"That long?" She shook her head. "I knew my things had been messed with
but I thought it was your father."
"Can I change?" Terry pleaded.
"No." She shook her head and glanced around the room. "I can't take
that chance. We need to talk to your father, just like this."
Patty leaned back and stared at the blank TV screen, neither had
bothered turning it on. Dread ran through her not knowing what was
going to come next. She could see Terry's tears dripping onto her red
dress that was on her son but feared taking any more steps. They would
just have to wait it out.
Terry was trying to get himself under control. It was going to be bad
enough facing his father wearing this dress, but it will be worse if he
were bawling his eyes out, too. Maybe his father would decide to stop
at the bar and not come home until the early morning hours. That
happened often enough. If that happened, perhaps his mother would let
him change and then be angry enough with his father to not tell him. It
could go that way. He started to relax and reached for the remote for
the TV. Moments later he found a show to watch. He started thinking
about how this was the longest he had spent wearing a dress.
He also resolved that it would be the last time if he had a choice.
A couple hours passed and Terry wanted to get comfortable in the chair
he was in but he couldn't just flop in it like he usually did, not
without his mother getting a glimpse of what he had on under the dress.
He shuddered again at the thought of the pink panties he had on. So far
that was the only bullet he had dodged.
"I'm going to start dinner," his mother announced and she stood up,
"you just stay where you are."
Terry nodded as she left the room. He briefly flirted with the idea of
taking off the panties while she was gone from the room but if she came
back while he was in process of taking things off or getting the
pantyhose back on it would likely be worse. He just hoped he would be
able to get by without having to deal with that being an issue.
Terry heard the garage door grinding open and felt the tears start to
well up in his eyes again. He willed them back, did a quick wipe and
stared at the television waiting to see what fate was about to deal
him.
"Hi dear," came his father's voice from down the hall as he entered the
kitchen from the garage.
"Hi, Will," his mother's voice. "How was your day?"
"Usual bullshit," he replied. "Give me a beer."
"I'm sorry to hear that," his mother again. "We, um, need to have a
talk with Terry."
"Shit, Patty." His father stopped, he suspected to take a swallow of
the beer. "He's a sophomore in high school. Can't you take care of some
of these problems? What he do? Cut school? Give a freshman a bad time?
Cheat on a test? After I work all day I don't want to deal with this
crap. You don't do anything all day except sit on your ass watching
some stupid show after another. You can take ten minutes to deal with
it."
"Well, this was a bit unexpected." His mother's voice was quieter but
Terry could still hear. He was getting scared and hoped his mother
might give him an out to change before his father could see him.
"Fine," his father spit. "Terry! Get your ass in here to the kitchen."
A cold chill ran down Terry's spine. No reprieve. He stood up and
unconsciously fluffed out his dress and headed to the kitchen.
"What the fuck is this?" his father exclaimed when he saw Terry come
into the kitchen.
"I came back a little earlier than expected today," his mother started
explaining, "and found him standing in his room like this. I wasn't
certain of the best way to handle it, and I wasn't sure you would
believe me unless you saw it for yourself so, well, here he is."
"What's the story, uh, Terry," his father started. "Shit, I can't call
you son looking like that, or boy for that matter. Why are you wearing
your mother's dress?"
"I was curious, and it felt nice, I guess, so I tried it on." Terry
again tried to hedge and avoid the detail that he had been doing it for
more than five years.
"Curious, eh?" His father took another long swallow from the bottle of
beer. It thumped to the table empty. He glanced at the bottle then his
wife. She immediately jumped up and went to fetch a fresh bottle from
the fridge. "Why couldn't you just cozy up to one of those girls at
your school and find out how things feel under all that covering they
throw on their bodies. You'd like that a lot better than the clothes
they are wearing. Lift up your dress."
"What?" Terry cringed.
"You heard me, lift up that dress and show me what you have on under
it," he commanded and took a drink from the fresh beer.
Terry swallowed hard and reached down taking ahold of the dress. Slowly
he pulled it up until his mother and father were both able to see the
pink silky panties dulled by the control top portion on the panty hose.
"Oh good God," his father groaned. "Drop it, put it down. Jesus."
Terry let the dress fall quickly back into place. At least all the
usual excitement of wearing a dress had long left him.
"Pink," his father shook his head. "Are you going to tell me you would
rather cozy up to some of the other boys at that school?"
"No," Terry protested. "I like girls, I really do. I just wanted to
know what it felt like, what they feel like."
"Maybe you want to know what they feel like when they are sucking
cock." His father shook his head and drained more of the beer.
"Will," his mother interjected. "He said he isn't gay. Maybe this is
normal for a boy his age."
"No, it is not normal. I never wanted to do anything like this. My
father saw to it that I grew up to be a man. The problem here is that
he is spending too much time with you and you are turning him into some
kind of sissy-boy." The downing of two beers in less than fifteen
minutes was starting to take hold. "Get out of here, get those clothes
off and get yourself to bed. No dinner for you tonight. Perhaps going
hungry tonight will help you remember that boys don't wear dresses.
GO!"
Terry spun and ran from the kitchen back to his room. He closed his
door and flopped onto his bed letting the tears he had been holding in
flow freely from his eyes.
After a few moments he got up and pulled the dress off over his head.
He carefully laid it on the desk and peeled off the pantyhose and
panties dropping them on top of the dress. He put on his own clothes
and sat on the bed again. He wasn't certain what he should do next. He
didn't want to try and return the dress to the closet for fear of
running into his father again, trying to get them to the laundry would
be just as big a risk. In the end, he decided to leave them where they
were. He turned off the light and crawled into bed. He also knew there
would likely be more arguing so he bent his pillow around his head to
drown out any noise that might come the rest of the night.
* - * - *
He was roused from sleep, the room was dark. He could barely make out
his mother sitting on the edge of the bed. She was wearing a while silk
robe which shone from the meager light in the room. Terry reached for
the lamp on the bedside table.
"No, leave it off." His mother touched his arm stopping him. "I brought
you a little to eat. You father finally passed out after, uh, a couple
more beers. What did you do with my clothes?"
"They are on my desk," Terry whispered. "Thanks." He took the plate
from her.
"When you finish, go put the plate in the kitchen sink in case your
father decides to come in here in the morning with something else to
say to you before he goes to work, " she instructed. "We don't need the
day to start off on a bad note."
"OK, Mom," Terry agreed. "Thanks again. Love you."
"Love you, too." She closed the door carrying the spent clothing with
her.
Terry reached over and turned on his light. There was a portion of stew
from tonight's dinner and he wolfed it down. Once he finished he
tiptoed to the kitchen and put his plates in the sink. There were
several other dishes there already which was very odd for his mother,
she usually cleaned up as soon as they finished eating. He spotted a
clock and saw it was 1:20am, late for her too. He went back to bed.
* - * - *
Terry's alarm went off and he got right up and showered to get ready
for school. He still wasn't sure if there would be any more fallout
from yesterday's disaster. He finished getting dressed and moved
cautiously toward the kitchen.
"It's ok," his mother heard his approach, "he's already left for work."
Terry straightened up and proceeded into the kitchen with a bit more
confidence.
His mother set a bowl of cereal in front of him. He could see a bruise
just under the edge of the sleeve of her robe. He looked up at her and
saw a matching bruise on the right side of her face. She grimaced and
used her other hand to pull her robe tighter. There was no telling how
many other marks were on her body.
Terry felt sick to his stomach. He was angry with himself for not being
able to do anything to protect her, for being the latest reason his
father had vented his wrath on her. He dropped the spoon into the bowl
without taking a bite.
"You need to eat," his mother admonished him. "It's over now so just
don't do anything to get him upset again."
"You shouldn't have told him," Terry blamed her. "We could have dealt
with it and then he wouldn't have had to have known."
Patty cast a nervous glance about the room. "Are you sure?" she leaned
close and whispered. "I wouldn't put it past him to have cameras hidden
around here. Then it would be two or three times as bad because he
would accuse me of trying to make him look like a fool."
"Why don't you throw him out?" Terry picked up the spoon and held it as
if weighing the cereal. "Or we could leave."
"Do you remember the skiing trip we took when you were little?" she
asked.
"I remember us talking about it. You broke your arm and Dad said we
wouldn't be doing any more vacations like that because you were too
clumsy." Terry ate some more.
"Well, there wasn't a skiing trip. You were too young to really
remember it so that is what we told you," Patty sniffled a bit. "I
tried to leave. I took you and left. We were gone three days before
your father found us. He dragged us back home and after he "talked" to
me about leaving he told me it would be a lot worse if I tried it
again."
Terry just stared at her for a moment.
"So, you've just stayed. Isn't there something we can do?"
His mother just looked at him for a few moments as though weighing out
options, deciding what to tell him. "You'll be going to college in
three years. Maybe once you go I'll have a chance to do something.
Until then, WE need to try and keep the peace around here. Your dad is
ok as long as nothing upsets him. We can get through this. We've made
it through the last fifteen."
"I'll do my best," Terry confirmed and pushed the bowl away, half
uneaten. He had lost his appetite. "I'm not the one he beats though."
"Don't ever say anything about that to anyone!" his mother hissed. "He
seems like a terrific guy to everyone who doesn't live with him and
some won't believe it. It will get back to him."
"Oh, no," Terry defended himself, "I wouldn't ever tell anyone. I would
be afraid he'd take it out on you. And I'm scared he may start on me
now too."
"Yeah, the pink underwear seemed like the biggest thing for him," she
shook her head. "He thought you were being a sissy and kept talking
about pink. I wonder if maybe you hadn't worn those he might not have
been that angry. Strange, I know, but sometimes I can't explain what
sets him off."
"Bad timing," Terry sighed. "It was the first time I had tried those."
He hesitated for a couple seconds, "I usually like the black ones."
Patty sighed. "Please, stay away from my things from now on."
"I will," Terry promised.
* - * - *
Months went by and things went back to normal in the household. Will
seemed to forget about it and perhaps believed he'd done his duty as a
husband and father restoring order to the home.
"Keep them on the straight and narrow" was Will's motto. Sometimes you
had to do tough things to keep it right. But that was his cross to
bear.
Terry managed to stay clear of his mother's things. That was until one
day he needed to get a shirt from the laundry and in his search came
across a stack of his mother's underwear.
He looked around and neither of his parents was nearby. He took a pair
of yellow lacy panties and stuffed them in his pocket, grabbed the
shirt he was looking for and went back to his room. He pulled the
panties from his pocket and stuffed them under his pillow.
Deep down he knew he was taking a terrible risk, but he couldn't resist
the desire to have those wonderfully sexy panties on. It was also hard
for him to feel the real fear that threatened his mother since it
hadn't ever been him to suffer at the hands of his father.
That night, after he went to bed, he put on the panties under the
covers and spent many minutes running his fingers over them. Teenage
boys need little help as it is and though he had thought he would sleep
in them that night he soon found the need to clean himself off.
He grabbed his own things and crept into the bathroom. After washing
himself and the panties he returned to the bed. He lay there for the
next hour, heart pounding, listening to see if anyone had awakened. The
house remained quiet.
The next day he inspected the panties to see just how much damage he
had done but it looked like he had gotten them rinsed out pretty well.
He carefully refolded them and later snuck them back into the laundry.
His success in that endeavor led him to believe he could try again, and
again, and again. It wasn't too long before he found himself back in
front of a mirror admiring himself in one dress or another. He tried
many outfits, but never tried anything pink. After all, his mother did
say that was what made his dad the angriest. If he did get caught
again, at least he wouldn't be wearing pink.
* - *- *
The school year had finally come to an end. Terry said goodbye to his
friends talking about how this summer many of them would be getting
their drivers licenses and that they would visit each other when they
could. With the last goodbyes said, Terry walked home.
That night at dinner his father announced that once Terry got his
license in two weeks he would also start looking for a summer job.
"I'm not going to be the one to pay for the gas and upkeep on a car
that you are going to be using to go running around with your friends,"
he told Terry. "You want it, you earn the money for it."
"Yes, sir," was all Terry said in response. "Does that mean I'm getting
a car?"
"If you buy it," Will answered. "You'll appreciate it more if you pay
for it yourself."
The next morning Terry was all set to lie about in bed until he just
couldn't stand being there any longer. He stretched under the covers
and thought about what he was going to do with his summer.
"Where should I look to find a job?" he asked the ceiling. "Well, got a
few weeks before I need to worry about that." He sighed and wriggled
down a bit more into his pillow.
His bedroom door suddenly flew open.
"Get up and get dressed," his mother ordered.
"What's going on?" Terry asked as he climbed out of bed.
"I couldn't tell you before, but we are leaving today," she told him.
"Pack everything you want to take with you. No cell phones or
computers, I don't want to risk your father being able to track them
somehow. Now move! We don't have a lot of time."
She turned and left the room leaving a very stunned Terry sitting in
his bed.
At first he thought about chasing after her to find out just what she
was talking about, but he realized that he already knew. She had been
planning this, just waiting for school to be out to get them out from
under the threat his father posed.
He leapt from the bed and raced to the bathroom. After a fast shower
and taking care of the necessary things he went to his closet where his
suitcase was stored.
He didn't take time to put things in neatly, it looked like a scene
from a movie where someone is just throwing things into a bag and stuff
ends up hanging out the sides.
He took a look around and decided nothing else needed to go with him.
He would miss his music collection and some other keepsakes but he felt
there wouldn't be time or room to grab much more. He left his suitcase
by his bedroom door and went to find his mother.
He walked into her bedroom. She was closing up a suitcase. The rest of
the room looked like it had been looted: drawers stood open, coat
hangers dangled from the rod and each other, more were scattered on the
floor.
"We're really doing this?" Terry asked.
"Yes, we are." Patty scanned the room. "Are you ready?"
Terry nodded numbly.
"Then grab your things and meet me in the driveway."
Terry went back to his room and grabbed his suitcase. "Driveway?" he
said. They only had the one car and his dad would have taken it to
work.
He hauled the heavy bag outside and saw a beat up Toyota sitting there.
His mother was throwing her things in the trunk.
"Put yours in the back seat," she ordered.
Terry pulled open the door and shoved it in. Patty slammed the trunk
closed and went to the driver side. "Well, don't just stand there. Get
in."
Terry dropped into the passenger seat, put on the seatbelt and waited
for his mother to start the car. She turned the key and the engine came
to life. Despite the look of the car the engine seemed to be in good
order to his ear. They backed out of the driveway and took off down the
street.
For the first several miles Patty nervously checked the mirrors for any
cars that appeared to be following them. Ten minutes outside the city
limits she began to relax. She pointed the car east and followed the
roads away from town. She decided on taking mostly back roads and
avoiding the highways.
"Where are we going?" Terry asked.
"Don't really know yet." His mother smiled. "I'm going to try and find
us a nice little town somewhere. Big enough that everyone doesn't know
everyone else, but smaller than a real city. Something nice for us. I
think we deserve it."
"Where did this car come from?" Terry was still a bit in shock from the
mornings events.
"OK, I know you have a bunch of questions so let me tell you what I've
been doing."
Patty sighed and waited a second. Then she started.
"After the 'skiing accident' I started putting a little money away
where your father wouldn't find it. I knew the day would come when I
would need to leave again. You were so young I couldn't deal with you
and finding a new safe life so I waited and tried to stay out of his
way.
"Last week I went and bought this car. I knew it was time. You broke
your promise to me, you've been wearing my clothes again."
Terry shuddered. "I'm sorry. I tried to stop but one day I saw
something in the laundry and just needed to put them on. I thought just
that one thing, but since I didn't get caught and if I were real
careful this time it would be ok."
"I wish I understood why you felt that way, but it doesn't matter right
now. Your father hasn't mentioned it so I don't think he knows. I could
tell you were back wearing my dresses though.
"Anyway, that wasn't the reason we left. I decided that we needed to do
it before you got too settled into some summer job or back into school.
It seemed like now was best. I have managed to save just over $17,000,
it sounds like a lot but it won't last. We can take our time finding a
new place, but not too much.
"I went to your school and got your records. They were surprised to
hear we were moving, which is good. I didn't tell them where we were
going, of course, since I don't know myself. But you can bet your
father will eventually check there."
They drove on until after dark. Patty found a motel along some state
highway and asked for a room on the back side. She paid cash and signed
in as Patty Jordan, a name she had spent a couple years creating.
* - * - *
Will walked into his house and immediately felt that something was
wrong. He walked to Terry's room and peeked in looking at the mess. The
closet door was ajar and he could see it was empty.
He raced to his own room and found it in shambles as well. He looked
around and found all of his wife's things were missing except for a few
things he had bought her: a sexy dress, some lingerie, and a pair of
pink panties.
"You fucking BITCH!" he grabbed one of the drawers hanging off the
dresser and threw it through the mirror. "You can't leave me! I will
find you and drag you back here."
He proceeded to tear up more things before wearing himself out and
collapsing on the floor.
* - * - *
Terry and his mom spent the next several days wandering the
countryside. Terry worked as navigator and sent them into towns that
looked like they might be interesting and away from any major city per
his mother's directions.
One day they drove through a town that seemed right to Patty. She drove
out of town about 45 minutes and located a motel. She booked a room for
the week.
"OK, I am going to go into town and see if I can find some kind of
work. Also, I am going to go and look for a different town where I can
sell this car and buy another. I don't want to take a chance he can
trace it. Stay out of sight, I'll be back tonight."
Terry watched TV for part of the morning. Decided he would still be out
of sight if he wandered the woods behind the hotel for a while. Then he
went back to the room and made himself a lunch. Boredom set in quickly
and he started thinking he was going to go out of his mind if he had to
stay here a whole week doing nothing. Then he looked at the closet.
"Well, I don't have Dad to worry about." He jumped up and looked at the
clothes his mother had hung there.
Some of the things were outfits he hadn't seen before. A dark blue
skirted suit that she probably planned on wearing to an interview,
another one with slacks, a couple nice dresses. He removed one of them,
it was beige with flowers, an opaque liner that was short under the
translucent skirt that would hang to just below his knees.
He stripped off his clothes, went to the dresser and grabbed a plain
pair of white panties and put them on. He debated putting on pantyhose
but decided it was too warm. He slipped the dress on over his head and
let it drop. He had to reach up under it to get the liner to fall down,
it was just long enough, barely, and that thought excited him. He
looked in the bottom of the closet and found a pair of high heeled
shoes and put them on. They were tight but they still fit.
He walked back and forth through the room watching the dress flowing
out behind him as he passed.
He giggled to himself as he sat on the bed and tried to look up his own
dress in the reflection of the mirror.
He looked at the clock, it was only 2:30. His mother wouldn't be back
for hours. He could hear the wind blowing through the trees and an
occasional semi roaring by on the highway.
Reality started closing in on him though. He realized if his mother
returned early for some reason he wouldn't have anywhere to hide. He
would be caught. Again. And though there wouldn't be any worry about
getting beaten, or his mom getting beaten, he would again find himself
being asked to explain why he kept dressing in her clothes. Something
he couldn't define except that he liked doing it.
He sat on the bed and reached down to remove the shoe when another gust
of wind shook the trees outside. He got up and peered out the window
and watched the trees swaying. The parking lot outside the door was
empty.
"Maybe a little walk in the parking lot," Terry thought, "before I
change. I've always wanted to know what it feels like with the wind
blowing my dress around."
He reached over and grabbed the key card, don't want to risk getting
locked out, and pulled open the door. He stuck his head out the door
and checked the lot. Still empty.
He stepped out and walked across the lot, heels rapping against
concrete. He reached the other side just as a strong gust grabbed at
the dress plastering against his legs on one side. Instinctively he
grabbed at it to keep it from blowing too far up.
He laughed at his reaction and turned. He could feel bits of the breeze
reaching up the dress tickling his bare thighs. He felt amazing.
He turned to walk back across the parking lot and as he got about
halfway a car came around the corner. It looked to be a green Chevy. He
turned his head away and walked to the door and let himself in. Whoever
it is wouldn't think it was anything other than a girl staying in the
hotel. They didn't get a chance to see my face.
He sat on the bed and removed the shoes. Just as he was about to pull
off the dress he heard the key in the lock and his mother walked in.
"Again?" She let the door shut behind her. "Why? And why were you
walking around outside where you could be seen? Do you want us to get
caught?"
"I was bored. I only walked around here in the back where I wouldn't be
seen," Terry tried to explain trying to avoid the fact that he was in
her clothes again.
Patty sat there looking at him for a few moments. "I came back because
I was worried about you being here alone all day. I see you've found a
way to entertain yourself. I'm going to need those clothes for
interviews and stuff so I don't want them wrinkled or to get anything
on them. It seems I am not going to be able to stop you so please be
real careful."
Terry could hardly believe what he was hearing. Had his mother really
just given him permission to wear her clothes as long as he didn't mess
them up? He began to smile.
Patty just shook her head. "I wish I knew if this situation between me
and your father is what drove you to doing this. Or maybe it's the way
I've tried to raise you. Guess I'll never know for sure.
"OK. Stay inside! I guess you saw our new car. I am going into town to
see if I can get a line on a job. I'll come back and we'll get some
dinner."
She walked over and kissed Terry on the forehead, looked him over, and
sighed. She left him sitting there and went out the door.
Terry sat there for several minutes after the sound of the car faded.
"What now?" Terry asked himself. "I haven't spent all day in a dress
since I got caught that first time. Now I have permission! Or maybe I
could try another dress." He felt like a kid in a candy store.
He thought maybe he would just wear the dress he had on until his
mother came back and see what would happen if she came in to find out
he hadn't changed.
He flipped on the TV again and watched more daytime shows. After moving
around from sitting on the bed, to a chair to a couch, to laying on the
bed he was starting to get really bored again when the door opened and
his mother came in again.
"Ah, still enjoying my dress I see," she smiled.
"Yeah, it's nice not worrying about getting caught," he pressed.
"Well I think we ought to up the bet," she responded.
"What bet?" Terry frowned.
"Just an expression," she reached into a bag she was carrying. "Put
this on."
Terry caught an object his mother tossed and looked to see a padded bra
in his hands.
"What's this about?" he asked.
"A new idea," grinned his mother. "Now put it on."
Terry debated going into the bathroom to take off his dress but decided
it really wasn't going to matter, his mother would likely want to check
the bra out before he put the dress back on, assuming that was what she
had in mind.
He pulled the dress off.
"Plain white panties, you do surprise me," his mother stated. "I
figured you would have gone with something sexier. I didn't leave all
that behind."
"They just seemed right for this dress," Terry answered as he slipped
the bra up his arms. He struggled with it for a few moments but managed
to get it hooked. He made a few adjustments getting the straps straight
and the edges unfolded.
"Hmm," his mother walked over to him. "Let's see." She adjusted the
straps and settled it where it needed to be on his chest. She picked up
the dress from the bed and gathered it. "Put your arms up."
Terry obeyed feeling a bit stunned that he was standing there in a bra
and panties while his mother was slipping a dress over his head for
him.
When the dress was in place he looked down and saw his breasts pushing
out against the dress giving it a nice line. He could feel himself
getting excited.
"There are a lot of girls out there who like to wear their hair short,
but I think you need longer hair to distract from some of the features
that identify you as a boy." She went back to the bag and produced a
long wig in the same dirty blond shade of Terry's hair. "This will do
until your hair grows out more."
"What do you mean 'until my hair grows out'?" Terry asked as his mother
adjusted the wig on his head.
"You have given me a great idea," she sat back and examined her son.
"You are about to turn 16. Lots of girls your age start using makeup
and I am going to put some on you now and see how you look. I think you
will look terrific.
"Then we are going to go out to dinner and see how that goes."
"What?" Terry panicked. "Hey, I only went outside for the first time
because there wasn't anyone around. Now you want me to go to a
restaurant dressed like this?"
"You have proven several times now that I can't keep you out of my
clothes, so now I think that if this goes well it will help. Your
father will likely be looking for me and my son. If he happens to find
someone we've run into, they will only know of a mother and daughter.
One more layer of security." She smiled at her son. "Now sit still.
I'll teach you how to do this on your own if this works out."
Terry sat there and let his mother paint his face. His thoughts were
now travelling the path of "what have I gotten myself into" and arguing
with himself over whether he really wanted to do it or not. The not
side was slowly losing.
"My, my," Patty murmured. "What a pretty daughter I have."
Terry got up and went to the mirror. He was stunned by what he saw
there. He wouldn't be home coming queen, but he wouldn't be thought of
as the ugliest girl around either.
"Don't mess up your face or my dress," Patty instructed. "I'm going to
change and then we'll go."
She pulled a green dress from the closet and disappeared into the
bathroom.
Terry went back to looking at himself in the mirror. He looked at his
eyes trying to close one eye to see the layers of shadow and mascara.
All very subtle. His lips were a pale pink. Pink, the one thing he
tried to avoid. I guess there wouldn't be any avoiding it now.
He pulled open the drawer with his mother's lingerie in it. She had
pointed out that he had chosen just plain panties, maybe he ought to
think about putting on something sexier.
The thought of it started getting him excited again and after looking
at some interesting panties decided that for this outing to the
restaurant he would go with the plain white panties that he had on.
They were snug and he felt a little more comfortable with the idea that
he might not show if he were to become excited while they were out.
He closed the drawer and waited for his mother to come out.
About 15 minutes later Patty emerged in a green dress. It was low cut
in the front but not very low. Patty had a generous cleavage which was
probably part of the reason his father was so attracted to her
initially. It was about knee length and fitted her figure. She was
quite beautiful.
Patty came and put her arm around her son and turned him to face the
mirror. They stood side by side looking at their reflection.
"What a pretty pair we make," Patty smiled. "I'm glad we named you
Terry so I won't need to worry about calling you by the wrong name,
though how I could think of you as anything but my daughter now is
beyond me. I think this is going to be a lot of fun."
Terry smiled back at her though his stomach was doing flip-flops
between the excitement and the fear.
Patty directed Terry to the door and they went into town.
They found a little caf? on the city's main street and parked.
"Now don't forget," Patty warned Terry, "you are my daughter. If you go
to the bathroom be sure to go to the Ladies' room. And speak softly,
your voice will be fine. Any questions before we go in?"
Terry just shook his head.
They got out of the car and walked toward the restaurant door. Terry
saw his reflection in the large window in front and was again amazed
that he was getting ready to go into a restaurant pretending to be a
girl.
They got seated at a table near the window and looked over the menu.
The waitress, a lady who appeared to be in her late 50s dressed in a
tan button down dress, came over and took their drink order (water for
Terry, tea for Patty) and promised to be back in a few minutes.
They discussed the choices and finally settled on meatloaf for each of
them with a salad to start. After placing their order they sat quiet
for a few minutes. Terry kept reaching and playing with his hair being
unused to the loose curls that fell across his shoulders.
"Stop pulling on your hair," his mother admonished him. "You'll end up
pulling that wig off and then we'll be in trouble."
Terry let go of the hair and dropped his hands into his lap.
Their dinner salads arrived. At last something to focus on.
Terry dug right in.
"Excuse me," Patty spoke to the waitress. "My daughter and I just came
into town and I was wondering if you knew of anyone that might be
hiring. I'm afraid I have been away from the work force for quite a
while but anything clerical, or if you knew that they needed more help
here."
"Let me think about it, hon," she offered. "I'll get back to you before
you are done eatin'."
"Uh, mom?" Terry started.
"Yes?"
"I just realized that if we settle down here you are expecting me to go
to school as a girl. Or are you thinking we will move on before school
starts? Or maybe I can skip a year."
"You won't be skipping a year," Patty shook her head. "Last thing we
need is some official coming down on us because of truancy. No, you'll
be in school. If this works out for now you will go to school as a
girl. You'll love it."
Terry got a sick feeling again. He wasn't sure he was going to be able
to eat any more. The salad was only half eaten when the entrees
arrived.
"What's the matter, hon? Salad not to your liking?" the waitress asked
as she laid down the plates.
"Um, no, it's fine," Terry answered. "I just kinda lost my appetite."
"You girls need to be eatin' better and quit worrying about looking
like those girls in the magazines. You're real pretty, eat up. If you
add a pound or two it ain't going to kill you."
"I couldn't have said it better myself," Patty chimed in. "We've gone
through some changes lately. My husband died in a car accident and I'm
afraid he left us with nothing. Too many memories to stay where we were
so we took what little we had and started looking for a new place to
build a life. I'm afraid Terry is still trying to deal with a lot of
the changes I've put us through. The prospects of a new school just
took her off her dinner. She thought she might be getting to take some
time off."
"Oh, darlin'," the waitress went on, "best thing for you will be to get
right back into normal things. Most of the kids around here are just
fine, course e'ry place has its bad seed, but you look like a nice sort
in the pretty dress you're wearin'.
"Oh," she pulled a scrap of paper from her pocket and handed it to
Patty. "This here law firm is looking to hire a sec'r'tary. One of the
regular folks here thought it might be worth your time to check it
out."
"Thank you very much," Patty dropped the paper in her purse. "I will
check on it tomorrow. And thank you for those kind words of support. I
was just trying to tell Terry how much she will enjoy a new school."
The waitress wandered off to another table.
"What luck!" Patty exclaimed and took a forkful of potatoes. "If this
job pans out we can get settled and start on our new life."
"But I can't be a girl all the time!" Terry whispered.
"You couldn't seem to stay out of my dresses before, now you'll have
your own," Patty took a bite of the meatloaf. "Mmm, this is really
good. Eat!
"Look, I know you weren't counting on this. But look at the opportunity
you'll have. You will get to know life as a girl for a while. Worst
case, things don't work out and we have to leave town in a month or
something. We go to another town and you can go back to being a boy
again.
"Or, things work out excellent and you spend your final two years in
high school as my daughter Terry. Then, you will be able to go off to
college and go back to being my son again because you will be somewhere
else. There will be other issues but we have lots of time to deal with
them."
"Two years," Terry whined.
Patty smiled and went on with her meal. Terry eventually gave in to the
aroma of the meal in front of him and dug in.
They finished their dinner, decided to pass on dessert and Patty paid
the check including a very nice tip for their waitress. Before they
left the table Patty opened her purse and pulled out a compact and
lipstick.
"Terry," she whispered, "watch."
Patty opened the compact and looked in the little mirror inside. She
moved it about checking her own face and then touched up her lipstick.
After she dropped the red lipstick back in her purse she pulled out the
pink lipstick she had used on Terry.
"Here dear," she handed the compact and lipstick to Terry, "fix your
lipstick before we leave."
Terry took the items from her with a shaking hand. Patty watched
intently as Terry opened the compact and examined his face. He was
still amazed by the pretty girl who looked back at him from the small
mirror. He could see that his lips looked blotchy so he opened the
lipstick and tried to apply it the way his mother had just shown him.
Once his lips looked evenly coated he handed the items back to his
mother.
"Good job," she whispered with a wink. Patty wondered why she was
starting to get such a thrill from watching her son turn into her
daughter. She didn't hate men because she happened to marry one of the
biggest asses around. She loved her son as her son. But oh to have a
daughter for a little while, especially this time of her life.
She shook herself from her reverie and signaled that it was time to
leave. They walked back to the car and climbed in.
"You did extremely well!" Patty praised Terry.
"I was so nervous." Terry felt relieved now that they were heading
back.
"You needn't be. That waitress totally believed you were my daughter.
Everyone else will too. Tell me, how do you like being out in a dress,
wearing makeup, pretending to be a girl now that you've done it outside
the house."
"I was so nervous I hardly thought about it. Until you had me fix my
lipstick. Then I was suddenly seeing my face in the mirror and trying
to put on the lipstick evenly. I could feel the dress hanging against
my legs, and my bra squeezing my chest. I was aware of my hair against
my skin just above the dress and I got real excit.. thrilled."
Patty raised an eyebrow.
"Really, I mean thrilled. I was too scared to get excited."
"Well, I really liked looking at my daughter across the table from me.
I'm sorry, I don't know why, but I really hope this works out for a
while. I think it will be great fun. When I caught you wearing my dress
all those months ago I never dreamed I would be helping you become a
girl, or that it might be the key to our escape from your father."
They arrived at the motel. Patty showed Terry how to clean off the
makeup and then she disappeared into the bathroom. While she was in
there Terry stripped down and put on a pair of boxers and a t-shirt.
Patty emerged in her nightgown.
Patty put both dresses in the laundry to be cleaned.
They each climbed into their own beds and turned out the light.
"Terry," Patty called out gently.
"Yeah, Mom."
"You are going to be ok with this, aren't you?"
"Sure," he rolled over to face where the voice was coming from in the
dark. "It was just that everything came so fast. I didn't have time to
think. But the drive back here, and while I was getting undressed, I
had time to think. If it doesn't work out, we hit the road again,
right?"
"Of course, dear," she answered. "I won't allow you to be in danger
again. We didn't escape from that ... your father just to get into
another bad situation."
"That's good," Terry sighed. "Good night."
"Good night, son."
* - * - *
Terry woke the next morning to the sound of his mother's voice. She was
talking to someone on the phone.
"Yes, I can be there in an hour. Thank you, very much," she hung up the
phone. "Oh, you're awake. I tried to be quiet but it's tough in this
little room."
"That's ok, I think I was ready to wake up," Terry stretched. "Who was
that?"
"I called that number the waitress gave me last night and they are
willing to see me," Patty was standing with a towel wrapped around her
and her wet hair hanging limply down her back. "Now I have about 20
minutes to get ready for the interview so if you'll excuse me."
Terry watched her go into the bath and close the door. He turned on the
TV. Good Morning America was just wrapping up, the ladies all standing
outside the studio near the barricades that kept the crowd back enough
for them to do their jobs. Terry studied the clothes they wore and
wondered if he would maybe get to wear dresses like the ones they were
wearing.
The show ended and Kelly and Michael came on. Usually he wanted to find
some other show to watch but today he couldn't take his eyes off Kelly
and the dress she was wearing. He watched her movements. Soon he would
be trying to pass himself off as a girl in the most hostile environment
he could imagine: a new High School.
His mother came back out. She was a vision with her hair and makeup
done. She was wearing the suit with the skirt, a white blouse under the
jacket. The skirt was short but not so short that it made her look like
she was selling more than her talents as an office clerk.
"Do I look like I could work in a law office?" she asked as she checked
herself one more time in the mirror.
"I think you look too good for an office." Terry smiled. "They'll be
lucky to have you."
"Thanks, sweetie." She came and kissed him on the forehead. "I hope
they like me.
"Listen, find a dress to wear that is pretty casual, good for shopping.
If I get this job, we are going to need to get you some clothes. I left
an extra razor in the shower. Make sure you don't have any hair on your
body. That's legs, pits, chest, everything. OK?"
Terry tingled at the thought of being told to shave and find a dress to
wear. The fear of going shopping hadn't overcome the excitement of
going out again.
"OK, mom. Good luck!"
Patty pulled the door closed behind her and was gone.
Terry jumped up from the bed and rushed over to the closet. He searched
through his mother's dresses trying to decide what would be good for a
shopping trip. He narrowed it down to two choices and went to shower.
He washed himself and then tried to shave his legs. His hands were
shaking as he got started. He began with his upper thigh so if he
nicked himself it wouldn't show. After a short time he figured out the
best way to proceed and did the rest of his legs. Not that he needed
much, the hair that was there was very fine and even without wearing
hose it was hard to see unless the sunlight hit it just right. But last
night was night, he would be out in daylight today.
He dried off and walked back into the bedroom again. He loved the
feeling of being able to open the lingerie drawer without worrying what
would happen if he got caught. He sorted through the panties and
selected a pair of black panties with lace panels.
He put on the padded bra his mother had given him to wear as it was the
only one that was his, he knew his mother's would be too large for him,
at least the cups would be. He also knew they couldn't be stuffed
enough to look real, he had tried on other occasions.
Last he went to the closet and pulled out the two dresses he was
considering. One was black and grey, the other was red. Both were about
the same length and would come to just above his knees. The black and
gray was straight while the red flared out below the waist with a thin
belt. He decided on the red.
He put on the dress and checked himself in the mirror. He almost wished
his mother would come back in and see him. He found the wig he wore the
night before and worked it onto his head, just adding it made a world
of difference. His own hair was a little long, but it would be months
before he would be able to go without the wig.
The makeup was still arranged on the bathroom counter. He knew she
would have her lipstick and what she referred to as her repair kit with
her but there was enough here for him to try and duplicate his mother's
work from last night.
He was still sitting at the mirror trying to get the makeup right two
hours later when his mother came in through the door. She stifled a
laugh when she saw him. He had too much eye makeup on one eye, none on
the other. Too much rouge. It was a parody of the girl he looked like
the night before.
"I wanted to try and get it right so you would be proud of me," he
sniffled.
"Dear," Patty closed the door and went to him beginning to clean his
face, "believe it or not you have just done what too many teenage girls
do when they start experimenting with makeup. And I am very proud of
you."
A tear leaked from the corner of Terry's eye and took a black streak
down his cheek.
"So, did you get the job?"
"Even better," Patty smiled. "I got the job and a nice place for us to
live. One of the partners has a furnished house he wanted to rent out.
It will do us perfectly well until we can get our resources built back
up.
"So, let me get your face fixed up and let's go shopping!"
Terry broke into a huge grin and presented his face. Patty went to work
and explained how to do his face up using subtle shading so that it
didn't appear clownish. They had a good laugh together while she
worked. When the job was done Terry looked in the mirror amazed at the
transformation and awed by how easily his mom made it seem.
They left and drove over two hours to a major city. His mother
explained that she wanted him to have clothes that looked like he'd had
them for a while so they went to several thrift stores and bought
dresses, blouses, skirts, and a few women's jeans and slacks.
"You are going to wear mostly dresses and skirts but you will
occasionally need pants," she explained.
They went to another store and bought several pairs of panties, more
padded bras, and nightgowns.
"You will be a girl from now on; that means you need to start wearing
nightgowns to bed. If something happens and someone were to see you by
accident when you are at home, it would be all over."
Terry nodded and thrilled at the idea of wearing nightgowns, even
though the ones his mother selected weren't sexy at all. But he had
also complained that she was picking cotton panties and he wanted lace
and silky feeling. She told him that was expensive and unnecessary
since nobody was supposed to be seeing it anyway.
"I will," was his only argument.
One more stop in the city was to get his ears pierced. They picked up
several pairs of earrings, necklaces, and a couple cheap ladies'
watches.
They returned to the motel and Patty had Terry change into his own
clothes, a yellow blouse and black skirt. They went back to the caf?
for dinner and then planned a last minute shopping excursion to get
Terry some new school clothes.
The same waitress was there and Patty thanked her again for the job
information. She was in turn congratulated on getting the job and happy
to hear they would become part of their community.
They left and went to the clothing store. Terry looking longingly at
the manikins dressed up in the windows and followed his mother in the
door. A sales woman met them as soon as they entered.
"Good evening. Is there anything I can help you with this evening?" she
smiled.
"Yes, uh, Wilma," she read from the name tag. "My daughter and I just
moved to the area and I want to be sure she makes a good impression. I
think four or five nice outfits fit for a high school junior will do
tonight. It is very important to me that she feels like she fits in as
one of the girls."
"I understand completely," Wilma nodded. "My niece goes to Grant High
right here in town. You'll probably be classmates. She gets a lot of
her things right here in this store so you are definitely in the right
place."
They spent the next hour going through the racks sending Terry off to
the changing room to try on outfit after outfit. Terry was in heaven
enjoying it all. In the end he ended up with two new dresses, two
skirts, one very short and one long, as well as a couple blouses.
"How old are you dear?" Wilma asked as they were checking out.
"I'll be sixteen day after tomorrow," he replied.
"Well, would you be interested in a job here in the store for the
summer, say about 25-30 hours a week? Then once school starts we could
cut your hours back to 15-20."
"Uh, I hadn't thought about it yet. I don't have my license and I don't
even know where we are going to be living."
"Yes, I just found a house for us," Patty explained. "Tell me, will you
still have an opening by the end of the week? Once we get all settled
in, I will get her set up to get her license and see where we stand."
"It's possible." Wilma nodded. "If someone comes looking though, it
might not be available."
"So far things are working out the way they need to for us," Patty
handed the bags to Terry. "If she is supposed to work here, the job
will be available when she's ready. If not, well I am certain another
opportunity will be around the corner."
They left the store and went back to the motel.
"I don't think there is any need to bring that stuff in, we will just
have to load it all up again tomorrow. We start our new official lives
in the morning. I start my new job at 1:00, they are letting me get
settled into the house in the morning but they have so much work backed
up they wanted me to start as soon as I could.
"Tomorrow morning we need to get an early start, pack up our things and
move into our new home! Just you and me, me and my daughter."
"Mom." Terry looked at her a little afraid. "I am happy too, and I am
loving doing this as your daughter, but I am still your son, ok?"
"Of course, dear," Patty softened. "You have no idea how many times I
came close to saying him or he when talking to Wilma at the store. I am
doing everything I can to make this illusion work.
"Now, go wash off your makeup and get into your nightgown. We have a
busy day tomorrow," she grinned.
Terry crawled into bed and had to adjust his nightgown because it
crawled mostly up to his chest. Once he got settled he started going
over the events of his life. He got caught wearing his mother's dress,
got chewed out for it, ran away from home with his mother, got caught
wearing another one of his mom's dresses, and now is being made to act
like a daughter instead of a son. That about covers it. And now he was
being offered a job to be a sales girl at a clothing store.
That though occupied his mind until he fell asleep. He might get a
discount if he worked there, maybe even get to try on more clothes if
it was a slow sales day. And a paycheck all his own! He could help his
mother out with things, and maybe he could buy things of his own too.
Like nicer underwear than what his mom allowed him.
* - * - *
They cleared out of the motel the next morning and neighbors saw a mom
and daughter both dressed in jeans and blouse unloading their green
Chevy and carting their meager belongings into the house. Once the car
was empty they went about putting things away. Terry's old boy clothes
were all put into a box and stored away in the attic where they
wouldn't be seen.
Terry decided it was a nice place. It was a little two bedroom
bungalow, the furniture was a bit old and worn and there wasn't a lot
of closet space. He couldn't believe he had his own closet of dresses
and skirts and things. He arranged his lingerie drawer and tingled with
the excitement of the life he was going to be living for the next two
years? Or month? He began hoping it worked out to be two years.
"All set up?" his mother stood in the doorway.
"Yeah, I got everything put away," he went to her and hugged her. They
were almost the same height and he felt the pressure of her breasts
against his body and his padded bra pressing against him.
"I have another surprise for you," Patty stated as she held him.
"What?" He backed away.
"If you expect to try and get your license, you are going to need to
practice. Let's go teach you to drive."
In all the excitement Terry had forgotten about that. His birthday was
the next day, he had already gotten his learner's permit several months
ago but his father never seemed to have time to go with him. Because he
always had the car he couldn't get his mom to teach him either.
"All right!" He raced to the front door.
"First, settle down some," Patty admonished him. "This is your first
time so we need to take it slow, ok?"
"Yes, Mom," Terry answered.
They spent the rest of the morning going over the basics: adjusting the
seat, the mirrors, checking things over. At last he got to drive around
the block.
"Just the block? I want to keep going!" Terry complained.
"And I can't be late for my first day at work. I have just enough time
to change clothes and get to the office. There will be more
opportunities later. You did very well, Terry. I'm sure you will be
able to pass the driving test in no time."
They walked back into the house. Patty went and quickly changed into a
dress suitable for the office, kissed Terry bye and left.
Terry spent the rest of the afternoon exploring the house, then he
decided to change clothes and swapped the jeans for a skirt and took a
walk around the neighborhood. He liked being able to freely walk around
in a skirt now. He also looked forward to getting a job so that it
would give him something to do, and money to do other things.
Patty came home to find him lounging in the living room in front of the
television. His skirt had crept up a bit exposing quite a lot of thigh.
"You really ought to try and be a bit more ladylike if you are going to
wear a skirt around the house. Another inch and I will be looking at
your butt cheek."
Terry tugged the skirt back down again. "Sorry."
"No problem, I just don't want someone else to come in sometime and see
you like that."
"You planning on bringing someone home with you? Already looking for a
new boyfriend?" Terry accused.
"No! Dear God, no," Patty frowned. "Why all the grief over me telling
you to keep your skirt down."
"I'm just bored. I want to take that job at the shop," Terry explained.
"I'm sorry I snapped at you."
"That's ok dear. I know this has been rough on you. And this new
wrinkle with you being my daughter has got to be hard too. Although, I
think you must be enjoying it some or you would still be wearing the
jeans you had on when I left," she gave him a mock accusing look.
Terry laughed. "Yeah, I am enjoying it. I really like wearing skirts
and dresses. I hope we get to stay through my graduation."
"One day at a time, darling. Now, let's see about dinner. How about you
drive us to the grocery store?"
Terry jumped up to his feet and ran to the door.
Patty laughed and followed him out to the car.
Terry successfully navigated the few blocks to the store and managed to
park without causing any damage to the other cars in the lot.
They wandered the aisles and filled the cart. Patty talked about the
new people she met at her job and how excited she was to be working
again after all the years she was forced to stay home.
Shopping completed, they loaded up the car and Terry drove them home.
He had a moment backing out of the space that he nearly clipped the
fender of the car beside them but Patty warned him in time.
They got home, unloaded the groceries, and Terry helped his mother
prepare the evening meal.
After dinner Terry put on a nightgown and curled up on the couch with
his mom and they watched a couple shows before going turning in for the
night.
Terry got his license a couple days later, the bored clerk at the
driver's license bureau didn't notice the birth certificate had male as
the gender and Terry was the proud owner of his first license. And as
far as anyone knew, he was semi-officially a girl.
He went back to the clothing store and was fortunate enough to have the
job still waiting. He began working 6 hours a day Tuesday through
Saturday.
The next couple months flew by as Patty and Terry settled into their
lives. They had grown very close over that time as well and talked
about everything, they didn't keep secrets from each other any longer.
Patty did convince Terry to wait before buying his own car because he
would need to pay for the car, insurance, gas, and any repairs they
might need. They could share the car for now.
Terry reluctantly agreed.
* - * - *
Will woke up feeling like he had crawled out from under a rock. The
hangover felt like knives through his skull. He looked at the bedroom
that was still occupied by shattered furniture.
He had spent the first couple weeks searching all around town for where
she might be hiding. She had no other family, didn't have any money (he
made certain he only allowed her just enough to run the house), and no
car.
After checking all the hotels and motels in the area he thought she
might have found some way to buy a bus or train ticket but nobody he
talked to had seen them. After searching those places during the day he
searched the bars at night, rarely getting out of the first stop until
he was told to leave at closing time.
After the first week he lost his job for failing to show up. He blamed
Patty, it was all her fault.
"I'm sick of this shit," he mumbled and rolled off the bed.
He took a long shower and then fixed himself some breakfast. After a
couple hours he started feeling human again.
"I'll clean up this shit-hole and then get to work looking for a job,"
he told the air. "I don't know how the fuck she did it, but she
disappeared. She'll make a mistake one day, though. Then she'll pay for
what she's done to me."
He started cleaning out all the broken furniture in the house piling it
out by the curb (the bedroom wasn't the only room he trashed). He got
to the bedroom and started to haul Patty's dresser down the hall when
he saw a slip of paper drifting to the floor. Something that had been
stuck in some crevice somewhere because he had searched it several
times.
He picked it up and was able to read enough to know it was a receipt
for a car purchase. A Toyota, and it had most of the VIN on it as well.
"Son of a bitch," he swore. "You did have money and you bought a
fucking car."
He threw the dresser out to the curb, no longer concerned with finding
a job he had a new clue and was more interested in getting back on the
hunt.
He had fortunately managed to leave the computer intact. He brought up
a search engine and tried searching on Toyota and the partial VIN. He
got a hit.
There was a dealer in a small town east of there that had it for sale.
If she figured out how to save enough money to buy a car maybe she was
smart enough to sell it in case someone saw her. But now he had a place
to start looking again.
He got some things together and what money he had left and went to his
car. He sped out of town with nothing but revenge on his mind. Nobody
would make Will Manning look like a fool.
* - * - *
Terry sat up in bed and straightened the pink nightgown he was wearing.
Today was the first day of school and he was looking forward to wearing
one of his new dresses.
Suddenly his bedroom door slammed open and his father stood there
glaring at him.
"Pink!" he roared. "I'll teach you about wearing pink."
Terry jumped waking from the nightmare. He sat up in his bed with his
heart pounding through his chest. After a couple minutes he managed to
get his breathing back under control and felt his heart slowing back to
a normal rhythm.
He looked at his clock, the alarm would be going off in just 20
minutes. No use trying to get back to sleep. Today was the first day of
school, and he really was looking forward to wearing a new dress. He
looked down at his nightgown, it was blue. None of his new clothes were
pink, that was one thing he refused to do, wear pink.
He was totally confident that he would pass as just another girl at
school. The last couple months working at the clothing store had given
him all the confidence he could have. Nobody questioned the girl with
the long blond hair and short skirts. She had great taste and was
always so