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The Distracted Manager Four Belladonna [Author's Note: Loosely based on an idea provided by Honoria] "Okay, thanks again, Angelo. Take care," Eli said before hung up the phone and exhaled deeply. "What's going on?" Linda asked, glimpsing the worried look on Eli's face. "Nothing. I've just got a lot on my mind." Linda shrugged in response to his words while she thought, 'What a ditz!' As Linda returned to her work, Eli picked up the phone and called Felicia. After exchanging greetings, Eli made arrangements to meet with Felicia after work. Linda rolled her eyes at her fellow secretary's personal call during work hours. She wanted real authority over Eli to curtail such abuses on company time. As Eli hung up, Linda shot him a peeved glare. Eli did not notice it, however, as he went back to his work. The remainder of the day struck Eli as a slow, mechanical exercise as he took to doing the things that had come to be expected of him. The thrill that once accompanied them was gone, only reemerging when Katie, Terri or, increasingly, Linda made a verbal showing of their real or perceived superiority with a condescending remark or undisguised order. While he went through the motions at work, Katie noticed his unease and asked about it. Eli repeated the same line that he had told Linda. Katie gave him a worried look before she asked, "Is there anything you want to talk about?" 'Not with you,' Eli thought before he shook his head and said, "No. It's something I've got to handle on my own." Katie nodded at him, wondering if Eli was given serious thoughts to transitioning. She felt awkward about breaching the subject with him, however, so she turned away from his desk and went back to her own work without saying another word. Once the day ended, Eli rushed out the door without saying goodbye to the girls. Katie gave Linda a curious look while they processed his silent departure. "That's the first Irish goodbye she's ever given me," Linda noted to Katie. "She's going through some things," Katie replied, knowing that such a characterization was an understatement. "What?" "I'm not entirely sure myself," Katie answered while she clutched her chin. While the girls in the office talked about him in generalities, Eli made his way to his car and pulled out of the parking lot. He drove down to a local park that Felicia was fond of and where they had met up at several times before. Eli was relieved to see that Felicia was already waiting for him when he arrived. She gave him a smile and friendly wave as she sat on a park bench dressed in a red, knit fit & flare dress with her long, black stocking covered legs crossed. Eli's eyes widened as he looked at her. His eyes focused for a second on the slight kick of her top leg. Felicia stood up to kiss Eli on his cheek as they greeted each other with a hug. "You look great," Eli exclaimed as their embrace ended. "Thanks, honey. It's a new dress," Felicia replied, beaming. "It looks amazing on you!" The smile remained on Felicia's face while she grabbed his hands and asked, "So, what was so important I had to drop everything to come on down here? Not that I mind though." Eli swallowed hard while he stared her in the eye and replied, "I thought that this would be a nice place for me to tell you the truth." "What truth?" "The truth about me." "Oh," Felicia said as she gave Eli an inquisitive look and sat down on the bench before Eli joined her. Eli clasped Felicia by the hand while he said, "Believe me, I never wanted things to get to this point, and the last thing in the world I want to do is hurt you." "You're not going to tell me that you're in love with me are you?" Felicia replied with a nervous feeling festering in her stomach. "Felicia, you're the best friend I've got. You've been such a help, and I do love you, but I've been deceiving you this whole time." "About what?" "About what I am." Felicia nodded as she said, "You're not going to transition, are you?" "No." Felicia smiled as she said, "That's okay, Elise. It wasn't in you heart. You thought maybe it was, and it turned out otherwise. That's not deception, dear. You can be just like those other weird little boys and just wait to put on your ruby red slippers on Halloween instead." "No," Eli replied shaking his head. "Oh, don't be that way, Elise. So, you're just another silly cross- dresser. It doesn't make you a bad person," Felicia said with a laugh as she put her right hand on top of the hands that were clutching her left. "It's a little more than that." "Tell me the rest then," Felicia replied as he tossed her hair with her right hand. Eli took a deep breath before he replied, "I never wore women's clothing until, basically, the day your brother first walked into my office." Felicia gave Eli a confused look while she responded, "That's a bit of a really delayed onset..." "It wasn't even based on some desire to wear it. It was all about a stupid bet with my secretary that got way out of hand." "Your secretary?" "Yes." "You had a secretary?" Felicia asked, confused by his claim. "Yes, Terri." "Terri, your boss?" Felicia inquired for clarification while her well- groomed, arched eyebrows rose as she struggled to understand what Eli was telling her. Eli nodded with blushing checks. "What the hell happened?" Felicia asked, genuinely befuddled by the scenario that Eli was describing. "She won the bet, and I had to cross-dress as one of the girls that day. It was nothing much. It wasn't supposed to be anyway. I didn't think it would do anything other than embarrass me if I lost. We were just supposed to go about our day as if nothing was wrong other than me being in a dress, but the feelings of the clothes and the scents and the whole feminine thing, it, it, uh...just kind of drove me to distraction a bit. Then, Terri said that she could step in for me if I couldn't handle my tasks for the day. I knew that she could do it because of all the help she'd give me over the years. So, I turned over the reigns for the day, and I took a seat at her desk, trying to get her secretarial tasks done. You know, I didn't want to punish her for doing my job. It wasn't long after that that your brother walked into my office." "Was that Terri's doing?" Felicia inquired as she tried to make sense of Eli's rambling narrative. "No. Melina had been trying to get his business for years. She had been hounding him, trying to get him to just give us a chance." "And then what?" "Angelo saw me at my secretary's desk and just assumed, naturally, and I can't blame him, that everything was what it logically appeared to be. Terri was the boss in the executive's office, and I was just her transgendered secretary. We didn't want to potentially lose his business over something as stupid as a silly bet between me and Terri, so we went along with what he thought we were." Felicia shook her head, dumbfounded about what she was hearing before Eli added, "We met with him, and he eventually gave us the chance because of me and, more likely, because of you." "Me?" Felicia exclaimed, pulling her hands back. Eli wringed his hands as he replied, "Yes, he was impressed that Terri had been open minded enough to hire a transsexual girl to work for her because he knew how difficult things had been for you. I was really hoping that that would be the end of it. From there, I tried to go back to being a man, but Angelo kept stopping by unannounced. Things just snowballed from there to the point where I had to just start coming to work every day in heels and hose and spend every damn minute there at Terri's desk, while she took ownership of my old office." "You swapped jobs?" "Not really. I was still the boss, just at her secretary's desk. It was only when new clients came in that we put up the ruse of it being the other way around until we hired another girl. We couldn't let Linda know about the arrangement, so I do have to play the secretary all day, five days a week, now." "So, what are you?" Felicia asked. Eli could sense the anger in Felicia's voice as she began to understand the depth of the deception that Eli and the girls had perpetrated on her and her brother. Eli shook his head and said, "I'm so sorry for all this." "What are you?" Felicia demanded. "I'm just a normal guy in a shift dress and tights," Eli replied as a sheepish smile came across his face as he added, "A real, regular, run of the mill, normal guy who puts on his skirt two legs at time just like everybody else." "A regular guy wouldn't, ever, and I mean, ever, let this happen to him," Felicia retorted. The smile left Eli's face as he replied, "I was committed to the lie and business was never better. Plus, at first, I really liked how everything felt," Eli replied while blushing before he added, "It was so alluring and new. It was great, but it took everything from me the longer it went on." "What do you mean?" "When you stopped by what you thought was my old apartment and found Terri there instead, that made us both have to move. I had a house, a big, beautiful house, but I had to trade it in for the little, girly apartment that I have now because it's what a secretary can afford." "You gave up your house over a bet?" Felicia replied, unable to keep herself from laughing a little. "I gave up my whole life over a bet. That Maserati that Terri drives, that was mine. The more you stopped over my place, the less time I got to be me too. I'm Elise 24/7, now, and have been for sometime. I've been trapped as a straight man living a single girl's life." "Straight?" Felicia said, incredulous over the assertion given what she had seen Eli do en femme. "That's what I always thought until that last kiss you saw. I actually felt something there. Maybe I'm a little bi-curious or something, now, but I still like women, even if I catch myself thinking about how I'd look in their outfits more often than I'd like to admit, now." "That doesn't sound like you're trapped to me," Felicia replied while she crossed her arms. "Believe me, the longer I've been shackled to this life, the more these clothes have felt like a prison uniform than something erotic like they used to." "I still don't understand how you could have let things get this far, if you really hate it so much." "What would you have done?" Eli asked. "If I was in your pretty shoes, I would've picked up my purse and walked away!" "I thought about that, but I would be upending Melina's life. She's done so much for me over the years. I don't really care all that much about the other girls, but she means something to me." "So, what, you got on your silk covered cross for her?" "No. There was a time when I enjoyed some of this. I still do every once in a while." "What?" "What? What?" Eli inquired, confused. "What do you enjoy about it?" Felicia inquired. "Sometimes, the girls talk down to me a little and that gets me a little...," Eli answered before trailing off. "You like being talked down to?" Felicia replied with raised eyebrows. "It stills feels so strange. I was always used to winning. I guess, maybe, I have a little bit of a submissive streak." "I think the dress and the suede pumps are dead give away of that, honey," Felicia replied while she patted his hands. Eli blushed before Felicia asked, "Did that embarrassment arouse you a little, dirty pussy boy?" Eli blushed again, nodding while he felt his erection pressing into the park bench beneath his dress covered bottom. Felicia shook her head as she asked, "Do you have anything to say for yourself?" "I just want to apologize. I didn't want to hurt you. I do love you so much. You've forced me to come to terms with all of this." "I did?" Felicia responded, unable to hide her incredulousness. "It just like what you said, look into your heart and follow what it tells you." "You took something from that?" Felicia asked as she leaned back on the bench. "Yes. I couldn't lie to you or myself anymore. I need to be what I really am." "So, you want to be a man again?" Eli nodded before Felicia uncrossed her arms and took his hands and asked, "Then, what will happen to Elise?" "She'll go back to being Eli, although, to be honest, she might come out to play when I get some moments alone." "Would Eli be a friend of mine or is he a typical male dick that's uncomfortable around girls like me?" "There's no split between me and Eli, we are one and the same. I don't think of Elise as any different than Eli, they're both me, just one wears heels." Felicia nodded with a smile, believing his words as she said, "You've been a good friend to me, Eli. Elise or Eli, I do care about you." "Thank you. You know I care about you too?" Felicia nodded before she kissed his cheek, close to his lips. Eli was confused by the proximity, but enjoyed the way her soft smooth, hairless skin felt on his face before Eli placed a kiss upon her lips. Felicia pulled back as she said, "Eli, I'm not attracted to girls." "Well, it's good that we established that I'm not one," Eli responded with a grin. Felicia gave him a blank look as she tried to reconcile her feelings for him while he dug into his purse and pulled out his license. Eli handed it to Felicia and said, "That's who I really am." Felicia grinned as she examined the man in the photograph before she said with a laugh, "Eli's a looker. I'd like to meet this man." "What's stopping us?" Eli said as he got to his heeled feet and held out his hand. Felicia gave him a momentarily weary look before she took Eli's hand, believing that she may have found a man that understood her. Eli escorted Felicia to her car before they each made their way over to Eli's apartment complex. After parking, they went up to Eli's apartment before Eli said, "Watch this." "I'm watching," Felicia said as she took a seat on the couch. Eli pulled his dress off over his head before he dropped it to the floor. Felicia looked over Eli's smooth and padded out body as it emerged from beneath his dress. Eli slowly undid the straps of his bra, prompting Felicia to smile and say, "There really should be music playing for this little striptease, maybe a little Motley Crue or, I got it, Cherry Pie." "Oh, you've got a dirty mind," Eli replied before he removed the breast forms from the cups of his bra and threw them to the side. His bra came off next as Felicia began to laugh and squealed, "Take it all off, honey." Eli grinned while he began to gyrate a little as he twirled the bra over his head before he tossed it aside. Felicia put her hand over her mouth while she watched him before she asked, "Where am I going to stick my dollars if you don't have boobs?" Eli smirked at Felicia as he snapped the waistband of his tights before he said, "I'll be right back. I'm just going to change into something a little more comfortable." "Okay, but if it's a nightie, I'm out of here," Felicia retorted before flashing a smile. Eli nodded while he retreated to his bedroom and removed his heels. After tossing his heels to the side, Eli reached into his closet and found the male clothing that had been stashed upon the floor. Eli pulled out a wrinkled suit and carried it towards his bed. Eli hastily removed his tights before he found an old pair of boxer shorts to put on. He quickly covered them with his wrinkled suit pants before he put on a white dress shirt that also showed that it had been kept in a crumpled up ball on the floor of his closet for months as well. Once he finished dressing, Eli emerged from his bedroom and said, "What do you think?" Felicia gave Eli's body an approving nod as he flaunted it in his wrinkled outfit before she giggled and said, "The makeup is really throwing me." Eli blushed as he slapped his forehead and said, "I knew I was forgetting something." Felicia laughed as Eli scurried away from her before she shouted, "Bimbo." Eli blushed at the comment while he went into his bathroom and removed his makeup before he pulled back his long hair into a low ponytail and emerged from the bathroom. "How about now?" Eli asked as he walked towards Felicia again. "Now, that's a man," Felicia said, stunned by how handsome she found her friend. "Would you like me to show you how much of a man I really am?" "I'd like nothing better, but you know that Angelo has to hear the truth." "There's a time and place for everything," Eli replied before pausing to add, "but right now, this is about us." Felicia smiled as she took Eli's hand again and followed him towards his bedroom. ----------------------------------------------------------------------- After showering and eating breakfast the next morning, Eli returned to his bedroom to finish getting ready for the day ahead. He opened up his dresser drawers and removed a gaff, a bra and a pair of black sheer pantyhose. Eli removed his purple robe and placed on the gaff and the black, lace bra before he stuffed its cups with his breast forms. Once he finished, Eli took a seat upon the edge of his bed and began his familiar routine of rolling down his hosiery before he slowly and gently unrolled the black sheer hosiery up his legs. The feeling of it climbing his legs was still something he looked forward to each morning even as it had become a regular experience. Eli pulled the control top of his pantyhose over his gaff before he caught sight of the note on the top of his dresser. Eli slowly approached the dresser and reached over to clutch the paper in his hand. Eli held it at his waist as he read it. He smiled at Felicia's recommendation for his outfit that day and said to himself, "If that's what Lola wants, that's what Lola gets." After taking hold of the black, wide box pleated, a-line skirt that Felicia referenced, Eli stepped into it. He then paired the knee length skirt with the black, three quarter length sleeved blouse that Felicia had recommended. Once Eli finished dressing, he made his way into the bathroom. While staring into the mirror, Eli tied his hair back into a mid-high ponytail before he put on his makeup. As he finished, Eli smiled slightly at his feminized reflection that he had become so accustomed to before he turned and walked back into his bedroom. He quickly moved towards the closet from which he removed a pair of black, patent leather pumps with chunky, three-inch heels and half-inch platforms to pair with his outfit. Eli stepped into the pumps, bracing himself against the frame of the closet door while he did so. With his feet snuggly inside his pumps, Eli slowly stood up. He finished off his outfit by putting on a bracelet that Felicia had worn the day before. Eli smiled as he felt the bracelet moving on his arm while he put his arms to the side. Eli felt confident in his outfit while he moved out of his bedroom, feeling more secure about himself than he had in weeks. Eli made his way through his apartment before he put on a coat, took hold of his purse and headed out the door of his apartment. After carefully descending the steps of his building, Eli hurried towards his car. He pulled the vehicle out of the parking lot and made his way to the office. Eli pulled up in front of the office building and exited his car as he did each morning. Eli then made his familiar walk from the unreserved parking area of the lot and walked past Terri's reserved spot that listed her corporate title as he had become accustomed to doing each morning. Shortly after entering the building, Eli walked through the doors to his office. As Eli neared his desk, he caught sight of Katie working at her desk. Katie smiled at Eli and said hello before Eli reciprocated with a polite greeting while he gingerly placed his purse down on the desk. They had a brief, polite exchange before Linda walked into the office. She greeted Eli and Katie before she situated herself at her desk. Before Linda could sit down, however, Katie smiled as she called them both over to her desk. Eli and Linda shook their heads, both knowing that they were being brought over for one of Katie's regular, surprise dress code compliance inspection. "What seems to be the problem Miss Millstone?" Linda asked while she walked beside Eli, making clear to Katie that she saw such inspections as unnecessary given their outfits' unquestionable compliance dress code. "I just want to make sure that you each have enough to do," Katie replied while she looked over every inch of Linda. "Is that ever an issue?" Linda asked with a half smile before Katie asked Linda and Eli to tell her about what was on their task lists for the day. As Eli and Linda detailed what they needed to accomplish that day, Katie inspected Eli from head to toe. She gave them both an approving nod before she let them get back to work. As Eli and Linda turned their back to Katie, Linda gave Eli a concerned look and shook her head slightly. She moved closer to Eli and said, "Katie's got way too much time on her hands." "You don't know the half of it," Eli replied with a grin before he sat down at his secretarial desk. Linda gave him a confused look before she moved towards her desk. Shortly after Eli sat down at his desk, Terri walked into the office. She greeted everyone warmly before she noticed Eli's outfit. "What's with the back in black outfit, little missy?" Terri inquired after pausing to look Eli over. "I wear back on the outside because black is how I feel on the inside," Eli retorted with a half smile. "The teenager approach to styling. I like it, Jaime Cash," Terri responded with a slight laugh before she went into her office. "Got to stay young at heart," Eli replied. "Well, you young whippersnapper, go grab me a cup of coffee!" Despite the playfulness in her tone, the order felt belittling to Eli. Still, he forced himself to reply, "Sure." Eli got to his feet and made his way to the kitchenette. He walked into the room, hearing the familiar sound of his heels on the tile floor while he went to turn on the coffee maker. Not wanting to waste time, Eli wiped down the countertop as he waited for the machine to warm up before he put in the K-cup. Once Terri's coffee finished brewing, Eli made the coffee the way that she liked it before he brought it to her office. Terri took the cup from Eli with a blank stare before she asked Eli to make sure that all preparations were made for her late afternoon meeting. Eli nodded in response to her order before he stepped out of her office. Eli sighed while he closed the door to Terri's office behind him before he went to print copies of Melina's latest correspondence with the client that Terri was scheduled to meet with alongside Melina. After sorting the emails and letters, Eli collected the company's promotional material to give the client. He then checked the company's meeting checklist that he had created for Terri to use when she assisted him. Eli looked over the various tasks that he had completed over the prior days before his eyes widened as he realized that one remained outstanding. Eli hurriedly sat down and opened up the company's contacts. He pulled up the name and number of the client's company and picked up the phone. Shortly after Eli placed the call, the receptionist on the other end of the line transferred him to the man's secretary. The woman on the other end politely confirmed that her boss would be attending the meeting with Terri and Melina before she forced a little small talk with Eli and hung up. Once he hung up the phone, Eli breathed a sigh of relief and carried the documents he had assembled into Terri's office. Terri thanked Eli as he placed them on her desk before she asked, "How's your workload today?" "Pretty full," Eli replied while he clasped his slender fingers together. "Good. That's what I like to hear," Terri responded with a smile. "I'm glad you're happy about it," Eli responded. "Idle hands are the devil's playthings. You never know what type of trouble you'll get yourself mixed up in if you have time to think and daydream," Terri chided with a grin. "I suppose." "Anyway, I wanted to talk to you briefly." "About what?" Eli asked. "I was thinking about expanding the office a little." "How so?" Eli inquired while he leaned back in his heels. "Well, we need another girl at Melina's level." "You've been looking for a saleswoman?" "It's crossed my mind, but I think we've got a better alternative right here. I think she's earned it." "Me?" Eli inquired, slightly exasperated that Terri was offering him a job on par with his talents. 'Maybe she's not as stupid as I thought,' Eli wondered. Terri shook her head as she replied, "No. Katie." "Miss Millstone?" Eli asked, unable to conceal his surprise, knowing that she lacked the drive or skills to work in such a position. "What? You don't want her out of skirts?" Terri asked with a laugh, delighted that Eli referred to Katie by her last name, almost instinctively. "No. I think there are more qualified candidates." "Elise, it would be easier to bring in another secretary than bring on a saleswoman. It's good for moral to promote from within too," Terri lectured before pausing to add, "Like promoting Linda to Office Manager. It's for the best and Miss Beaux has a nice ring to it, don't you think?" Eli knew that she needed his okay to make the move. He shook his head, unable to keep from becoming aroused at the thought of a pants wearing Katie giving him orders. Ashamed of himself, Eli glanced down at the toes of his heels and said in a low tone, "I'll think about it." "Good," Terri replied before she dismissed Eli from her office. As Eli stepped out of Terri's office, he saw Katie standing beside his desk, tapping her fingertips on the top of a stack of papers. Eli noticed her evident impatience with him while he moved towards the desk and asked, "What do you need, Miss Millstone?" "I need you to copy these papers for Melina." "Any reason you need me to do it?" Katie was stunned by his questioning of her before she replied, "Because I asked you to." Eli shrugged at her statement before he inquired when she needed them. Katie replied without hesitation, "Right away." 'Then, why were you just standing around my desk waiting for me to be done talking to Terri?' Eli wondered before he took hold of the papers without saying a word. As Eli took hold of them, he caught the smug look on Katie's face and wondered why she was so self-satisfied with having him make the copies. Eli carried the papers to the copier to begin to run off copies of the various documents. He followed the instructions that Melina had left on the post-its she attached to each document package. He inputted the number of copies and waited for each collated set of documents to be churned out by the machine before he sorted them into piles he secured with binder clips. It was a tedious process he repeated dozens of times. Once the last set was put together, Eli bundled up the papers and carried them into Melina's office. Melina's cheeks went red as she saw Eli hauling the documents into her office that she had left for Katie to copy. Melina glanced at her computer screen and thought, 'I'm going to kill, Katie.' Eli dropped the papers off on Melina's desk with a huff before he inquired, "Is there anything else you need?" Feeling slightly embarrassed, Melina shook her head and replied, "No. Thank you for you help, Elise." Eli acknowledged her thanks before he turned to walk out of her office. As he reached the doorway, Melina cleared her throat and said, "Elise?" "Yes." "Don't let them push you around," Melina said. Eli nodded as he said, "Don't worry. I won't." Melina smiled back at him, sure that he was lying, before Eli went back to his desk. He situated himself in his chair and crossed his nylon- covered legs before he pushed his legs underneath the desk. After reaching into his inbox, Eli took hold of some handwritten notes that Terri wanted inputted into an excel sheet. The task was hardly mentally stimulating for Eli, but he found that it occupied his mind in a way that copying papers did not. Eli began imputing numbers and other data and continued to do so through the later morning hours, pausing only to answer the phone. The sound of the ping of the call bell at reception made Eli's eyes veer off the screen in front of him. Eli got to his feet to greet the person at reception while Linda continued to work at her desk, feeling that answering the call bell was Eli's job given his place in the company's evident hierarchy. A smile came across Eli's face as he turned his back towards them. Eli strolled confidently towards the reception window in his short, skirt- constricted stride. Felicia smiled at him while she saw him coming and cheerfully greeted him as she said, "Hi, Elise." "Felicia," Eli exclaimed with a grin before he opened the door and hugged her with a grin. As they ceased their embrace, Angelo moved towards Eli and greeted him as well. They exchanged pleasantries before Angelo asked, "Shall we get going?" "Oh, I have to tell the girls I'm stepping out for lunch first. Do you want to come back with me?" "Sure," Angelo replied. Eli made small talk with Angelo and Felicia while he made the short walk from reception to where the support staff was situated. As Eli turned the corner towards them, Katie's eyes widened as she saw Angelo and Felicia standing beside Eli. Katie got to her feet to greet them, which prompted Linda to follow suit. Katie smiled as she asked Angelo, "So what brings you down here today?" "I'm just here to take Felicia and Elise out to lunch." "You are?" Katie replied, unable to hide her surprise. "Sorry, I didn't tell you," Eli responded, batting his eyelashes at Katie. "I would have appreciated the heads up," Katie replied through gritted teeth. Eli nodded, sure that she would have. 'Squirm, bitch,' Eli thought, struggling to keep from smiling. Eli faked an apology again before the sound of Angelo's voice drew Terri and Melina out of their offices. They came over and greeted him before Katie advised that Eli was going out to lunch with Angelo and his sister. "Is this a business call?" Terri asked, hoping for an invite or to displace Eli from the lunch table. "No. It's a social call," Angelo answered. Terri nodded her head, unsure of why Angelo was taking Eli out with Felicia. Eli saw the worry on her face while he collected his jacket and purse before he asked, "Are you guys ready?" "Ready when you are, dear," Angelo replied. "Let's get going then," Eli said while Angelo began to lead the way. "Uh...Elise, can I speak with you for a moment?" Terri inquired. "Uh, oh, called into the Head Mistress's office, we'll be up front, Elise," Angelo said with a grin and a brief laugh. "I'll be up in a bit," Eli said before he followed Terri into her office. Terri gave Eli a blank look before she asked, "What the hell is going on?" "I'm just going to lunch with some friends." "Do I have to remind you that Angelo is an important client?" "Do I need to remind you that I have all the reminders I need about that?" Eli retorted while he pulled at his skirt with the tips of the fingers of his right hand. Terri shook her head and asked, "What is all this about?" "Don't worry yourself about it. It's none of your concern." "This business is my concern!" "Look, I got to go. They're waiting," Eli replied, dismissing Terri's protests. "Elise, stop..." Eli stopped in the doorway to his former office. He pivoted towards Terri and saw the anxious expression on her face, knowing that the uncertainty over what he was going to say to Angelo was gnawing at her. A smile came to his face as he said, "It's just time for the truth to come out, Terri." Terri gave Eli a blank expression. That he called by her first name was not lost on Terri as she began to feel sick to her stomach while Eli turned away from her. The smile remained on Eli's face while he walked into the reception area to join Felicia and Angelo. Once they stepped out of the office's door, Angelo inquired, "So, where are we all going?" "We're all going slightly mad," Felicia replied with a grin while Eli began to grow nervous. "Well, being around you causes that effect, but I was asking more about for lunch." Felicia gave him the name of a restaurant that was nearby. Angelo nodded before he inquired, "You think they'll be able to seat us?" "No problem," Felicia replied, knowing the restaurant was typically only half-full during lunchtime. Angelo led Felicia and Eli to his car before they each got in. Felicia got into the passenger seat, while Eli entered the back seat of the expensive German sedan. "Nice car," Eli remarked. "Thanks, but I think I like your boss's Maserati better." "Yes, that's a nice car," Eli replied as he cast a wistful glance at the car, remembering when he drove it to and from work each day and the looks he was accustomed to getting at that time. "Why don't you get one?" Felicia asked her brother. "Too impractical for my purposes," Angelo admitted. Felicia turned towards Eli and smiled as she said, "My brother's always been too practical." "And she's always had a taste for the opulent," Angelo retorted. "Is it a crime to want nice things?" Felicia asked. "No. It's just frivolous to want silks, jewelry and furs and lace and all that other girly glamour bullshit," Angelo answered. "And this car isn't frivolous? You couldn't get from point A to point B for 40 grand less?" "I didn't say I didn't like luxury up to a point, besides, my ass has been spoiled," Angelo admitted with a grin. "Oh, I see how it is. Fine for something for you to rest your fat ass on, but not for something pretty," Felicia replied with a laugh. "It's a man's world, sister," Angelo retorted. "Tell me about it," Felicia countered. Felicia and Angelo continued their conversation as Eli listened in from the backseat before the car pulled off the road and into the parking lot of the restaurant. Angelo got out of the car and opened Eli's car door. Eli was surprised by the act and thanked him. "You're welcome," Angelo replied with a smile before Felicia emerged from the car and said with a grin, "Don't buy his gentleman routine, Elise. He only does that for non-family." "I used to do it for Mom, and I do it for my wife." "But not for me." "I'm sorry, but part of me still thinks I've got toughen you up," Angelo admitted. "You don't think I'm tough enough," Felicia asked as she put her hands on the waist of her figure hugging, black and grey, tweed, sheath dress. "If you asked the ten year old version of me, the answer would certainly be hell no," Angelo replied, shaking his head. "The ten year old version of you would have told both me and Elise to put on pants." "Yes, I'd think I'd have a better chance of getting you two princesses to walk across hot coals than to ever put on a pair of pants." Eli blushed at the statement before Angelo led them inside. They were seated quickly and the waiter came to take their orders after a few minutes. After placing their orders, Angelo turned to Eli with a serious expression and said, "So, enough with the small talk, Elise. Felicia told me that you needed to speak with me about something. Normally, I wouldn't agree to such a meeting, but you've been such a good friend to her..." "Yes, thank you for your time," Eli replied, struggling to keep his nerve. Felicia reached for his hand under the table. Eli clasped it and felt more secure about himself as he held it. Angelo looked at Eli expecting more before he asked, "So what is it? Do you want a job?" Eli shook his head as he replied, "No. It's nothing like that. I needed to let you know something." "Are you going to tell me what this something is or are you going to leave me guessing like my sister over here?" Eli nodded as he nervously rubbed his pantyhose covered ankles together and answered, "I haven't been completely honest with you about what I am." "You weren't born a woman? I'm shocked," Angelo replied with feigned astonishment. Eli grinned and blushed while he said, "No. That cat was out of the bag the first time we met. I need to tell you about why I looked the way I did that day though." Angelo gave Eli a curious look before Eli explained the bet to Angelo. Angelo gave Eli a blank stare while he listened to the explanation. As Eli finished with his explanation, Angelo shook his head while he responded, "You expect me to believe that a straight, non-cross-dressing man, just let himself end up a skirted secretary and gave up his whole life over a simple misunderstanding?" Eli nodded and blushed, knowing how ridiculously out of hand he had let things in his home and office life get. Angelo shook his head as he replied, "It's utterly absurd." "It's sadly true," Eli responded. Angelo went to yell at Eli for his deceit before Felicia said, "But I think some good has come of it." "Namely?" Angelo asked with evident sarcasm. "Eli's company's been doing good work for us." "That's going to stop, immediately," Angelo retorted. "Why?" Felicia asked. "I can't do business with people that are lying to me. For Christ's sake, I've been dealing with a secretary pretending to be the boss!" "Well, we deal with Melina mostly," Felicia countered. "And what's she done to let us know what was really going on?" "What other choice did they have? They didn't know about me when you walked in." "I get the initial lie, but to keep compounding it like this. There's seriously something wrong here," Angelo said as he threw his napkin on the table and began to get up. "Angelo, please sit," Felicia begged. Angelo gave his sister a wary look before he obliged her out of a sense of family loyalty and guilt and asked, "What else is there?" "Eli is my best friend in the world. He understands me." "He only understands self-preservation, and a very destructive form of it at that," Angelo retorted while he shook his head at Eli, shooting a disapproving look at his feminine clothing. "Angelo, please." "What? Look at him, and he is a him, despite that outfit. He's not a girl, and he's certainly not a man..." "Angelo!" Felicia shrieked while Eli sunk down in his seat, praying that people at other tables were not listening to their loud conversation. "I don't like being lied to," Angelo replied. "I don't either, but I know that they never meant to hurt us." "They only hurt themselves." "No. They hurt me." "And that's enough for me to never talk to them again by itself, Felicia," Angelo retorted, shaking his head. "It's not for me." "Why not?" "I love Eli," Felicia blurted out. "You what?" Angelo asked, confused by his sister's proclamation as he leaned towards her. "I love the man underneath all this," Felicia said as she pointed at Eli's feminine clothing and false bust while Eli sunk further down in his seat, still hoping against hope that other patrons were not listening in on their conversation. The snickers he heard told him otherwise, however. "You never told me you were in love," Angelo replied. "I am now." "You love this little fag....do you even know what love is?" "Even Forest Gump knew what love was," Felicia retorted. "Yah...and he married an AIDs riddled junkie," Angelo rejoined. "Still," Felicia countered while she clutched Eli's hand. Angelo leaned back in his chair as Felicia turned to Eli and placed a kiss upon his lips. Felicia turned back towards her brother as their lips parted and said, "I forgave him, and I would like you to do the same." Angelo sensed his sister's happiness while he watched Eli's arm come over Felicia's slender shoulder. A smile came to his face as he thought, 'She's your problem now, Eli.' Angelo nodded his head and replied, "Well, Eli, we all make mistakes. Some are just, well, more embarrassing than others. I think you've certainly paid for this one in spade stilettos." "So, you're going to give him a chance?" Felicia asked. "I'm not one to breakup love, especially yours. Although, I will be making fun of him for this a very, very long time," Angelo replied, shaking his head a little. "Thank you, Angelo," Felicia squealed before she hugged her brother and Eli thanked him as well. Angelo nodded before he looked at Eli and asked, "Now, the question becomes what are you going to do?" "What do you mean?" "Are you going to flip the company back around? Put everyone back where they belong?" "It's not that easy," Eli admitted. "Why the hell not?" Angelo asked. "Terri and Melina have some ownership interest now, and I gave some formal authority to Katie." "Well, are you still the majority shareholder?" Angelo inquired. "Yes." "Then, you can vote to wind down your company and just create another one. I'll give you the number of one of my attorneys." "I don't know if I want to do that to Melina." "Who says you have to do anything to her? She can take her percent of the termination of the company and maybe put it towards forming a new company with you." "I guess you're right." "He usually is," Felicia counseled. "Or maybe you could wield the threat of the ax and watch everything fall right back into place at the office. I've found that a lot of bluster crumples in the face of an impeding trip to the unemployment line," Angelo added. Eli smiled at the thought before he said, "That might work for your business, but I think all the work you referred us will dry up if it comes out that Terri isn't really the boss." "It might, but there's really only one way to find out though." "Do you think you're going to give it a try?" Felicia asked. Eli nodded while their food was dropped off in front of them. As they started to eat, Felicia grinned as she asked, "So, what are you going to do to Katie and Terri?" "What do you mean?" Eli inquired. "How are you going to pay them back?" Felicia asked. "Personally, I still think you should shit can them both. I really can't recommend that enough," Angelo interjected as he chewed his meal. "That would be satisfying," Eli admitted before he said, "but it is partially my fault." "To say the least," Angelo added before cringing. Felicia glared at her brother for a second before she turned her gaze back to Eli and said, "You should really jerk them around." "How?" "Give them everything they've given to you." "Do unto others," Angelo interjected with a grin, shaking his head before he continued, "my favorite bible verse." Eli laughed a little at Angelo's deliberate use of such language out of context. He took another bite of his food and said, "I'll have to give it some serious thought." They continued to eat together and made small talk as Angelo tried to come up with ways for Eli and Melina to spin the news that was going to come out of Eli's company to his new clients. Once they finished with lunch, Angelo drove them back to Eli's office building. Eli felt confident while he strode into the office beside Felicia and Angelo. As Eli walked through the office with them, Terri and Katie's eyes fixated upon him. He could see that they were worried before Eli walked into Melina's office and asked her to join them by the secretaries' desks. The girls gave Eli their undivided attention before Eli said, "Girls, I've got an announcement. I've told Felicia and Angelo the truth about me." Eli could see the shock on Katie and Terri's faces. He knew that they never thought he could get the nerve to tell them the truth. As a grin came to his face, Eli continued, "They know that I'm really a man." Linda gave Eli a curious look and wondered if Eli's gender of birth was a secret to their customers. She shook her head, not understanding how that could be true before Eli said, "And I will be returning to living as a man and will be reasserting my position in the company." "What position?" Linda asked. "I'm the CEO of this company, and I will be returning to my former position as the President. Accordingly, Terri you will be returning to your position as my secretary." "I'm not doing that," Terri retorted. "Why not?" "We have a contract." "We have a contract that gave you some shares of the company. A minority share at that. You don't have control over the Board. The Board makes decisions by majority vote." "But there hasn't been a vote," Terri protested. "True, but I can call a meeting as a majority shareholder anytime I want, pursuant to our bylaws, and then all I have to do is call a vote and raise my hand and you're out," Eli responded, explaining the company's corporate procedures to Terri with a grin. "This isn't fair!" "If you don't like it, there's the door," Eli replied. Terri hung her head as she moved towards her former desk and sat at it, burying her chin into her chest. Eli smiled at her submissive action, relishing the thought of paying her back for what she had done to him. Katie gave Terri a worried look and wondered if her job was going to be terminated since she did not even have the luxury of owning a minority share of the company. She shot an anxious glance at Eli while she waited for the other shoe to drop. "What the hell is going on?" Linda interjected, confused by what was transpiring around her. "Eli, used to be the boss," Melina answered. "Eli?" Linda inquired. "Elise," Melina clarified. "Seriously? Elise? She can't even collate papers right!" "Yes," Melina responded, cringing at Linda's assertion while Eli blushed at it. "What the hell happened?" Linda inquired as she stared at Eli. "There was a bet. Then, things just got out of hand...," Eli began to add before trailing off. "And it ended with you letting us boss you around in a dress?" Linda asked in utter disbelief as she threw her hands up in the air. "I'm not proud of that," Eli admitted. "The important thing is that he's trying to make things right," Felicia interjected before she put her arm around Eli. Eli put his arm around her waist before they paused for a kiss that made the girls' mouths open. "Are you two an item?" Melina asked as their lipstick coated lips parted. "Yes," Eli admitted. "Good for you," Melina said with a smile while Katie and Terri each gave Felicia and Eli an aghast look. "This is all way too Jerry Springer for me," Linda interjected as she got to her feet while Angelo nodded in silent agreement with her take on the events that were transpiring in front of them. "Where are you going?" Katie asked. "I can't work like this. I need to be around people with a minimum amount of sanity," Linda answered. "I understand," Eli replied before noting, "We're probably going to lose some business over this too. So, if anybody else wants off the ship, jump now or forever hold your peace." Katie, Terri and Melina stood still while Linda walked out of the office after quickly packing up her things. Eli inspected the girls before he pressed Terri, "Do you think that you can go back to working for me?" She nodded in silence, feeling as if the world she had been building had been stolen from underneath her. Melina shook her head at Terri and interjected, "She's lying." Terri glared at Melina as she rejoined, "How would you know?" "I can see it! It's on your face! This is eating you up!" "It might be, but that doesn't mean I can't grin and bear it," Terri retorted. Katie squirmed in her seat, feeling as if the whole office was unraveling as the many lies and their consequences became aired and corrected. Katie cleared her throat and said, "We were just giving Eli what he wanted, Melina. There was never anything malicious about it." "You crossed the line, and you know it. We all know he liked some part of it, but you pushed past that time and again." Eli nodded, almost wanting to fire Katie on the spot. Still, he could not bring himself to do it, feeling at fault for creating the situation in the first place and fearing what she would do if she were let go. The part of him that wanted a little payback felt that letting her go would be too easy on the girl as well. Terri then spoke up, "It's not her fault that Eli liked to be treated like a secretary." "It's not," Eli admitted while blushing. Felicia stroked Eli's sides as she said, "Well, the only girl, here, who will be bossing him around and trying to get him all hot and bothered will be me from now on. Am I understood?" The girls nodded before Felicia smiled at her blushing boyfriend. Eli was excited by her declaration that he was exclusively hers, even though he was not thrilled by her whole statement to his employees. Feeling more confident with Felicia beside him, Eli turned to Terri and ordered, "Now, get your shit out of my office, please." "Yes, Eli," Terri said in a low, barely audible voice before Eli retorted, "Oh, no, dear, per my predecessor's rules, we're a formal office, Terri, so, remember, it's Mr. Nemours, now." "Yes, Mr. Nemours," Terri replied with her chin buried into her chest while she walked past him while Eli turned his attention to Katie and said, "Pack up the stuff on Terri's desk and get ready to move it back into my office." "Yes, Mr. Nemours," Katie replied, shaking a little while she got to her feet and hurried towards the desk. As Terri emerged from Eli's office with her first handful of personal items, Eli looked down at her and told her to stop. Terri froze as Eli looked her over from head to toe before he said, "Terri, that pantsuit is simply unacceptable for a secretary. Go acquaint yourself with the dress code. I expect my employees to follow it to the letter." Terri blushed and nodded in response to Eli's order. She was humiliated by the thought of having to comply with the dress code she had created to tweak Eli. Eli smiled at his squirming secretary before he turned towards Melina. She gave him an approving nod and smile before she turned and walked back into her office to get back to work. "She can really work through anything, can't she?" Angelo inquired as he turned towards Eli. "She really can. She's great." "We should have given her a chance years ago." "You wouldn't have been sorry if you did. Of course, I may never have gotten to know your sister if you'd met me as a man." "Well, I'm looking forward to getting to know the man," Angelo replied. "So, am I," Felicia added while she hugged herself closely against Eli. Felicia laughed as she said, "And I won't be sorry to see these go," as she patted his padded out chest. "For the most part, neither will I," Eli replied. "For the most part?" Angelo asked with a confused look. "It's like you alluded to earlier. I wouldn't have let things go so far if I didn't like some of it." "I just better be the only one in a wedding dress if that day comes," Felicia responded. "I promise, I'll wear a tuxedo that day," Eli replied before adding with a smile, "But, as a matter of full disclosure, I might...just might be wearing a pair of white stockings underneath it." "It'd be just another weird thing about you," Felicia said with a grin before placing a kiss on his lips.