The Maid of Honour
Anwyn spent most of her time at Anthony's house now. When she saw what
Angela had done for that Rugby player she knew that she really loved him
and that she would ride the rough with the smooth when it came to
Anthony's hobby. Besides she'd had an exhilarating experience the first
time she'd become a man and she'd made him promise that he would help
her achieve the kind of results that Anthony had when he became Angela
or Claire.
That day with the old woman at the door something had just snapped in
her and she'd transformed from her normal shy state around men to taking
complete charge of Anthony. Now that she found she could get away with
ordering him about she did it all the time and it was Anthony who was
the submissive one in the relationship. Not that he complained at all
since she let him be Angela when it suited her or when she wanted a
girlfriend to go shopping with in Swansea. She let him mask a bit in
their sex games but so far to date she had kept it strictly man and
woman with him being the man. Of course that didn't mean he was in
charge, no that was most definitely her.
Anthony had told her he was working on keeping his promise but as yet he
wouldn't let her see any of the results. Instead he had her watching
videos of men walking and practicing to deepen her voice to sound more
manly. She did her best to practice as he instructed but she really
wanted to see what he was making. She threatened him with a sex strike,
telling Mrs Clemence or Claire everything and even with telling Bernard
about his hobby, but he knew she was bluffing and he refused to show
her. All she could do was satisfy herself with her dominance elsewhere
in the relationship and wait.
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Mark Entwhistle-Houghton liked to think of himself of a detective out of
one of the great film noir movies. He was Humphrey Bogart on the trail
of the Maltese Falcon or Mike Hammer on his latest case. Alas the
reality of life was that his average case was somewhat different to his
fantasy. Lost pets were a favourite, as were wives suspecting their
husbands of cheating. Occasionally the local council would hire him to
investigate a suspected benefit cheat. That was one of the highlights of
his cases. He'd left the police force a few months ago to start his own
agency after his new wife Theresa had nagged him to go and make
something of himself. She was a real social climber and she wanted the
best in life. He'd tried his hardest to give it to her, but reality was
a very different matter. She'd insisted they take a double barrelled
name as she felt that Entwhistle sounded so common. It hadn't bothered
Mark much so he'd complied, but it was going to be harder to make real
money out of this business where all he got was scraps.
Mark swung around in his swivel chair at his desk and shot his pretend
gun at the screen. The screen had a freeze frame image of the one case
that he had that was genuinely interesting. The red haired woman in the
freeze frame had a microphone stuck in her face by the local news
reporter and the caption underneath said "Local woman Angela Clemence
saves Rugby Star." The problem was that the real Angela Clemence died
four months ago and her aged mother had hired him to find this Angela
Clemence. Normally he'd have dismissed the old woman as senile, but the
evidence was there for all to see. Mrs Clemence had provided photos of
her daughter before she died and there was indeed a remarkable
similarity between Mrs Clemence's daughter Angela and the Angela who had
saved Gavin Rodgers. Mrs Clemence had shown Mark the death certificate
of her daughter, shown him her gravestone and the local newspaper
snippet of her death in a car accident on the M4 Motorway.
It was a real puzzle as Angela Clemence seemingly did not exist, yet
clearly she did. She had a driving license still active and a bank
account, though the address leads from each lead him to a dead end. He'd
even staked out the house that Angela had given as her address to the
news reporters, though Mrs. Clemence was confused as to the exact
address. The address the news reporter had confirmed to him had a young
couple living in it, neither of whom looked anything like this Angela.
She was dead, she did not exist, yet clearly she did. He had even gone
to the DVLA to ask about her license but they had told him that unless
he was a relative they could tell him nothing.
Mrs Clemence's patience was starting to wear thin however as he had no
results to show for his efforts.
"Where are you my mysterious beauty?" Mark asked to the screen. He
sighed and went back to the boring task of checking the bank statements
he'd found of the bin of a suspected benefit cheat.
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Things had certainly been interesting for Anthony Danforth since he had
acquired a girlfriend in a quite unusual manner. Indeed Anwyn continued
to claim to him that she had acquired a boyfriend rather than the other
way around. He'd had sex with Anwyn most nights and they had often
sparked it up with masks and role-play.
However things had not been all good. There'd been a man lurking outside
his house mainly at weekends. He assumed that this was the private
detective that the old woman Mrs Clemence had hired, but it had made the
time that he spent as Angela somewhat more interesting. He couldn't get
ready as her in his own house for fear that the private detective
discover him, so instead they took Angela and some of her clothes to
Anwyn's room in her house. He had to get ready and ensure that Bernard
did not see him, which had added a considerable risk to the whole
procedure.
It had taken him several weeks but now at last he had finished the
project that he had promised Anwyn that he would complete for her. The
torso had been custom made for her out of latex and it had taken Anthony
many hours to sculpt and airbrush all the features. He would have liked
to have put chest hairs on it, but that would have added months to the
whole process. The mask he'd based on another man from the dead pile at
the DVLA. He'd sifted through them until he had found a young man called
Alex who he felt was right for Anwyn.
He called Anwyn in to his lair telling her to shut her eyes and not take
a peek. As usual she disobeyed him and sneaked a quick look.
"Right that's it you can't have it now," he exclaimed in mock outrage.
"Oh don't be a meanie and give it to me now," she replied.
"You'd better strip then unless you'd like me to do it for you."
"I can undress myself!" she shot back and promptly did so.
Anthony helped her get into the torso. The manly chest had hollowed out
sections on the inside to fit her breasts into and padding around the
midriff to equalise out her chest, abdomen and hip measurements. The
lower part of the torso had a hole where her vagina was and a small tube
that went inside the suit and attached on her urethra. He pulled it up
snug on Anwyn then did up the rear zipper. Anthony the applied makeup to
the seams to blend them in.
He then gave Anwyn the mask with the short haired brown wig attached. At
the moment it looked pretty lifeless, but so did all his masks until
they were worn. Anwyn put the mask on with Anthony's help and he once
again spent time blending it in.
"Now for the piece that you're not going to believe" Anthony said with a
smile on his face. He produced a latex penis with realistic looking
hairy balls attached underneath. The penis had a small hole in the back
that would allow the tube to be inserted and a long cylinder at the
back.
"Yes you put the cylinder where you think you do and it should stay on.
It should allow you to be a real man in the Gents and pee in the urinal.
Now get those clothes on that I put on the bed for you and Alex can come
to the pub with me again and this time you can try and win the who can
pee highest in the urinal competition."
Anthony saw the look at glee on the face of the fake man opposite him
and he waited patiently for Alex to get dressed.
"You'll have to give me a few minutes before we go. I have a need to go
and test out my new equipment if I'm going to win tonight!"
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Gavin Rodgers had been through a hell of a lot during the month. He'd
spent two weeks in hospital recovering from his heart attack and he'd
been flooded with good wishes from fans , from the other Swansea players
and from the rest of the Welsh squad. His wife, the model Charlotte
Brunfeld had come to see him every day and the doctors and nurses had
been so nice to him. Despite all these visitors the only person he
wanted to see had not come through the door. The mysterious red-haired
woman who had given him the kiss of life had saved his life and he
really wanted to meet her to thank her in person. The doctors had told
him that if it hadn't been for her prompt action he would be dead now.
Now back at home he found he had little to do on a daily basis. He could
not train any more on doctors orders and he would now have to rethink
his life. He had been offered a job as a pundit for the BBC's Rugby
coverage and it was good money, he'd be a fool to turn it down. But he
could not move on yet. He'd not been intimate with his wife since the
heart attack. He'd told her that it was a precaution against another
heart attack, but there were other factors at play that he hadn't told
her. He pressed play on the DVD player again.
"I just did what any good Samaritan with some basic first aid knowledge
would do," she said from the TV. She had an earthy voice that sent a
shiver down his spine.
"Did you know that the man was Gavin Rodgers?" the reporter asked.
"Not at first," the red-head replied. "My training just kicked in.
Besides it wouldn't matter who it was, I'd have done the same for
anyone." Gavin freeze framed a close up on her face.
"Where are you my Angelic rescuer?" he said forlornly to the TV.
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Bernard sat in the pub waiting for Anthony nursing a pint. He had things
on his mind that he wanted to talk to Anthony about. So when he spotted
Anthony coming into the pub with another man his heart sank.
"Bernard, you remember Alex from a month or so back" Anthony clapped
Bernard on the back.
"Oh yeah I remember. Hello again matey boy!" Bernard said cheerfully in
response. He vaguely remembered this Alex person but he'd been a bit
drunk by then. He vaguely remembered Alex being a builder but that's
about all he could dredge up.
"New boy get's the first round in. Mine's a pint." Bernard downed the
rest of his glass quickly and held it out for Alex to take up to the
bar.
"Pint of best for me," Anthony said as he sat down opposite Bernard.
Bernard saw his only opportunity for a private chat with his mate was
now so he decided to seize the moment.
"Ant, mate. I think I'm in love with Claire."
"Tell me what's new," Anthony replied to him.
"No, you don't understand. I really love her and I'm going to marry
her." That got Anthony's attention.
"Have you asked her yet?"
"No, I need to get a ring before I ask her, but I don't know her size.
You don't think you could find out do you?"
Anthony thought on it for a minute then replied to Bernard that he
thought he could find a way.
"See the thing is the first time with Claire was just sheer magic and I
knew that she was the one I wanted. Ever since then sex has been great,
but that first night after the row, that was beyond anything that man
has ever experienced before."
"Don't exaggerate man," Anthony responded. "I'll find out that ring size
for you this weekend if you can leave her alone on Saturday."
Alex came back and deposited the drinks on the table one at a time and
Bernard stopped that line of conversation. He briefly wondered why a
builder used to carrying hods of bricks couldn't carry three pints, but
that thought quickly faded as Anthony turned the conversation round to
other matters of interest such as the recent downturn in form of the
Welsh Rugby team now that they had lost their star scrum half.
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Things couldn't be going better for Claire. Bernard had taken her out to
the Speedway and had apologised to her which she had accepted. They'd
gone back to her house for coffee and made love all night. Sex with
Bernard had been fantastic and their relationship had gone from strength
to strength. She'd seen Bernard on every weekend since and had neglected
Angela somewhat, which she felt a little guilty about. She'd have to
make it up to her next week.
Her new job was also going fantastically well and on top of that she'd
won the National Gardener of the Year competition. The BBC had
approached her about going on Gardeners World as a guest presenter and
she had tentatively accepted. Another thing that she had Angela to thank
for. She really had to think of a way to thank that woman for all she
had done for her.
She rolled over and stared at her boyfriend who'd staggered back from
his weekly pub meet with Anthony. He snored gently in his sleep and
Claire smiled to herself. His staying over at her house was becoming a
more regular occurrence and it was something that she was really growing
to like.
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Although she'd lost the urination contest during the course of the
evening in the pub Anwyn had loved every minute of the time fooling
everyone into thinking she was a man named Alex. It had been so
different to the last time. No one starred at her and she had almost
been invisible in the pub. She had been able to be someone without men
staring at her breasts or her arse and the bar staff had served her
straight away at the bar. Her man had done her proud and a wicked
thought occurred to her. She turned to Anthony in the bed and nudged him
awake.
"Are you awake," she whispered knowing full well she'd woke him up. "My
friend Alex told me tonight before he left that he'd like to invite
Angela out for a drink. Do you think you could ask her for me."
Anthony grunted back "Sure, now go back to sleep you terror we both have
work tomorrow."
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Angela had arranged to meet Claire in town that Saturday for a little
retail therapy. It was much safer that way ever since that private
detective had been hanging around Anthony's house. The summer sun was
out in its full glory and Angela had chosen to wear a low cut tee-shirt
and tight shorts alongside a pair of heels. She knew that she looked
hot, but that didn't stop her from stopping at Top Shop to check herself
out in the window. It wasn't just her who was checking out her derriere
as she noted a couple of middle aged men turning their heads to look at
it as they walked past. She smiled to herself, smug that the wonderful
disguise was still doing exactly what it was supposed to do.
Angela was literally kicking her heels as Claire was late, though this
was not unusual and Angela was getting used to having to wait for the
other woman. Not that she minded particularly as she loved being
admired and getting checked out by the men and also a few women. It was
Anthony's favourite part of being a woman. He loved the attention and
being seen to be attractive. As a man he never felt the kind of
attention he got when he was Angela. Even the danger of the nightclub
had been a buzz in its own way.
"Sorry I'm late Ang. I broke a nail and had to sort it before I came
out."
Angela turned to her friend and smiled.
"Don't worry dear, these things happen and a girl's gotta look her best
at all times. Are you ready to shop girl? I'm looking for a new ring."
The two women headed to the nearest Jewellers and they began checking
out and discussing rings. It was not long before an assistant came over
to them and asked them if they wanted any help.
"Yes I'm looking for a new ring as my right hand is a little bare. Can
you size me up?" Angela asked. The assistant duly got the chain with the
multiple ring sizes on it and began fitting them one at a time to
Angela's finger. Eventually the assistant, Trevor, announced that she
was a "R" in size.
"Wow looks like I've put on a little since the last time I was measured.
Why don't you check your size in case you've changed?" It was an
innocent question but one that Angela was really keen for Claire to go
for.
"Oh no, I've always be a 'L' for years. I doubt I've changed. Besides
its you who need to buy the ring" Claire responded. It wasn't exactly
what Anthony wanted, a current check on the size would have been better,
but at least she'd given him the information he needed.
"Can I have a look at that one? Yes, the one with the emerald stone. I
think green is the perfect colour to go with my hair."
In the background of the shop the TV was on with the news on it.
"Breaking news, the mastermind behind the Northern Bank robbery has been
caught by the Serious Organised Crime Agency. The man behind it whose
identity SOCA has not released apparently managed to disguise himself as
one of the bank employees, one Emma Williamson, and managed to fool the
bank employees for several days. No further details have been released
at this time by SOCA but it is understood that the perpetrator will be
seeing a long sentence."
Angela briefly paused as she was examining the ring. There was someone
else out there who could disguise themselves as a woman convincingly.
They had been caught and would be punished. Was Anthony going to get
found out and punished too? He had enjoyed himself so much over the past
week that he'd almost dismissed the danger of the private detective. Now
that worry had surfaced to the top again.
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The news bulletin was still playing on Anthony's mind later that evening
when Alex took Angela out for their drink. Anthony had phoned Bernard
earlier in the day to tell him the information he had discovered and
Bernard had told him that if Claire accepted his proposal that he'd like
Anthony to be his best man. Anthony who told him that assuming that
Claire accepted that he would be delighted.
It was a strange experience being on the arm of Alex as they walked down
the main strip into the nightclub district of Swansea. With her man as a
shield Angela had the confidence to wear another short skirt, halter top
and heels that had come from her earlier retail therapy with Claire. Her
right hand now sported a slim emerald ring. Alex had told her that she
looked a bit trampy so Angela had done what any woman faced with such an
outrage had done and slapped "him" and told Alex to enjoy the view and
keep his opinions to himself.
The teasing and play had gone on all night as they danced and drank the
night away. Anthony was becoming more and more the prima donna and Alex
was trying his best to act as the lecherous male. The evening ended as
ever in the clubs of Swansea with the music slowing down and those
couples that had formed during the evening began to slow dance. Alex and
Angela, unused to their roles in the slow dance, were perhaps the worst
couple on the dance floor. Angela unconsciously kept trying to lead and
Alex didn't know how to lead properly. After a number of trodden on toes
they settled into swaying gently with each other to the music.
After the first dance had ended and the second was beginning a six foot
man with the stature of a Rugby player came up to them and pushed
between the couple.
"I'd like to cut in here" he told them. "You need a real man, not a
little squirt like that." Anthony was worried now since it was up to
Alex to mark his territory here.
"The lady is with me" Alex tried to respond as forcefully as possible.
Anthony was starting to get worried. If they started a fight and got
arrested then they could both be found out and sent down for a long
time.
"Well lookie here, the pipsqueak has squeaked" the big thug challenged
Alex. Anthony knew he needed to do something before the thug goaded
Anwyn into a fight that she'd never win. Anthony moved slightly closer
to the thug and put her heel down onto the thugs shoe. Anthony was
counting on the fact that the thug would not hit a lady no matter what
she did to him.
"I don't think you heard my fella correctly. I'm with him," Angela
informed the thug who was more concentrating on the pain in his foot.
Angela turned to the right and put her sexy hand on her sexy arse.
"And this is something that you are never going to get. Now sling your
hook."
"You're a crazy motherfucking bitch!" the Rugby thug yelled out. "I'm
outta here." He tried to retreat with all the dignity that he could but
as he did a whole load of the other dancers burst out in applause.
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Anwyn and Anthony got back to the house after midnight and immediately
headed upstairs. Anwyn was about to start to strip out of her realistic
disguise so that could start to get intimate when Angela stopped her.
"I have something for you," she said breathlessly. She headed into
Anthony's disguise room and came back to the bedroom shortly afterwards
with a box. "This is a replacement" she told Anwyn. "You'll work out
what to do with it. Go to the toilet and put it on."
Anwyn took the box and headed to the loo. She opened it as she got into
the loo and found an erect penis in the same form as her flaccid one.
This one however had no hole for her urethra tube but the balls were
spongier. Get gave on a playful squeeze and something white came out the
front.
Interesting, she thought to herself. So for starters I'm really going to
be the man. She took the flaccid penis insert from her vagina and
replaced it with the erect penis insert. Then she headed back to the
bedroom to find Angela just getting into a sexy negligee. Anwyn waited
for "her" to pull it down and then moved it to kiss her and push her
back into the bed. She was used to being the one on the bottom and
letting the man be the initiator. It was weird that she had to start to
feel up Angela's breasts and Angela started to initiate the kissing. For
Anwyn kissing a woman was just too strange and although she kept
character she found she wasn't enjoying this as she normally would. She
felt up Angela's pussy and found it wet but she could not get the
sexual thrill from doing it. Then she decided to go straight in for the
main event and use her new tool. The fake penis went in but she couldn't
really feel it in there, though she did feel the pressure of the insert
on her own vagina. She tried pumping in and out her lover and massaged
Angela's breasts. She seemed to be getting more out of this that Anwyn
as she moaned with pleasure. The pressure on Anwyn's vagina from the
insert was having some effect, but nothing like the real thing. Out of
frustration she felt up the fake balls and squirted the payload into her
lover.
"You came too soon," Anthony complained as Angela.
"Welcome to the world of a woman," Anwyn replied in her own voice. "Now
let's get out of these disguises and do it properly. The thought was
there with this," Anwyn pointed at her fake dick, "but it really isn't
doing it for me."
Anwyn could see that Anthony was disappointed but she'd had such a great
time tonight that she wanted to end the night with a bang. Angela got up
and started posing and checking herself out in the mirror.
"Aren't I sexy enough for you?" Angela pouted.
"Angela, give me back my boyfriend NOW!" Anwyn demanded. Anthony stuck
his tongue out in response.
"I can't be your boyfriend since Anthony is not gay and you are a man."
"Fine I'll go change, but I'd better find Anthony when I come back in
here to screw his brains out."
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Claire was on cloud nine. Bernard had asked her to marry him and she'd
taken all of 2 seconds to say yes . She didn't want to lose him and had
suggested that they marry within a few months. They'd need time to
arrange everything of course so they'd agreed on a date three months
hence for the wedding. Claire had already started planning all the
details in her mind and began working out who she wanted as bridesmaids.
Then it hit her. The woman who had got Bernard and her together, had
sorted her a new job out, helped her to become Gardener of the Year
would make the perfect maid of honour.
Claire picked up her mobile and dialled Angela's mobile number. She'd
persuaded Angela to get a mobile when they were in town last as it was
often hard to contact her. The number rang for a bit and went straight
to answer-phone. It was not an ideal way to ask but Claire decided to
leave a message.
"Hi Ange dear, it's me Claire. Bernie's just asked me to marry him and
I've said yes. Now I was thinking like, that I'd like you to be my Maid
of Honour. I mean you got us together and we owe it all to you so please
say yes. It'll mean so much to me for the start of my new life."
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There were times when he could answer a mobile and times when he
couldn't. When he was in the middle of work he could hardly answer
Angela's mobile as Angela. Answering Angela's phone as Anthony would
have been impossible so he just let it ring. When he went to the toilet
a short while later he listened to the message.
His first thought was what a sweet thought of Claire to think of Angela,
then he realised that he had already said that he'd be Bernard's best
man. But he couldn't let Claire down either. As long as the stag do and
the Hen night party were on different nights he could cope with that,
but how could they both be at the Wedding at the same time?
Anthony decided that Angela would call Claire back and accept tonight.
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Mark had made no progress with finding the mysterious Angela and then
last week he found out that Mrs Clemence had suffered a stroke and
after a few days stay in hospital she had been taken to a care home. All
her money was diverted to the cost of her care in the home and when Mark
had gone to see her he had found that she her speak was slurred at best
and was very hard to make out. The nurse in the home had kindly told him
that the state had taken on her estate now to pay for her care as she
had no living relatives left. Mark decided to give it up as a bad job,
getting money from the state to pay for his time and expenses could take
years and he wasn't even guaranteed to get anything at the end of it.
The case had become more to Mark than money it was a matter of
professional pride now, though the money was important to him as well,
what with Theresa constantly on his back. It was a mystery of epic
proportions. Sherlock Holmes, Miss Marple and Poirot had all faced such
impossible mysteries and won. Mark saw himself in the same category and
was determined not to be defeated this time even if there was no money
involved.
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Claire had only been to London as a tourist before, but today she had
headed instead to Television centre for a screen test. It was some
television thing to ensure that potential talent could be at ease on the
screen and as a potential guest presenter she would have to go through
this process.
She sat in a waiting room with 5 others, all needing to do a screen test
for one reason or another. She was sure that she knew the man sat next
to her and then it came to her. It was Gavin Rodgers the Rugby player
who nearly died in the Mumbles a few months ago.
"Oh, hi you're Gavin Rodgers aren't you? I'm Claire Hughes, so nice to
meet you."
Gavin turned politely to Claire and replied, "Yes that's me."
"Oh are you alright now? I mean a heart attack is a serious thing."
"I think I'm going to be even more famous than for nearly dying than
playing top class Rugby these days. Yes I'm fine now thanks to the
mysterious woman who saved me."
"You don't know her then?" Claire was shocked that the woman who saved
him was a still a mystery.
"No, this Angela Clemence has seemingly disappeared from the face of the
Earth. " Gavin said somewhat discontulantly.
"Oh my God! Angela Clemence? She's my maid of honour at my wedding"
Claire couldn't believe it.
"Really? I've been trying to meet her to thank her for months now. What
a small world!" Gavin seemed excited at the news.
"I tell you what why don't you come along to my wedding and you can see
her there and thank her then." Claire offered. "Besides all my
girlfriends will be so jealous I have a celebrity coming to my wedding."
Claire's mind was already hard at work fixing Angela up with this hunky
Rugby player that she'd saved.
"I'd love too," Gavin replied. "Let me write down my address for you to
send the invitation. I don't suppose you have her number so I can talk
to her before then?"
"Sure, she's just got a mobile so I'll give you her number."
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Anwyn was in a foul mood. Things at work were not going well. She'd been
assigned to a new manager as PA two weeks ago, one Wesley Caplin who
headed up the loss investigation unit of the Northern Bank. In theory it
was a promotion, but in fact he treated Anwyn as his personal slave to
do all the nasty little chores that he didn't want to do. Anwyn had
liked her old boss, the kindly old Mr Slocombe, but she couldn't really
turn down the move as it had a pay rise attached. Mr Caplin was supposed
to be dealing with the mess that resulted from the robbery some weeks
back, though he seemed to spend an inordinate amount of time in secret
meetings and would not tell Anwyn where he was so she couldn't keep his
diary straight. What's more he had an annoying habit of slapping her on
the behind and had made her stay late tonight to book the theatre for
his wife.
To cap all this work aggravation, she'd got home to find that "Angela"
had been borrowing her makeup and left it half opened on her dressing
table. Her favourite top she'd noted also was slung on the bed and had
been stretched what with Angela's breasts being somewhat larger than her
own.
"Angela, what have I told you about messing with my stuff!" Anwyn yelled
out. Sometimes it was hard not to separate Anthony and Angela as he
behaved very differently when he was in disguise she'd noted. There was
no reply so she tried again.
"Angela, get you fat bum here this instant. I want a word with you!"
Again she was met with silence, so she headed upstairs to find her
boyfriend. She entered the spare room, containing all the disguises and
clothes but that too was empty. Angela's mask was missing from the wig
stand as were the body prosthetics. Then it hit her. "Angela" had her
first appointment tonight with the dressmaker for her bridesmaids outfit
along with the other two bridesmaids. Anthony had told her that Claire
had felt it was a great opportunity for the three of them to bond
together before the wedding.
She threw her bag against the wall in temper. She loved Anthony and she
liked the thrill of disguise, but when Anthony was Angela he was
starting to become her more and more. And Angela was turning into a real
prima-donna who loved all the attention she could get. It was dangerous
for him, especially with the private detective snooping around and
dangerous for their relationship. He'd taken a big risk leaving the
house as Angela tonight. What would it take for this whole thing to come
collapsing down around their ears? She resolved that she would have
words with him later. Besides he was yet to explain to her how exactly
he could be both best man and the maid of honour at Claire's wedding.
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The dressmaker who was a friend of Claire's lived in a nice part of
Upper Killay and Angela adjusted the hem of her skirt and checked her
stockings were straight before she nervously knocked on the door. A
woman in her thirties with a short brown bob answered the door.
"Ah, you must be Angela. The others are already here. I'm Caitlin Jones,
do come in."
Angela said her thanks and followed Caitlin into the living room where
she found two other women, one who she knew and the other whom she'd
never met before. The woman she knew Theresa Entwhistle-Houghton she'd
met many months back in Swansea whilst dressed as Claire. Claire had
attended Theresa's wedding to Mark soon after and they'd been friends
since school, though Theresa's contact with Claire had noticeably
dropped off after the whole drink-driving scandal. Now that Claire was a
semi-celebrity going to be on TV, Theresa had been cultivating the
relationship again. Anthony was not keen on such a fair-weather friend
but it wasn't his (or Angela's) place to comment.
The other woman was much younger, around 17 years of age with long blond
hair and was stood on a small podium nearly naked except her underwear
and some heels and was holding a tape measure up to her bust. This was
Claire's niece Bethany who was still at school taking her 'A' levels.
Bethany smiled as Angela came in.
"I would offer you a cup of tea Angela, but I'm just in the middle of
measuring Bethany," Mrs Jones told her. "If you can wait a bit I'll
stick the kettle on after I've finished and we can have a cup before I
take Theresa and your measurements." Caitlin checked the tape around
Bethany's bust then took it and began measuring the other dimensions of
her body.
"You're Angela then," Theresa started bluntly, "Claire's new 'friend'.
I'm Theresa and I've known Claire since we were 11 at school together."
Something in her tone said to Anthony that she thought she had priority
on friendship with Claire and that Angela was an interloper.
"Yes, nice to meet you." Angela kept her cool, she didn't want to make
an enemy of Theresa if she could help it.
"So how long have you been a woman then?" Theresa asked pointedly. It
was very direct and showed that Claire had told her that Angela was a
Transsexual. Anthony decided he'd have to improvise, though he was
irritated at the other woman for bringing it up.
"I transitioned three years ago," Angela replied evenly. She spotted
Bethany's eyebrows shoot up. Clearly Claire hadn't told her and she was
getting annoyed with Theresa.
"So do you miss your male appendage?" This was getting quite personal.
"Er, no that's why I had it removed" Angela tried hard not to sound
irritated.
"Oh well that's good then, we're all girls together now. I suppose that
a girl like you has trouble joining sports clubs. I'd have to check at
the tennis club what the rules are on changing rooms for your type of
'girl'." Theresa really was starting to be down-right insulting. Angela
wondered just what had gotten her so riled, and then he figured it out.
She wanted, no expected to be the maid of honour at Claire's wedding.
The fact that some interloper had come along and usurped her made
brought out the poison.
"I suspect the rules allow all women to use the women's changing rooms."
Angela tried to keep her voice even. She hadn't come to pick a fight. "I
am legally female now."
"Well I've finished up with Bethany. You're up next Theresa, but first
I'll make the tea. Who would like a cup?" Caitlin interjected to steer
the conversation on to a new topic. Both Bethany and Angela indicated
they'd like tea, but Theresa had to be different.
"Do you have a Cappuccino with skinny latte? I never drink tea at home
anymore." Angela decided that being with Theresa was like being in the
third circle of hell and imagined instead her being down there, being
tormented by the devil.
"I'll see what I can do," she replied and headed into the kitchen.
Bethany got down from the plinth and began to slip back into her jeans
and T-shirt.
"I'm glad it's the summer, stripping in the winter even with heating on
might not be fun." Bethany attempted to restart the conversation whilst
Theresa took off her dress ready for her measurements.
"Yes I feel the cold too," Angela lied in response. The prosthetics and
mask actually kept him nice and warm, perhaps too hot on very warm days.
"So have you thought what you want to do when you leave school?"
"Well I plan to go to University, that is, if I get the grades I need
next year." Caitlin came back with the tea s and Theresa's cappuccino.
The conversation continued in a more relaxed way whilst she started to
measure up Theresa.
Then finally it came to Angela's turn to strip out of her skirt and top
ready to be measured.
"Is that skirt from Top Shop?" Theresa commented looking at the obvious
label that could be clearly seen in the lining. "I didn't know they did
a range for the older woman." Anthony as Angela took a deep breath and
tried to keep himself calm as he stood on the plinth and Caitlin measure
her.
"You're only as young as you feel. I think it goes quite nicely," Angela
said with great restraint.
"Well if you think so," Theresa replied doubtfully "but I think it would
suit young Bethany more."
Anthony made a mental note to himself that the Lord of Petty Revenges
would have a customer once this Wedding was over.
Caitlin finished up and told them that she'd get them all back
individually for a second fitting with the actual dress much to Angela's
relief. Now she'd only need to get through the Hen Party and the Wedding
itself which reduced the chances of her throttling Theresa by a large
margin. Angela got dressed again and looked over Caitlin's shoulder at
the measurements. She took a secret delight in the fact that she'd got a
bigger bust that Theresa. It was a small victory, but the only one she
was going to get at the moment.
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Anwyn had the television on downstairs when Angela came back through the
door. The news was on and it was once again dominated by the capture of
the man who had somehow robbed the Northern Bank disguised as a woman
and fooled all the Bank employees that she was one of them. Anwyn prayed
that Anthony never got any ideas like that and kept his hobby strictly a
private affair.
"Hi honey," Angela called out.
"I want a word with you missy," Anwyn shouted back. "And don't think you
can head upstairs to escape me. NOW ANGELA!" Anwyn heard Angela's
clicked approach on the wooden floor in the hallway.
"What's wrong honey?" Anthony said in his own voice still dressed as
Angela.
"You've been at my make-up again and you've ruined my best top. Why
can't you keep to your own things?"
"Sorry I was in a bit of a rush. I had to get home from work and get
ready as Angela real quick to get to the dressmakers. You don't want to
know what kind of crappy evening I've had."
"The rules are simple Angela. I let you exist and you steer clear of my
things. We go shopping together to ensure you have the clothes you need.
My clothes and stuff is not an extension of yours. Now go change. I want
my boyfriend back Angela as I need to talk to him about this wedding."
Anwyn waited downstairs in front of the TV whilst Anthony went to change
out of his disguise. She felt much better after her little rant, but
there was more she needed to talk about. Eventually Anthony came back
round the door and sat nervously on the other armchair.
"So what did you want to talk about then?" he asked.
"You still haven't told me exactly how you're going to be the best man
for Bernard at this wedding and the maid of honour for Claire?" Anwyn
demanded.
"Well the stag do and the hen party are easy. They're on consecutive
nights, so I can do the stag do on Friday and the Hen Party on
Saturday."
"And the wedding itself? I'd love to know how you are going to stand to
the right of Bernard as he best man and to the left of Claire as maid of
honour at the same time. That would be a neat trick."
"Well that's easy Anwyn," Anthony replied licking his lips. "I'll go as
Angela and you will be me."
"What?" Anwyn exclaimed.
"Yeah I've been working on the new mask for you for the past week and
it's nearly finished. Wanna have a look?"
Anwyn was shocked, outraged and intrigued all at the same time.
"Show me," she replied simply. With that she followed him upstairs and
he fished a box out of the dressing table draw. Inside the box was a
mask that looked very much like Anthony's own face.
"I just need to get you some coloured contact lenses so that you will
have my eyes and it'll be there." Anwyn was intrigued. She'd been Alex
now a few times in the pub and was starting to get a handle on it, but
impersonating her boyfriend was an entirely different matter. Alex's
thin ready voice would not work and she didn't think that she could pull
of Anthony's voice.
"That isn't going to work. There's no way I can impersonate your voice."
"Oh contraire, Anwyn fit the mask and start talking quietly in your
normal voice. I want to see if this works."
Still sceptical, Anwyn did as she was instructed. It felt strange
looking in the mirror and seeing her boyfriend's face.
"This is really not going .... O shit, how'd you do that?" Anwyn was
shocked as she was speaking with Anthony's voice.
"There's a voice changer module in the neck of the mask. It changes the
vibrations of the vocal cords to distort the output. You have to be
careful not to talk close to someone's ear as they'll hear your whisper,
but it amplifies the whisper and changes it to produce my voice. It's
based on the voice changing software that you can buy, but it took me a
long time to get right."
"That's friggin amazing. But there is one obvious question that you
still haven't answered. Why don't you go as yourself and let me go as
Angela?"
"What would be the fun in that?" was all the reply that Anwyn got from
him.
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It was later that evening when Angela's mobile phone rang. Anthony
dressed in his T-shirt and slacks answered in Angela's voice. He was not
expecting Claire to call.
"Hello Angela here."
"Angela. It's so good to finally hear your voice." It was not Claire. It
was a male voice on the line. Had that detective finally tracked him
down? The thought scared him.
"Who is this?" Angela asked.
"It's Gavin. Gavin Rodgers. You saved my life and I've never really had
a chance to thank you. I was wondering if we could meet up and let me
buy you dinner?"
"That's very kind of you, but my boyfriend might get jealous." The last
thing Anthony wanted was another date with a man. Particularly since the
last time he'd been on a dinner date he'd ended up being screwed.
"That's alright I'm married too Angela. Here's a thought how about you
bring your boyfriend and I'll bring my wife. That way neither of us can
get into trouble and I can still thank you. My treat!"
"Well if you put it that way I accept. Let me know what day you were
thinking and what restaurant you've booked." In response Gavin suggested
the best restaurant in the Grand Hotel in Swansea on Saturday night.
Angela was quick to agree before ending the call.
"Anwyn dear," he called out. "I think I have the perfect test for your
new disguise."
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Angela had insisted upon buying a new outfit for the dinner that
Saturday and had been forced to agree to get a new casual suit for
"Anthony". So it was that Anwyn disguised as Anthony lead "her" into the
restaurant and after being given a nudge by his girlfriend asked the
waiter for the table booked by Gavin Rodgers. The waiter obliged by
showing them to a table where Mr Rodgers and his wife were already
seated.
Anwyn noticed immediately that Gavin's wife Charlotte Brunfeld was a
stunner. Her whole sense of style made Angela look like a tramp. Anwyn
was not surprised as she'd seen pictures of Charlotte in magazines
plenty of times, but she was just as stunning in person. Gavin, a big
smile on his face, introduced himself and then introduced his wife to
the couple.
"Gavin has been so looking forward to the meeting of his saviour ever
since the hospital. I think you hav made his day Angela." Charlotte
beamed. She spoke excellent English, but she still had a slight Germanic
accent that belied her true nationality.
"Sit down the pair of you." Gavin gestured. "What'll you have to drink?"
Anwyn ordered a pint of larger whilst Angela insisted she was fine with
a diet coke. One of the conditions that she'd imposed on this test was
that Angela had to drive and could not get drunk in any way. That left
Anwyn free to drink what she liked.
They chatted away merrily through the starter and the main course, Gavin
concentrating his questions on Angela, but politely asking a few to
Anthony. Anwyn knew enough about Anthony to be able to answer them
easily, and was secretly amused at some of the answers that Angela was
supplying about her fictional life. The Rodgers were good company and
Anwyn started to relax in her role as Anthony, particularly as she
wasn't being called on to tax herself much.
Once they finished the dinner Anwyn felt the need to pee. She
concentrated on trying to strut over to the loos as a man and on getting
the correct door. Once inside she headed for the urinals and decided to
put her new toy into action. It was so much easier to pee standing up
without having to pull all your underwear down. Anwyn aimed her fake
penis at the porcelain and began practicing her aim as another man moved
to the urinal next to her.
"Nice Jacket" she commented absently. The man looked at her as though
she had committed an act so unspeakable that she should be
excommunicated from polite society. The man just coughed loudly before
getting on with his business. Anwyn finished up and headed to the
basins to start to wash her hands. These toilets were much nicer than
the Gents in the King's Arms. Generally in her limited experience the
Gents were a tip compared to the ladies loos, but here in a posh
restaurant she guessed there wasn't much between them. She came back to
find both Angela and Charlotte heading off to the loo. She suspected
that Charlotte wanted a private girly chat and hoped that Anthony
wouldn't be too shocked.
"You're a lucky man Anthony to have such a wonderful woman as that."
Gavin commented as she sat back down. She bit back her first thoughts
about an answer; she really didn't want to give anything away to this
very nice man.
"Yes I am. Angela is a wonderful and caring person." Anwyn realised that
was true. It was what she'd seen in Anthony/Angela that day in Mumbles
and several times since then. It was just some of the rest of Angela she
was having trouble dealing with.
"Listen, I really don't know how to thank Angela enough, but I'll do
what I can. Say do you like Rugby?"
"Yes I do," Anwyn replied. She knew that Anthony did and whilst she
wasn't a big fan herself you couldn't go far without being exposed to it
in Wales.
"Great. I'll get you tickets to next year's Six-Nations games in
Cardiff. Angela can come too if she likes to watch Rugby."
"Oh yes. Angela is a big Rugby fan."
"Great. If there is anything else that I can do for the pair of you just
ask. Angela has my number now. "And I'll see you both at Claire Hughes
wedding too."
"Fantastic!" The fake Anthony replied. That was another person that
would be in the audience for her command performance. She still hadn't
completely forgiven Anthony for sticking her with doing the best man's
speech whilst he got to go to both the Stag and Hen nights.
The meal had been a resounding success and the new disguise and voice
changer had passed its first real test with flying colours. Angela
started the car and started to drive home.
"So do you want to be a woman full time then?" It had been worrying
Anwyn for ages. Anthony had been finding more and more excuses to be
Angela recently. The whole best man / maid of honour business had
brought that to a head in Anwyn's mind.
"No, definitely not. I wouldn't want periods for a start, but it's more
than that. I enjoy being able to relax and be someone else, be admired
and thought of as sexy, but that is just an escape for me. If I were
like that all of the time it would no longer be an escape and the edge
would start to come off it. You get a thrill from being Alex, I can tell
because it's something new and somehow thumbing your nose to society's
norms. But to do that all the time would become a drudge. You do
understand?"
Anwyn thought she saw what he was getting at and decided to change the
subject.
"So what did Charlotte want in the ladies then?" She enquired
innocently.
"She wanted to know," Angela replied somewhat embarrassedly, "whether I
knew how long it might take for Gavin to completely get his sex drive
back after his heart attack."
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Claire had heard some of the highlights from Bernard about the Stag
party the night before and from the report it sounded like it had all
been a pretty tame affair. She however wanted to know the real details
and decided to try and pump Angela for any information she might have
been able to extract from her friend Anthony during the course of the
Hen night.
The ladies had all arrived about half an hour ago and as was the
tradition an 'L' plate had be duly put on her back together with a pair
of devil's horns on her head to match her red outfit. The other ladies
were all in white and had angels wings and halos to complete the
ensemble. With ten minutes until the stretch limo was due to turn up
Claire was getting worried what had happened to Angela.
"I can always fill in for him. I mean her," Theresa offered.
"I'm sure she'll be here shortly." Claire hadn't figured just how much
Theresa's nose had been put out of joint when she'd decided to make
Angela the maid of honour.
She heard a knock on the back door and found Angela in a white dress, a
halo and wings keeping a low profile.
"I was beginning to think you'd forgotten," Claire told the figure in
white.
"No chance chuck. I'd not miss this for the world. Just a slight fitting
problem that's all. When the limo gets here let's head straight off."
Claire did not get a chance to really talk with Angela in the limo.
There were so many other girls chatting away to her that she never had
the opportunity. So when they hit the wine bar she bided her time,
opening all the gifts from the ladies until she had an opportunity. Her
gifts included a new Rabbit and Theresa asked Angela if she knew what to
do with it. Claire determined that she would have to put a stop to her
picking on Angela. When she wanted to be spiteful there was none better
than Theresa.
When Angela headed to the ladies Claire got up and followed her. It was
probably the only opportunity during the night that she'd have to talk
privately with her friend.
"I'm sorry about Theresa. I'll get her to stop," Claire began as they
entered the toilet.
"It grates a bit but I can handle it," Angela replied.
"I'm sorry; I should never have told her. I didn't realise that she
would take not being the maid of honour quite so badly."
Claire looked at her friend and then realised that she was hopping on
her heels and needed to go more urgently than her. She motioned for her
to go to the stall and took the one next to it.
"Did you find out anything from Anthony about what actually happened at
the Stag do?" She asked. For a minute all she could hear was the sounds
of urination in the next stall before Claire got an answer.
"Well it depends on what you have heard. I didn't hear of anything
outrageous, but there was a strip-o-gram there apparently. Loads of
drinking until people were sick too. Anthony was not a well man this
morning." Claire was somewhat relieved. She'd heard some wild stories
about Stag parties and though she didn't really approve of strip-o-grams
it was a minor thing.
"I hope Anthony recovers. Bernard was a bit groggy this morning too
though I was relieved he was not naked and tied to a lamp post in
Llandudno. You do hear some stories. How'd the final dress fitting go?
Is it all OK?" She heard a flush and the next door stall opening.
"Very well, though Caitlin will have to take the waist in a touch as
I've lost a bit of weight. I should have come to see you try your
wedding dress on. Sorry but I had something else on. Still I'll be there
to help you on the day." Claire exiting the stall and watched as Angela
primped and touched up her makeup in the mirror. She was becoming so
much more natural for someone not born to it.
"I will sort Theresa out don't you worry. You'll have no more snide
comments from her tonight."
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Anthony didn't know what Claire had said to Theresa but whatever it was
it had stopped any direct bitchiness. He'd been fine chatting with the
other women in the Wine bar, but now they had moved on to the next venue
on their whistle-stop tour. The Whole Monty was an act that had started
off the back of the film and been touring nationwide. They had been
lucky to get tickets. Anthony wasn't sure that lucky was the right word,
but Angela certainly should be appreciating it. Angela dutifully clapped
along as the men on stage began to remove their clothing and she even
threw in a whistle of appreciation to make sure that everyone else knew
that she was enjoying it.
The problem was that she wasn't really enjoying it. For starters Anthony
was still recovering from all the beer he'd had the previous night and
the white wine he'd been drinking earlier hadn't mixed well in his
stomach. Quite frankly he was not doing at all well. This was in part
due to the drink but also due to the tight waist clincher that he had
underneath his bodysuit to give Angela her shape. Sometimes you had to
suffer a bit for true femminity, but Anthony considered that perhaps on
the face of it that this was a little too much. The company of the other
ladies had for the most part been great, Theresa excepted, but he wasn't
in the mood for it as he felt he should be. Finally having to watch men
strip was not his idea of good entertainment. Angela should be loving it
though so he had to force himself to try and seem to be enjoying it
which made the whole thing considerably less enjoyable.
It got worse when the Hen-party was 'specially' invited back-stage to
meet the group after their performance. Anthony had not been feeling
good and had been apart from the others watching as various groups were
lead off and arrived back after 10 minutes later. The groups of various
friends and other Hen-parties had each it seemed had been specially
invited to meet the group. So when Angela trouped after the others back-
stage she felt really 'special'.
The ladies were invited to pick out one of the group, touch their oiled
chests and put a ?5 note down the skimpy pants they were wearing.
Eventually it came to Angela's turn to pick her choice of hunks. Anthony
really didn't care for the whole thing, but as Angela he picked the
young lad who no one else had picked. Angela obediently felt up the
man's chest and opened the man's pants to get it over with when the
whole wine and beer constricted in his stomach took the opportunity to
make a desperate bid for freedom. Angela tried her 'best' not to
decorate the lad with her sick but somehow failed in that endeavour.
"I'm so sorry," she said quickly and then turned headed for a bin in the
corner and continued to throw up. When she finished Angela opened her
purse and gave the escort who had brought them into the room a ?20 to
apologise to the performer and then headed to the ladies to clean up.
Though he'd not done it deliberately it had been the best part of the
night for Anthony.
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Mark had not really wanted to go to the wedding but it was an old friend
of his wife's from school who was getting married and she'd insisted. He
vaguely remembered this Claire from his own wedding to Theresa but there
had been so many people he'd been introduced to that it was hard to put
a face to them all. Still there'd be free food there and perhaps some
dancing afterwards so he would put up with it.
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Angela had got up early to get to the hotel where the wedding and
reception were happening later in the day. She had to be there early to
get into her bridesmaid's dress and then help Claire get dressed in her
wedding dress. Angela had declined the offer of letting the hairdresser
do her hair as well as Claire's since the hairdresser would spot that
she was actually wearing a wig. As a result she'd had to get up at 6
a.m. to bath and style the wig adding the various grips in to keep it in
the right style. Anthony was thankful that Anwyn had helped him as he
would never got it right without her. Anwyn didn't need to get ready yet
as the frock coat, waistcoat and bow tie would not take her long to get
on.
Angela entered the inner sanctum of Claire's wedding to find the
hairdresser just finishing applying the curlers and putting her under
the hair dryer. Claire's mum was fussing around and turned to greet her
maid of honour warmly. Whilst Claire was under the hairdryer, Angela
started to get on the underskirt of her bridesmaids dress. Claire's mum
then helped her get into the pale green dress and zipped her up at the
back. Angela then spent a few minutes admiring herself in the mirror.
She'd never had a dress made specifically for her before and she wanted
to savour every moment of it. Claire's mum then kindly offered to do
Angela's nails and by the time they were dry Claire was out of the hair
dryer.
They had to get Claire in and out of her wedding dress three times
during the morning whilst getting ready. The dress was not designed for
a lady to use the loo and in that Angela was thankful. Although her
bridesmaid's dress was awkward in the loo it was manageable. It was not
something that Anthony had thought about before.
Eventually they were ready for the service and they waited in the wings
for the wedding march to start. As maid of honour Angela got to hold the
train and Bethany and Theresa held the flowers next to her.
The music started and the entered the large hall.
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Mark had been trying to look at the football score for the early
Saturday game on his phone when the wedding march started. He was on his
own in brides side seats as Theresa was a bridesmaid, but he felt it his
duty to watch the whole thing. Theresa would notice if he was playing on
his phone all through the ceremony. He looked up to the bridal party and
got the shock of his life. The woman he'd been searching for all this
time was walking behind the bride holding her wedding train. At last
he'd found Angela Clemence!
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Anwyn stood to the right of Bernard at the front of the hall waiting for
the bride to arrive. She was nervous. Bernard had not noticed the
difference in Anthony so far but that was probably as he'd had 3 pints
and a whiskey chaser whilst he waited. He was not the sharpest knife in
the box normally but with a bit of beer in him for courage he was much
less observant. She wasn't nervous about that. She was nervous because
she'd have to make a speech in public, something that shy nervous Anwyn
would never have done.
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Claire was on top of the world. Bernard was here as were all her
friends. Angela and the other bridesmaids looked lovely in their new
dresses, and even Gavin Rodgers and his wife had made it to the
ceremony. When the register asked her to repeat the words she did so
with confidence and Bernard managed to do the same without any slurring,
though he'd clearly had a few. It was all complete when the register
pronounced them man and wife. Claire let Bernard lead her to the book to
make it official and Angela and Anthony came to sign as witnesses.
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Mark couldn't do anything throughout the photographs as the photographer
was monopolising the time of all the key participants in the wedding.
Then he had to wait again whilst the bride threw her bouquet to the
assembled single women. He noted with interest that the person calling
herself Angela Clemence caught the bouquet. It was only then once the
rice had been thrown that he had an opportunity to go up to Angela and
confront her.
"You are a fake," Mark informed her.
"I don't know what you mean," the woman replied.
"The real Angela Clemence died six months ago in an accident. You might
look like her and sound like her, but you are not her."
"I don't know what you mean. I changed my name by deed poll three years
ago to Angela. I used to be a man." That floored him for a second, but
he had his target in his sights now.
"Poor Mrs Ruth Clemence got the shock of her life when she saw her dead
daughter on Television. I think that might be why she had a stroke last
month. She couldn't take the shock of seeing her dead daughter again.
Now she's in Sunnysides Home living in misery."
"Look I don't know why you think I look like this other Angela but I was
Andrew and now I'm Angela. It's not my fault if I look like someone
else."
At that point of the discussion Gavin Rodgers stepped up between his
target and Mark. Mark instantly recognised the former Welsh scrum half.
"Look stop bothering Angela," he threatened. "I don't care if she used
to be a man or anything else. All I know is that she has a great heart
and she saved my life."
"But you have to know that she is a fraud," Mark continued.
"She is as real as you and me and I'm warning you if you don't stop
bothering her I'll have to take action." Mark didn't get the hint.
"I have evidence. You don't understand the pain she's caused Mrs
Clemence. She's a fraud." With that statement Mark pushed Angela and
unable to balance on her heels she fell.
Mark did not see the punch come and indeed remembered nothing more of
the wedding that day.
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Everyone went to help Angela up and comfort her except Theresa who went
to see to her floored husband. They were all so nice to her and she was
given a stiff drink to help her with the shock. After all those months
hiding from the private detective it was all the rotten luck that he was
invited to the wedding.
No one seemed to take the detective that seriously and Anthony thought
that for now it all seemed to be smoothed over. He knew however that it
wasn't over as that detective now knew how to find him. However that
would be a problem for another day. Today at least he could concentrate
on ensuring Claire and Bernard had a good day and a happy future.
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It had been the sort of thing that Anwyn had been fretting over for
months but thankfully the outburst had not been taken that seriously by
the guests determined to enjoy the wedding. With the meal now over
though Anwyn had to deal with one more thing that she'd been fretting
over. The best man's speech. Anthony had written the speech for her, as
he knew his mate well, but she would have to read it. Not read it, but
give the speech. There was a real difference she knew.
"Today we've come to celebrate the wedding of my best friend. Oh and
Bernard's wedding too." She'd mis-worded and mistimed the first joke
badly but it still got a titter. Anwyn started to believe that maybe she
could pull this off.
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The happy couple had started with the first dance, but after that the
maid of honour and the best man joined them. Anthony noticed that Anwyn
dressed as him wa