Peter and Rosie Columbo drove up the country road to a nice secluded
cabin as the Indian summer's sun was shining bright during its descent
behind the mountains. They were both enjoying the bright sunlight in
the background which helped to bring a pop to the changing color of
the foliage. The gathering song of the birds which were beginning their
migration was soothing.
Peter was so happy to be spending some quiet time away from the hassle
of both his job and the city with this spare of the moment getaway his
wife suggested last night. The cabin being six miles away from any cell
phone service was a huge selling point to him. Work was the main reason
Peter wanted the tranquility which the secluded cabin offer. He just
earned a promotion into middle management at Paulson Corp and it was
his first time being in charge of a group of people. The new manager
found that helping his team to meet their goals was the easy part of
his job. The hard part was dealing with his employees..
Peter never knew that so many people thought that the rules did not
apply to them. There was a reason people need to be on time, it helped
the team stay on their schedule. Even if the new boss knew those people
stayed late on their own dime, they still needed to call him if they
would be late. Also just because someone stayed late that does not mean
they can start at their preferred time There was a schedule and if they
needed it to be change then they needed to talk with Peter. His
management style was going to be to make sure he gave the people
underneath everything he could for them to succeed. Peter knew was easy
to work around people not being at work during the normal working hours
if there was advance notice.
Then there was people who did not understand the dress code. Why was it
hard for some of the guys to wear ties all day long. It was clearly
stated in the employee handbook, men must wear ties, button down
shirts, and a blazers, sports, coat or suit jacket must be worn on all
days other than casual Fridays. The ladies had more leeway and some of
them took the inch they were given and tried to make it a mile. The
company they worked for wanted a wholesome image and the conservative
dress code helped make sure the office employees looked how they wanted
the public to perceive the company.
Dealing with Sheila Romano, one of the ladies on his team, was another
reason the man who was starting to feel the stress of being in charge
was happy his wife planned an unexpected getaway. Earlier today he had
to give the lady who was giving him issues her final warning. That
added to the stress for if and when he had to fire her that would lead
to more grief at home.
Rosie did not respect the fact that her husband had to treat her friend
as an employee while at work. She would pester him on giving Sheila
more leeway than he already did. Rosie also did not want to hear his
side when the topic came up. She accused him of not listening to her
for Peter would bring up the same points each time Sheila violating the
dress code came up.
In Rosie's eye it did not matter the trouble her friend was causing her
husband. If Rosie wanted to mention her friend her husband should not
bring up any of her shortcomings and why he did not want to talk about
her.
Peter did not want to talk about Sheila for the reaction his wife had
from him saying his opinion about her. They did say the same same thing
and conversation sounded like a broken record. It was just for dealing
with Sheila irked him and why should he have to deal with it in his
personal life if he could not express how he felt. Peter did not want
to waste his time thinking about the negative and Sheila actions were
and did affect him negatively.
Peter had no issue talking about Sheila other than his wife wanted it
to be a one way conversation. She could talk about her but he could not
express anything about the issues those two had. That was not having a
conversation, talking with someone. It was talking at someone.People
need to be able to hear the good and bad about the topic which was
being discussion.
Rosie was not open to hearing about the dress code. That code was just
a way men tried to control women. The code was about the length of
skirts and the how low a neckline could be. Rose took the code as
trying to personally control people, instead of being for work. It was
just a way for men to say to the other sex, this was how you dressed.
As they drove to the cabin Peter would glance over and all that stress
started to melt away. The passenger thought about how lucky he was to
have his wife. Rosie was smart enough to know that sometimes even a man
wanted to be pampered.
Peter needed the pampering Sheila butting heads with him over the same
issue was getting on his last nerve. The level headed man never thought
that someone could actually be stubborn enough to be close to being
fired over not following a dress code. If Sheila's supervisor was
anyone else at Paulson Corp she would had been shown the door a couple
of weeks ago.
The dress code was conservative and strict. Young Mister Paulson
implemented it after a sexual harassment lawsuit filed by Tim Rodgers.
Before any real details were released the case was settled out of
court. Of course there were some wild rumors. The workers knew it had
to be bad for the company's CEO, Faith Paulson, was forced out before
her planned "early retirement". Then Young Mister Paulson had to come
back to fill the position as they searched for her permanent
successor.
Faith's father was known as young Mister Paulson since the day he
started working at his father's company 60 years ago. Him having to
give up retirement and doing so much damage control made it so young
Mister Paulson put in safeguards to lessen the chance of any more bad
publicity with sexual harassment. Also he wanted to make sure the work
environment fit the friendly family positive atmosphere he wanted. He
knew the best way to get good productivity was to have happy workers in
a safe environment.
To Sheila the dress code was too strict in her eyes. Young Mister
Paulson needed to get in the 21st century and quit being a prude. In
truth, the dress code just made sure the work environment was
professional. People were there to work and not to put on a fashion
show or flaunt their bodies.
Sheila was not affected by the new dress code policy at first for her
supervisor turned a blind eye to her breaking it. That was the reason
he was let go. The lady who wanted to express herself at work thought
it was wrong and was not going let whoever took over change her
wardrobe. When the fashion rebel heard it was Peter Columbo she
believed she would still be able to skirt the rules. There would be no
way he would expect her to follow the dress code, his wife was a close
friend of hers.
Sheila was sadly mistaken to think that Peter was going to play
favorites while at work. He wanted to move up in the company and knew
that the best way was to separate his business life from his personal
life. The aspiring titan of industry called Sheila in his office the
first day to talk about the miniskirt she was wearing. Peter was happy
with how he handled the situation. He made sure that no one knew what
the talk was about, did it in private and had a conversation instead of
just talking down to Sheila
The lady who thought she was chastised could not believe that her
friend's husband would humiliate her like that. Sheila lived in
America and she had the God given right to wear what she wants when she
wanted to. Her being called into his office became an almost daily
occurrence. What drove Sheila to the breaking point to think that Peter
needed to learn a lesson was when he told her she needed to wear a bra
or a cami.
Peter did tell his underling needed to wear a bra or cami but she
conveniently forgot the rest of what her supervisor said. She heard
only what she wanted to hear so she could feel she was in the right.
The man who wanted everyone to follow the rules said the rule breaking
employee needed to wear a bra or cami with that blouse.
That day her white linen blouse was slightly tight and had a fine
thread count. Everyone could see her nipples areolas and nipple
piercings through the thin material.The look was an unprofessional one
and classy spelled with a k.
The loving couple finally reached the secluded cabin and all Peter
wanted to do was drop their bags off and then hold his wife's hand as
they walked a path through the woods. He so wanted them to immersed
themselves in the serenity of nature. Rosie asked her husband to take
her bags into the bedroom and when Peter came back in after getting
Rosie was in the bedroom.
Peter eagerly called for his wife to come out, he did not want to miss
the last rays of sunlight on their leisurely stroll. He smiled when she
asked him to close his eyes. Peter knew his Rose Petal had something
special planned for him. Rosie's Destiny loved it when his wife had a
surprise for him.
Standing there the excited man was anticipating what his wife had in
store for him, Peter jumped a little when he felt a band of cool smooth
fabric goes across his clenched eyes. Then the inquisitive man tensed
up some when he felt her tie the band. Rosie then seductively whispered
into Peter's ear "The walk can wait. Take my hand and I will lead you
into the bedroom for the real reason we are in such a private area."
Peter lost interest in the walk and went into the sensual mode as he
received the first part of Rosie's surprise. The blindfolded man also
knew that after they spent some time together in the bedroom they could
walk in the moonlight. The light would be bright because of the full
Hunter's Moon. He knew he would so enjoy how romantic the walk would
be. Peter put aside his desires to follow what his wife wanted so he
could be of his wife exploring her erotic side.
As they walked into the bedroom Rosie did not feel any guilt for the
ambush waiting for her destiny in the other room. His Rose Petal has
told Peter many times that he needed to quit being so harsh on her
friend. Peter would say he was not being harsh and only doing his job.
Rosie did not like that Peter would contradict what she was saying
about his actions. Her husband blowing her off about his treatment of
Sheila was not as bad as him getting someone closed to being fired to
make a point. He needed to see it from a woman's point of view.
Rosie knew Peter was ambitious but was saddened that her man could be
so cold to others that he would ruin someone's life to get ahead.
Rosie's friend close to being fired over something trivial like a dress
code would only show Peter was petty. The change in behavior had to be
from the pressure to perform. Rosie saw how much the stress was getting
to her man. Yeah, it was a dirty trick Rosie was going to play on her
husband, but by the end of the weekend he would thank her because his
priorities will straighten out.
Rosie was also confident that Peter would get over the transgression
which was about to be done on him for he was her Destiny. Rosie call
Peter My Destiny for they were soulmates. She knew that they were would
meant to be with each other so there was no way she could be making a
mistake. Plus, even if she miscalculated what she was doing love means
never having to say you are sorry.
Rosie was mistaken about the truth behind that bumper sticker slogan.
First love is too complex to have its essence distilled down to a
simple sentence. Love means one has a primal need to say sorry when
they done the other wrong. A partial truth in that saying is love makes
it unlikely that a person would do wrong to someone they loved. This
was for people put the wants of others who they love in front of their
own. They would much rather go without than be without the owner of
their heart.
Another partial truth in that platitude was the person who was wrong
would be more likely to forgive when the transgressor saw the errors of
their ways without hearing sorry. It was easy for anyone to forgive
another and only the naive would forgive and forget without reason. The
wise only forgive and forget when they are invested emotionally in the
other and had faith the wrong would not be repeated. One should not
forget the actions if they believe it would happen again.
As they reached the bedroom Rosie instructed her soon to be student to
stand where she left him. The lady who was going to teach an important
life lesson slowly unbutton her man's shirt. Peter actually started to
tremble a little from looking forward to how great their time together
was going to be. He knew that his wife was going get pleasure from
being able to express yet another repressed desired she had.
Once his shirt was unbuttoned Rosie led Peter to the bed and gently
laid him down on it. For a second it did bother her that her Destiny
was not going to be happy about the upcoming events. That quickly left
her for he needed to learn this lesson and also he would be a better
person by Sunday. It was worth a bad weekend for Peter to have personal
growth.
As Rose put the medical adhesive on Peter's chest the man was not
expecting what was coming thought of best case scenario. Rosie's better
half knew it was some sort of edible gel. Oh that little vixen was
going to prolong foreplay and try to bring Peter to a sexual frenzy
where he was only focus on doing any action which would make his wife
allow him to finally reach climax. He was thinking about how much he
was going to enjoy having to pleasure his wife to finally get his
pleasure.
Then all of a sudden he felt to plastic mounds being pushed onto his
chest. The pressure his wife was had on those mounds and the bond the
drying gel was making between his chest and whatever was on it snapped
the feeling of pleasure away from Peter.
The concern man hastily removed the homemade silk blindfold from his
eyes and looked down at his chest. His eyelids and pupils widen as he
saw breast forms and then he started to laugh. Peter found out
something which he would had never expected, Rosie was the kinkiest
lady he was ever with. The man who thought he knew his wife would have
never pegged her being into gender play.
Finding out this new detail about what Rosie wanted in the bedroom made
the loving husband feel good about the relationship and their love.
Rosie trusted in him was so strong she shared this fantasy which many
found perverted. Peter said, "Rosie, sorry about removing the
blindfold. I just needed to know what was going on. You could have told
me you were into gender play. I will not say no to any of your sexual
desires as long as they are safe, sane, and consensual between us."
Hearing how supportive her husband was about fulfilling her sexual
fantasy made Rosie's confidence in him being open to the lesson grow
exponentially. If her man was open to gender swapping in the bedroom,
then having him see how wrong he was forcing a dress code on Sheila
easy. Sheila was just expressing who she was.
"Oh I am not into that My Destiny. I want you to know some of what a
woman has to deal with when going out in public. Maybe then you would
quit getting on Sheila about the dress code at work."
Peter went from being supportive to his wife exploring her hedonistic
side to annoyed about her bringing up Sheila flaunting the dress code
again. Each and every time Peter's treatment of Sheila came up they got
into the same fight. It was frustrating to both of them. Peter for he
had to bring up the same point time and time again and Rosie for she
believed that with Peter saying the same points he was not listening to
her.
Peter having to take disciplinary actions against an employee who was
his wife's friend was not and should not had been a topic of
conversation for them. Rosie wanted to support her friend and not see
it from her husband's point of view. She was not seeing Peter as
Sheila's boss but as the spouse of one of Sheila's friends. A man
telling a woman how to dress. This should have been solved a long time
ago, yet Rosie had to bring up Peter being wrong time and time again.
She thought that her husband was being childish and stubborn for not
wanting her to talk about it.
There were topics which even a couple should not talk about if one of
them did not want to hear what the other had to say about it. Rosie
did not want to hear why Peter had to take those actions or why he had
to treat her friend as an employee and was getting to have a low
opinion of her friend. She just wanted him to stop disciplining Sheila.
"What? You have to drop this. You will not listen to me when we talk
about it. You cannot bring up something and then get mad at hearing
what I have to say about the topic. It is simple. You don't like what I
have to say about Sheila then don't bring her up.
I don't bring her up with her being your friend and me not having a
high opinion of her. I do not want my feelings and interactions with
her to affect your friendship with her."
Rosie did not like that her husband told her she was not listening; for
she believed it was the other way around. It did not matter to her that
she would bring up the subject and not want to hear what he had to
say. Sheila was now a sensitive topic to him and she needed to respect
that.
"Peter, I do listen and we have been over this. You say the same things
instead of adding anything new. You need to see it from my point of
view. You need to see why Sheila does not want to follow the dress code
and she is right.
If you just follow what I say we will get along fine. Now you are going
to be wearing a dress until we leave here. This is so you see why the
dress code is not fair."
Peter yet out a uggh of frustration. All the stress the man wanted to
get away from just came to join them on this getaway. In fact, this
getaway was all about being with the stress. How could his wife do
this?. She knew that he needed to unwind after a long week at work.
"I do understand the situation from your point of view, that I should
give your friend special treatment. I will not see it from that for
playing favorites is a horrible way to manage a team. I will not treat
people differently for who they know. I will treat people differently
if that helps me get the most out of them and I will only do so within
the rules. Sheila wearing what she wants does not help me get better
work out of her and even if it did, what she wants to wear is against
company policy.
Now, go get the solvent to remove these ridiculous breasts."
Rosie did not like her husband was not going to come around to her way
of thinking. He should be putting her friendship with Sheila above men
telling women how to dress. She had to up his experience of how women
are seen even more now. She used the rational that he was not listening
as a way to convince herself her actions was not to punish him, but to
open his mind up to come to what she believed was the right conclusion
about the dress code, hers.
The lady who wanted things her way also started to see what Peter said
in a bad light, how dare he say breasts are ridiculous. They are part
of a human body and he should not see them in that manner. Then again
there was a lot of what Peter thought that he should not had.
"Now Petra. I am going to up the ante on what you have to do this
weekend as long as you argue with me."
"Don't call me Petra and also I do not have to do anything. I can say
what I want to say in response to what you say."
"Great now I have to do your makeup and hair. Listen you were open to
gender play when it was sexual. Why not do it now to learn a lesson? Do
this for me. You said you would do anything which is safe and sane as
long as it is between us. This is safe and sane.
If you spent the weekend as a woman, you will better understand Sheila
and start cutting her some slack."
Peter did not like what he was going to agree to. He knew agreeing to
this would make his wife think he was coming around to her way of
thinking. He was not going to. He agreed so he could instead figure out
a way out of this situation. He knew his views on the dress codes were
well thought out. He did not blindly agree with them.
The rules and reasoning behind the dress code was logical. It did not
force ladies to wear bras, the dress code was about the nipples of both
men and women to be covered. He only offer Sheila a solution to wearing
that blouse. He said bra for that is one of the undergarments women
wore. He also said cami. If it was a man he would had said T-shirt.
"Ok, I will do this. I will also drop the subject until Sunday so I can
have an open mind. Before I do so I have to say this. I gave Sheila a
lot of leeway. If I went totally by the book she would had been fired a
couple of months ago.
If you bring it up I will say what is on my mind. I will take into
account seeing it from a woman's perspective. I feel like I already did
but will do so again for you."
Rosie was happy for she did believe that by the end of the weekend her
husband was going to see the situation how she did. How could he not,
he was going to be treated like a woman for the weekend. "Now Petra get
changed and let's do your makeup for tonight. "
***********
Peter hated the first outfit his wife picked out for her. It was a
button up denim miniskirt, a blue and white striped ruffle cold
shoulder shirt and ankle boots the first outfit that Sheila wore on a
casual Friday with Peter in charge.Peter felt too much of his skin was
exposed. The woman for the weekend also felt self conscious when he
went to sit down. She knew if she did not do so properly her wife could
see her pink panties.
As Rosie did Petra's makeup and hair he was the only one talking. Peter
was not paying attention until she said finish. He asked her how to
remove the makeup and she told him.
Oh the other hand Rosie found the outfit to be cute. Petra had nice
legs and should show them off. If you had it you should flaunt it. That
was why Sheila loved to wear short skirts and dresses.
The lady who thought when her man came back from being a woman would
see things her way wanted to make sure Petra knew how nice she looked
and point out that Sheila was only trying to look nice. "Petra dear,
that is a great outfit. You have nice legs and should show them off
more often dear."
"Thank you Rose Petal. I do not like how I look or feel in this."
"Think like a woman. If you do then you will see why Sheila loves to
show off her legs. You have nice legs and should want people to see
them.This same outfit does so for Sheila, she was just flaunting her
good assets."
"I am seeing this like a woman and hate that I have to think before I
sit down or else people see my panties. I also have nothing against
someone wearing this outfit outside of work.
Work is not about showing off your body. A person should not draw
attention to themselves by showing off their legs."
"You are not seeing it like a woman. It is not Sheila's responsibility
if her clothes distract people from doing their job. She should be able
to wear this on a casual Friday."
"Like I said I am seeing it like a lady. Anyone who wants to wear this
can on their own time. It is not appropriate for work. Plus, you said
that Sheila is wearing this to flaunt what she has, so she does want
the attention of others in it."
"You are not listening and just saying the same thing Petra, so to help
open your mind tomorrow you will be wearing a sexy push up bra when we
go for a little hike in the woods. You will see why that should not
draw men's attention."
Rosie was not planning on the walk. There was a chance that people
might see them. The threat was just to make Peter think hard about not
wanting to be seen how someone else was making him dress.
"Rose I am listening to what you are saying. You have me disagreeing
confused with not hearing. We will have a different opinion on this
subject, and if you were Sheila boss you could handle it however you
wanted.
I really think you are wrong to punish me for I do not agree with you.
I respect what you think, you should do so with me. If you cannot then
you should not bring up the subject. I do not bring up how your friend
is causing me grief. I do bring up what she has done each time you
bring her up. This is so you understand I do not want to talk about her
without being able to saying what is on my mind."
"You need to not see this as a punishment. This is to open your mind."
" II am going to watch some TV, then go to bed. You should think about
if what you are doing is really to open my mind. If it is then you
would not increase what I have to do when I say something you do not
like. You know like the push up bra and the walk outside tomorrow."
We'll talk more about this when we are both level headed after a good
night sleep."
Rosie was mad that her husband was just so stubborn. Why could he not
just stay quiet about how he felt about Sheila? If Rosie brought her up
it was not to have a discussion with her husband it was to tell him
something. This was about how men should not be in control of what
women wore.His feelings about what she had to say was not important.
Why could he not see that just because it would not have happened if he
only had agreed with her? Rosie making him wear something was not
punishment. It was a teaching tool, come to the right conclusion or
else something bad was going to come from it. The name, makeup, and
clothes, and the walk were just Rosie giving her husband F's in the
quiz he kept on retaking. Rosie knowing that there would be no more
discussion retired to the bedroom. On her way out of the living room
she said, "Fine be that way. Don't forget to wear your nightgown
Petra."
**************
Rosie woke up and was ready to have a constructive conversation with
Peter. Before falling to sleep Rosie did give some thought to what her
husband said. Coming to the understanding how her husband was misguided
about what Rosie did made her feel bad about tricking him. Rosie knew
it was time to take the breasts forms off of him. After just having
that one night not being in control of how he dress should open his
mind. They would talked about how her Destiny felt about being forced
to dress how he did not want, then he should understand why he needed
to back off of Sheila. That women should have control over what they
wore.
Peter's Rose Petal reached over to give her man a hug. Instead of
feeling the warmth of Peter's body and soft satin of the nightie he was
wearing, she felt the coldness of a bed which has not been slept in.
She thought it was childish of him to sleep on the couch. Even with not
liking that he protested her trying to make him come along to her way
of thinking about the company's dress code; Rosie was still going to
end having him dress like a woman. After their talk Rose knew that
Peter was going to come around to her way of thinking and understood
the measures she took. His unhappiness with her would go away once they
were on the same page.
Rosie might of had empathy about why Peter did not want to share a bed
with her but she was going to make him pay for showing his anger. That
man did not do as she wanted so Rose was going to use the new power she
had over him . Now, instead of announcing that she was going to give
her husband the medical solvent, now that will not happen until after
breakfast. She was hungry so instead of letting Peter sleep in, Rosie
went to the couch to wake him up.
Turning the corner the lady could not help herself and joke when she
said, "Wake up sleeping beauty."
There was no response. The reason why the amauter comedienne got no
reply concerned her. The couch was empty. Where the hell could her
husband be? She knew Peter was not in the bathroom because she just got
done relieving herself. Rosie did not like the idea which came into her
head. That she was in that cabin alone and started to search for her
husband.
In haste she went to check the two other bedrooms. Both of those rooms
were empty. Her concern rose to a slight panic. Rosie stopped to
collect her runaway thoughts that Peter left her here. He would not
pull such a dirty trick on her. Plus, even if he was that devious, her
man would not be seen in public with breasts and in womens clothing.
Any money he was outside waiting for her to run out of the cabin in a
panic and have her call off this lesson. She was not going to give that
man the pleasure of seeing that.
Instead of taking the course of action her man assumed she would, Rose
calmly went to the kitchen to make herself a cup of coffee. Rosie might
have been hungry but she was not going to let Peter get out of making
breakfast. Peter was going to have to pay for pulling one over on her.
Now, her husband was going to have to wait to lunch until she took the
breast forms off of him and she would bring up the walk as much as
possible. On her way to get her cup of morning joe, She walked right
past where the cooler should have been. The lady, who did not like
getting her own medicine, was too caught up in making new plans for
this weekend to notice that Peter was not the only thing missing.
The discovery of the missing supplies did not happen until Rosie went
to get the can of coffee. It along with the sugar and the salt, and
pepper were also gone. That slight panic returned a little more
intense. Going to the fridge Rosie calmed back down, as she reassured
herself that Peter hid them. Knowing her husband would not leave her
all alone so far away from anywhere made Rosie able to keep the silly
thought that Peter was gone at bay. Those thoughts came back and became
more serious when she opened the empty fridge. Those thoughts of being
up on the mountain all alone brought back with them a certain sense of
panic to the uncertain woman.
The certain sense of panic grew when she saw a note left on the coffee
table by the couch. The note read: "You tricked me, so I tricked you
into believing we were going to talk this morning. I went home, see you
when you get there."
The hypocrite was pissed off at her husband. She could not believe that
Peter would use deceit on her. Not acting in good faith hurt how much
Rosie trusted him. Until Peter not being honest was rectified Rosie was
going to have a little doubt in anything Peter said. It was human
nature to be weary of someone when their actions do not match their
words.
***********
Rosie finally got home ten hours after she left the cabin. Even with
the journey being draining on her physically and mentally as soon as
she saw Peter chillaxing on the couch she was as filled with as much
potential energy as an atomic bomb and she was ready to go off on him.
"You never pull a stunt like that on me again. How can I trust you
when you left me at that cabin all alone? You took all the food and I
did not get anything to eat until I walked into Harrison City. That
walk took me over 2 hours. It took me all day to get home. How tired I
am tomorrow is lost. I will be in bed all day. I did not get to relax
this weekend because of you. You know that I need to recharge during
the weekend"
Rosie was not ready for Peter's response. She thought her husband would
see the errors of his ways with how mad she was. Instead Peter jumped
on her like a NASCAR pit crew did when they refuel a race car.
"Don't blame me for leaving you there. If you did not pull your stunt
we would have a nice relaxing weekend. You got me up there to have me
dress like a woman because your friend is close to being fired. You
know I need to relax also, but noooo you try to force me into agreeing
with you about something which is none of your concern."
"Women being
able to dress how they want is my concern. If you could not wear what
you wanted for the weekend you might understand. You get to wear what
you want to work."
"You think I like wearing a suit and tie? I don't. I would much rather
be in khakis and a golf shirt. Sheila just wants to not follow the
dress code which everyone else has to. Which everyone else in my
department has no issue in doing so."
"This is about you lying to me and setting me up to have to walk home.
You did not return any of my calls. I needed you to pick me up."
"Me lying to you!? You are the one who started the lying. I needed you
to take those breast forms off of me. You did not do so. I had to go to
the ER."
"I had to lie to you. You would not listen to me about how unfair you
are being to Sheila.
"If you would have waited I would have taken the breast forms off.
Could you? No you could not. You had to have things your way,just like
at work."
"I am not being unfair. I am her manager and she is not following the
rules. It does reflect good on me each time she flaunts the rules. If
she doesn't like the dress code, she can find another job.
"Also yes how I present my body has to be my way. It is my body so I
get to pick how I present it during my personal time."
"Oh come on. They do not care about the dress code. You are just trying
to make an example out of Sheila so your team think you are a hard ass.
Also, how about Sheila's right to present herself how she wants to."
"Rosie, notice I said during my personal time, work is not my personal
time.
"You know I don't want my team to think I am a hard ass. I want them to
think I am a good boss who treats all his employees the same. I can get
so much more work out of them if they know I am on their side. That is
why I have been giving Shelia so many chances. With what you did this
weekend, it might have been too many. You think I am some pushover who
you can walk all over."
"No, I don't. I just needed you to understand why you were wrong."
"You don't think I am some kind of pushover? I'm not wrong in wanting
people to follow the rules at work. This is more than a minor
infraction which I could turn a blind eye to.
You lied to me and did not think it would hurt my trust in you. You
deceived me and did not think that would affect how I feel about you.
You tried to force me to dress like a woman and did not think it would
hurt our relationship. You were going to have me go out in public
dress that way. Now that you treating me like I am a pushover."
"That hurts that you think I would have you be outside in a dress. Why
would you even think that I would do something like that to you?"
"Simple, you said it. With you putting breasts on me, calling me Petra,
having me wear makeup, making me wear that outfit. How could I not put
that past you?"
"I would never. I just wanted you to see people should not have to go
out in public being dressed how they don't want to be. It was just
about you having to think about it."
"Yeah right."
"You don't believe me."
"Breast forms glued onto my chest."
"You are going to throw that in my face from now on."
"Until I know you see that what you did was wrong; Yes I am. You did
something major. You really fucked up.
"You want to know why I did not answer when you called today? I did not
pick up the phone for I would have went off on you so bad. I was hoping
when you made it home you would have came to the understanding why you
were so wrong. You did not.
"I am going out. I do not want to be in your presence, my blood
pressure goes up just looking at you."
As Peter went towards the door Rosie said, "I'm not done."
That lady was nowhere near ready to be finished with this fight. That
long sojourn got her all revved up to have it out with Peter. That
little spar was only the first of the 15 round slobberknocker of a
fight she was ready and raring for. None of this mattered because the
bell for round one being over rang as Peter closed the door.
***************
Rosie was lying in bed simmering from the events of the weekend when
Peter came home. The lady who was ready for the second round was going
to come out swinging as soon as her husband open that bedroom door. She
waited for the bell to ring and it never did. The lady heard the door
of the extra bedroom close. As she was going to get out of bed to take
the fight to wherever her husband was going to sleep, she thought
better of it. The lady knew Peter still needed to cool off. Time will
help the conversation to go smoother.
Rosie still could not sleep even after making the decision. Her anger
was getting the best of her. How Peter was dictating the flow of the
conversation made Rosie feel like she was only reacting to him, instead
of having him listen. The conversation needed to be about women being
allowed to wear what they want. Rosie got out of bed. If the fight was
not coming to her she was going to the fight.
Rosie said, "Oh shit!" as she stumbled over the waste paper basket put
in the middle of the floor. That basket which seemed out of place was
not.It was a makeshift alarm system put in the path so Peter could have
peace of mind while sleeping.
Peter woke up and jumped out of the bed as his wife made a commotion.
"What the fuck where you going to do to me now while I was
defensiveness?"
"Nothing, I was sleeping when you came home. You woke me up and I told
you we were are not done. Don't walk out of me in the middle of a fight
ever again."
"Oh bullshit, you were still up when I came home."
The question and then the disbelief of her answer were a quick one two
combo which staggered Rosie. She was pushed back and quickly became a
dope on the ropes. The lady who backpedal into a corner cover up to
protect herself from any more false accusations. "Look I have nothing
with me, so I could not do anything to you."
"Then leave the room, I do not want to speak with you."
"No, you need to learn not to pull a stunt like that on me again."
"But it is fine for you to pull your stunts on me?"
"I told you why I did it."
"And I told you why I left you. I'm tired and not in the mood to just
repeating the same things over and over again. Just leave this room."
Peter being tired was the opening Rosie was looking for. The lady
almost threw a haymaker; instead she pull back. The attack might leave
her vulnerable to a quick counter attack. She also knew there was a
good chance those two would just spend the rest of this round dancing
in the middle of the ring. So with the bell marking the end of the
second round Rosie went back to her corner to recuperate and regroup.
*********
Even with Rosie jumping up and down ready for the start of the third
round the bell did not ring until the end of the evening. Even with
them not being in the same room the tension between those two made the
air filled with electricity. This charge made the hair on their arms
stand. Peter not coming into the bedroom again to sleep was the
ignition to all the explosive fumes in the air. He could give Rose the
silent treatment, but he was not going to be so petty as not to share
their bed with her.
"Gott dammit Peter, we might be mad at each other, but you should be
mature enough to come to bed with me."
"Listen here Rose, I am not in the mood to be around you. You make my
blood boil. You don't even see what you did as wrong. Just think if
people found out I was dressed like a woman. You know that some people
would lose all their respect for me, even before hearing the entire
story."
"No one will find out. Only me and you know about this."
"That is not the point, you should not even of done this. You shouldn't
have meddle in how I do my job. I would never dream of doing that to
you."
"I was trying to help you. You are so wrong with how you are handling
the situation with Sheila. Tell your department to mind their business
about what other people wear. You're just trying to do the easy thing
instead of the right thing."
"Rose, the right thing is to treat everyone the same. Being at the
point of firing someone is not the easy thing to do. Some of the stress
I have is this situation.I do not want Sheila to lose her job. I know
she needs it. Yet, I cannot let her think she was above following the
rules.
"Now, get out of the room! I have nothing to say to you and you have
nothing I want to hear."
The last part of what Rose's Destiny said was a knockout punch. The
conviction behind Peter's words put his Rose Petal in a daze. The
punchdrunk lady was hurt that her husband did not have the time for her
at that moment. His anger went from just being from her actions and was
now seeping toward being with her. Rose left the room trying to figure
out what to do to make things right.
*************
Sheila showed up to work on Monday all happy that she was wearing her
new skirt blouse combo with a low neckline. Rosie has promised her
friend that she would get Peter to back down about the dress code.
Sheila knew that Peter would, she had blackmail on him now. If she was
called into his office to talk about her dress, she was going to
casually mention his wardrobe this weekend.
Peter saw Sheila waltzing into the office in that inappropriate outfit
and he went to her cubicle to tell her to report to his office in 15
minutes.
"Sheila, I gave you many chances to follow the dress code and you will
not comply. I have no choice but to fire you. I have already cleared it
with HR that this was going to happen the next time you broke the dress
code. So please go to the desk and start packing your personal
belongings.
"Security are on their way up and will escort you off the premises in
10 minutes."
"You might want to rethink that. I know about the cabin."
The attempt at blackmail did not work on Peter. This job meant nothing
compare to his marriage and that veiled threat made his marriage even
less stable than it was from this past weekend. Not only did Rose
tricked him, she lied to him. "I don't care if you know. You do not
work for Paulson Corp as of this moment."
"You can at least have the courage to walk me out so I can tell you
about the lawsuit."
"I do not have time to walk you out, you are not my employee anymore so
I am going to devote my time to them. I don't care to hear about the
lawsuit. I know the law is on my side, plus I have the backing of Ms
Hoode and her superiors."
Sheila left the office mad and yelled at Peter so the entire office
could hear, "I thought you would understand about dressing to express
yourself. You went away for the entire weekend to be in a dress."
Jerry Richards laughed at Sheila's statement while the rest of the
office was soaking in the information. His response was a little
comfort to Sheila. Retribution was going to occur. To the lady who was
now on the dole Peter losing his team because of doing what he was
forcing her to do was poetic. This should show him forcing people to
dress how they do not want was bad.
Jerry said, "Really Sheila?"
"Yes."
"That is funny for Peter was at the Village Tavern with me and a couple
of people from accounts payable on Saturday night."
Now all of Peter's team started to laugh. It was a way to relieve the
stress of the drama of Sheila getting fired and also wondering how
Peter being a crossdresser would affect how they saw him. They now knew
he was not.
As soon as Sheila was off of Paulson's Corp premises she called Rose.
The call would have been as soon as she got to her car, but security
stayed and watched her. They were making sure she left. "Why didn't you
call me about backing out of our plan."
"Sheila,I didn't back out, the plan backfired. I been fighting with my
husband all weekend. I had more important things to deal with then
you."
"Then why was he out with some of the people from work on Saturday if
you did not back out. I got fired because of you not doing what you
said."
"I did, he came home early. I can't believe he fired you, what excuse
did he use?"
"How I was dressed."
"I thought you were going to wait a day to dress how you wanted . To
make sure our plan worked."
"I shouldn't of had to wait. I wouldn't of if you did your part. The
worst part was that I couldn't even make him pay."
"What do you mean make him pay?"
"I did not know you went home early so I said about how he was in a
dress the entire weekend but that did not work. Jerry saw that no good
bastard."
"You did what?"
"He deserved it, how he fired me for nothing."
"You told people."
"Yes, the plan didn't work so I had to improvise.If I am losing my job,
so is your husband."
Rosie was stunned, how could her co-conspirator go against their plan.
Sheila knew Rosie only went along with this because no one else was
going to know about them putting Peter in a dress. Now Peter knew that
Rosie lied to him once more. She assured him on Sunday night that no
one else knew.
"You knew not to say anything."
"Yeah and you knew to do your part of the plan. I guess we both did not
follow what we agreed to."
"You really messed with my marriage."
"Don't blame me, you went along with it. You should have known it would
be used to help me get my way. This is my job which I was trying to
keep."
Rosie hung up on Sheila. There was nothing left to say, plus she had to
talk with her Destiny to explain why she lied. It was to stay on the
subject. She knew that Peter would not drop her going behind his back
with someone else to pull that stunt. The stunt itself was bad enough.
She called his cell phone and got no answer. She then called his office
and his personal assistant put her through but no answer.
*******************
Peter did not pick up the phone, he knew his wife was on the line. He
was not in the right state of mind to talk with her in a public
setting. If he answered the phone Peter would have been yelling so loud
that Rosie would not have needed to be on the other line to hear him.
She lied again to him and also went behind his back with someone else.
After the phone stopped ringing Peter informed his Personal Assistant
he was not taking any calls from his wife today.
Rosie could only concentrate on one thing, her marriage. After an hour
of her husband not calling her back she asked her boss to call Peter
and put her. Mr Falk was more than happy to. He just assumed that Peter
was not taking her calls because he wanted to focus on work not his
personal life. Mr Falk knew that people at work still needed to pay
attention to who they really were.
When Peter heard his wife's voice on the other line he hung up. He then
asked his Personal Assistant who was the last call and she coursed the
new phone system before telling her boss it came from Mr Falk. Peter
knew what she said was the truth and thanked her.
The angry man sat down and regrouped before doing anything. He knew he
was about to go off if he talked with anyone. His anger grew so much
from that call. His wife did not respect him not wanting to talk with
her. Mr Falk interviended where he should not have. After calming down
Peter got his Personal Assistant to schedule a lunch meeting with Mr
Falk.
Rosie was devastated that her husband did not even say one word to her.
The only thing which would have been more devastating to her was if he
talk to her. Peter leaving her stranded up at the cabin would have been
considered nice compared to the choice words he wanted to say. Rosie
was still not comprehending how bad the situation was.
Even with not knowing how mad Peter was, Rosie knew she had to go home.
The lady, who wanted to get what she thought was only going to be a
fight over with, asked her boss for the rest of the day off. Mr Falk
again was more than happy to oblige with her request. He told her to
just work from home today. She knew that meant he was not going to make
her use a vacation day. To her boss his employee's personal life was
more important than one day of work.
Mr Falk saw himself as everyone's mentor. This was not from him wanting
to make sure people were at their best, but from him thinking he knew
better than everyone else. This point of view led him to want to have a
talking with Peter. That young man needed to have a better work life
balance. Before Mr Falk could make his way to Peter's department, he
got a request for a lunch meeting with him. Mr Falk changed his lunch
plans so he could talk with Peter.
On his way to the meeting Mr Falk thought that he could use the place
they were having lunch as a perfect example that Peter needed to become
more well rounded. The lunch was at Peter's office. Mr Falk was under
the assumption that this was so it was more of a working lunch. Peter
had it at his office for it was his home field and also he could read
the riot act there.
Mr Falk stepped into the office and as soon as the door closed Peter
said, "Sit down Frank."
Seeing no lunch there Mr Falk said, "Slow down we can get to work once
we order lunch. You know if you are going to have a lunch meeting at
your office you should at least have some food so other people can
eat."
"Sit down and shut the fuck up. This is not a lunch meeting. This is me
getting you alone so I can tell you to stay out of my personal life.
You had no right to call me and put Rosie on the phone. I don't want to
talk with her."
"Listen here, don't talk to me like that. I actually moved a very
important meeting to talk to you about mpt taking her calls. If your
wife calls you, take it. She went home all shook up after you not
talking with her. Your personal life is always more important than
work. Trust me on that. I would not be on my third wife if I have
learned that important lesson at your age."
"Frank, stay out of my personal life. I know my personal life is more
important than work. Right now Rosie and I are in the middle of a huge
fight. I am not going to continue the fight at work."
"If the fight is that big maybe you should go home."
"I said stay out of my personal life!"
"I meant for your own good. You need to take care of yourself. I am
sorry. I am just an old man who made many mistakes and want to make
sure others do not do so."
Right then Peter knew he took out his anger on the wrong person. Frank
might have thought that he knew better than everyone else, but his
heart was in the right place. "I thought of it, but being here is
better. Trust me on that."
"I am going to get going. I need to get some work done."
"Frank, stay. I am sorry for blowing up at you. I know you were trying
to do the right thing. We can have lunch and talk about work life
balance. I know you can teach me a couple of things."
**********
Waiting for something you do not want makes time go by slowly. Rosie
knew that she did not want 6:00 o'clock to come, yet she hated that it
was not here yet. The only thought on her mind was what would Peter say
if he got home. Then a worse thought came to her he might not say
anything. Then when dreading the silent treatment could not get worse,
she started to think that he might not even come home tonight. She
never saw her Destiny that mad before.
Looking at her phone Rosie knew she only had bad decisions as what
course of action to take. She could call her husband and either not get
an answer, him hanging up on her or him telling her off. She could call
a friend, but then she would have to tell them why her and Peter were
fighting. They would not give her comfort after they heard how she
betrayed Peter's trust. Even if her friends would console her, Rosie
did not want it. Hearing people saying that she was right might be
enough to make her fall back into the old mindset that she was.
Peter came home and Rosie was happy he did and that as of now it was
only the silent treatment. If they did not talk there was no way that
she could get into any more trouble. She wanted to get out of trouble,
but could not see how talking would do that.
The silence got to Rosie. "Peter I should have been more honest with
you. I never thought that Sheila would say anything. She does what she
wants."
"You said no one knew!"
Rose tried to be a peacemaker. Peter's shouting was the sound of the
bell starting the next round of their fight and Rose did not want to
come out of her corner. "Calm down my Destiny, I said I should have
been more honest with you about that.."
"So, everything else was fine? Rose, you should not have done this."
Rose knew that her husband's anger toward her was like an uninvited
house guest, not going away any time soon. Rose tried to find middle
ground. A place where she was not in the wrong. "You are right, I
should have told her no."
"Good you finally see what you did was wrong."
Rose started to get defensive with Peter still throwing haymakers as
she had her gloves down. If he wanted a fight then she was going to
give him one. There was no way she was going down for the count without
swinging. Finally both of the participants were engaged in the 15th
round of this main event level fight they were having."No, letting
someone I couldn't trust know it was happening was my mistake. Men have
no right to tell women how to dress."
"I agree, Men have no right to do so. People have the right to tell
other people how to dress when they are at work. I was not telling her
to how to dress as a man, but as a supervisor. She was my subordinate
and not a woman when I told her."
"You will always be a man. You cannot take that out of the equation.
You not even seeing this as the issue makes me feel like you see women
as second class citizens."
"Come on. You know me better than that."
"You do. You are so mad at me about me doing to you what you did to
Sheila."
"You believe that I see women as less than men. I worked with Sheila
and never mention how she dressed until I became her boss. Do you think
that she changed her wardrobe when I got the promotion? Trust me, she
did not.
"I was put in charge to make sure my team operates at their best. Part
of that is everyone following the rules, men and women. You know I was
bitching about Mike Haslett coming in late everyday. I had to give him
a written warning before he stop that behavior. I have to make sure
that everyone, man and woman, follows the rules. She did not. I gave
her many warnings and chances.This was about me being the boss and not
about me being a man.
"What you did was different. You are not my boss and you forced me to
dress like a woman on my own time. I cannot believe you don't see the
difference."
"Justify it however you want. Let's just drop it."
Rose was throwing in the towel. She wanted this fight to be over. She
knew that there was no way for her to win and a knockout by Peter
would be more damaging to her than her calling off the fight. She would
not have to concede anymore wrongdoing on her part once the fight
ended. Plus she was looking towards the reconciliation with her
Destiny.
Peter kept on punching. "So you don't believe me?"
Rose tried to ring the final bell again to end the round. "I said drop
it. We'll just move on from this, or are you the only one who can
decide when we talk about something."
"You are right, you can decide if we do or don't talk about something.
With us being done talking about the trust issue we have, I am leaving
you. I do not want to be in a relationship were neither person trusts
the other."
"Quit being overdramatic. You overreacted to me trying to have you come
around to my way of thinking. Now, you are doing the same about this
disagreement. We are just not going to be on the same page about this."
"Quit trying to downplay what happened this weekend. The trust between
us is broken. You tried to force me to your way of thinking. We are not
giving each other the benefit of the doubt anymore. I think you might
try something crazy again when we disagree and you think I have a
misogynistic attitude towards women.This is serious and cannot be
ignored."
"Come on, you are overblowing what I did. I do not think you are
misogynistic, you just didn't even try to see this issue from a woman's
point of view."
"No, I am not overblowing this.. What if your brother told you that his
wife took his to secluded area, glued breast forms on him and then made
him dress like a woman?"
Rose did not answer because she gave consideration to what her husband
asked her. Him stating that their marriage was over if they quit
talking about the issue made her see how serious the situation was to
him. Right then this was more than a heated fight between a married
couple. Rose knew that one way or another her and her Destiny were
going to finish this conversation with a resolution to the
disagreement. In taking the question serious instead of trying to
defend her point of view Rose's anger transferred from her husband to
her sister-in-law in that hypothetical situation.
"Answer the question!"
Instead of trying to defend herself Rose stayed calm. "I will my
Destiny. I am trying to find the right words to show how pissed I would
be at her."
"Now you understand why I am so pissed at you?"
Rose was not taking the bait which her husband was giving her to enter
the fight again. "Yes, I do. I did not respect you by trying to force
you to see things my way. I also did not try to see things from your
point of view. I put my anger and frustration at the double standard
which society has about how women dress onto how you handled Sheila not
following the rules. I would not budge when I should have. I should
have told you exactly how the dress code made me feel.
I fucked up big time and do not know how to make it better. That is why
I was downplaying it until now. That was why I wasn't honest with you
about Sheila. I knew that would just add to the fight."
"Rose Petal, you are not the only one who fucked up big time. I should
have never left you at the cabin on your own. I should have try to talk
with you instead of wanting to be right. Instead of trying to
understand why you did what you did, I let my anger get the best of me.
I added fuel to the fire. I just wish I knew where to go from here. How
do we get back to where we were?"
"We work on being more open to the other. To explain better what we are
thinking. I work on not wanting to make you come around to my way of
thinking when we disagree on something. Instead I will just make sure
you see where I am coming from."
"We both work on that. I might not have said it, but I was more worried
about being right, then us understanding each other."
"Would that get the trust back My Destiny?"
Trust was earned only if a person was willing to give it to someone
else. Peter knew he had to make a gesture to show, that if Rose was
wanted to earned it that he was willing to give it to her. The man also
found it erotic when his wife blindfolded him on Friday night. Not
knowing what his wife was going to do heighten his anticipation and was
so appealing to him. "We need to start to reconcile and you know how we
do that."
Rose Petal knew the way they started to get back into each other's good
graces was make up sex. She smiled and said, "Yes, lead the way to the
bedroom."
"Why not you get the blindfold and then lead the way to where ever you
want to take me to do what you want with me."
"Aren't you scared that I might glue those breasts on you again."
"I'm not. Even if you did, I have faith you will take them off when I
ask you to."
Rose liked the idea of blindfolding her Destiny. Him putting her in
charge was symbolic but showed her he was willing and ready to trust
her again. She also liked that his suggestion gave her the feeling of
having control over what they did to start the reconciliation. She
wanted to be in charge in the bedroom more often. She confidently
walked over to Peter. When she arrived she gently wiped his cheek with
her hand and whispered in his ear. "Sit down and close your eyes, I
will be right back."