The brush of cloth on her wrist woke Claire from her restless napping. A finger on her lips silenced her surprised protest. The soft linen strips woun... around her arms held her fast to the bedposts, and before she could fully open her eyes to see which of her lovers had restrained her, a band of soft cloth was wrapped around under her head and was knotted over her eyes. As the unseen hand moved from her mouth, Claire argued weakly, "it's too hot for this."Her argument was cut off by Diane's. Now cut to the scene where I had to take the first step. It was a Saturday and I was the only one in the office as it was a floating week off. It was not a pre planned move as I actually had some work in the office though I was aware that Anju will be coming for her daily duties. I dropped a 500 rupee note in one of the cabins in the office and went out of the cabin. The cabin is such that you can see from outside if the blinds (curtains) are open, I deliberately left them open and came out of. “Carol, keep your voice down,” I requested.“I will not!” she declared.Stan came into view, huffing and puffing. He was out of shape, but I also suspected Carol had some kind of head start on him.“Carol,” he said between breaths, “come home.”“No!” she spat. “I won’t stand by and have my daughter raped!”I’d been calm until she said that, but now it was time to push back.“You have it completely wrong,” I said firmly. “Your daughter invited Jesse to your house to have sex, Carol. SHE initiated it.. Now where do you gowith this in your mind? Are you Phyllis or Phillip? What is normal?Are you a man in a fancy dress costume or a woman trapped in a man'sbody?"I look at myself in the mirror as Lorraine started to fiddle with myhair.Where was she taking me? How could I be more manly looking like this?She then put this long pink wig on my head. The wig just screamed"Girl!" Men don't really wear pink all that much and pink hair? I alsonoted it really suited me. It was unnatural. I was.