Brother Beware! story

Brother Beware! A Novella by John G. Edwards Copyright August 2016

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You know how brothers can be? Sometimes, a real pain in the butt, and then, sometimes not. Gwen was older, by two years, than her brother Gene, and he was older then sister Genevieve. He was stuck in the middle, so to speak. Their father had flown the coup about 9 months after Genevieve was born. Gennifer Butler was shocked the her husband left, but was somewhat glad that he did because he was an abusive alcoholic. Not a fun drunk when he came home, but an abusive and mean spirited ass hole sometimes.

Gennifer had been the butt of many of Ralph's tirades, the verbal abuse was generally followed by the physical. The physical part you can almost get over, but the verbal is another issues all together. Ralph Butler had come from an abusive family, so the 'like father, like son' scenario rolled on through to him. When he met Gennifer he was just out of high school and going to college to become a auto mechanic. Gennifer was having trouble starting her car one day in the parking lot. She was parked next to his old Ford pickup truck when he came walking up after class to find her trying to start her car with no luck.

"What seems to be the problem little lady?"

"I can't get my car to start, that's the problem."

"Let me take a look." Ralph fond that she had left her lights on and the battery was pretty flat. A quick jump start and she was good to go.

"Oh, thank you, thank you, thank you! You are such a genius!"

"No, not yet." he said with a laugh and big smile.

With the car running, Ralph asked her out for a date and the rest was fate, so to speak. About a year and a half later they were married. His true colors didn't come out until sometime after they were married and had their first child six months later. Was he trapped, into this marriage? Not really because he truly did think that he loved Gennifer. The first child is pretty tough on a young family. First, you are struggling to stay in school, work a job or two, and to be there for your wife. The comets of wife, work, and school usually wind up colliding. If you are courageous, you work things out with your significant other, but if you are cowardly, things get messy and ugly very quickly.

Ralph was sort of your typical red neck-neck-type and had had fine features and was about 20 pounds overweight. Remember, beer is food - high calorie food. Yes, you can drink quite a lot and pee quite a lot, but there residual things that happen your body does. Primarily, put on unwanted weight - called, FAT. Gennifer on the other hand was petite and had pretty features. Why the two ever got together is still a mystery to their families.

Gennifer tried to control Ralph's drinking in the beginning thru various methods. First she tried hiding the booze, but Ralph just went out and bought more, which of course drained the bank account. One day Gennifer and, her close friend, Carole were talking about her predicament.

"Carole, I'm just about at wits end with Ralph. When he starts drinking, he doesn't know when to stop and this is the result," said Gennifer pointing to her black eye."

"Genny, you can't let him do that to you, especially in front of the kids, you know?"

"I know..." her voice trailed off.

"Look, you've got to try and get ahead of the curve on this. What does he say the next day when he is sober?"

"He tells me that he's sorry and that it won't happen again."

"Do you have sex right after that?"

"Most of the time when he brings me flowers."

"I think you've got to stop that kind of behavior. How sorry is he when he apologizes?"

"Pretty sorry."

"That's not enough, on a scale of 1-10, what is he?"

"Maybe an 6 or 7."

"Ok, we can work with that."

"What do you mean Carole?"

Have you ever heard the word 'petticoating'?

"No. what is? I know what a petticoat is."

"Well, it's a term used when you make a boy, or man in this case, wear a petticoat or some other piece of feminine underwear or clothing."

"I still don't get it."

"John and I had this really big blowout one time and I was about ready to leave him. He said that he would do anything for me to stay. I told him that he would have to wear a bra for a month 24/7 and not bitch or complain about it. An if he ever strayed from the path, he would have to wear it again, only longer. As men do, he strayed from the path and he would up wearing the bra again and for two months. This time I got him a bra that was a heavily padded push-up with underwires. Plus, it was a long-line bra and I made sure it fit him really tight."

"He actually submitted to this?"

"Yeah, he said he would do anything and that he didn't want to lose me. Genny, you are going to have to get control and seize the day. You can't let him beat you up like this again. In fact, I make John wear a panty-girdle and stockings every once in a while when he's been especially bad or I think he needs to be reminded."

"Really?"

"Yeah, like I said, you've got to get the upper hand. My hubby came home so drunk one time that he passed out as soon as he hit the bed. I was ready for him and I put a bra on him and took several pictures of him in some compromising positions. I sent a sealed letter to the police in an envelope that read, 'To be opened if anything should happen to me.'. I printed out a set of the pictures and sent the files to my mother and mother-in-law for safe keeping. Again, I put them onto a thumb drive and into a sealed envelope. I showed the pictures to him the next day when he was sober and shocked the shit out of him. I told him that I had lots of copies and the I had letters ready to be sent to all his friends if he ever hit or threatened me. THAT, got his attention. You can imagine his surprise when he woke up the next morning wearing a bra! Boy did get pissed! I also took pictures of John waking up and trying to figure out what he had wrapped around his chest. I never laughed so hard, I tell you girl!"

"Do you think that would work on Ralph?"

"That's what you will have to find out. You need to tell your mother and mother-in-law that you will be sending them a thumb drive in a sealed envelope and that they should not open it unless you tell them to, understand? Go down to the Goodwill and buy a bra big enough for him and have it ready when he comes home drunk and passes out. Then, strap him up and snap the pix! When he wakes up and starts going berserk, stand your ground and be firm in your answers telling just how it's going to be from now on. Think you can do that Gennifer?"

"Yes, I think I can. I'll set the plan in motion this week and get things ready. I just hope this doesn't back-fire on me."

"You let me know when you are going to do it and I'll be close at hand to help bail you out or even assist. Just text me."

A couple weeks later all the pieces were in place. The thumb drives were purchased, a 38B bra was bought at the local Goodwill store, the letters were all written and the envelopes were all stamped and ready to put in the mail. Carole would pick them up and take them to the post office as soon as she had printed out the pictures and made several copies.

It was a Saturday night and Ralph came home so drunk he couldn't hardly get the key in the door. Gennifer had went to bed with her kids to keep out of his way. Once he finally got in he went to the bedroom and found the bed empty. He then staggered to the kids room and saw Gennifer curled up on the bed, he turned and walked back to the bedroom, got undressed and then proceeded to pass out on the bed. Gennifer got up when all was quiet and looked at Ralph. He looked like a little baby sprawled out on the bed. She went and got the bra and wrestled it onto his chest and a pair of stockings and garter belt around his waist and legs. Ralph was pretty heavy to roll around, but she managed to do the deed.

Gennifer did text Carole that it was 'happening'. She came over to see it there was anything that she could help with.

"Looks like you have thing pretty well under control, but..."

"But what?"

"Get me your blue and purple eye shadow and some mascara."

Gennifer looked at her with a curious look, but went to get the cosmetics. She came back and handed them to Carole. Carole applied the two eye shadows and lots of black mascara to Ralph's long eye lashes. Once she was thru, she took her cell phone and took plenty of pictures for Gennifer. Carole had planned to send one or two of them to Ralph to gage his reaction and let him know that she could just as easily send them, and more to his friends.

Carole hugged Gennifer before the left and told her to call her in the morning sometime.

Ralph woke up in the morning and went to make a nature call, when he saw himself dressed in the bra and garter set, and with all the makeup, he yelled, "What the fuck is this? Genny..."

Gennifer mustered up the courage and went into the bathroom, "Well, I think I like the new you. This outfit really looks good on don't you think, Ralph?"

"Did you do this to me?"

"Did you pass out when you got home from another night of drinking with the boys when you got home?"

"You bitch!"

"Yes, and you should see the pictures that I took of you. You look fine, you son of a bitch! If you ever lay another hand on me I will spread those pictures all over town, so help me!"

Just then Ralph's phone received a text. He stopped the conversation to read it. There is was, a picture that was taken by Carole for him to see. The gals had posed him in a none to flattering pose that made him look all girly and everything with his hand on his crotch. He just stared at the picture and didn't know what to say or do. Gennifer could see the picture on his phone.

"Ralph!", she shouted, "Listen to me," he looked at her, "There are going to be some changes around here and I think you had better listen up." He just stared at her and then the picture. "Are you listening?" He just shook his head, yes. He knew that if these pictures made the rounds he would have no friends in short order.

"First, you are going to start wearing that bra every day, 24/7. Secondly, you are not to have more than one beer per day and I will supervise your drinking of it. Third, you now have a curfew of 9:00, you will not be out later than that. Forth, you will start loving and caring for the kids more. Do you understand me Ralph?"

Ralph stood there looking at himself in the mirror all made up and wearing female underwear. He hung his head in shame and sat on the toilet, and started to cry. He suddenly realized just what a shit he had been to his wife and kids. He knew that his drinking would probably end his marriage, but the thought of having to support his wife and kids was a thought that he would not want to cherish as the pinnacle of achievement in his life.

"What if I don't?" he asked.

"To start, the pictures that I took will be posted on your Facebook page, if that doesn't get your attention, then you will be guessing at what I plan implement next, wont you darling? As I said, there's gonna be some changes around here! Now, get yourself cleaned up and get ready for work, and don't forget to wear your bra. We are going bra shopping for you after work, so you need to get home by 6:00pm."

Ralph sat there for a few more seconds with Gennifer standing over him. He reached out for her only to have his hand smacked away.

"There will be none of that, unless I initiate it, understand me Ralph?"

He reached out again, but Gennifer smacked his hand even harder this time. He started to get up and she pushed him back down. "How does that feel Ralph? Are you getting the picture yet?" Ralph sat there and shook his head. "Stand up and I'll show you how to remove your makeup." He stood up and let his wife apply an astringent to his face to wipe the eye shadow and mascara from his eyes.

"I'm sorry Genny, I'm really sorry..."

"You bet your ass you are," she said before she left the bathroom to get breakfast ready. The kids were still in bed and were just waking up from all the commotion.

Before Ralph left for work, Gennifer checked him out to see if he was wearing the bra, he wasn't. She marched him back into the bedroom and shut the door behind her, "I said there were going to be some changes Ralph. You are not to leave this house without your bra, understand me?"

"You're nuts. I' not gonna wear a bra to work!"

"Yes you are!"

"No I am not!"

"Yes you are and you had better be home by 6:00pm, too!" And with that, she left the room and closed the door. About five minutes later Ralph emerged wearing the bra, you couldn't really tell because his work shirt was fairly loose and somewhat baggy. Gennifer went behind him and felt for the closure to see if it was there. She turned him around and gave him a kiss and sent him out the door. Poor Ralph, he just stood there on the porch and wondered if anyone was watching him . He was scared shitless, but once he got to work he would go to the washroom and take it off so the guys wouldn't know his, now dirty little secret. He would just have to remember to put it back on before he went home.

When he did go home, Gennifer was waiting to give him a hug and see if he was still wearing the bra. Of course he wasn't because he had forgotten to put it back on, there were too many guys in the restroom.

"Are you missing something dear?"

"What?" he asked.

Gennifer leaned over and whispered into his ear, "Your bra?"

A tremendous look of guilt came over his face and he hung his head, "I... I..."

"Save your I's, you knew what you had to do today and you didn't do it."

"I'm sorry, it just got so hot that I had to take it off, ok?"

"Not, ok. Do you think I take mine off because it's too damn hot? Well, do you??? Let's eat so we can go. "The kids are over at your mothers for the evening and we will go pick them up once we are through shopping."

About an hour later Ralph and Gennifer were pulling into the parking lot of a lingerie shop about five minutes from their house. When they walked in, a door bell rang out. Ding-ding. Gennifer led the way to the racks with all the bras. The sales lady came over and asked, "Can I help you find anything in particular tonight?"

Gennifer said, "Yes, we are looking for a bra... for... my... husband." Ralph could have just about shit himself to death and been flushed away to the river he was so embarrassed.

"Oh, lucky you," the sales lady said looking at Ralph. "Is this your first bra? I'll go get my tape measure and be right back." and in less than a minute, she was measuring poor Ralph for a bra. "Would you like wireless or underwire, dear?" All Ralph could do was look at Gennifer with big puppy dog eyes.

"Let's see something in an underwire, if you don't mind," said Gennifer with a grin on her face.

"What color would you like your 40A underwire?"

Gennifer looked at Ralph with a questioning look...

"Uh, black?" he almost squeaked.

"Wise choice, would you like o see one in nude as well?"

Once again Ralph looked at his wife. "Yes please," said Genny. "You will need at least two colors to start with. Can he see a white one too?"

The sales lady nodded her head and smiled.

Gennifer led Ralph towards the fitting room and had him take off his shirt so he could try on the bras. When the bras arrived, Genny went into the fitting room with her husband and showed him how to correctly put on a bra. When he put the black bra on, he looked at himself in the mirror. Partly with a look of horror and partly a look of shame.

"Buck up Ralphy, you are going to get to love wearing a bra!" The black beauty fit him very nicely and the underwires gave him a somewhat enhanced silhouette. Nothing that you could hardly notice, but Gennifer could tell that he was wearing a bra and that's what counted here. The tee-shirt bra was a good choice because it didn't shape or accentuate Ralph's breasts in a way that would be noticeable. They were just slightly padded to conceal nipple 'show-thru'. The saleswoman popped her head into the fitting room and Ralph just about fainted. "Sweetie, you just look adorable in that." And then she popped back out just as quick. Gennifer helped Ralph with the other two bras and they fist just as well as the first.

"Which one do you want to wear home tonight, darling?" said Gennifer with a wicked little smile.

"The nude, I guess."

"Excellent choice my dear, excellent choice." With that being said, the sale woman rang up the bill for Ralph to pay.

Ralph was unusually quit on the ride home and that meant that the bra was having some effect already. Imagine a manly man being made to wear one of women's most personal under garments, his libido just gets shot to hell. Gennifer was thinking about what else she could do to drive home the message about drinking too much that practically always led to some sort of abuse, be physical or mental.

It was a weekend and she could have the mother in law keep the kids for a couple of days. Grandma Grace always liked having them around and the kids always felt safe when they were with house. Grace was truly disappointed with her son. Gennifer called Grace to get things squared away and tell her she needed access to Ralph all weekend because there was 'training' to coming his way.

"Your mother is keeping the kids for the weekend so we will have two days to ourselves, doesn't that sound like fun Ralph?" Ralph just kept his eyes on the road and didn't say a word. When they got back home Genny took Ralph into the bedroom and set him on the bed. "Ralph, I'm only doing this for your own good. You need to start reevaluating your life from this moment on. You will either leave or live under my rules. I promise you that I won't drink and become abusive, and I won't throw things at you, do you understand?" He just shook his head yes. "Good, get undressed darling."

Ralph took off his clothes until he had only his bra and undershorts on. He stood there and Genny walked around him several times.

"I don't think that those boxers go with that bra, do you sweetheart?"

Ralph looked at himself in the mirror, "No, I guess not."

"Well, we are going to fix that right now," said Genny as she walked to her dresser and found a pair of nude color nylon panties. She turned around to show him. "I think that these will, at least, match your bra, there's nothing worse than having mismatched underwear!" she said as she handed the panties to Ralph. He looked at them thinking how on earth am I going to squeeze myself into those. He let the boxers drop to the floor and put on the panties. Genny watched as a sly smile came onto his face as he felt how soft they were to his touch. She took her hand a rubbed his bottom and said," They do feel nice, don't they?" His smile got bigger. "Some day... well, we'll talk about that later," she said as she thought about having him wear a girdle, he may like that even better. Ralph was so enraptured feeling the panties under his finger tips that he started getting an erection.

"Ooo, you must like those panties a lot, huh?" Ralph just blushed. This was a good sign to Gennifer. She then had him lay down on the bed and started rubbing his growing bulge. Ralph reach out to Genny, but she batted his hands and arms away. "This is all about you tonight sweetheart." She was not going to have sex with him for several days. Denial of sex can be a real turn-on for some people and quite the opposite for others, so she had to find out what it was for Ralph.

Gennifer handed Ralph a jar of petroleum jelly as if to say, 'finish yourself', which he did. Before he lubed himself up, she made him take off his panties for the moment. As Ralph applied the jelly to his manhood you could see the look in his eyes that he was starting to enjoy this. It had been some months since he last masturbated, but he always liked the outcome because he was able to manipulate the man-pole in a manner that was extremely pleasing to himself. As he stroked himself with one hand the other was used to cup his bra covered chest. At one point he pulled the cup down and pinched his nipple, but before he could come to a satisfactory conclusion, Gennifer stopped him.

"What did you do that for?"

"Because, I want you to have a super climax tonight."

"What, I mean how am I going to do that?"

"Mmm, let me show you," said Gennifer as she went to her underwear drawer and pulled out a black garter belt with red bows and a pair of black French seamed stocking. She held them up for him to see, "Let's put these on you and I think you will get a supercharged climax! Up for that big boy? I know that you like them on me. And, maybe I'll wear them for you again someday." She then had him stand up to put on the garter belt and then sit on the edge of the bed so she could roll the stocking into place and connect them to the long black ribbons. As she roll the stocking onto Ralph's harry legs, she did so very deliberately and passionately just to get his juices going even more. Once the last garter was eased into place, she had him walk around the bedroom. "Ooo, nice legs big boy! A little hairy though."

Ralph was finally allowed to lay back down and see how the nylon stocking felt. He thought that they felt really nice, except where his hairy legs showed. This was his first time wearing stocking, but he had worn mantyhose when he would go hunting in the winter to keep his legs ward and the ticks away. "Don't these feel much sexier than your mantyhose?"

Ralph rubbed his legs against one another and thought that the mantyhose were better to the touch, "These are okay, but I'll stick with my mantyhose, thank you. However, the garter belt is kind of nice."

"What do you mean, 'kind of nice'?"

"Well, the mantyhose cover my whole leg and I can't feel any hair like I can with these."

"Oh. Well, we can do something about that, you know." Ralph just looked at her with a questioning look. "You can always shave your legs, like I do for you. Do you want to shave your legs for your wife, Ralph?" The gauntlet had been thrown down, "Yes, or no?" Ralph's eyes blinked rapidly, "Umm, maybe some other time?" He said with a sheepish little smile."

Ok, I'll take you up on that promise some day. Are you ready to finish now?" Ralph laid back down on the bed and took another dollop of the semi-clear jelly and returned to action. His erection became larger and longer. As he ejaculated, Genny came around hand helped him finish to a most massive climax. Ralph was totally spent. Luckily, Genny had cupped her hand over his penis and caught most of his spent seed so that he wouldn't soil the garter belt and stockings. Ralph just lay there breathing hard.

"Did you like that?"

"Oh Genny, that was the best!"

"I'm glad. I'll let you rest a few minutes before we do it again," she said as she walked out of the room.

Ralph just laid there savoring his sexual experience. He closed his eyes and tried to slow his racing heart and fast breathing. While Genny was gone, he cupped his breasts and rubbed his legs together. The feelings running thru his body were delicious! He was nearly asleep when Gennifer came back into the room, "Wakey, wakey big fellow we have more fun in store!" Genny came in carrying a vibrator in one hand that she had borrowed from Caroline and one of Ralph's gym socks in the other. He looked at her with a curious look not knowing what she was going to do. He had never masturbated using a vibrator before.

Gennifer came to the bed and pulled down his panties and placed the sock onto his penis, "Just lie still my darling, you are going to enjoy this, I guarantee you!" After plugging in the vibrator she placed the switch onto the Low position and started rubbing it on his man thing. He jumped at the first touch, but settled down as he became accustomed to the humming. Within a few minutes he started moving his body up and down and taking Genny's hand and moving the vibrator to where it gave him maximum stimulation. Once she knew there the sweet-spot was, she turned the switch to High and watched as he increased his bucking. Meanwhile, his hands were cupping his breasts and squeezed then harder and harder. His breathing was getting faster and he started to moan softly. Within a very short period Ralph had an even more pleasurable climax then the one he had a few minutes ago and he vocalized quite loudly.

"There you go baby, did you enjoy that? Would you like to try it one more time?"

Gasping, Ralph said, "I don't think I can. I think I just want to go to sleep right now."

"Alright, take your panties and hose off, but I want you to wear the bra all night, ok?"

Ralph was enraptured and shook his head, yes. As soon as he had taken everything off, he returned to bed with just his bra on. He would sleep like a log tonight and that was part of Gennifer's plan. After he had given him a sedative that would make him zonk out. Genny removed the Ralph's covers and luckily he was laying on his back because that would make the next part a whole lot easier.

Caroline had told Gennifer that she would put her husband into chastity from time to time and that the sex was truly terrific when he came out. He was more attentive to her sexual needs and wanted to satisfy her and be more affectionate. It was a strange side effect, if you will, but it was always the same, put him in and he always came out much kinder and gentler. She said that he would even do naughty things so that he would be put into chastity and he seemed to get off on that. Caroline used a small cock-cage on her husband that was made from stainless steel. It had a small but difficult to remove locking device and if you didn't have the key, you didn't get out. The device was made so that you could do your nature calls, but you had to wash yourself pretty thoroughly when you did because the urine would tend to cause burning and itching that was uncomfortable. Caroline brought one of the several cock-cages that she used on her husband. It was one that didn't quite fit his manhood quite right, it was too large. Ha.

With a little coaxing, it went onto Ralph's rather large penis. The 'snap' of the lock was quite satisfying to Gennifer. She knew that Ralph would not be too happy with his pecker locked up, but she also knew that he needed this additional piece to get him under control. In order for him not to be able to unlock the cage, Gennifer had Caroline keep the key until the initial firestorm was over.

During the night Ralph had to go pee. When he got to the commode he was in for the surprise of his life. "What the fuck is this now? Gennifer!!!"

Genny got up and laughed to herself, "Yes dear heart, is there something wrong?" She smiled.

"What the fuck is this?" he said as he pointed to his new adornment.

"Oh darling, your are wearing a chastity belt, how considerate you are of me," she said as she kissed him. "Does it not fit well, or something? It does look kind of sexy on you, though," she said as she placed her body in front of his and wiggled her fanny against the caged monster.

Ralph grabbed her and slapped her hard. "Listen bitch, get this thing off of me, do you hear?"

Gennifer grabbed the toilet bowl plunger and hit Ralph square in the nut sack on her way back up off the floor. "NO, you shit faced prick!" as he laid rolling around the bathroom floor in agony. "I told you there were going to be changes in this marriage and you had better wise up. I'm sick and tired of your abuse and now, IT'S MY TURN, hear that sonny?" she said as she glared at him and poking him in the chest with the long wooden handle. Each time she poked him, Ralph would try and get away from her, but the bathroom was too small to wriggle out of. "You will follow my instructions to the letter and you had better not complain either. You just lost your beer rations for the week! If I had a chain, I would chain your ass out in the front yard wearing your bra and chastity device! How the hell would you like that?" Genny was still poking Ralph hard with the stick all over his body, but she really got his attention when she poked his testicles. His penis was safe from the action, but not his balls!

Ralph got up and sat on the toilet finally and then stood to try and relieve himself. Of course when he did he made a hell of a mess as his urine stream whet all which ways. "Be sure to clean your mess before you come to bed, darling!" Genny went back to bed feeling like a champion. She had thwarted, well almost, his abuse and set him in his place. When Ralph came to bed he stayed on his side of the bed and made no further advances or comments to Gennifer, but she thought she may have heard him say, "sorry."

The next morning Genny fixed breakfast. When Ralph came into the kitchen, he was wearing a tee-shirt and boxers over his panties. "Morning dear, sleep alright?" asked Genny.

Ralph just kind of grumbled.

"Listen to me sweetheart, you will be civil to me when we are together and answer my questions and reply to my comments, it that clear darling?"

Evert time Gennifer said 'sweetheart', 'darling', or whatever sweet thing to him, he just wanted to cringe inside. "No, not really, this chastity thing is not that comfortable, dear," he said with a lot of sarcasm.

"Well, you will get use to it." Ralph didn't like the sound of this. 'Use to', how long he wondered??? But he didn't want to tempt the gods at the moment because his scrotum was still smarting from his early morning abuse.

"What are we doing today?" He asked.

"Oh, I have a full day planned for us to spend together, just don't you worry your pretty head." Now, this was sounding pretty ominous to Ralph. He ate his breakfast without a word and wondered what the day would bring his way. He didn't have to wait long.

"Get finished, I have a list of honey-do's for you and you still need to get dressed." Ralph could not wait to get into his jeans and sneakers.

"Do you have a list?"

"I most certainly do sweetheart," said Genny as she handed the written list to him. There was the bathroom to clean, then the kitchen, and finally to dust and vacuum the house. "But first, we have to get you dressed properly."

Oh no, here it comes... "Your uniform is waiting for you in the back bedroom."

"What uniform?"

"Yes dear, your uniform is waiting for you to put on in the back bedroom. Don't worry, I'll help you get dressed!"

They went to the back bedroom and there, waiting on the bed, was a French maid's outfit with fishnet stocking and a pair shinny patent leather flats laid out. Ralph would also need to wear the garter belt to hold them into place because they were not 'stay-ups'. Also on the bed, there lay a small box that held a couple of rather larger breast forms for Ralph to also wear.

"I ain't wearing that."

"Oh sweetheart, you are going to look so darling in this outfit, you're gonna just love it!"

"No I won't."

Genny anticipated this response and smacked Ralph right between the legs with another stick before he had a chance to grab it. Down he went and once again Genny started poking him in the chest as she spoke. "First of all, once again, there are going to be changes around this house and this is just one of them, do you hear me? You will get dressed in the maids uniform and do your chores. You are going to start doing your share of assignments to keep a nice and tidy home, understand me?" All the time she is poking Ralph.

Ralph lay there in agony once again and shook his head yes. Genny extended her hand to him to help him up, but he pulled her down onto the floor he was going to hit her again, but she was too quick with her stick and really let him have between the legs. This time he really let out a whelp because he was in a tremendous amount of pain right now and he just rolled around on the floor. Again, poking him with the stick, "You had better learn who is in control mister and it's not you, understand me? If you hit me again or even try, I have something far worse for you, and believe you me, you don't want to know what that is!" She said as she poked his penis. With the device on him, she had the upper hand and Ralph was quickly coming to that conclusion. "Now, get up so we can get you dressed!"

Ralph got up still in pain and said, "Will you please help me get dressed, please?" Genny leaned in and gave him a kiss, but she also had her stick rubbing him between the legs. Ralph flinched at her touch and did not try and kiss her back.

Genny went into the other bedroom and got a black panty girdle for him to wear and had Ralph put it on along with his new black tee-shirt bra. He looked so cute, thought Genny as she smiled. Next came the stocking and the patent leather flats. "I'm not going to make you wear high heels, but you should find the flats are very comfortable. Then came the, all too short, maids dress and apron. A small pad lock was put into place at the back of the collar to lock him into the outfit. Genny had him looking pretty spiffy in his outfit, but there were still a couple of things missing... there was still the makeup and a long blonde wig to go. She put a minimal amount of makeup on Ralph's face, just some mascara and very red lipstick. The blonde wig just seemed to cap the whole outfit off! She made Ralph stand in front of her full-length mirror so he could see himself and then more pictures were taken.

Ralph batted his very black and well defined eyelashes and moved from side to side. He was stunned to see a woman standing there, but wait... There were the breast forms, once they were in he really did start to look like a woman! "I never..."

"Never thought you could look so sexy? Just think if you were wearing a pair of six-inch heels, now that would be truly WOW factor! Ok girl friend, here's your list and I don't care where you start. I will be sun bathing out on the patio. I have a bell that I will page you with if I need anything," said Gennifer as she changed into her bathing suit and got her sun glasses.

"Oh my god, go outside dressed like this?" said Ralph, now quite terrified.

"Uh huh, but only when I ring the bell, like this." Genny shook the little bell a couple of time before she left the house. Ralph stood there with his head hung down and walked off to start his chores. About 1:00, Genny came in and asked, "Hungry yet sweetie?"

"I could eat a little something."

"Great, I'll go fix something and call you when it's ready. Do you need to go tinkle?"

"No, I went a few minutes ago, but thank you though." Gennifer was starting to see the change occur in Ralph.

A few minutes later a lunch of salad and egg salad sandwiches ready and Genny called Ralph to come and eat. He was scrubbing the toilet when she went to get him. "Be sure to scrub around the base, there is always something left over from the man of the house when he goes to the bathroom. Do you see it down there?"

"Yes, sorry." Ralph was now beginning to see how much work there was to keeping up a house, a lot!

"How does you girdle feel darling?"

"It's tight, but not too uncomfortable now. Ask me at the end of the day, though." He tried to laugh, but only slightly

"And, your shoes?"

"They felt kind of awkward at first not having a heel, but you were right, they do feel quite comfortable now."

"You have about another hour and a half to go to get everything on the list finished. We will go grocery shopping after that." Ralph was terrified yet again, would she make him go out dressed like this?"

A couple of hours later Genny took Ralph into the bedroom and had him change into his blue jeans and tee-shirt, but he had to wear the bra, girdle, and stockings. He could wear his sneakers. Genny sat him down on the commode and removed his wig and makeup and she put a little lip gloss on him for good measure. Ralph was hoping that they didn't run into anyone that they knew while they were out.

On the way to the market Genny told Ralph about the kids and how they were doing in school and she asked him how he was doing at work, mostly idle chit-chat. Ralph never really went to the market, except to buy beer or a gallon of milk for the kids, so this was to be an eye opener for him to actually shop for things to eat and household supplies, etc. What he didn't know was how expensive things were. He would normally give Genny a food allowance and never worry about prices. However, when he piled up the meat to what he thought he would like, the grocery bill nearly doubled and he was floored!

"See, it's not easy to go shopping is it? You really do have to watch for sales and not buy a bunch of needless stuff. I know you like your meat, but did you see how expensive it was?"

"Genny, I never had an idea about grocery shopping and what it costs to feed out family. WOW!"

As they were leaving they ran into one of Ralph's buddies from work. "Hi Ralph, how's it going? If Ralph could have shrunk to the size of a mouse, for sure he saw the lip gloss. But what Ralph didn't know was that you have to continually apply it for it to look fresh and his had disappeared as he and Genny talked while shopping. And, his buddy never did look at his feet and see the black seemed stockings. Bullet dodged!

When they got home they put away the groceries and then Ralph had to get dressed for the evening. He had to change into a long multi-colored ankle-length skirt and a cream colored long sleeve peasant blouse while still wearing a bra, panties, and now a pair of cream colored tights, a pair of natural leather colored pair of flats covered his feet. The 3" wide natural leather colored belt set of the outfit along with the long brunette wig. He even asked for a little lipstick to sort of complete the illusion of a peasant girl. Ralph wasn't getting use to the female wardrobe, but he did feel a difference in how the clothes fit and especially how they felt.

"What are you cooking for us tonight?" asked Genny with a pleasant smile on her face.

"Uh, what would you like?" asked Ralph whose kitchen skills were pretty minimal.

"Why don't you surprise me darling. I'll be on the three-season porch reading. Call me when its ready."

About 25 minutes later Ralph called Gennifer to come to dinner. The table in the dining room was set with a table cloth, cutlery, and her better china. On each plate was a steak, green beans, a small salad, and a cookie. "I hope this is to your liking," said Ralph with a smile, now trying very hard to please his task master.

Not wanting to burst his bubble, Genny said, "It look wonderful dearest." Ralph came around and pulled out her chair and helped her get seated. The steak was perfectly cooked, as it usually was when Ralph did the grilling, and the canned green beans were just that and overly salty. He had dressed the salad with something that was probably out of date in the fridge, but never did check the date to see if it was fresh. And, the oatmeal-raisin cookie was fresh out of the box that they had brought home from the store.

"Honey, the steaks are perfect!"

"Yeah, it's about the only thing I really know how to cook," he said trying to convey that his kitchen mastery was pretty miserable.

"It takes time to learn how to cook. Throwing a couple eggs in a skillet and scrambling them is pretty easy compared to making a dinner. If you like, I'll show you a few things and how I cook."

"That would be good, thank you." Ralph had never really prepared dinner before, even when Gennifer was gone somewhere, he would just take the kids out for pizza or some other fast food. It may have been a hit with the kids, but that was it for his culinary excellence. "I never knew how much effort it took to prepare a meal, I can just imagine what it's like to cook for our family. Your meals are always very good. I'm sorry, I just underestimated the effort you put into them. Especially when you make a pie or some brownies." Ralph leaned over the table and gave Gennifer a kiss. This surprised her to no end.

After dinner was cleaned up, and Genny did help with that, they watched an X-rated DVD. She wanted to get his juices going even more, but would have the satisfaction of not full filling his needs and desires, only those of herself. They played kissy-face on the couch and some heavy petting ensued. Genny would grab and fondle is new breasts and he would do the same.

"Don't you just love having your own breasts?"

"Kind of, it's just a new sensation having someone grope your tits."

"But, do you like it?"

"Uh huh, I do." Ralph slid his legs over Genny's and could start to feel his penis trying to get hard, but with the cage on, he wasn't able to achieve an erection.

As their passion grew Genny had to resist the temptation to release Ralph from his cage, and besides, she didn't have the key it was over at Carole's. Genny put her hands down Ralph's tights and fondled his caged penis even more and then she would withdraw her hand and start rubbing his legs and crotch. This was driving poor Ralph into a frenzy the likes he had never experienced before. "Let's go into the bedroom," said Ralph expecting to be freed from the cage so he could ravish Genny's body.

"Alright," she said with a smile.

Gennifer had dressed in a similar peasant skirt and blouse and was wearing a push-up bra, panty, and garter set that were a matching set in cobalt blue. She also wore a pair of red stockings with a pair of flack fishnets over them. Her makeup was slightly overstated because she knew that Ralph liked it that way. They both undressed down to their under-things and then laid on the bed and picked up from where they had left off in the family room.

Genny pulled down her panties so Ralph could more easily attend to her. He started kissing her breasts and moved down to her vagina where he could try and work the magic with his tongue. She propped herself up on the bed with pillows and pushed Ralph's head between her open legs so he could go to work on her. After much sucking, licking, and general fondling Gennifer had a very desirable climax and pulled his head away. She gently gave him a kiss on the cheek and said, "Thank you lover boy, that was a very pleasant experience. I only wish you could experience the same exact thing as I did."

Ralph cocked his head trying to understand exactly when Genny has said to him. "You are not to have this kind of pleasure to night darling, but I will get the vibrator out and finish you that way if you like? Remember, you are in chastity for a reason and you will have to earn your way out of it. Understand sweetheart?" Ralph closed his eyes and shook his head. "Now, don't be hurt by this because you are the one responsible."

Ralph laid down and turned over on his side away from Gennifer and began to sulk. Genny took the vibrator and reached over his side and started rubbing the device over his caged cock, he just pushed her hand out of the way. Genny got up and went to the bathroom, there she would put on a metal chastity belt and lock herself in. She wanted to do this to show Ralph that she too could be chastate and wait for the appropriate time to take it off. When she returned to bed Ralph had taken off everything except his bra and was curled up faced away from where Genny slept. She slid into bed and laid very close to him in the spoon position and draped her arm around his chest. When she slid her mid section next to him he jumped from the coldness of the steel chastity belt.

"What the hell is that?" Ralph said as he threw back the covers to take a look. There, staring him in the face was Gennifer wearing some sort of metal contraption strapped around her private parts. "What is that?"

"It's a chastity belt darling, like yours, but different."

"What are you wearing that for?" asked a very confused husband.

"I'm showing solidarity and that I can become chastate as well, darling. We will unlock each other's chastity belts when it is time."

"I suppose that key is somewhere else too?"

"Yes it is, just like your key," she said with a broad smile. Genny pulled Ralph back down and snuggled next to his. The only sound was the metal belts rubbing together as Ralph tried humping her, but to no avail. During the night Genny heard the vibrator humming away for quite a while but heard no satisfaction conclusion for Ralph. She smiled.

The next morning when they awoke they were on opposite sides of the bed. Ralph got up and went to go pee. It was just as messy as it was the day before, but he did remember to sit down on the pot this time. When he returned to the bedroom, Genny was already up and gone. Ralph look around the house to find her, but her car was gone. She left him a note on the kitchen counter that read: Be back soon darling. Genny...

Ralph was hoping that she went to get the keys for this stupid thing around his cock, but in case not, he went to the attached garage and tried to find something to extricate himself from the steel cage. He had a pretty good set of tools at home, but every time he thought he had found something that would work, it wouldn't. His skin was too close for comfort and he for sure didn't want to cut his penis or balls. The tools left marks from his attempts at freeing himself, he just hoped Genny wouldn't notice.

Genny got back about an hour later and was carrying a couple of bags, one with more femewear for Ralph and the other contained doughnuts. "Did you go get the key?" asked Ralph.

"Key, don't you mean keys? or are you just concerned about yourself?"

"Well, you know what I mean."

"No I don't! And if you are not careful, you might get another week in chastity - darling!" And just as quick Genny smacked Ralph in the groin with a plumbers plunger handle. He didn't go down, but he did get the message pretty clearly. Ralph pulled down his boxers to check himself out and Genny walked over to take a look too. "What's this? Have you been trying to take your chastity device off???" Smack whet the plunger handle again. This time Ralph buckled at the knees and went down in agony. "Don't you ever try that again, do you hear me Ralph! All Ralph could do was shake his head yes. Oh man, did his nuts hurt.

"Get up and go take a shower and get dressed, I'll have everything laid out for you. Also, don't forget to shave close."

Ralph took along shower and partly with cold water to stop the burning pain between his legs. When he came into the bedroom Genny had indeed laid out his wardrobe for the day. This time it was a pair of white Capri's and a pink cotton blouse. A pair of 2" high heel espadrilles awaited his feet and the long blonde wig was laid out for him to wear. A clean pair of panties were laying next to his black tee-shirt bra. Ralph just groaned when he saw the outfit. "Let's get your makeup on first before you put anything on, but put on your bra and panties first, we can't have you sitting around naked as a jay bird."

Ralph sat down at Genny's dressing table awaiting his new face. He wore his hair fairly short because of the work that he did, not because it was a style that he liked. In fact, when he married Genny he had shoulder length hair. When she came up behind him she put her hands on his shoulders and asked, "What shall we do today darling? Do you have any preference in colors, or anything? You are wearing the blond wig today." Ralph couldn't care less at this point and just shrugged his shoulders. "Do you want me to choose then?" Again, Ralph shrugged his shoulders.

Genny then reached up and placed his ear lobes between her fingers and gave them a tender squeeze. She started by applying a very light blue/blue green shadow and then rimmed his eyes with a navy blue liner that she drew into a cat-eye look. Next she applied some brown/black pencil to his eye brows. to give then some definition. A pinkish/red lip stick covered his lips and then there was the navy blue mascara on the upper lashes and a brilliant blue on the lower lash. "Oh, don't you look lovely today!" Genny took his head between her hands and moved it from side to side so Ralph could see her cosmetic handy work. If it wasn't for his short hair, he would have made a pretty good looking woman.

"What do you think? Look alright for you? Mmm, there's something missing I think... Yes, that it, you need a pair of earrings! Let me see what I can do about that darling." Genny went to her dresser and got a pair of 8mm gold ball studs and went over and held them by each ear, "What do you think?"

Ralph didn't want any part of this, or so he thought, "Those would be nice, but I don't have pierced ears, you know?"

"Well, can certainly remedy that in short order dear." Genny took one of the studs and proceeded to push it thru Ralph's left earlobe. He could hear it pop as it went all the way thru and jumped, "What the hell are you doing Genny?"

"Piercing your ears, did that hurt sweetheart? I'm sorry." she asked as if she was surprised.

"Well, yeah... I wasn't expecting it." Genny placed the backing on the newly installed stud and told Ralph to see how it looked. He looked in the mirror and touched it with his hand. "Hmm, kind of big isn't it?"

"Do you want a smaller diameter ball? I have all different sizes," she said. Genny had multiple pear piercings and had a large variety of gold and silver balls and hoops. "Did you want hoops instead?"

"No, just smaller balls. Can I see what sizes you have first?"

"Of course, let me get some."

Ralph looked at all the different sizes and chose 4mm silver balls. "You aren't going to do more than one in each ear are you?"

"Did you want more darling? I think you would look pretty sexy with double or triple pierced ears, you know."

"No thank you, just one in each ear will do for now, and that may be one too many."

In less than a minute Genny had pierced Ralph's other sear with the 4mm stud. He didn't make a sound as he knew what to expect. "If we change the other one right now, it might hurt just a little bit because it's a new hole and not been established yet." He looked in the mirror and decided to wear two different size studs and forego the pain. Genny placed the long blonde wig on his head and he, once again, made a very presentable looking woman. "Hey, how would you like me to paint your nails?" She already knew the answer to this question. "NO!"

"Come on, we've got to get a move on. We've only got a few hours before we have to go get the kids."

Again, terror stuck into Ralph's heart, we he to wear this clothes in front of his kids, or what?

"Don't tell me you are going to have me wear this stuff in front of the kids?"

"No silly, that's why we need get going."

"Go where, I'm not going out dressed like this!"

"Yes you are, we are going for a drive. We aren't stopping any place that I can think of. Come on, well take my car." Little did Ralph know that she would put the top down so she could parade him around town.

Ralph did actually managed to walk fairly well in the espadrilles for never having walked in high heels before. They got into Genny's Karmen-Ghia and pulled out of the garage. Once the door was closed she handed Ralph a pair of sun glasses and popped the top down.

"What are you doing?" asked Ralph as she pulled away at a high rate of speed and throwing him off balance.

"For a ride dearest." After a couple of hours on the road Genny asked, "Hungry?"

"Sort of, but I'm not getting out of this car!"

"We can do drive-thru if you want." The local In-And-Out was not far away so Genny headed towards it.

Once they were in the long line a boy came to get their order, "How can we help you today, ladies?" They ordered burger, fries and a coke. "Excellent choice ladies. Out for a ride on this beautiful day today? He looked at Ralph and said, "I like your different size earrings, very trendy now a days."

"Yes, my girlfriend and I are taking advantage of this beautiful day. You really like her earrings?"

"Very sheik, but your triples a very sweet looking. Have a splendid day ladies and enjoy your food."

Ralph was very uncomfortable with all this chatter about 'ladies' and 'earrings' to say the least. He could only think, what if the guys at work could only see me now???

Once Genny and Ralph returned home, Ralph got out and literally kissed the garage floor. Oh my god, he hadn't seen anyone that he knew, and he was home safe and sound! It was getting late and the kids would soon be coming home. Genny told him to get undressed and to take another shower real quick to wash away any vestiges of the weekends escapades. When he was dried off and had his boxers and tee-shirt on, he felt pretty damn good. "Aren't you forgetting something?" asked Genny with a smile.

"Uh, what?"

"Your earrings and you didn't put your bra on."

"Honey, not with the kids around, please. You have me locked up, what more do you need?" he said pleadingly.

"It's up to you about keeping the earrings in, but YOU WILL wear the BRA!"

"If I keep the earrings, can I at least take the bra off?"

Gennifer placed her hand on her chin to think for a minute and then said, "NO! This discussion is not up for debate!" Ralph took right earring out and handed it to her.

"I'll keep this one, ok?" trying to appease her somehow.

"Good, I'm glad you are keeping your earring, but you might want to leave them both in because you will have to have me pierce them again next weekend. I've made arrangements with my mother for next weekend."

Ralph closed his eyed in defeat and hung his head, but decided to just wear the one earring. A little while later the kids came running in with Ralph's mother.

"Have a nice weekend, you two?"

"It was wonderful!" said Genny with a smile that stretched from California to New York.

"What about you sweetheart? She said as she went over to give him a kiss. "Oh, I like you with a pierced ear. You look very manly! She looked at his other ear but didn't say anything about the neat little hole that was now a remnant of the weekend. Genny would tell her all about the events and how they turned out, but she could see that her daughter-in-law appeared to have things well under control.

Once grandma left the kids were in their natural state of exuberance and were bouncing off the walls like normal. Ralph was now, somehow, more a tune to what was going on in the house and told the kids to tone it down about five notches. The kids immediately went to their rooms and the house was quite for the time being. Gwen made a comment about Ralph's new earring before she went, "Wow daddy, that's so cool. Did you get that this weekend? I think you should do the other ear and have a matched pair, that would be really neat! Maybe we should leave you and mom alone more often."

"Thank you sweetheart. I'll think about it." When the kids were finally put down, Ralph went in to see Genny, "Honey, can you put in my other earring, please?"

Ralph was learning how to wear a bra 24/7 and had to watch for loose straps and the like to keep the guys at work out of the loop on this part of his new life. It did get pretty hot and he would sweat right thru it on hot days. The wet spots on his shirt were very noticeable, but no one at work said anything about it. What Ralph did notice was his underarms, they seemed to perspire more now. He would have to ask Genny about this. When he did, she told him to shave his underarms and that would help, at least it did for her.

Ralph was taking a bath and asked Genny to come in and show him how to properly shave his underarms. She got him all lathered up and took his double-edge razor and started the denuding process. About 10 minutes later Ralph was sans underarm hair. He felt his underarms and was amazed at how smooth they felt without the hair. He instinctively grabbed some shaving lotion and splashed it around. Oh my god did his underarms burn like there was no tomorrow!

"Why didn't you tell me???" Genny laughed, "Don't do that anymore, at least not until you get used to not having hair there anymore."

The next weekend came all to quickly and Genny's mother came over and got the kids and he and Gennifer were alone together.

"Come here darling," he heard from the bedroom. Ralph wondered what new forms of torture were in store for him. Genny was waiting for him completely naked, except for her chastity belt with her arms out stretched, "What do you want me to wear this evening darling?"

Ralph had to step back and think about this for a few seconds. He could tell her to get all gussied up, or have her wear a blouse and blue jeans. He didn't really know what to tell her, "Something nice?"

"Ok, define 'nice' if you would please."

"How about a skirt and blouse and those black pantyhose that you can't see thru and maybe some high heels?"

Genny took him by the hand and went to her closet and opened the doors and pointed, "Which ones?"

Ralph stood there looking for the longest time and then started to move her things around so he could see them better. He pulled out a black mini skirt and a cream white almost see-thru gauze-like blouse and handed them to her. He then went to her dresser and found a red strapless push-up bra that would look very sexy under the blouse and a pair of jet black tights. He looked at her shoe collection and found a pair of red almond-toe 4" high heels and a 2" wide red belt that would accentuate her waist. Going back to her dresser he found three different sized gold hoop earrings and a pair of diamonds and also handed them to her. "I think I would like to see you in these tonight."

"But I think you made a mistake here?"

"How so?"

"I only have three holes in each ear and you gave me four things."

"Yes, and?" Ralph was trying to win back at least some modicum of control over her.

"You want me to do four holes?"

"You asked me what I wanted you to wear didn't you?"

Genny was stuck, "Yes I did and I'll be happy to do this for you."

"Now, what do you want me to wear tonight?" Ralph wasn't sure about where the evening was headed but hope that it wouldn't be some sort of female attire. Genny went back to her closet and started moving things around and Ralph got pretty damn nervous at what she had in mind. After several minutes and seeing the look on his face, she went to his closed and a pair of gray slacks, a dark blue long sleeve shirt, and a red neck tie. For shoes, she found a pair of black wing-tips and a pair of red sox. Then, she went to her drawers and pulled out Ralph's black tee-shirt bra and a black girdle for him to wear for foundations. Ralph was pleased beyond belief. Finally, some men's attire, at least on the outside.

They went their separate ways to the bathrooms to get ready. Ralph was the first to finish after he took his shower. He looked at himself in the mirror and liked who he saw staring back. He brushed his hair and teeth and held his arms out with his elbows tight against his body and palms facing upward, "Ta-Da" he said as he looked at himself in the mirror! The girdle was very tight, but it did pull his tummy in and he looked very trim.

Gennifer took her shower and got ready. She decide where to put the diamonds and pushed them into place with little effort. She looked at herself and like the four earrings, but fashion dictated five in each ear, not an even number. She went out and got another pair of smaller diamonds and put them in. Three earrings were pretty much the norm in young women, but five was very avant-garde looking, but not trashy as some of the industrial-looking ear piercings that many of the younger girls found attractive. Genny looked speldid in her outfit, Ralph had chosen very wisely and she looked very stylish, especially the red strapless push-up bra, it looked dynamite! When she emerged from the bathroom Ralph did a wolf-whistle and presented Genny with a small box, it was a cocktail ring with a lot of different colored stones.

"Why, thank you sweetheart, this is very pretty." as she slipped it onto her right hand middle finger.

"You are worth it to me. Thank you!"

The two went out for dinner and dancing and came home very tired and worn out. Ralph was allowed one cocktail for the evening and that was it, but he savored it like a very fine wine. He was getting used to the one-beer-per-night routine, but he desperately wanted more - much more.

When they got home it was nearly 1:20 in the morning, a late night for sure. They both got undressed and headed for the sheets, Ralph wearing his black bra and cock cage and Genny wearing nothing except the chastity belt. Once they were under the covers Genny help up the keys and jingled them together. Ralph look up and said, "Really!"

"Yes darling, it's time! I'm ready to get this damn belt off, I don't know about you, but..." Genny took the key and unlocked her belt first and had Ralph help take it off.

"Wow, this is so heavy, huh? I never imagined it would be this heavy. Wow!"

"It is, and I'm glad to have it off. Trying to go poop was a challenge! Ok, big boy it's your turn, but before I do I have to ask, are you going to be a good boy, or should I leave you locked up for another week?"

"I will be on my best behavior, I promise!" Genny undid the lock and Ralph removed the cage with great care. "Oh that feels wonderful, thank you darling!" Ralph would be put back into chastity before he woke. The two love birds made love several times and each time was better than the last. Somewhere around 3:00am they went to sleep both very satisfied. Ralph was allowed to take off his bra for the evening. The deep red creases in his skin were the only reminder that he had had it on.

The next morning, Ralph found himself back in chastity and was beside himself. "Genny, what is this all about?" he asked pointing between his legs.

"Insurance."

"What? I've done everything you have asked of me, worn that damn bra, pierced my ears, and wore women's clothes. What more do you want from me?"

"Your obedience, that's all. You will need to be reminded for a while until you have earned my trust. I love you Ralph, but I won't have you getting drunk and taking out your aggressions on me, I just won't! And unless I think I can trust you ever again, this is how it's going to be."

"I think this is too harsh. You are expecting me to submit to your complete dominance and control, it that it?"

"No sweetheart, I just want to know that I can trust you for the rest of my life and that will equally go for the kids. "Do you want Gene to grow up like you and become an alcoholic and abusive? That ain't gonna happen under my watch!"

Ralph had to set down on the bed and think about this. He had learned this behavior from his father and knew that what Gennifer was telling him was very true. Somewhere, their hidden away in the back of his mind, was this little man running around yelling and screaming that that's how men should take charge and be a man. Drink whenever you wanted, come home and yell at the old lady, that was man's god give right. But, for the moment, he had to acquiesce to Genny's wishes and become the man that she had married. "Ok, I'll try and earn your trust."

"All right, I'll take you at your word. Go take your shower now and don't forget to shave." When Ralph returned he found that Genny had laid out his clothes for the day, a brown, above the knee, skirt and blouse combo, some matching brown pantyhose, and a pair or brown patent leather flats. Today he would also be wearing a longish red A-line bob wig and a pair of 3" gold hoop earrings with a pair of diamond studs. He would also be wearing a different bra, it was a long-line model that would hang down about four inches below his boob line and a high-waisted long leg girdle. By now, he knew the drill on how to put on his togs and then sit at the makeup table so Genny could put on his face, and now his diamond studs along with the large hoops.

"There's something wrong here," said Ralph as he looked in the mirror.

"What's wrong honey pie?"

"Look, can't you see it?" Genny look in the mirror and saw exactly what Ralph was seeing, his harry legs under the pantyhose. "Don't you have something that you can't see the hair? There are too shear and they don't hide my hair." Ralph almost seemed to be panicked.

"Well, you know... you could shave your legs and that problem would go away pretty quickly."

"Oh shit, I don't want to shave my legs! How about some black tights or something?"

"Sorry, you snagged them last time and I threw them out. I only have pantyhose for you to wear right now, or stockings."

Ralph sat there for a minute, "Ok, I'll shave my legs I guess. I could wear my camo mantyhose couldn't I?"

"I'll run the water and show you how to shave." A few minutes later Genny had some warm water running in the tub and Ralph's razor tuned up with a new blade. She had him sit on the edge of the tub and lathered up his legs with her special soap and then started the hair removal. Ralph had to fold the legs of his girdle up so he could get all the hair that would be showing. Once Genny had one leg done she handed the razor to Ralph so he could finish. When the denuding process was done he rubbed his clean shaven legs and really did like the smooth hairless feeling. It was actually quite sensual to the touch and he would have gotten an erection if he wasn't cages and girdled. The girdle did a nice job of hiding his cage.

Now, that his legs were clean shaven, Ralph put the brown pantyhose back on, this time they looked like they should on a pair of nicely shaved legs. The pantyhose almost had a completely different feel to them after he put them on, it was... nicer, and the interaction of his finger tips running over the hose was somehow electrically charged, not that he got shocked, but the sensory feeling of his own touch 'was' electric. "Hey, quit feeling yourself up, let me try that," said Genny as she went over to also feel his legs. She ran her hand up and down his thigh and down his calf with a very light sensual touch, but when she moved to his groin area she pressed down harder and harder to try and get Ralph to have some sort of erection, which of course, he could not! Satisfied, she stood up and proceeded to do Ralph's makeup.

She started with a couple of shades of brown shadows to give him a doe-eyed look and then applied several coats of black mascara. Looking at his eyes, she decided to add a little eye pencil to define his eyes and give them some depth. It took several minutes to smudge everything in to her satisfaction, but when Ralph was finished, the results were definitely worth the extra effort. Ralph too was delighted with the makeup job that Genny had done. He had such a lovely face to work with, high cheek bones, dimples, all good!

Genny had on similar clothes but in a different color and she too wore a wig, only this one was a black chin length A-line bob. It did make her look very sophisticated and with her five earring hanging from her ears, she was a knock out. Genny had chosen a pair of black leather high heeled boots to wear that almost went to her knees. She was nearly an inch taller than Ralph in his flats. All dressed up and nowhere to go? Not even, they were going shopping at the mall in the next town because it was smaller than the one where they lived and would be a good low-key place to take Ralph.

Once again, here was poor Ralph being chauffeured around by his wife and going to a mall to go shopping. "Honey, by what name do you want to be called his afternoon? I'm guessing it's not going to be Ralph."

Ralph sat there thinking, but was drawing a blank. "I don't know, Rachel, or something? I don't know..."

"Ooo, I like that. Rachel! Yes, it fits you, Rachel."

On the ride to the mall Genny started calling Ralph, Rachel. He didn't like it but, he had chosen the name, the name of a girl - sheesh...

At the mall, they walked around for what seemed like forever looking at clothes and shoes. Ralph would have been more at home in the local hardware store because it was something that he did actually know something about, not dress and shoe sizes.

"Madam, would you like some help finding your size?" asked the early twenties sales girl to Ralph.

"No, I'm just looking right now, thank you." Now go away please, he thought.

"If you do need help, I can help you if you wish." Ralph didn't wish her to help or even acknowledge that she was even there.

"Rachel, come try this on," said Genny in a pleasant voice. Ralph just kind of glared at her. "Oh come one, you'll look great in this. Come on well go together."

Half way saved by the bell. But he would have to go into the 'ladies' dressing room and this would only be the first of many times he would go try things on for Genny. She took the two-piece outfit so Rachel could try it on. They found an empty stall and ducked in. Rachel whispered to Genny, "I shouldn't be here, what if I get caught, or something?"

Genny whispered back, "Don't worry about it, you can tell them that you are transgender, ok."

The two-piece didn't look as good on as it did on the hanger as Rachel looked at herself in the mirror. All of a sudden the door swung open and there was another woman wanting to use the stall, "Oh I'm sorry, I didn't see you were in here with all the clothes I was carrying. Excuse me!" and the door quickly shut. Rachel was mortified and nearly fainted. Genny started laughing hysterically and nearly peed her pants. The poor woman who came in was extremely embarrassed. The look on Rachel's face was one of those Kodak moments that you could see and read about in magazines.

Genny and Rachel left that store and went to another, Genny still laughing as they walked. "Oh. come on Rachel, that was the funniest thing I've seen in ages." Rachel was just now calming down and also started to laugh. The two went to a lingerie shop and were looking around when the sales lady came up and asked Genny, "Are you shopping for your transgender husband today?"

Now it was Genny's turn to have a Kodak moment, "Uh... yes."

"Would you like to have me measure him up for anything special? I would be privileged to do so. I have any number of transgenders that shop with us so I know my way around the chassis, so to speak."

"Yes, that would be nice. I'm thinking about getting him a corset.

"Do you have a preference in which style and material types?"

"I think an over-bust that doesn't have much in the way of bra cups and in a black brocade."

"I have some right over here, would you like to join us..."

"Rachel,' said Genny.

"Rachel, oh what a pretty name, that was my mother's name," the woman said as she led them to where the corsets were hanging.

Ralph just followed and couldn't believe that he was just 'following'. If you had told him that he would be getting a fitting for a corset several months ago, you would have probably gotten punched in the face, yet here he was.

The woman took the tape that was hanging around her neck and started to measure Rachel. "Are these forms or natural?" she asked Rachel.

"Forms," he answered with a feminine a voice as he could muster.

"Let's step over to one of the dressing booths and have you take them out so I can get a real measurement."

Rachel looked at Genny again with a glaring look. He followed the woman to the other side of the store and went inside followed by the woman. Rachel was now visibly distressed.

"Oh honey, it's ok, I have a fairly large number of transgender and crossdressers that shop with us, we are very discrete and your secret is safe as Victoria, herself.

Rachel was not totally convinced, but when Genny also entered the now cramped booth he knew that compliance was his best defense. He slowly took off his blouse and removed the forms from his long-line bra. All of a sudden he was nearly flat chested. The woman measured him and left to go get a corset for him to try on. When she returned Rachel had removed her bra and was patiently waiting.

"Let's give this a try and see how it fits you Rachel." The woman had Genny step out so that she could lace up the corset. "Rachel, have you started hormones yet? I notice that you have a lot of hair up here " as she nodded to his chest. She got close enough to feel Ralph's cock cage and started to form a different opinion about whether Rachel was truly a transgender or a cuckold slave, or was he being punished for something. She had seen all types come in the store over her long career.

Ralph didn't know how to answer the question, but he did know about women's hormones because Genny would get bitchy when she had her period and her hormones were scampering about like wild monkeys, but answered, "No, not yet."

"You are going to like them. They will reduce chest and leg hair a bunch and make your hair much fuller and softer. The physical changes to your bust and hips will also start the transform your body to the female form, sometimes quickly, sometime slowly."

"How do you know which you will be?"

"Oh, gosh honey, that depends on your body chemistry, everyone is different, follow what I'm saying?"

"Yes," said Ralph as he was trying to fill in the gaps of the conversation.

"Do you have an endocrinologist yet?"

"No, but I'm looking."

"I'll give you a name and she comes highly recommended."

Ralph was sinking further and further, here. "Ok."

After about five or ten minutes the corset was laced and the woman, as much as, pushed Rachel out the door for Genny to see. "Oh my, that just looks stunning on you Rachel! Don't you agree?"

Rachel had to look at herself in the mirror to see what she looked like. The corset had whittled her waist at least three inches and pinched whatever amount of breast tissue she had into a nice pair of small well formed breasts. Small was the key word here. Standing there Ralph began to see himself as a woman all of a sudden. It was shocking to him that he could look like any other female with the right clothes. Genny walked around Rachel and felt how the corset felt against her hand and she liked what she felt. Rachel smiled a little as she was being touched.

"We'll take it, want to wear it home Rachel?"

"Can I?"

"Sure do you want to wear it with or without your blouse?"

"With my blouse, please."

"Are you sure," asked Genny?

"Yes, quite sure." As they were leaving the sale lady handed Rachel a folded piece of paper with the doctors name scribbled on it.

After shopping the couple went out to dinner and had a nice Mediterranean meal at a local bistro.

"Did you enjoy yourself today Rachel?"

"Yes, somewhat, it think I really did. Shopping, as you know, is not my favorite thing to do, but being with you today I have a new sense of what it can truly be. It was a lot of fun."

Genny couldn't believe her ears what Ralph was saying. She definitely knew of his distaste for shopping, but this was a new revelation, for sure. The two talked about almost getting found out and they both almost peed their pants together they laughed so hard. The other diners in the bistro all turned to hear their laughter, but didn't know what it was all about.

When they arrived home it was dark. Genny put another X-rated DVD into the player and they both got extremely turned on and left of the bedroom. Ralph was hoping in the worst way that he would get unlocked tonight, his wish came true. The sex was better now than it had ever been before in their marriage. After they were both nearly exhausted, Genny handed the cock cage to Ralph. He took it and look at it and the at Genny. She shook her head and he proceeded to put it on himself. "Are there other types of these things," he asked as he was coaxing his slim Jim into place and the lock went 'click'.

"Yes, do you want to look around on the net and see if there's something that you would like better?"

"Very much so, I think that there could be something more comfortable, somewhere out there." Ralph's acquiescence was becoming more noticeable by the day. Once he was securely locked up, they went to the computer and started a web search for Male Chastity and much to their surprise, there were thousands of sites and posts. Ralph clicked the Pictures icon and hundreds of photos started loading. There were metal, plastic, and leather chastity belts and devices. The sheer quantity was staggering to Ralph because he never thought that so many men were being locked away, some for months at a time. Some of the pictures were of men who had breasts, some wore adult baby outfits, there were pics of men dressed as women and some with maid's uniforms, and some in wedding gowns. it was incredible the different pictures that had been uploaded.

It was getting late and they both wanted to get some sleep, they would continue their search tomorrow. they kissed each other and turned over and went to sleep. Ralph had a fitful night's sleep as he was thinking about the pictures he had seen. There was this one picture of a man with arm binders, a full-face leather hood with eye and mouth slits that were zipped shut, and a metal chastity belt similar to the one that Genny had worn and he was shackled to a fence post in a field somewhere. That image made him wake up and snuggle next to Genny. He hoped that would never happen to him.

The next morning they got up and ate breakfast together before they both cleaned the house for the week. Around noon they were both getting hungry and fixed a couple of grilled cheese sandwiches and had sodas to drink. Sitting at the bar in the kitchen Ralph asked Genny about hormones and what she knew about them. Since all of this transformation process of Ralph, Genny had been on the internet reading all about feminization of men and had a pretty good basic understanding of what the whole male-to-female process was all about. She did wonder why this sudden interest.

"There are medications and herbs that most everyone uses."

"Are the changes permanent?"

"Yes darling, they are. But you could get your breasts removed, but once they do the vaginoplasty, that's not reversible, ever."

"What's that?"

"That's where they remove your testicles and create something called a neo-vagina and invert the penis to make a vaginal cavity."

"Does that mean you can't have a climax anymore, or anything?"

"Not at all, the surgeons today have created such good looking vaginas that OBGYN's can't tell the difference until the look inside."

"Really, I never knew about this 'transgender' thing. I know that some dudes want to be girls, but that's about all I ever knew. It must hurt a lot, to lose your balls, that is."

"Couldn't hurt anymore then getting them smacked with the plunger stick, now," said Genny as she smiled at Ralph.

"Yeah, I know all about that, huh?" Ralph said somewhat glaring her.

"Well, if you didn't have balls, that couldn't hurt you nearly as much."

"Yeh, but what would the kids say about having two mothers?" he laughed at the notion and thought. "Speaking about the kids, when are they coming home?"

"Mom took them to the theme park and said they would be here around 6:30 to 7:00pm."

"Kind of late, isn't it?"

"Naw, they will be all zonked out and go to sleep pretty quickly when they get back, I would imagine. Is there anything that you want to do this afternoon dear?"

"There's a car show over in Greenfield that I would like to go to. It's supposed to go until around 4:00pm I think."

"Let's get cleaned up and go then."

Ralph wondered if that meant going enfeme, or not. "What are you going to wear?"

"I guess some pedal pushers and a blouse, it's not a fancy gathering is it?"

"No, I was going to wear a polo-shirt and jeans, myself."

"Ok, let's get these dishes put into the sink and get going. What color shirt are you going to wear?"

"The dark blue one."

"I would suggest that you wear your black push-up bra."

"Push-up? Do I still have to wear a bra? I was hoping for a reprieve, or something because it's a guy event."

"Nope, you still have to wear the new push-up I got for you and your panty girdle too. I might suggest a Hawaiian shirt, they are baggy and you won't show as much, but that's just a suggestion."

"I'll try the polo first, I have a couple of extra large shirts." Ralph tried the extra large shirts, but they were slightly tight around the bust. "Damn this new push-up!"

Genny was standing in the doorway holding a brand new red Hawaiian shirt, "Want to try this darling?" drudgingly Ralph took the shirt and put it on. It did fit much looser and his propped up breasts showed minimally.

The car show was nice because it had a wide variety of foreign and domestic cars of which there were several that Ralph had worked on. It was always nice to see them being used and driven. The worst thing that can happen with a car is when it's restored and hardly driven again. These garage and trailer queens were not Ralph's favorites to work on, at all.

The next day Ralph went to work as usual, but his friends were wondering where he was the last couple of weekends because they usually got together to drink a few beers. "Hey Ralph, where've you been lately?"

"Mama has had me doing a lot of honey-do's. Seems as though I have been remiss in my home duties of late."

"Well, I hope that gets all resolved here soon. Fred said that he saw you at the car show yesterday with your wife. How did she like it?"

"It's not really her cup of tea, but she tolerated it ok," he said as he left the wash room. His co-worker looked at Ralph when he turned around and kind of noticed that he seemed to have a fuller chest cross-section then he could remember. He paid it never mind and went out into the shop himself and life went on from there.

A few months later Ralph was still in weekly chastity and so was Genny, but more so for her. Ralph was starting to think differently now and his body was starting to assume a new form as well. He was shaving his groin area every couple of days and his underarms every day when he took a bath. His posterior was somehow getting larger and the hair on his chest was diminishing, add to this his breasts were getting larger because he now wore a full 36B cup. It was getting harder for him to hide the fact that he now had breasts of significant size.

"Honey, I've got to talk to you about something."

"What is it dearest?"

"In the last couple of months by body seems to be reshaping."

"What do you mean dear?"

"Well, as you know I'm wearing a 36b bra now and my tush is getting bigger. My nipples have been tender for a while too. Any ideas about what it could be? I so concerned that I've made a doctor's appointment for next week."

"Hmm... I think it's time we did have a little heart-to-heart talk sweetheart. You can cancel your appointment with your GP and make an appointment with that endocrinologist that you have the name of."

"Why? Am I that sick, or something?"

"No dearest, you have been on estrogen for the last few month and you are taking on the feminine form now, it's time for you to get on a regimented program so that she can prescribe androgen blockers to suppress your testosterone. I'm pretty sure that you've been having hot flashes, haven't you?"

"Yeah, I was going to ask him about those to. You mean you are trying to turn me into a female? A woman? But why Genny?"

"Rachel, you have calmed down and reconstructed your whole life since I took control. You are a much better person, no... make that female, then you ever were a man. You were becoming an alcoholic and you were abusive to me. Don't you see, you are a better person now. Haven't you seen a change in your personality, you should have by now. Look, even the kids have embraced you wearing dresses and such. You are a much better parent now too. The kids love you more than ever, can't you see that too? Rachel, I just want to be happy and the kids want to be happy. This is what makes us all happy. Can and will you make the change for us, or are you going to be selfish and not share your better side with us? You can decide if you want to go all the way, I won't force that upon you. I truly do love having sex with you and would miss that dearly, but I do love you enough that I will stay with you even if you decide to transition.

You don't have to worry about work because I'm getting a promotion and will be able to more then cover our expenses every month. If you still want to work on cars, that's okay too. The shop you work at will have to keep you unless they want a major law suit brought against them for discrimination. Personally, I think you should ply your trade for your own personal gain and not fatten the pockets of those you work for. You can work out of the garage until we can build you a shop out back, that's one advantage to having a large lot out here in the country, so to speak. What do you think honey pie?"

Ralph just sat there trying to think how and why ne ever got into the predicament. Yes, he did enjoy his liquor, but it made him do stupid things and that was the crux of the problem. It's true, the kids loved to see their daddy in a dress and wear makeup and their relationship with him had gotten much better. All he could see were the positives. The booze was the negative. Since he was put on beer rations, his desire for event that had diminished a whole bunch. But, he was still a man.

It was Saturday night and he was uncaged. Oh what a relief! He had worn that damn chastity belt for too long. He had tried several belts/devices, but gradually went back to the first one he ever wore. But, tonight - he was free. Genny had consented for him to put it on the next morning so that he could have one night a week without the habitual chaffing. The sex that night was wonderful as it had always been the last few months and the couple slept like spoons nestled in a drawer. The next morning Ralph got dressed in his grubbies and told Genny the he had to work on his car for a while. He left without breakfast and drove the car down to the shop so he could put it on the rack to make repairs. While he was busy working on his car he didn't notice that one of the other guys came in and opened the roll-up door. It startled Ralph. "Holly shit, you startled the shit out of me, Jack!"

"Sorry. I didn't hear you working. I didn't realize that mama let you out any more. Care for a beer?"

Ralph had to think about that one for a New York minute, "sure." That one beer led to several more and before you knew it Ralph was getting drunk. Not good! Genny called and asked how much longer he was going to be and he told her at least a couple more hours. Genny said she was going over to see he mom and would be home in a couple hours then they could go get dinner out somewhere.

About twenty minutes later Ralph had a flash, he knew that he couldn't go home drunk like this and he just couldn't take a cold shower to get the rancid stuff out of his body. He had thought about leaving for some time because he was getting sick and tired of Genny's rules and dominance. His car had been done for a couple of hours and he was just sitting around with Jack drinking. He told Jack that he was going to go home and left. The drive home was pretty scary because of his inebriation, but he pulled into the drive and went in and packed a couple of bags. He was just about ready to leave when he saw his cock cage laying on the night stand. He picked it up and was going to give it the heave-ho, but set it down and wrote a simple goodbye note, it simple said: Sorry... He placed the cage on top of the paper and grabbed his bags and left his home. About an hour later the texts started pouring into his phone because he wasn't answering the phone, he was driving West down the interstate.

That night he stayed in his car and slept along side, the road at a rest stop. His car wasn't the most comfortable, but it was his home for tonight. The next day Ralph went to the bank and withdrew some money from his private and secret account. He gassed up the car and continued his journey Westward.

Back at home, Genny was now worried sick about Ralph and the way he left because she was so completely caught off-guard with his disappearance.

The kids knew there was something wrong when daddy didn't come home that night. They all kind of huddled and whispered to each other about daddy. Gene was agitated because daddy want there. Gwen held him close and told him not to worry. Genevieve was still too young to really understand where daddy had gone. Gene wanted to know if he did something to make daddy stay away and Gwen told him that was nonsense, but she did tell him, "Brother beware, momma could turn you into a girl like she did daddy." That made things worse and Gene cried the rest of the evening.

Genny looked around to try and determine what Ralph had taken with him. He took the majority of his male clothes, but she was somewhat surprised to find that all of his 36B bras were missing and so was his panties and a couple of girdles. Odd, she thought?

Time has a way of passing to where it just slips by almost unnoticed. Gennifer had indeed received her promotion and was able to get a woman to come in and take care of the kids while she was at work. Her schedule got more congested and she spent most days working until around 7:00pm, unless she worked from the house. Such is the life of a manger. I just seemed like school had started when it was nearly coming to an end for the summer break. Genny had to be forced to take a vacation by her supervisor so she decided to do it at the beginning of the summer before it got too crowded. She took the kids to Connecticut to visit her sister Brenda and her kids. The kids had a wonderful time meeting their cousins for the first time and playing, so much so that Brenda offered to let the kids stay for most of the summer. Genny loved her kids dearly, but she could use a break from them and concentrate on her job. Ralph had disappeared from her life and there was nothing better than work to keep her mind occupied. She did wonder what had happened to him and why he left without a word except for that damn note - Sorry. It was she who was the sorry one.

Meanwhile, Ralph had wound up in San Francisco working for an independent Ferrari shop in the south bay area for a short time, but quit to work for himself out of his house. He was able to steal away a few of the better clientele and they we able to keep him with work most of the time. Ralph had further explored his feminine side as only he could do in the land of fruits and nuts capital, San Francisco. One of the very first things he did was to find a psychologist who knew his way around trans people. He was also recommended an endocrinologist to get him onto the proper drug regimen that would keep him on the straight and narrow path towards womanhood. Yes, Ralph had made up his mind to become a woman, including the surgery that would transform his body forever to that of a female. He was able to convince his doctor that he had already lived full time as a woman for a few months, as the doctors here in Frisco were easily swayed.

It wasn't that difficult for his clients to accept the fact that Ralph and become Rachel and they continued to bring their cars to him, uh... her. Because Ralph's cost of living was pretty low, he was able to save the necessary dollars that would be needed for his transformation. He wanted the surgery so badly that he sort of circumvented the down time by getting some facial feminization surgeries out of the way. It was remarkable to see the changes as he had his brow bone shaved and reshaped along with removing his Adam's apple. The vocal cord operation would change the pitch of his voice was the one that seemed to take forever to get healed up. His hairline was pulled down to make him look more feminine. His hair was styled into a bowl cut and he had his ears pierced for five holes and a tragus in each ear that held a 1/4 caret, diamond in each hole. He also did a forward helix piercing in his right rear with three 3mm gold balls. He truly was thinking and dressing like a woman. And, his wardrobe was quickly filling with fashionable clothes.

He did have a couple of problems with his meds, but after a couple of blood tests he got squared away. His emotions were sky rocketing way up and way down for a while. He would just start to cry in the middle of the day for no apparent reason what so ever and then he would get bitchy. One of his clients was a medical doctor and he told Ralph to go get a blood test to check his estrogen levels, sure enough, that's what it was, too little estrogen and too much androgens. He was becoming a regular at the pharmacy these days, not only for his prescriptions, but also their cosmetics counter. Rachel had had several make-overs at the big department stores but found their prices to be beyond what he was willing to spend. He wasn't a name-brand kind of guy anyway, drugstore cosmetics were just fine with him because he always found colors he could live with.

The time for his reassignment was nearing, but he had to tell Genny that he was going to fully transition and that phone call was one he was dreading because it had to be made person to person and be recorded for his therapist. It was around 10:00pm when he called Genny, "Butler.." came a familiar voice.

"Hi Gennifer, how are you?"

She didn't recognize the voice, but answered, "Fine, and you?" she still didn't recognize the voice.

"Great now that I hear your sweet voice."

"I'm sorry, but do I know you?"

"Yes, but it's been a little while since we've seen each other."

Genny still couldn't make out who this was, "Ok, but who are you?"

"It's... Rachel."

"Rachel who, exactly?" She was beginning to finally suspect, but the voice was all wrong.

"Maybe I should use the name you are more familiar with, Ralph."

"It doesn't sound like you Ralph."

"Please, call me Rachel. I've been living as Rachel for few months now."

"And...?"

"My therapist wanted to call and tell you that I will be going thru transition in about a month, or less. And, I wanted to say how sorry I am for leaving you. I just had too many things going thru my head with your witches brew of hormones. I'm sure you can't forgive me, but I do ask you too."

All of a sudden Genny started crying.

"Don't cry sweetheart. I'm not worth the tears."

"Oh, shut up Rachel. I still love you, I was devastated when you left me and the kids, just as devastated. I didn't know what to do. I didn't know if you were dead or what had happened to you. One day you are there and then next, poof! You were gone."

"How are the kids?"

"They miss you like hell. They keep asking me if I've heard anything from you and when are you coming home. I have to keep telling them lies, I hate you for that! What the hell happened to you?"

Rachel told Genny about getting drunk and couldn't face coming home and her wrath that would surely follow. It just seemed and easier path to hoe.

"Are you happier without me?" Rachel asked.

"No, I want you to come home and so do the kids."

"I'm afraid I can't do that right now sweetheart."

"Why not?"

"I have my own business here and have several restoration project going on."

"Where is, here?"

"The South Bay, here in San Francisco. And, besides I have my date for transition and the hospital and doctors have all been paid up front. So, you see I can't come right now."

"But you will come, won't you?"

"I guess that kind of depends on you and what I do with my business here in Frisco."

"I want you to come home darling, but I have a lot of work to do here. I never wanted to push you away like this. Please come home to me Rachel, please!"

"I can't right now. I've had to work my personal schedule around my projects, the way it is. And with transition coming in a couple of weeks, my time has become even more constrained."

"All right, I'm coming there without the kids to see you. I'll make things work out on my end here."

"By the way, how is your new job or promotion or whatever it was, going?"

"Great, I am a manager and have 90 people that I supervise in three states."

"Wow, congratulations manager! I hope that it's everything that you wanted and hoped it would be."

"It's pretty tiring, I work from 8:00 until around 7:00 almost every day?"

"Yeah? What about the kids, who looks after them?"

"I have a house keeper that lives in and I sometimes work out of the house."

"Doesn't sound like you have much quality time for them, huh?"

"That's a problem, yes. They do need that quality time and you could provide that time if you will come home and open or move your shop here."

"That's very kind, but I've sort of put down roots here and I have started to get a pretty good following over here, something I couldn't replicate there in Piper's Ferry."

"Give me your address and current phone number, I'll be there within a couple of days. I just need to give my troops their marching orders." After a couple more minutes Genny had her information and went immediately online to looking for tickets to SFO. She went in and woke the kids to tell them that she was going to see daddy in a couple of days. They were excited and asked lots of questions that she had to deflect for the moment until she met up with Rachel. Now, calling Ralph, Rachel seemed somewhat foreign to her, but pleasing in the knowledge that he would soon be a she. Gennifer just smiled...