56 TV FICTION CLASSICS "SANDY THOMAS

"Catherine, I am very intrigued by your 'success' here. Ms. Cavell has told me all about you."

"Oh no," I thought to myself. I blushed, she knew I wasn't really a female!

She must have noticed my shocked expression, because she chuckled and continued, "My dear girl, or should I say boy, there's nothing to worry about. I know all about these things. I only regret that I didn't know Ms. Cavell here, when my own son was of school age. You see my son Jamie, works travelling around the world as a high-paid fashion model these days. And I don't mean as a male model. He also does a little bit of work for our American Foreign Service."

"I started to play around with his long hair when he was a teenager. One thing led to another, and by the end of high school he had been living as a girl for over a year. You may have seen him in various magazine ads for cosmetics, hair products, and the latest fashions,' she added.

"What I am going to offer you should be of interest. I have already discussed it with your mother and she said that she thinks it's a great opportunity, but leaves the decision up to you. I would like you to come work for our modelling agency."

I couldn't believe my ears! "Wh...what kind of modelling?" I asked, though I guessed what was coming.

"Young women's fashions, of course," Ms. Dodge replied. "With your lovely figure, beautiful hair and feminine appearance, we couldn't use you to model boys' clothes, now could we?"

Chapter 19, Epilogue.

Naturally I accepted the job, particularly since it offered not only a lucrative salary but it sounded fun. Oh, I had plenty of other options. I had earned diplomas in fashion, cuisine arts, home-making, secretarial office management and child care. I had many job offers!

After graduating, my summer involved photo sessions in New York, Toronto, Miami, L.A. and other cities across North America. Ms. Dodge made arrangements in New York for me to continue receiving my hormone injections. She said, "We can't have you turning back into a boy now, can we?"

I made the cover of one of the minor women's fashion magazines! But best of all, a movie producer liked my face and asked me to do a screen test. Of course, my Rosemount training paid off! I got a bit part in one of those teen sex-comedies! Imagine being paid money just for acting like a girl.

The success of my bit part is Hollywood history! I'm a famous starlet now.

ACTING LIKE A GIRL -57 What have I done with all my success? I've personally provided 20 full scholarships at Rosemount for tresses in the past 5 years. It's now a major program. Since the football and basketball teams have developed little interest, the school administrators have talked of making the school "ALL TRESS." I enjoy sometimes "scouting" for new boys who would like a career in acting and I encourage them to attend Rosemount.

I owe my good fortune to my training at Rosemount. My agent just called and offered me a part... it's about a young girl who dresses like a boy to get into an all male school. It's going to be a 'stretch' but I think I can play a 'boy' but I'll probably need some "Hollywood magic." My maleness, both mentally and physically are mostly memories now offering little resistance to the continued injected flow of female hormones. What's so great about being a boy anyway?

I go to Rosemount for orientation services at the beginning of each year. Last year I arrived straight from a 'shoot'. I swished into my old dorm room just as I had seen "Michelle" do many years ago. I encountered a new freshman tress. The slim, curly-haired brunette boy took one look at me in my flowing curls, sleek dress, sheer nylons and towering heels and said, "YOU-YOU'RE [my famous stage name]! ARE you one of US?"

I nodded my head. His eyes rolled...and he fainted dead away. I thought...welcome to Rosemount.

The end

P.S. I'll have to tell you about Michael's experience with his father and mother someday.

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