RANSVESTIA

By this time I had been in my new role for about four months and had become so accustomed to it that anything outside of this role seemed to be absurd. I was thoroughly ingrained with the feminine role in life and had long since subconsciously decided to adopt it as a permanent role.

It was about this time that I began to notice some rather disturb- ing things about Jack. In particular I began to note that the amount of money deposited in the bank was not the same as I had estimated it to be. I knew that my estimates would be off from the true deposit but not very much. I began to notice that after I had turned over as much as $300.00 to Jack, only $150.00 to $200.00 would find itself deposited in the Bank. My suspicions became aroused with good reason and I de- cided that on the next convenient Sunday afternoon I would slip down to the shop and make my own audit of the books to determine if Jack was keeping the deposits on the business in an honest manner.

My chance to examine the books came that following Sunday after- noon. Jack had asked me on Friday if I would like to take a short trip with him down to Indianapolis for the weekend and then return on Sunday night. I naturally declined and said that I had already made other plans and could not cancel them. I smiled to myself at the thought of Jack's reaction if he knew what those plans were.

I set the alarm on the early so that I would be up and out of the apart- ment before Denise awoke. After arising and rushing through my make- up I slipped into a pair of slacks and a sweater and then hurried out of the apartment and down to the car. I saw no one on the way and lost no time in driving over to the Beauty Shop, found a place to park in front and went inside.

Jack kept the books and records in a desk in a more or less private office at the back of the business. It took me about 20 minutes to locate the financial records and get them laid out for my review. In rapid succession I began to review the day by day deposits and to my astonishment I could find no discrepancy. After becoming sus- picious of Jack I had started keeping notes on how much money I gave Jack and the figures in front of me showed more deposited than my figures did. Deeply disappointed I returned the books to their proper places and then started to look through Jack's desk. In a file marked PERSONAL and CONFIDENTIAL, I found what I was looking for. Jack had prepared duplicate records and had undoubtedly used the first records I had examined as a ruse to delay anyone who at- tempted to reveal his secret. Not only did I discover that this em-

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