RANSVESTIA

Sunday evening Joe received a call from Ellen. "Something has come up and I have to leave for awhile and I'm not sure when I'll be back. I'm leaving a key in the mail box for you and you're welcome to use the house when you want to. I put your clothes in a separate drawer and of course you can wear anything of mine. As soon as I get back I'll contact you. I'll miss you, Joe, but it won't be too long." Joe, of course, was sorry to hear Ellen was leaving but was delighted to hear that she was going to miss him.

The next afternoon Joe was laying around the house watching TV, when he heard someone knocking on the door. Since he was the only one home, he jumped up to answer it, figuring it would be Hal or Gary. He opened the door and much to his surprise there stood Susan Boyd. "Is Debbie in?" she asked.

Joe sputtered, "There isn't any Debbie at this house."

"Well, I'm sure this is the house Ellen Fargo told me her cousin Debbie was staying at while she was in the city."

"Well, I'm sorry but you have the wrong house."

Susan noticed the redness that was coming to Joe's face and how flustered he was. She became curious and just stared at him. This made Joe self-conscious and he was hoping that he wouldn't give himself away. Why did Ellen tell her to come here? A look of amaze- ment came across Susan's face. "You're Debbie," she said.

"What do you mean?" he stammered.

"You are Debbie. The more I look at you the more I can see it."

"I don't know what you mean."

"Listen, I'm getting to the bottom of this. I'll just wait till your mother gets home and talk to her about it.

"No, you don't want to do that."

"Oh yes

I will unless I get some answers."

Joe knew he was trapped, darn that Ellen. Why did she send Susan here?

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