RANSVESTIA

Part 2

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LOVE

AFFAIR

Dee Raymond

I got along really well with Roy after we both got over our initial awkwardness. He really was a nice guy with a real sly sense of humor. We had a lot of fun. Valerie was really quiet when I told her all about it Sunday morning. She was even a bit put out, though she denied it when I asked her, after I told her Roy wanted to see me again.

Roy wasn't the only one who saw something different in me. Jimmy Rycroft, a lawyer, and a friend of Pat's, came to the office one day and then Pat invited me over to her place to meet him. She told me that it was Jimmy's idea actually. He hadn't realized before how attractive I was. When I got to Pat's she was overwhelmed by my new, chic appearance. Jimmy Rycroft was very nice, too. Shy, but very appealing. I really had a great time at Pat's that night and I agreed to see Jimmy again. I'd even manage to refrain from commenting on Pat's obvious condition. So, what with Roy, Jimmy and occasionally Ed, whom I didn't have the heart to cut off entirely, I got myself pretty busy and I only saw Valerie to more or less say hello and goodbye.

It was Roy who was feeling a little frisky one night after we'd been dining out rather late and who suggested that we go on to a cabaret club. There wasn't any particular reason why we chose the Red Slipper, except that people were still going in there when we cruised

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