Looking back at me was a pretty flight attendant with perky blonde hair and terrific legs. I turned this way and that, practicing ways to stand and move my hands to make myself look more feminine. The more I studied myself, the more convinced I became that Tracy was right: my disguise was perfect, and with a little practice there was no way anyone would detect that I was really a guy.
That brought me back to reality, and I was thinking of ways to get close to Norman Wolf when Tracy returned to the closet. She had zero makeup on, her hair was pulled back into a bun, and her bra and panties were soon covered by a thick sweater and baggy khakis. "Are you trying to look like a guy?" I asked as she pulled on a pair of trouser socks.
"One of us has to wear the pants around here," she taunted me. "I thought I'd take you out to lunch, then maybe we can do a little shopping so you won't have to wear my clothes. How are you fixed for cash?"
"We got our bonuses in January, so I'm flush...uh oh!"
"What?"
"If the feds are looking for me, how am I going to get into my bank account?"
"Like any working girl, use your ATM to take out as much cash as you can every day."
"Hmm....they'll be watching my account, and once they see that I'm using an ATM machine in Rosemont, they'll be all over you."
"This is true...how about if you write a big check to me, only date it like a week ago, and I'll cash it for you?"
"I really don't want to get you in trouble, Tracy...say, does Ashley have any ID around here?"
"Clever girl! You do look an awful lot like her now. Let's see, she may have left her airline credential when she went on vacation, let me check." Sure enough, Ashley's photo ID was in a drawer of her nightstand, and it bore an uncanny resemblance to me in her wig.
"Okay, only I'll have to go downtown to one of the big branches of my bank." I retrieved my wallet from the pile of guy clothes on the closet floor and found the blank check I always carried with me.
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