Ms King took the Ipad from special agent Manning who I could swear gave me a wink. She then proceeded to flip through the photos after which she handed the Ipad back and said “But the perp had a voice conversation with Barbara that we know of. Surely he would have picked up on a male voice”

I used that as my cue and said in my best female voice “Well if I knew who it was I might have remembered talking with him”

At that Agent King looked hard at me and said “What did you say?”

Again, in my female voice I replied “Since it had to be me that he was talking too, it had to be my voice then, no one else.” Looking over at my wife Judy, I could see that she could barely contain her amusement and was almost about to burst out laughing. Mike was only slightly amuzed since he had heard my feminized voice before, he also knew my story as he had a part in it. He also had worked on a prior settlement regarding this issue with a former employer.

Agent King though looked like she was in a bit of shock. Agent Manning then took over and asked if I could switch easily from voice to voice. I replied “yes” now in my male voice.

Mike then took over again stating that he had documentation of previous chats and their logs (which they probably didn’t have since it was encrypted and I kept it on a USB) and that I would provide. He further stated that I had kept that one chat group inactive since that last visit. Mike went on to state that any information that they needed I would provide as long as they had a warrant that specified the activity and the grounds for investigation. Agent King then asked if there was anything else that I wished to offer.

I replied “no”, but asked if I could have more details on the case.

Agent King thought for a moment and said “For now the only thing I can tell you is that we are tracking a very dangerous and cunning individual”

Mike then reiterated that what was said was in strict confidence and reminded them of problems associated with divulging such information especially since he had a signed confidentiality document. Each said that they were aware of such and reminded us of the same. They then said their goodnights and left.

Mike left shortly after and remarked that I had a lovely talent with my voice especially at pissing people off. My wife agreed.

Tuesday

The next day at work I was surprised to get asked to go down to contracts office again to meet again with Special agents King and Manning. Arriving there I was ushered into one of the meeting rooms where both of the agents were waiting for me. One of the contract specialists was also there. Along with my boss.

My boss made it short. “Tom, it seems that you have a special talent that these people are looking for and are willing to pay for. Since we have an open contract that they can fit into they have asked for your assistance on a TS project. If you agree you work for them for 2 months plus I will have you added on to that portion of the contract.”

He then looked at me. I looked at them and asked them “what does this project include?”

Ms King replied that it was all about what was discussed last night and again agent Manning winked at me.

I said to my boss “Could I discuss this in private with the agents to see what I am getting into?”

My boss looked at the agents and then me and motioned for the specialist to leave.
He closed the door to the consulting room behind him as he left.

“Well,” I asked “what is going on?”

Agent King replied “It was decided that we need you as bait to pull out our person of interest. You will be well protected at all times and in no danger. You will need to portray yourself as Barbara at all times during the surveillance though.”

Agent Manning stepped in and added “we will supply you with extra assistance that will help with you in passing also. The person or persons we are seeking are associated with some heinous acts along with the hacking into highly classified government computer systems”

With that Special Agent Manning handed me three gruesome photos of some women who had been hacked up with a knife. “This is what we believe the person who we are looking for did and may have done more”.

Agent King then spoke up. “With your help we think that we can get him to reveal himself”

I looked at the photos and contemplated my answer. About that time my phone pinged and it was Mike with a very brief message that was all in caps “DON’T SIGN ANYTHING”

Looking at the two agents I said I needed to confer with my wife and my counsel on this. Ms. King was not pleased and I could tell she was about to lose it when Agent Manning said “we can give you a day to figure this out but by tomorrow we need your firm answer”.

As the agents were leaving, I could tell that Ms. King was not pleased by the loudness of her voice and was definitely upset. Agent Manning seemed to take it in stride and was attempting to calm Ms. King.

My boss wasn’t totally pleased either with the outcome when I explained the delay. I could tell he was worried about loosing a very lucrative contract and that always upset him. The contract specialist though asked me if there was anything that I wanted to look over in the contract. I told her that I would need to get a copy of it to my counsel Mike Mayer. She immediately said she knew Mike and that he had called and already talked to her earlier about a possible new contract that would involve me.

She needed an okay from management though to let him see the contract. My boss Brian was eager to get on with it and asked if I saw any major problems with the contract. Having not seen the full contract I told him I would have to have Mike look at it first. With that he gave approval for Mike to see the contract.

By the time I had gotten back to my desk I had another message from Mike that simply stated “Need to talk”.

Seeing the message and knowing that this contract seemed to have a pull with Brian I went to Brian and asked if I could take the rest of the day off so I could finish up the loose ends of the contract and be able to proceed with it tomorrow. Hearing that I would be able to get to signing the contract he was more than happy for me to take the time away from work and he would allow me to charge it to the new contract (he anticipated that I would sign it).

I finished up some pressing items on my desk before I decided to message Mike back. Since it was mid-morning by the time I messaged Mike, I told him that I would meet him at a breakfast spot nearby that we both were familiar with. Of course, he messaged back saying he was already there waiting for me.

I was eager to talk to him since he seemed to already know some of the details of the contract without even seeing it. As I walked in, I saw him at a table chatting with the contract specialist Karen who was at the earlier meeting. Now this really got my curiosity up about their connection.

Mike motioned to me to take a seat while he and Karen discussed some legal particulars. I remained quite as they went over some legal clauses from what I guessed were part of the contract that I was to become involved with. Karen seemed to be very enthused about the changes and kept adding some additional amendments which Mike thought were excellent and said so.

After about five minutes of sitting there the waitress came by and asked if I would like to order. Seeing that I was just an onlooker at this moment I ordered a muffin and tea. By the time I had received and finished both the tea and muffin it appeared that Karen was about to leave. Mike stood up and gave her a hug while she said, “Mike is always good working with you, you always see a way to make a contract more profitable and practical. I look forward to working with you in the near future.”

With that Karen left leaving Mike and myself alone. As I stared at Mike he smiled and said,” It is always good to work with such an intelligent and capable lawyer as Karen. She definitely knows her stuff.”

He then went about getting the waitress’s attention while I just sat there and waited for him as usual to let me in on what was happening. He then said in cryptic fashion that this contract was either a five or six plane contract. Then added “Maybe even a 4 jet contract”.

Not knowing what he was talking about I just had to wait until he came to the point of explaining what was going on. Having just gotten his fresh cup of coffee he started, “I am glad you didn’t sign anything when they handed you the contract. It would have been difficult but not impossible to get it changed since it was written as a personal services contract which was illegal for the government to carry through with.”

Taking a few sips he continued, “after last night I thought that those two might have something like this up their sleeves so I checked my sources and found that they did. I contacted Karen whom I have known and let her know about the possible illegality that they were proposing but she said that she had to proceed with it in any case since it was more of an amendment than new contract.”

Of course, not really understanding much of this I ask Mike to continue.

Mike continued, “About the only person that could hold up the process would be you so I sent you the message. In doing so it has allowed me to make changes that protects not only the company but most importantly you”.

“Go on I told Mike”.

“Tom in a nutshell it is like this, they want you to perform a specific task and they can’t just say you, but must give a specific description and duties of the person who will perform the task. I just made sure that it all pointed to you. Further knowing how the government drops any help after the fact I made sure you were covered by any eventuality and protected after the end of your portion of the contract.”

“Thanks Mike”, I said appreciatively.

“There is more”. Mike said.

“Knowing that Karen needed a good investment for the company to keep you in it I added all of the bells and whistles that provided incentives for her and the company as well as protection for all along with my part in the contract.”

He continued. “There will also be incidentals that I added into it. But rest assured you and Judy are well protected.” stated Mike.

“But what does that have to do with planes?” I asked.

“Yes the planes that is a way I get my head around the figures needed for the contract cost. I estimated that the cost of the contract would be the cost of replacing 4 large airplanes or maybe even 4 high end fighter jets. Karen seemed to agree and would probably use that figure as a basis to start with when she talked to accounting.” Mike commented.

“Wow” I said seeing the figures in my mind for those items, the contract now seemed impressive.

Mike went on “Knowing what the generalities of these contracts were, I had already provided Karen with possible amendments and costs prior to the meeting. She had them and was looking at them when you were meeting alone with the agents”.

I was definitely impressed with Mike and told him so. I then asked “So what now?”

He answered “Karen was already to forward the contract for approval and submittal. Since it had such a high priority with very little risk to the company, she was sure that it would fly by. We just needed to wait until tomorrow since the government approvers might be taken aback with the cost. My guess from what I have heard and just confirmed is that you will be signing the contract in the morning.”

I then asked him “Is there anything that I should be aware of or need to share with Judy?”

Mike said, “If I read this right the contract will go into effect immediately, you might not have a chance to talk with anyone for a few days after signing, so I would let Judy know about that.”

Mike then finished his coffee and paid the check. I asked “How will I know if everything is legit and that they have not switched the paperwork?”

“Very simple,” Mike said as he was about to depart.

“If I am there you sign, if I am not don’t” getting up he gave me a hug.

After that he then departed. Seeing that I did have the rest of the day I decided to drop by my storage locker to check on Barbara’s clothes. When I got to my locker, I took stock of what I had and started to arrange items that might be handy in the next few weeks. I sorted my lingerie, went through my stockings and panty hose looking for tears and runs, then matched up my panty and bra sets and started on my sleep wear.

I made sure my makeup cases had all the essentials and took my wigs off of their stands and placed the stands and wigs in their individual boxes. Asking myself what would be essential for a long stay as Barbara I rechecked the suitcase that had my breast forms, padding, waist cinchers and a couple of other faux female parts and made sure that they were in good condition. Moving on to my shoes which were arranged on two shelves I decided I needed all of them and would have to have them ready to take with me.

Fortunately, I had an empty storage box in which all of them just fit. My dresses, skirts, blouses, slacks, t shirts, and shorts were already on hangers hung on the racks I had up so I would have easy access to them when I decided what to take with me. Looking at what I had I realized I would really need a van to take all of my feminine items I would need for an extended period and made a mental note to check on that. Having satisfied myself with what I had I locked up and headed for home.

At home I called Judy at work and told her about the meetings. She was definitely interested in the details but said we would talk over diner. I suggested that we go out and she agreed. Having a small amount of clothes of Barbara’s that I was allowed to keep there I pulled out the two suitcases that I had of her clothes and set them on the bed in the guest bedroom.

I then sorted through my boy clothes and put together another two suitcases. I gathered together a medicine and bathroom kit separately that would have all of the medicinal and daily items I would need. For these items, since I would probably need them handy, I put them in a separate smaller carry-on bag.

By the time I was just finishing my packing I remembered that I had skipped lunch, but just then Judy walked into the house. I went down and gave her a big hug and filled her in on some of the preliminaries as I snacked from the kitchen fridge. She was concerned that the time period was sort of vague but I told her it would not be for longer than a month or so (or that is what I thought).

Since I was bit sweaty and Judy had to change anyway, we both stripped down and took a shower together. There wasn’t anything really steamy about the showering, but it did allow us both to relax a bit and for her to feal my arms around her. We both then took time to get ready for going out.

It was an early dinner since I was still hungry from missing lunch, but it allowed us to talk about the upcoming affair with Barbara. Judy was concerned that I might lose myself in her and change from that point on due to the extended time she anticipated that I would be her. I pondered this for a bit and told her that I might get a bit comfortable in my female role, but then since I had been doing this for years and always returned there should be no problem with it.

Judy was still a bit unsure of this, but I then told her that Mike made sure that we could probably have some time together during my contract (I would be surprised to find out at how we were allowed to have private time). Judy then confided that she was worried about loosing me and I reassured her that if Barbara came between us Barbara would be the one that had to leave.

Even though we had started with an early dinner by the time we had discussed our concerns and finished a bottle of wine it was already getting late and both of us had early days tomorrow. We watched a bit of a movie before getting ready for bed. Once in bed Judy who usually moved to keep her distance in bed so as not to be disturbed during the night moved over and wrapped her arm around me and pulled in tight to me.

Wednesday

By morning we were both up early as the anxiety level for both of us was there. I had to leave earlier than she did, so I was about out the door when I felt her wrap her arms around me and kiss me on the cheek and spoke. “Say hi to Barbara for me and tell her not to get into any mischief”.

I smiled and replied “The last time we spoke she was on her period and a bit moody and cranky so I will mention it to her gently”

Hearing that Judy gave me hard slap to my backside and with a look of you really don’t know anything said “She should be happy not to have had a heavy period like I have had”.

With that we hugged again and I was out the door. Traffic was light that morning so I made it to the office way before Brian and was immersed in some emails when I saw the smile on his face as he walked up to my desk. He said that the government types were back with a revised contract and said that we were to meet them with the contract representatives down in their office.

Having not seen or heard from Mike I was a bit worried about the finally signing but since Brian was all smiles, I felt that everything might be okay. We entered a larger conference room where a few additional members were already seated besides Agents King and Manning. Seated next to Karen our contract specialist was Mike who gave me a nod and a smile.
As we sat down Karen introduced the other new members as Sara and Rita from the local government services office and Mike as special counsel.

Karen then said “Sara and Rita will be signing for the government on the agreed contract and Tom and I will sign for our company’s acceptance”.

With that Mike produced the signing papers and passed them over to Sara and Rita. Once signed he handed them first to Karen and then winking at me to sign. Seeing that Mike was there I was relieved and relaxed and signed in my place. A slight smile appeared on Ms. Kings face as I placed my signature to the paper.

Having signed last Mike then gathered up the documents from me and spoke. “A copy of the documents will be provided to all parties electronically are there any questions?”

I then asked when would I start. Agent King responded in a commanding voice “You’re on the job as of right now grab your personnel stuff and meet us in the parking lot”

With that the members present began to leave. Mike came close slipped a small item into my shirt pocket and said “Let Barbara know that everything is okay but if needed for her to call him on this phone”

With Brian in the lead, I hurriedly went back to my desk and grabbed my laptop, closed up any thing that I had out and grabbed up everything that I thought I might need. Out in the parking lot I saw special agent Manning standing by my car.

He said “I already talked with your wife and she knows what is going on, so all I need to do is pick up your clothes or rather Barbara’s clothes and any other stuff that you might need. You will be going with Special Agent King and she will brief you on some of the details of the case and what your part will be in it while I arrange to get your things”.

I nodded and quickly dug into my pocket to pull out my keys and remove key ring to the storage locker.

“You won’t have to pull off the key” Agent Manning said. “I will be taking your car”.

Realizing that, I handed him my keys and I wrote down the address of my storage locker and the access code on a note pad I had. He took the note and transferred the information to his Ipad. I also mentioned that he might have to have a small moving van to get all of Barbara’s stuff from storage.

With that he sighed and said, “Women always have a need for extras. I will make sure we will have it if needed.”

Continuing Agent Manning said “Agent King should be here in a moment, ah here she comes now”.

As a black mustang pulled up beside us agent manning opened the door and spoke. “Have a safe trip”, he added with a smile and with that I got in and he shut the door behind me.

As we drove away Agent King began to explain what my role in the investigation was. It seems that the government thinks that the one of the members of the chat group I frequent or the guy that has been chatting me up has been a high priority suspect in a case of computer hacking. He she or they have been stealing secrets and may be implicated in at least three murders and maybe more.

Every time that they get close to him, he dissolves and closes his door and slips away. For at least five years it has been a cat a mouse hunt and this has been the closest that they have come. He seems to be extremely cyber smart and able to leave a complicated false trail.

He has a passion for lonely women though and those that spurn him seem to pique his interest. The closest they came their cover was blown when to many government people became involved and what they surmised may have scared him away.

“The guy is cautious but he will go forward if he thinks he can get away with something”. stated agent King .

She went on further to say that I presented the best bait so far since I still had him as an active pursuit. He at least he still came calling from a hit of a month ago.

We are hoping she explained to get another hit and maybe entice him to come out of hiding. “But I need to present myself as a woman” I said.

“Precisely” replied Agent King. “And we are going to help you do that”

“Okay where are we headed then?” I asked

“To a spa for your make over, first a body wax then for your augmentation surgery. I hope that you haven’t eaten anything yet today. You may still take some water but sparingly.”

With that she looked at me and I sort of remained silent.

“Okay we are about ½ hour from the spa so you might want to read up on the particulars. Here is some back ground information that you might like on this guy that we have dug up.” Ms. King said.

I began to scan through the stuff that she gave me and wondered more about what I was doing here. They did say all of this was temporary.