Epiphany

"Well you're a long way from Halloween." He smiled after showing some intiial shock at hearing my voice. "Come on in. I even have some of that anti-freeze that plugs holes." He started back into his house having satisfied his curiouslty as to what had been going on in front of his house. If I wanted his help I was going to have to follow him inside. I had never seen him before and probably never would again. Besides he seemed willing to help me despite my being a transvestite so I decided to get this embarrassing situation over with as quickly as possible.

"Come on in." He repeated as he opened the front door to his house for me. I walked into the living room and the black man held out his hand. The first thing I realized was that I had never interacted with anyone dressed as a woman. I had no idea how to act or what to say. I decided to not try and be feminine with my voice. It just wasn't going to work and the cat was already out of the bag anyway. We shook hands.

My name is Jacques." By his name I finally recognized his accent as French.

"Hi I'm Dennis." I replied.

Don't you girls have a woman's name when you go out dressed up?" Jacques asked curiously.

"Well I am not really one..." I started to think of yet another explanation and then gave up.

"You look familiar." The black man stated as he looked me over. Now I really wanted to run away. This guy was going to pick me out of his past and then everyone in town was going to find out that I liked to go out dressed as a woman. I was thinkng about Tonya's reaction, my friends and quite possibly my family. I was devastated. He must have picked up my panicked reaction. "No, no I don't know you like that. I mean I think you look like someone famous or at least that I have seen somewhere. Don't worry by the way, your secret is safe with me." He finished with a comforting smile that made me feel a whole lot better. "I must think about this woman. Please do have a seat." He turned and went off to the kitchen.