ROBERTO’S SECRET by Spanky De Bautumn

She had been collecting women's attire, which she kept carefully hidden, for three or four years. Taking dresses, undergarments, and shoes that her sisters had left behind when they moved away from home and using mail order to obtain the other things she needed, she had developed a very nice
wardrobe.

It took her nearly three hours to get her look just right. She wore a black mini cocktail dress, a strapless bra, garter belt with sheer off black stockings and a pair of four-inch Mary Jane pumps. Topped off with a strawberry blond page boy wig and carefully applied makeup, she thought she looked really sexy and alluring as she checked out her reflection in the floor length mirror on her way out the door.

As she pulled into the parking lot, her stomach did a flip-flop, she wasn't sure she could gather up the courage to make the trip from the car to the door of the club. A couple of swigs of Southern Comfort from the flask she had in her purse and a few tokes off the joint she’d brought along helped steady her nerves and she almost floated to the front door in a semi-dreamlike state of mind. Once inside, it was as if she found her Mecca and knew her life would never be the same. The rest of the night went uneventful as Cody watched the goings on from the safe shadows of the club.

The next week found Cody in a fog, going through the motions, her thoughts focusing on the coming weekend and another venture to her newly found home away from home. By Friday she had already picked out the ensemble she would wear the following night.

On Saturday night Cody once again pulled into the parking lot next to the the club, this time not needing anything to induce the courage she needed to make the walk across the lot to the entrance of the club. She felt as if she was walking on air and a few wolf whistles from the passing cars bolstered her confidence even higher.

Halfway through her second Long Island Ice Tea, she emerged from the safety of the shadows, feeling ever so much like a sweet young debutante at her coming out party.