Martin Hastings "A Lady No More" Ch. 10
Martin walked downtown with Darren and Sarah. They were headed for the courthouse. Martin once again wearing the black stocking over his head, long blond wig, and black veil. Today however he was wearing a black pant suit with a black blouse. His feet once again perched in 6" spike heels with 2" platforms. Martin had the shock collar placed around his neck to keep him from the impulse to run in the event of bad news.
The lawyers negotiations began differently this time though the Baron had not been dead long enough for his spousal mandates to have been annulled and as a result by the request of the Baron's lawyers Martin was placed in a chair at the table, his ankles tied to the legs and his wrist tied to the arms. Tape was wrapped around his mouth, circling his head 5 times before they felt he was secure and properly muzzled. Martin still was not allowed to comment at his own proceedings Martin glared at them through the stocking fabric that covered his head.
The Baron's lawyers chuckled as they stood looking at how Martin was dressed and tied to the chair.
"How does any man end up like this," one said to the other shaking their heads.
"He is cute though," the other said and laughed softly pulling out papers.
Others walked in after Martin was secured to the chair. Constance and Leo were there this time as well as Dorothy. Phoebe walked in and had a seat at the table.
Sarah spoke up first.
"Well, it seems you had a royal fuck up on the Baron's financial maneuvers. Moving too fast were we? Forget to cross all your T's and lower case j's?" she said in an almost mocking tone of victory.
"Spare us the crap lady. What do you propose?"
"Well as you can see my client here Lady Vargos is still grieving over the loss of her beloved husband. There is such an emptiness inside her right now. Tying her to a chair and gagging her is almost inhuman."
"Yeah right. That young man wants out of here faster than we can throw him out. He doesn't mourn for anyone." Constance said. "He was brought here and placed in the marriage with my son. He has fought it the entire time."
"A legal marriage I might add, as legal as any other. Lady Vargos is still the widow of Baron Vargos, who she loved very very deeply. Her desires for him overwhelmed her while he was gone, and left without a concubine to quench those desires he caved, but not for the other man, but for the desire to be with her husband, the Baron."
"Bull shit," Constance spat out after hearing Sarah's story.
"The Baron had many funds tied up out of the country. He used other people's money to turn a quick deal. He even made Lady Vargos here the head of the company to avoid road blocks and streamline a deal. He of course would have removed her from that position once he had taken the parts he wanted and sold the rest. Hell Lady Vargos never even knew she was the head of this company and would have never known if we hadn't uncovered the fact."
"Some of that was my money lady," Constance demanded. "I want it back."
"Yes ma'am a lot of it was. Now it was a clever plan but something unexpected happened along the way. Oh yes, The Baron died while Marcia Vargos was still legally married to him and was still legally the owner of this operation. She now owns it all it appears. Of course a lot of that money was hers anyway."
"That is my money," Constance scoured.
"No ma'am, your money is gone. It is Marcia's money to control now."
"She doesn't have the ability do dismantle or operate a business operation this size," the attorney stated.
"But I do," A soft spoken voice spoke up.
It was Dorothy. She was wearing a red dress, and red high heels today. She looked very charming as she normally did with the shy facial expressions that betrayed her ability to take on all comers. She had operated George Hastings businesses for years before being forced to marry him and become a feminized wife at which time he was locked up in an estate to await visits from his husband.
Sarah stood up and looked the attorney's in the eye.
"Funny how this country's laws are structured where the two wealthiest men in this country, are in this room right now, and they both have no choice but to dress and live as women at this time, based some ridiculous laws. I wonder what will happen to their enemies as they are able to shed these restrictions?"
"Well this is not over. Marcia Vargos must still by marital law adhere to here husbands wishes and declarations that he felt in her best interest in the last six months. That means that Marcia still has to have her sex changed to female. Totally! Both legally and physically. If she chooses not to do it on her own we will ask the courts to see it is done."
"We understand that, and we will fight that on other levels."
"UUUMMMPPPHHH!!!! Martin screamed.
"We are not done yet Sarah. Before we go before the judge I still have a few things I need to check out, but he will have the sex change. The only way to avoid the sex change is to have the marriage annulled which will cancel the husband's spousal decree, which we will totally support."
"Don't threaten us. Having the marriage annulled gives the wealth right back to you. I'm not stupid. What if we agree with the sex change and take the money?" Sarah said picking up her things.
"UUUMMPPHH!!!!" Martin yelled into the tape.
"I don't see that happening." the Baron's lawyer said.
"Fine. The funeral is in three days. After that we will be ready to go before a judge."
After everyone left the room Phoebe smiled and looked at everyone.
"OK Phoebe, what do you have," Sarah said as Darren started to take the tape of Martin's mouth.
"Uhm, I think we should just leave that on for now. It will save a lot of interruptions I'm sure."
"What is it?"
"George Hastings first wife Lillian was unfaithful to George. Not that George was ever a faithful husband, men don't have babies they just make them."
"What are you saying Phoebe?" Sarah said looking tired.
"Lillian became pregnant from an affair she had while George was away, so that tells us that Martin is not George Hastings son. George didn't know this at first, but came to find out later. Martin was five at the time George discovered it."
"Go on," Sarah said listening.
"Lillian loved Martin more than anything and would do anything to protect him. George wanted to throw them both out with little support initially. That was the report we saw earlier that didn't make sense. When Lillian begged to stay for Martin's sake and that it wasn't Martin's fault, George didn't need a public divorce right now and agreed under one condition. It would never be brought up again, and he would give Lillian her share of the estate but Martin would be given bare living expenses. She also would be required to make Martin dress like a girl at times. It had to appear as if it was her idea, she was doing it because she found it amusing and cute to see her son dressed like a girl. She had to do it in weeks and month's at a time then just as suddenly let him be a boy again. Then without warning one day require him to be a girl again."
"That's terrible," Sarah said "What about school?"
"George would pretend to be angered by her doing this, while inside he was laughing at her. School was a problem as Martin was first dressed as a girl just before he entered school. His mother took him to a private school and explained that she felt her son needed to experience being a boy and a girl, and ways that could be accomplished. Being wealthy, people say yes to you a lot on some of the oddest things, just like the Baron. After a week at a very exclusive private school, Martin wore dresses every day and things weren't working out so his mother looked into another private school. An all girl school, where Martin went to school as a girl for two years. The students were never told Martin was a boy. It made it much easier for him."
"I can only imagine Lillian hated doing this to Martin didn't she?"
"She did. George did all this to punish Lillian not Martin and she did it so George wouldn't cut Martin out of the will. George enjoyed seeing Lillian suffer as she forced Martin to dress like a girl for no reason, and he would continue to have affairs without any protest from her and she would not see men anymore. Ever! It was a extremely mean resolution that George demanded or she could just walk away."
"UUMMPPPHHH!!!"
Martin was hearing these revelations for the first time. He remembered the years and embarrassment he spent dressed like a girl. His mother one day coming in and for the family Easter gathering, telling him he would be wearing a dress instead of a suit that day. He never knew why she did this till now. He had always tried to forget those days. He now appreciated her efforts now that he knew why she was doing it.
When he got older, Martin lived hard and fast with women in his young adult years, maybe in part to somehow compensate in his mind for the experience of being a girl. He was over bearing at times with women, feeling he was expressing dominant manly characteristics, being a man's man, when in fact he was hiding embarrassing episodes of his past and being a complete jerk with women that found him hard to be around for any length of time. Of course his perceived wealth did cause two women to hang in there with him and marry him.
"George always had beautiful women around in public, but behind closed doors he preferred men. George knew about the laws over here even then. When Lillian died George brought his right hand man John here on a business trip. He actually proposed to John while they were playing golf one day. He figured John would say yes since John was gay and George was rich."
"A very sexist, and homo illiterate assumption."
"John was shocked and refused and as a result George arranged for John to become his male bride with the proper family support. When John reject George even more after the marriage, the feminine process became more permanent and degrading. He then faked a marriage to a young beauty for a number of years for the public consumption. She was fooled too."
George already knew the Baron. The Baron was openly dating men at the time to enrage his mother and when the Baron decided to push the gay marriage angle on his parents even more and marry a male bride, it was George that had no qualms with offering Martin as the bride even though Martin was not his family. Nobody else knew this, and why not give that cheating Lillian's son to another man that would make a proper woman of him. George actually thought it was funny and because it all fell together as it did, it was meant to be," Phoebe said.
"So George really had no right to place Martin in this marriage in the first place?"
"I wouldn't say that. Nobody knows about Lillian's little indiscretion. As a matter of fact this is probably the first Martin has heard of it. I suggest we keep it secret."
"How did you find all this out?" Sarah ask Phobe.
"I have my sources. I was here when John and George got married. I have also spoken to Martin's aunt and she has shown me pictures of him dressed as a girl, but John was kept in isolation in the big estate George kept here. I was told about the illegitimacy by John. I guess George told John many things since he was kept locked away. He often ranted about his ex wife and martin. The DNA samples show John was right."
"So if we keep this like it is a share of the fortune would come to Martin. John will get the larger share when his mourning period is over. No wonder they were fighting us so hard," Sarah said pondering. "So we need John to work with us."
"Yes, I think that would be a good idea. He gave us the DNA samples from George. He ad several good one's he had hidden away in case he could ever use them." Phoebe said.
"UUMMPPHHH!!!!" Martin snorted shaking his head no.
"Let's get a plan together. Martin you are going to have to work with us hon, I know you hate it, but there is little choice. You have to continue to be Lady Vargos. We will help you, and even insist at times. You will be happy with the results I promise you that."
Martin was released from the chair by the officers in the room. Then his hands were cuffed behind his back. His mouth left taped.
"Sorry Martin, we need this affect to fight back your husband's lawyers. Please just go along and I will explain it when we get home," Sarah said taking Martin's arm and ushering him outside the courtroom where photographers and reporter were waiting to take his picture and cover the event, "We want to play up the angle that you are being forced to have a sex change that you don't want by these money grabbing lawyers and the baron's bitch mother."
"Damn Phoebe, do you think you got enough press here."
"You can never had too much press in a story like this."
Martin glared at the press as he was led out of the courthouse pulling against the grips on his arms. He hated every one right now. Even Sarah and Darren and especially Phoebe for revealing something he had tried to hide his entire adult life.
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