MASKED REVENGE

A MASKING EXPERIENCE STORY

By Rita Chante

Author’s note: Maria Escamilla recruits women to help her implement a masking based revenge on an élitist family that broke her home and deprived her of her lover. In the process, this copyrighted short story takes Maria Escamilla on a quest of masked self-discovery. This story features Nikki Locke’s “Anastasia” mask and Kerry’s “Crystal” mask.

Maria Escamilla had created a female masking persona that she called, "Soledad Dorado" long before she had ever met Pedro Escamilla. Maria had always enjoyed playing dress-up and disguising herself. Even though the activity of female masking and cross-dressing was generally done by men or supported by men, Maria had never bought into the notion that it was an exclusive male activity. Even in high school, Maria had felt that if men could mask as females, that women should be able to do it better. After all, most women create masks for themselves every day, albeit to a lesser degree. They would not have to worry about jaw size, or skeletal disguise. Most women were already at least halfway there. Their DNA had seen to that.

Maria had found several sites that had stories about men masking as females. On some sites there were even controversies over what men who masked and cross-dressed as females should call themselves. The chatrooms were full of discussions on why men masked. Lots of the chat centered on the quest for their feminine side and the love of female beauty. Some of these same sites had genetic masking females complaining about how they were always being asked to prove their female gender.

There were several other voices that talked about how their potential partners were drawn to them because of their masking activities, but then rejected them because of those same activities. Maria’s masking wasn’t done for any of the reasons listed on most of the web sites. Originally she had done it for fun and mental relaxation. Lately, however, Maria had started masking in earnest as a way to get herself out of a nasty marital break-up with Pedro Escamilla.

Pedro's elitist Spanish born family had money they had gotten by exploiting sweatshop labor in the Mission Barrio of San Francisco. They had never thought much of Pedro's marriage to a Chicana. They had written it off to his wild college days at Stanford. Even during his marriage his father and uncles had always encouraged Maria's husband to date "white" girls. They also offered to set Pedro up with a "white" mistress that could escort him to non-family functions. Without Pedro’s knowledge Maria had also disguised herself as a "white woman" with an Anastasia mask from Nikki Locke. Maria knew for a long time that Pedro was playing the field, because she had used this disguise to gain sexual pleasure with Pedro. She had made sure that she never revealed this reality.

The family’s Matriarch made it very clear to Pedro, that Maria was a real roadblock on his way to inheriting the family fortune and business. The Matriarch even agreed to arranging and annulment of his marriage so that in the eyes of the Church, it wouldn't have happened. The family and peer pressure on Pedro became so great that their marriage ended in discord, failure and annulment about six months after he graduated from Stanford. His mother was just thankful that Maria the barrio slut, as the family labeled her, had been considerate enough not to get pregnant. On the other hand, Maria was so distraught after she received her generous final settlement that she quit her job and all but became a recluse. The large settlement was in large part due to the pictures of Pedro having extra-marital sex some unknown white woman (Maria in Nikki’s “Anastasia” disguise with a blonde showgirl wig). Her masking as “Soledad” now became an escape from the psychological realities of her failed marriage.

The more she masked as “Soledad” the more the depressed divorcee became obsessed with figuring out a way to use her masking talents to get revenge for the wrong that was done to her by the Escamillas. She fantasized about it night and day. Then while surfing the web in search of some photography sites to help her digitalize some of the pictures she took for a gallery that she was hung in, Maria ran into Maskon.com. She loved her mask from Nikki Locke, but she also became intrigued by the process of quality female masking with several different personas and ordered a couple of well crafted masks from Kerry's and Marti's sites.

Further research of the links that took Maria through the world of Internet, female masking, informed her that there was an attitude that if you were a pretty girl and happy with your looks, why would you want to mask at all? Everyone who found out that she masked either asked this question or assumed that the character of "Soledad Dorado" must have been horribly scarred in an accident and was covering the scars by masking. Others projected the idea that “Soledad” must of had a terrible childhood that destroyed her own personal self-esteem so much that she had to hide behind a mask to survive. No one believed that she could mask just because she thought of it as fun, no matter how much Maria had proclaim that reality in her masked persona of "Soledad". Of course, Maria wasn’t doing it just for fun anymore.

Try as she might, with the exception of a Yahoo Club site called Masked Love it was hard finding other females that really enjoyed masking and alternate female disguises. As "Soledad", Maria started to cruise in more "arty" circles in search of mask tolerant friends. She also read all of the masked fiction she could find. Based upon some of the story lines, Maria decided that if she couldn't find female maskers, that as "Soledad" she would have to recruit likely candidates among her "arty" friends and then encourage the behavior.

Because of the sensitive nature of her revenge fantasies, Maria decided not to reveal her true identity unless it was absolutely necessary. She made the effort to invest her money in a temporary location and staging area for her "Soledad persona." Once that was accomplished, it took about three months of "Soledad's" careful recruiting and probing to find Carolina. Maria as "Soledad" was sure that with a little push Carolina would become "Soledad's" masking buddy and co-conspirator in her masked revenge adventure.

"Soledad" told her new friend, Carolina, when she was trying on one of "Soledad's" masks, "Some people like to play chess, some like to water ski, others like to read, and yet others like to build model trains. I like to make and wear masks. I guess you could say it is my hobby."

"What do you see in female masking, Soledad? On the Internet it is mostly seen as a male thing," proclaimed Carolina as she looked at herself in a "Vampira" mask.

"I get a real kick out of doing it and the reaction of others around me when they see me do it. Unless you have masked yourself, you have no way of knowing how liberating an alternative and/or an anonymous persona can be," declared Maria as "Soledad".

"But don't you think it is demeaning and insulting?" probed Carolina as she modeled an "Crystal" mask made by Kerry. "I mean if I was an ugly guy and I wanted to sneak into the girl's dormitory or something, I could see a purpose, but why cover yourself with latex if you are pretty to begin with?"

"Why do most people assume that masking is a detractor instead of an asset? I can't think of something that has more uses in the development of my personal life than masking," proclaimed Maria as "Soledad".

"But hiding your own identity seems so evil," declared Carolina. "I can see the fascination with the instant transformation. I have to admit it is kind of cool."

"What turns you on as you do it?" asked "Soledad" sensing an opportunity to excite Carolina into the idea of a masking life style.

"I am not totally sure, but it is like I see this natural, real person in the mirror. This person is talking with my voice and making all my moves. I know that I am inside of this ‘Crystal’ mask, but somehow it is both me and not me at the same time."

"Is there more?" probed "Soledad".

"Yes, there is the deceitfully truthful quality of the experience," revealed Carolina as she continued to gaze at herself in the "Alice" mask.

"That is an oxymoron, Carolina."

"I know, Soledad, but does any of that make sense to you?"

"Very much so, you are actually doing just fine," said Maria as "Soledad Dorado" in her “Anastasia” mask from Nikki Locke. "Everyone assumes that masking has to be something sinister. The art is used to make monsters and freaks out of normal people. You are right-on about the feeling of instant transformation and ambiguity, though. No matter how many times or how long I mask each time, I never get over that sense of the instant change of identity or the confusion created by the sensation of where does the mask starts and I end, or where do I end and the mask starts. I just don't understand why people revolt against the notion of using masks and disguises to create several normal personalities for the same person?"

"I think that a lot of people have those fantasies, Soledad. They are just afraid of where they will take them if they unleash them."

"That is a great insight, Carolina. I never thought about that angle," truthfully said Maria as "Soledad".

"Did any of your boyfriends share your love of masks?" inquired Carolina as she became increasingly comfortable in the "Crystal" mask.

"Some of them like the novelty of it at first. I guess they all had a voyeuristic fascination with my masking with and for them, but that wears thin very quickly and they never masked for me. I couldn't get most of them to even try on my masks. They loved playing with several different women without having to be unfaithful to any of them, because they were all basically me. On the other hand, they never really got beyond the sexual implications of masking."

"What are the other implications?"

"There is a myriad of ramifications to a committed masker's multidimensional reality, but the most diverse conditions are psychological."

"Can you give me an example of what you mean?" asked Carolina as she continued modeling the "Crystal" mask while placing different length wigs on her bald rubber head.

"Have you seen those virtual make over sites on the web?" inquired Maria from behind "Soledad's" beautiful “Anastasia” face.

"Yes, but none of the free ones are very good," stated Carolina.

"But why did you use them?" asked Maria through her "Soledad" mask.

"They are fun, I guess. In the privacy of your own home, you get to see yourself in different looks and styles," said Carolina thru “Crystal’s” red lips.

"That's how I feel about masking, only it is actual instead of virtual," stated Maria as "Soledad Dorado".

"I see your point, Soledad. Do you think I make a better ‘Crystal’ in the red or the black wig?"

"Which one do you like best?"

"I always wanted to be a wild and sexy redhead," responded Carolina. "But, I never had the courage to wear a wig as bright and red as this one, let alone dye my own hair the shade."

"And, if you are masking and know one will know it is you doing it, who is to say that you can't, Carolina?"

"Do you think I should dare?"

"Why not?" inquired "Soledad".

"Do you really think I look sexy this way?" questioned Carolina from inside her redheaded "Crystal" look.

"In that ‘Crystal’ mask and fox red wig, you are about as sexy as you can get. If you want I have torsos and corsets that will make you even sexier," informed “Soledad."

"Do you think we can dress-up as a couple of wild women and go bar hopping?" asked Carolina as she examined “Soledad's” corsets and torsos. "I will call my girl Rosa after the color of my hair. What mask would you wear if we do this Soledad," inquired Carolina without realizing that Maria was already masked as "Soledad".

"Why can't we go bar hopping as ourselves?" asked “Soledad”.

"I would feel so inhibited, Soledad. Wouldn't you?"

"Why should I feel inhibited, Crystal."

"That feels so strange for you to call me by that name, Soledad. At the same time it also feels so natural, but what if I ran into someone I knew and he or she saw me dress like ‘Crystal the call girl’? That would be so humiliating. I don’t know if I could handle that."

"But you are forgetting that ‘Crystal’ is totally covering your real identity. You are wearing a mask. How will they know it is you if you don't tell them?"

"Because I would know and they could tell from that, Soledad," suggested Caroline as the red headed "Crystal".

"That is not how it works, Crystal. Have you ever thought about that reality from the inside out instead of from the outside in?" asked Maria as "Soledad Dorado".

"What do you mean by that, Soledad?" asked Carolina in her "Crystal" mask while casually pulling on a pair of flesh colored, past the elbow, latex gloves.

"As the masking Soledad Dorado, I can be just about whatever I want, Carolina. I don't need to feel inhibited about anything? I guess that it took learning to mask well to really set myself free of that kind of worry."

"I am beginning to see the new perspective that masking gives you, Soledad, but won't people know that I am masking?"

"Not if wear your mask the way I wear mine. If you want, I will fix you up with some sunglasses and a turtle neck blouse. Then I will escort you to the gas station of your choice in the female mask of your choice. At the gas station we will fill your tank with gas. If just one person figures out that you are masking, I will pay for the entire tank of gas and give you this fifty dollar bill to boot.”

"Can I do it in these gloves and this ‘Crystal’ mask?" asked Carolina. "These gloves and this mask fit me like they were made for me. I would never have believed they could be so comfortable."

"If that is your choice, Carolina, then that is what you will wear," said "Soledad" while realizing that "she" all but had Carolina hooked on masking in an extended and public manner.

"What do you get if I lose, Soledad?"

"We plan a masked adventure together."

"Then that is a bet, Soledad. To be honest, it sounds like fun," announced Carolina as she prepared to go out in public as the red headed "Crystal".

To Carolina's surprise, everybody accepted her as "Crystal" and she had to pay for her own gas. "What did I tell you?" asked "Soledad".

"What can I say? You were right and I will gladly meet my end of the bet by planning that masking adventure with you," admitted Carolina.

"I don't know, Carolina. I'm not sure I can pull it off as well as you did at the gas station," lied Maria as "Soledad".

"Do it with me, please?" wined Carolina while holding a skimpy frock in front of her to see it's effect in the mirror.

This could be the masking opportunity that Maria had been searching for to get some revenge on the Escamillas for the pain and suffering they had caused her. "I will if you do it with me in this mask of the former Jennifer Johansen. She is a redhead too."

"I like this mask of Jennifer, but why do you want me to be her? Isn't she the model that just married that Pedro Escamilla? I was reading about that in the society pages. It always pisses me off when an eligible, rich Chicano marries a White woman."

"What if we make Jennifer a sexy slut that embarrasses the family of this Pedro Escamilla? After all, I hear that she took him away from the Chicana he used to be married to," stated Maria as "Soledad Dorado" in her “Anastasia” mask.

"That Jennifer Escamilla deserves to take a fall for that. I have a list of at least six macho pigs I would love to string up by the balls in my "Crystal" disguise," stated Carolina with passion. "But why don't you want to do Jennifer?"

"Because I want to be Jennifer's apparent dominant mulatta lesbian lover,” answered Maria as she pulled a very dark tanned “Anastasia” mask out of her cupboard.

“That looks like a really dark version of you, Soledad. That is spectacular.”

“If we do this right Jennifer will seem to be my sex slave,” suggested Maria through her “light “Anastasia” mask. The Escamillas may have Spanish Surnames, but from what I hear, they are really racist Hispanics that despise people darker than they are."

"I don't know where people like that get off," commented Carolina. "I have a cousin that thinks she is too good to be seen with me because she is lighter than the rest of my family."

"You know that nothing could be more scandalous in the Hispanic communities than a cross-racial relationship, unless it is a same sex relationship, and the partner who is of lower rank in class is also a darker color. This is especially true for an upper class Hispanic family that is trying to be ‘pure white’. If the wrinkle of colored homosexual behavior is added, that is a disgrace heaped upon a disgrace. In addition, my version of Jennifer Escamilla has also been working over Pedro's wallet and setting up a life style that he can't afford to keep-up. She will also be seen having an affair with a black female. If possible I intend to inseminate her with a black child. By the end of next week we are going to have them trying to figure out who they are. We are going to take their racist attitudes and turn them in on them."

"I told you that masking can be evil," stated Carolina.

"I see it as a way to get justice for all the Chicanas that were jilted by some macho hoping for a better deal and/or station in life by hooking up with a "white" woman."

"Oh, I like that. We have to do that," declared Carolina. "What will this mulatta wear, Soledad?"

"to answer that question, why don't I get you dressed and off into the world as the slutty Jennifer Escamilla? Then I will change into my mulatta role and meet you at Helena's on Van Ness Avenue."

"That is an up-scale lesbian hangout, Soledad. I can't afford that."

"Here's the fifty dollars I bet you. Keep it as mad money, but with the way we are going to fix you up, you won't have to buy a thing. The women in there are going to be falling all over themselves to get your attention. Meanwhile I will be acquiring you an ID that will make your own mother think that you are Jennifer Escamilla if you want. I will be in the background taking pictures for the tabloids. Do your darndest and I will split whatever I get for the pictures, fifty-fifty. This way, not only will we nail Pedro's marble fudge love life; we also can smash Jennifer's high fashion, squeaky-clean, modeling career as well."

"You mean that there might be money in this as well as the free drinks and fun?" probed Carolina while selecting some extreme pumps and fishnet stockings, to go with her skimpy black PVC column dress.

"I told you there was more to masking than at first meets the eye, Carolina," offered "Soledad".

"Where did you get this ID, Soledad?"

"I am a photographer, Carolina. I can make you any photo ID that you want." In reality, "Soledad" had boosted the real Jennifer's purse in a dressing booth at Bullock's of Westwood. She made copies of Jennifer's complete wallet and returned it to the booth without Jennifer even realizing that it had been taken. "Soledad" decided to keep the originals and gave the real Jennifer the copies. Since only an expert would be able tell that they were forgeries, it would be several weeks before the switch would be spotted. By then, Maria would have had time to really screw up the real Jennifer's credit and buy a fortune of items with her credit cards and checks. Jennifer's squeaky-clean identify was about to under go a total make over, starting with a major buying spree in Macy's fur salon and several sex shops in the Castro District.

"What if I get into trouble, Soledad?"

"Your mulatta lesbian lover will appear and bail you out, not to mention be your ride home, Carolina."

"I think you had better start calling me Jennifer, Soledad. This is going to be so freakish and wild. I have never ever imagined doing something like this before," announced Carolina as she took off the "Crystal" mask and put on one of Maria's "slutty super sexy Jennifer" masks and waspish torso.

Depending upon which crowd showed up to Helena's Purple Grotto, the place could either be quiet and romantic, loud and wild or a million variations of something in between those extremes. For whatever reason, that night, the bar area was loud and earthy and the booth area was romantic and surreal. "Soledad" in her stupendous Lycra clad body and deep golden bronze skin was the queen of romance in the booth area. No one messed with her unless she gave the sign and no sign was given. With her covert photography devices she was able to record the wild lesbian life style of Carolina's version of "Jennifer Escamilla". Everyone at the bar that wanted a piece of her action was getting it free and often. The only thing that saved the "latex Jennifer" from being totally consumed was that the Bronze Queen of the evening swooped down upon the bar scene like a lightning bolt from the hammer of Thor, claimed her prize and quickly rocketed out of the bar before anyone could protest or block the laser like move. "Carolina" laughed all the way back to "Soledad's" temporary pad and darkroom, not realizing how close she had flirted with disaster. Once Carolina had passed out on "Soledad's" couch, Maria went into the darkroom, took off her "Mullata Anastasia" mask and suit and went to work on developing the evening's negatives. The pictures proved out to be fantastic classics. They were even better than she had hoped for. Carolina had made a more sexually diverse and less inhibited white lesbian than the real Jennifer could ever have been. The mask had truly freed Carolina. "Soledad" wouldn't have any problems getting Carolina to help out with the next series of masked activities in her adventure of revenge.

Three days later, Maria in her version of "Jennifer" slipped into Pedro's and Jennifer's house after Pedro had gone off to his golf game. To make sure that he was occupied after his golf game, Carolina as "Jennifer" met him and made him take "her" to the Hyatt Regency Hotel for a long romantic lunch and an afternoon of she/male masked fantasy. Pedro didn't know what had gotten into his new bride, but he approved whole-heartily of her passionate moves. In her over size purse Carolina had some sex toys and drugs, that were designed to take Pedro for a mind-blowing ride in never-never-land.

Maria had been prepared to break into her former house for several weeks. She had learned the art of picking locks, but the new lady of the house didn't even had the brains to change the locks since Maria had left her former love nest with Pedro. As "Jennifer", Maria used her keys and carried her bag of tricks right in through the front door. Once in, she went quickly and quietly into the bedroom where the real Jennifer was still sleeping. Before the real Jennifer realized the presence of the latex replica, Maria had injected her with hallucinogens and fertility drugs. She then taped the real Jennifer's mouth shut, and pulled an old woman's, full-head rubber mask over the drugged and gagged occupant of what used to be Maria's bed. To make sure that the real Jennifer stayed put during her drug induce ride, Maria used more of the tape to secure Jennifer to the bed. Once this job was completed Maria then went to the closets and got clothing that when worn by Carolina or herself as "Jennifer", would really make it look like the real Jennifer was out and about with her lesbian lover. Along with these clothing items, Maria in her "Jennifer" disguise, packed several suitcases full of personal and incriminating items and loaded them into the back of the real Jennifer's large BMW SUV.

"You and I are going for a little trip to create sometime you can't account for and some sordid activities you won't be able to deny, sweety," said Maria as “Jennifer”. "I have located your passwords and sent your racist and elitist mother-in-law a note on your behalf. Senora Escamilla is just going to love knowing that you are getting revenge on her boy because he is dating and cross-dressing with a cross-dressing mulatta that used to be your love slave." With that announcement, Maria dressed the real Jennifer into an old nurse's uniform taped her arms behind her, hobbled her knees, threw an old, long, gray cape over her and helped her into the passenger side of BMW SUV. While able to walk under her own power, the real Jennifer was still too far-gone with the drugs to do anything other than comply. Maria as the latex "Jennifer" went back into the house to make sure that nothing was out of place and that the missing items were back filled in the closet. If anyone had personal knowledge of Jennifer's wardrobe, it would appear that she had done some Spring-cleaning and/or taken several items to the cleaners. As Maria in her "Jennifer" disguise backed the big BMW SUV out of the garage, it looked like the real Jennifer was going for a ride with an elderly nurse.

"Jennifer" and her elderly nurse ended their little trip in the same room of the Hyatt Regency Hotel where Pedro was taking his drug-induced ride. Carolina in her "Jennifer" mask and suit and Maria as "Soledad" in her "Jennifer" mask and suit turned the real Jennifer into the sexually fantastic she/male "Mulatta" courtesy of a large strap-on dildoe and the dark “Anastasia” mask. They made videos of what appeared to be Pedro making wild and passionate love to the she/male "Mulatta". Meanwhile Carolina dressed her version of "Jennifer" in the clothes that Maria had acquired from her former house. She then made an entrance into the room to become part of a menageetua with the she/male "Mulatta" and the heavily sedated Pedro Escamilla. In the process of this activity the real Carolina as inseminated with sperm that Maria had harvested from a black drunk in the Mission district. He was glad to fill her vacuole for the twenty dollars that she had given to him.

All the time, Maria in her "Jennifer" mask was taking videos of the wild affair. Even in his drugged condition, Pedro appeared to be having a great time. In her inebriated stated, the real Jennifer didn't even seem to realize that she was in a mask and full-body latex suit. In fact the couple really got into the passion of the three-way sex. The threesome seemed to be having such a good time, that Maria in her "Jennifer" disguise wanted to make it a foursome. Only her plans for the tape and photos prevented her from doing so.

"I think we have enough photos and scenes to make a scandal and sell some videos as well, Carolina," said Maria in her "Jennifer" outfit while stopping the video making equipment. "I'll put the photographic equipment away in the car while you transform yourself into the `old nurse' mask and cape. If you want, you can layer that costume over your `Jennifer' costume. When I return the `nurse' will help me as `Jennifer' get the real Jennifer as a very ill and impregnated "Mulatta" to the car after we secure Pedro to the bed."

"This has been great fun, Soledad," responded Carolina as she prepared to change from her "Jennifer" into the "old nurse". “That had to be some of the wildest sex I have ever had. How do you think that Jennifer is going to explain her pregnancy?”

“I don’t know, but I would sure like to be there when she tries,” replied Maria.

“I could never have done any of that without a mask on. I always thought when I saw sex like that in the movies that it was a bunch of silly stuff, but I know different now," declared Carolina.

"The fun hasn't even started yet, Carolina. I think the real Jennifer needs to finish the engagement you started at Helena's Purple Grotto three night ago, only this time there won't be any strong she/male mulatta to save her at the

last minute," stated Maria as "Soledad" who was still pretending to be her rendition of "Jennifer".

"Are we going to watch all of those goings on as well?" probed Carolina in her version of the “Old Nurse”.

"Somebody will need to take the covert photographs, Nurse," said Maria as "Jennifer" after picking up a load of suitcases that she was transporting to Jennifer's car in the garage. Maria found one of the bell captain's dollies by the elevator landing and loaded the suitcases on it. After loading the trunk of the real Jennifer's BMW, Maria as "Jennifer" returned with the dolly to the room.

"Can I be a blonde ‘Crystal’ tonight when we take the real Jennifer to Helena's Purple Grotto? I really want to go out with you while wearing that mask, Soledad," sweetly persuaded Carolina as she continued completing her transformation into the "old nurse".

"Sure you can, Carolina. You look great as ‘Crystal’," stated Maria in her disguises as she completed cinching Pedro's waist with a frilly but constraining pink corset before securing the still drugged and gagged Pedro to the room's bed. "This guy won't be ready to greet the world until tomorrow. I have some old breast forms that would look just wonderful when glued to his chest. You might want to pour some more of that glue out onto the corset so that it will soak through the garment onto Pedro's chest and back. Once the glue dries it will be extremely difficult, if not impossible to remove this sweet pink corset for a while."

"That would be hard for him to explain, not to mention how he wound up tied to this bed."

"I hope that he assumes that Jennifer and her mulatta lesbian lover did it to him, Carolina. If the real Jennifer survives tonight and the other things that paper trails are going to say she has done, I would love to be there when she tries to deny doing this job on Mr. Escamilla."

"Not to change the subject, but do you think the red wig will be too much for ‘Crystal’?" asked Carolina in her "old nurse" disguise.

"I assumed that is the way you wanted to wear her. If I remember correctly, you wanted to call that persona, Rosa," said Maria as "Jennifer" while she started surveying the room for anything that was left out of place or could be traced to her and Carolina.

"That's right. It's going to be so much fun watching Jennifer get hers. She isn't even going to know why."

"And that is exactly the way this caper has to remain, Carolina. We can never brag on it to anyone else, or there will be hell to pay."

"I hear you, Soledad," confirmed Carolina as she looked in the room mirror and adjusted her "old nurse" disguise.

"This has been a rewarding experience, Carolina," stated Maria in her "Jennifer" disguise. "While I continue to load the car, glue these breast forms onto Pedro. You might apply these oversize eyelashes with the perma bond glue as well. I want him to look his she/male best for his family."

"You have a wonderful mean streak that just wreaks of justice, Soledad. If you want, I told you that I have a list of five or six more of these guys we could do this to."

"I will look into that with you, Carolina, but we have to be careful of being too greedy. We don't want to establish a pattern that might give the investigating agencies a clue to our real identities," said the masked Maria as she loaded the dolly with the remaining items.

"Even if we don't do those guys on my list, it will be fun just sitting around in masks and planning it," stated Carolina as she checked under the bed for any remaining tell tail evidence.

"I think that we are all done here, Nurse. I'll push the dolly and you help this sick mulatta to the real Jennifer's car. You did a great job with those breast forms and lashes," said Maria as "Jennifer" while snapping several additional pictures. "Pedro Sweetie Pie Escamilla looks just great that way. I am sure his family will love this set of candid she/male portraits. I think I have the lighting just right."

"I thought he looked cute too. Will you need any help editing the film?"

"No, I think I will wait until tomorrow to do that. I am in no hurry. The Escamillas will have to dig themselves out of the conditions they are found in with contrived and missing information," predicted Maria as "Jennifer" at the landing for the elevator to the garage. "Once their trumped-up accounts are published then copies of our secret tapes and photos will be published unless the family in reviewing a preview edition limits their truthful impact by making regular and sizable contributions to a few of our favorite charities."

The ride down in the elevator and the short walk to the BMW SUV went relatively smoothly with the two of them taking turns assisting the real Jennifer as a sick she/male “Mulatta Anastasia” to the SUV. Once in the SUV, Maria drove the "mulatta" and her nurse to the staging area in a Lombard Boulevard Motel. The motel was a bit run down, but it was also a no questions asked kind of place and perfect for the transformation activities scheduled for the early evening. "Soledad" had left the elderly car that she had just purchased for this activity at the motel. As far as the used car lot was concerned, Jennifer Escamilla had purchased the car. A woman who appeared to be Jennifer Escamilla had purchased the car with a cash advance from one of her many credit cards. Maria as "Jennifer" made sure the salesman remembered her by flirting shamelessly with him. "Soledad" planned to transfer all of the suitcases and camera equipment into her elderly inconspicuous vehicle from the flashy BMW SUV. It was Maria's intention as "Soledad/Anastasia" to follow Carolina as "Rosa/Crystal" and the real Jennifer in her own persona on the last leg of this masking adventure. They would park both cars in the parking facility of Helena's Purple Grotto and then leave in the elderly vehicle. On the way back to Carolina's they would stop in a gas station and use the rest room to transform "Rosa/Crystal" back into Carolina. From there, Soledad would take Carolina to her apartment, drop her off without going in and drive back to her own temporary domicile and await to see what developed with Pedro and Jennifer in the news.

The only deviations from this plan was that Carolina padded Jennifer so that her body was a little more extreme and whore like than Maria had imagined. "Crystal " escorted the real and very whore like Jennifer into the club while she was still a little groggy from her multiple drug cocktail. The two masked women left the real Jennifer just after they filled her drink with stimulants and saw to it that she drank it all down.

"I wish we could have stayed and seen her performance,” said Carolina once she had removed her "Rosa/Crystal" outfit."

"There would have been no way to do that and not be pulled into it, Carolina. Remember that you took her in as "Rosa". This way for all anyone knows you met her on the way in and left with me. With her BMW SUV in Helena’s parking lot, it will look like Jennifer went to the club by herself."

"I Guess you are right, Soledad," said Carolina. "When will we meet up again? I am going to miss my masks."

"You can always order one or two of your own with the money I stuffed into your pockets. I also book marked the sites on your computer,” said Soledad. “I will get in touch in a week after I am positive that there is no trail to us from the activities we have created for Jennifer and Pedro Escamilla."

"You mask your moves as well as you masked as Jennifer, Soledad," said Carolina with admiration for her masking mentor. “I swear the curiosity that comes from what Pedro Escamilla might be doing and what is happening to Jennifer is really killing me."

"Don’t blow our cover by trying to find out, Carolina. I will call you tomorrow if I hear anything," said Maria in her "Soledad" disguise. She hadn't counted on Carolina becoming so deeply invested in the process. "Maybe ‘Rosa/ Crystal” can meet with me to go over that list of assholes that you want to knock down a few notches."

"That would be great, Soledad. I will look forward to your call. Don't be too long," pleaded Carolina. “I just get the feeling that you are trying to say good-bye.”

“Nobody is saying good-bye to anyone, Carolina,” lied Maria thru her disguise. “You are just feeling the natural let down after an eventful and fulfilling masking adventure. Remember I have a lot of scanning developing and editing to do. I will get back to you after I finish."

"I could help you if you want," offered Carolina.

"I will think about that, but I am used to doing those things pretty much by myself," stated Maria as "Soledad".

"I want to be part of the rest of the masking scheme too, Soledad."

"Don't worry, Rosa, I will find something for you to do. Maybe in your Rosa disguise you could deliver some of the pictorial items to the Escamilla family. Watch your mail box for those items and instructions."

"That would be great, Soledad."

"Of course I don't know when they will be ready,” stated Maria thru the lips of her wonderful “Anastasia” mask.

"If I know that I am still in on the caper, I will wait with you, just keep me posted, Miss Dorado."

"I promise. Here is your apartment building. I got to go, so I won't be staying."

"Good night, Soledad."

"See you soon, Carolina."

"Call me Rosa, Soledad."

"Okay, Rosa."

Maria as "Soledad/Anastasia" pulled away from the curb. About a mile down the road she pulled over, ducked down behind the wheel and pulled her "Soledad/Anastasia" mask off of her head. For the first time in several weeks she was tired of being "Soledad Dorado". She too was experiencing the natural emotion let down after a masking high. All of the items in her trunk would give her enough information and allow her to imitate Jennifer long enough to clean Jennifer and Pedro out as well as continue the complete ruin their reputations. The only wrinkle in the whole affair was Carolina, but all Carolina knew about Maria was the latex persona of "Soledad". Maria Escamilla had made sure that she was a total nonentity to Carolina. She didn't even have "Soledad's” temporary address or phone number, let alone Maria's real ones. They had only been in contact through "Soledad's" Hotmail account that "she" used from various library computers. If all continued as planned, Maria Escamilla felt that she had created the perfect, untraceable and profitable masked revenge.