Ty moseyed into the living room, where Mark was focusing on the television set from his favorite recliner. He looked a bit disturbed about something, and Ty had a pretty good idea of what it was.
"Mark, turn off the TV and listen to me carefully," said Ty.
"What the Hell do you want?" asked Mark, clicking off the TV with the remote.
"Mark, I want you to casually discuss everything that's bothering you right now, and answer any question I ask you completely truthfully," said Ty, sitting down on the couch.
"Uh, sure thing, Ty," said Mark, a touch of sarcasm coloring his response.
Ty posed his first question. "Well, so what did you think of Daphne's outfit?"
"Well, at first I thought maybe it was a joke, then I wondered if he was gay. But, God, he looked totally hot in it!" was Mark's response. A shocked look sprung onto his face, and he clapped his hand over his mouth.
"You won't feel embarrased about letting me know any of your thoughts or concerns, nor will your answers surprise you, as they are the truth." Mark visibly relaxed. Ty sank back into the couch, steepling his fingers. "Does it bother you that you were attracted to him?"
"Damn straight! I mean, I'm not gay or anything. And here I am getting a boner for my own son in drag, while he's acting like a big sissy! Even now, just thinking about him, I'm getting hard!" Mark shook his head. "Something has to be totally wrong with me."
"Does it bother you that Dustin wants to be called Daphne, is prancing about all feminine-like, and seems to be practically dating Ryan?" Ty prodded.
"Well, of course it does. I mean, my own reaction bothers me more, but I don't want to be raising any gays here, either. I mean, if it was just you, Ty, that'd be okay, but not my son! I don't know what to think of him wanting to be called Daphne, or making out with Ryan, or his outfit. It's all so confusing! And if I am gay? Did that do something to Daphne? I mean, it has to be something like that!"
Ty considered his options. Mark had always treated him like as second-fiddle to Dustin, and hearing him admit that certain things were okay to happen to Ty, but not Dustin, just fueled that resentment.
"Mark, listen carefully. You desperately have to find out if you really are gay. There's a perfect way to do that. You have to expose yourself to situations where, if you were gay, you'd get aroused. So you had better get a bunch of gay porn. You should probably try hanging out in a gay bar, maybe even dancing with some guys. You should see if you can figure out how to get June to use a strap-on on you, okay?" Mark nodded dumbly. "Now, here's another important thing to remember: you will respond to any man in drag, and any 'she-males' you happen to see or run into, or any woman with a strap-on, exactly like you have been responding to Dustin. If you yourself try dressing in drag, it will be the best thing you've ever done -- you won't want to go back to your old clothes, and you will be totally aroused and, while you are dressed that way, you will be very submissive and do what anybody asks. But that's only if you end up trying it yourself. Does all that make sense?"
"Sure," said Mark.
"Great. Now, I want you to completely forget we had this conversation as soon as I leave the room, but you're going to follow all of my commands exactly." Ty got up and headed out of the room. As he headed up the staircase, towards his room, he heard Mark click the TV back on.
Ty smiled. The next week or so was going to be fun!