I'm Just A Sweet Transvestite Chapter 4- Joe

A/N: From this chapter on it may be a tad confusing. Believe me it took ages to write it so it was understandable. R&R! Oh yeah.and about the gramma (in all of my stories), my computer fixes it automatically, and I can't change it.so don't blame me!! ;-) If anyone knows how to fix it, could u please tell me!

Disclaimer: Not mine.don't ask

~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~* 221 Kleins Street Apartment 7D

Goren and Eames found apartment 7D without too much fuss. Eames had calmed down to her usual professional self and Goren was just himself as usual.

"Goren, you really should laugh more. You're so serious all the time," Eames told her partner. He looked down at her.

"Hey, you're just as serious as me" he said in defence. She thought about it a moment and nodded.

"I am aren't I." She sounded disappointed. She didn't want to be one of those hard cops all the time. She was still relatively young and didn't want to become a cranky old woman just yet. They stepped out of the elevator and knocked on the door. A woman opened it.

"Yes?" She said.

"We are looking for Lee Price" Goren said. The woman looked a bit on edge.

"I'm Lee. What do you want?" she asked.

"We are investigating the murder of Toby McManus" Eames said.

"Toby? He's dead?"

"We found your shoe lodged into the back of his neck" Goren continued. Lee looked mortified.

"My good Crystal Touch Red?" she asked. Goren nodded.

"Well that's just great. Listen, I don't know nothing about this murder, but I leant that pair of shoes to Tiger. She's at Yankee Doodle's club," She told them.

"How did you know Toby?" Eames asked.

"Through Ronan. They were living together," she answered.

"Yes. Toby, Robin and Ronan" Eames confirmed.

"Yeah, whatever. Go see Tiger. And tell her she owes me a new pair of shoes," Lee said. The detectives left and headed to the club.

"This is too confusing" Eames said. "He? She? Which it this Tiger?"

~*~*~*~*~* Yankee Doodle Club

This club was bigger than the last one they went to, which meant more people. Once again Eames did the shoving through the crowd. She found a group of people sitting down, and she decided to ask them.

"Does anyone know Tiger?" she asked. A man jumped up at the mention of the name.

"Hi. I'm Joe."

"Detective Alex Eames," she introduced.

"Tiger isn't here. She is at Vestie's Club tonight. Wants to see Toby" he said. Eames sighed and rubbed her head. "Honey, you need some relaxing time. You look stressed."

"Yeah a big case and no leads is frustrating. A man was killed and we have 3 female leads and we can't find any of them. Well except Lee but she didn't do it," she said. The man put his arm around him.

"You should spend some time a Vestie's. Great club. Lots of folk go there to wind down. And your big friend over there would enjoy it too." He motioned towards Goren who was hardly visible amongst the people.

"Why would he like it?" Eames asked. She didn't know why she was talking to this complete stranger.

"Well he is gay isn't he? He looks it. And believe me, I can tell" he said. Eames shook her head. Then it clicked.

"Wait. Tiger wants to see Toby? Is that Toby McManus?" she asked.

"Yes I think so."

"Why would Tiger want to see Toby? He's dead," Eames said.

"They are an item. Well that's the word going around. I have connections," the man said, pulling Eames closer and tapping his nose secretively.

"But Toby is with Robin."

"Well Robin, so I am told, got sick of his little games."

"What games?" Eames asked. The man laughed.

"You should sit down with me and talk sweetie. I think I need to fill you in on a few things" he said and led her to a table.

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"Ok. Toby and Robin were together, but Robin got tired of his games. So now Toby is with Tiger," he explained.

"But Toby is dead" Eames said.

"I know, but that is how it was. Toby and Robin were hot talk in every gay bar in the city until he decided to get with Tiger."

"Gay bar?" Eames questioned confused. The man threw his hands up in the air.

"As if you haven't noticed," he exclaimed.

"But Toby was married to Robin, who is a woman. We have an eyewitness account of the murder-" Eames told the man. He put his hand up shushing her.

"But Robin isn't a woman. Robin is a transvestite. Toby and Robin were a gay couple. Robin worked at Vestie's and Toby at the costume place where half the transvestites from here get their wigs. He started an affair with Tiger who is a dancer here, but she worked at Vestie's occasionally. It is all one big love triangle," he informed her. Eames leant back in her chair, mind racing.

"So Tiger works at Vestie's sometimes?" Eames repeated. Joe nodded. "Is that the same person as Tiger Lee?" she asked.

"Nope. Tiger Lee is Asian, where as Toby's Tiger is Caucasian. If you go and ask for Tiger they usually refer you to Tiger Lee because she is a permanent there. Tiger is only a stand in." Eames nodded. They had asked the wrong Tiger about Toby.

"Thanks for this. It has been really helpful," she said.

"No problems hon. Come back any time," the man said.

"Will do, Joe," she said, racing back towards Goren. He looked confused as she pulled him out the exit. The men all looked at him strangely.

"Did you see those guys? I think they were eyeing me off" he said. Eames didn't notice it.

"Goren it's a gay bar, what to you expect?" she hastily said, catching her breath. Goren looked shocked.

"Why were we in there?" he asked. Eames held onto his arms.

"Never mind. We have to go back to Vestie's. Turns out we aren't looking for a woman after all. We are looking for a man."

"Huh?" Goren was confused. Eames took a deep breath.

"Robin isn't a woman, she's a man.a transvestite. Toby and Robin were a gay couple. Then Tiger came into a picture and Toby stared a whole thing with her. Robin must have got upset and found out. Then went and saw him with Donna, yet another woman, and decided it was enough. He was seeing Robin, Tiger and Donna at the same time" she explained.

"Ohhh. I see," Goren said. "So we have to get back to Vestie's why?" he asked.

"Because Tiger works there and knew Robin. Maybe she knows where Robin is," Eames explained.

"But we've seen Tiger already" he argues.

"That was Tiger Lee. We want just Tiger. There are two Tigers there. Oh, never mind. I know what I'm talking about."

~*~*~*~*~*

All the running around town made the two exhausted. It was now 7pm and they should have been home. Eames didn't want to go home because the information was still fresh in her mind. Goren couldn't understand why they couldn't pursue it in the morning, but she insisted that they would lose Tiger because she worked at different places.

They arrived at the club and were about to walk in when two huge bouncers stepped in their way.

"Can't go in there. This is a club for Gays, Lesbians and Transvestites only" one said.

"But we were in here this morning" Goren said.

"Are you gay?"

"No"

"Then no entry." The bouncers wouldn't budge.

"We are detectives working on a murder case," Eames said.

"Don't care. Come back tomorrow before 6pm when it is a regular club" the bouncer said. The two detectives turned away.

"Great, now what?" Goren said.

"We have to get in there or we'll lose Tiger" Eames pushed. Then she looked at Goren with a devilish look on her face.

"What? Eames? What are you thinking," he dared to ask.

"Come on" she said and they headed back to the other club. She remembered Joe's remark about Goren looking gay. Maybe they could get in after all.