Warning: the following story is a sequel to "Mister Moore and Lucy". These stories are of a dark nature and include intimidation, extortion, imprisonment and physical mistreatment. If that's not your thing, don't read any further.
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"You can understand why I wouldn't want to sit with the woman that is sleeping with my husband, can't you?"
She always felt the need to say things like that. I wasn't going to remind Ms. Moore that I didn't want to sleep with her husband. In fact, it was the last thing on earth that I wanted! Her husband absolutely repulsed me! I wasn't going to remind her that she was keeping me a prisoner in her home and was blackmailing me into giving her a baby in exchange for her silence about me and Daddy's love affair. I wasn't going to say anything except "Yes ma'am" from the back seat of her car as she drove me to my high school graduation.
As I saw the auditorium getting closer. I anxiously went over my plan. Once I was out of her sight, I would find Daddy and convince him that we didn't need anything but each other. We would sneak to his car and just leave town forever. We would have a dozen babies of our own and live happily ever after.
My daydream was broken as the car turned onto an unfamiliar street. "We have to make a quick stop." Ms. Moore said.
"But my graduation!" I insisted.
"If I have to hear another word about your damn graduation, you won't be going! Understand?!" She said angrily. "You'll get there after I'm done running an errand...if you behave."
"Yes, ma'am," I replied submissively.
A few more turns brought us to a neighborhood of smaller more run-down homes. The car was finally parked in front of an old house with many other vehicles. She stayed in her seat as I quickly got out, circled the car, and opened the door for her. "You're like a sloth." She hissed as I closed the door. I ignored the slight.
As someone exited the house, I ran ahead of her and held the storm door upon. She took her time getting there.
We entered a small, dark living room that seemed to be stuck in another era. A dozen folding chairs lined the walls and the room reeked of incense. We took seats among the other guests as I became more anxious about the time.
Two boys, I recognized from school, ran in the front door, being disruptive and rowdy. One stopped briefly, recognizing me. I dropped my eyes and turned away remembering when he had asked me on a date some time ago. I thought he was cute, but I had just given myself as daddy's lover, so I had to turn the boy down. They turned and disappeared through a beaded curtain as their antics continued. Their stay was short and a minute or so later, they fley by and out the door again.
A strange music chanted and chimed. I shifted in my seat nervously. "Stop that!" Ms. Moore snapped at me. I stiffened.
Fifteen minutes later, a young couple emerged looking so much in love. I watched them leave and I longed to be back in daddy's arms.
Suddenly, a strange looking old woman emerged from the beads. "Moore," she said. Ms. Moore stood and pulled on my arm to join her.
We went through the beads and down a dark hallway into another room. The old woman then turned to Ms. Moore. "Did you bring the seed?"
Ms. Moore promptly handed her a small container with a whitish substance in it. The old woman set the jar on a small velvet covered table. Then, taking a chain from her pocket, dropped a pink crystal and began swinging it in small circles around the container. After several seconds of this, the woman picked up the vial, shook it vigorously, then held it up to the light to look through. "There is nothing wrong with his seed." She said resolutely.
The old woman snatched my hand and began a close examination of my palm. "Your age?" She asked. I tried to place the origin of her thick accent before determining that it was probably a fake, just like the rest of her act.
"Nineteen" I replied, not bothering to mention it was my birthday.
She slipped on her glasses and took a longer look at my palm, then squeezed my hand tightly as she pulled me closer and roughly placed her other hand on my stomach. After a long moment, she released my hand and walked around the table. My hand throbbed as the blood returned to it. The old woman sat in her chair and glared at Ms. Moore. "The girl has many eggs. Very healthy. Very fertile. The eggs, they beg to be born."
"She's been fucking my husband for months! Why has she failed to get pregnant?" Ms. Moore demanded.
Another long glare from across the table. "The girl squeezes the cervix shut. She won't allow the seed to enter until your husband falls in love with her."
I sucked in an audible gasp. This kind of fortune telling was not only an outright lie but was going to get me into a world of trouble.
"Yes. Yes." The woman continued. "The girl is very ripe, but be warned: the girl is resolute with what she wants. If you don't take control of her, it will be as I have said."
Whack! I didn't even see it coming. Ms. Moore's signature move: a hard, open-handed slap across my face. My cheek burned and I covered it with the palm that told of my misfortune. "It's not true!" I exclaimed. "I just want to go back to Daddy!"
"Daddy is going to be in jail for the rest of his life! I've got a ton of evidence that will see to that!" She sneered.
"No!" I cried as the tears spilled from my eyes.
The old woman was not interested in the domestic details between us. She retrieved a device from a cabinet, removed it from its packaging, unscrewed the bulbous top, and proceeded to drop in new batteries. Replacing the top tightly, the device came to life with a powerful buzz and we both stopped to look at her. The old woman reached the device out toward me but spoke to Ms. Moore "This goes deep inside the girl and is to stay in place at all times until it is time to breed her. The sonar waves work well at dilating the most stubborn cervix so she can quickly serve her purpose and be on her way."
It all seemed so simple. I took the device from her and looked at it. It was 3 or 4 inches long with a large bulb on the end, the size of a chicken egg.
The buzzing of the device was the only sound in the room. The old woman's words broke that. "What are you waiting for?" She demanded. To Ms.Moore, she sneered "Not too bright, this one."
"You want me to do this here? Now?"