"And you are Etta, am I right?" I nodded and smiled in return and taking her offered hand.She smiled back, a wonderful smile. "The girls say you may b... able to help me." I cannot," I said, "I must not. The madam forbids it. You should leave right now." But why?" the girl asked, sitting down beside me. Our legs touched. She smelled wonderful, and my unruly root stirred. I had served a number of the girls on my sturdy cot and was certainly ready to enjoy this sweet morsel for the rest of that. I gathered her into a hug and kissed her forehead. "Tina, think of why that is happening. That little bulge is a sign of just how much you love me. To me it only makes you more beautiful."Tina violently pushed me away. "You are just saying that!" she screamed.Ed started laughing. I turned to look at him and he smiled. "Sorry, but she reminds me of how Elle got when she was carrying Thomas. She was convinced that I wouldn't love her because of how the pregnancy changed her."Tina gasped. "You. ‘I’m open to the idea of you moving in with me, but beyond that, there is no way!’ Candie had protested. ‘It would kill my career!’ Jessica looked at her beloved Candie as if she had just grown horns. She was completely taken aback by her love’s reaction. ‘What the hell are you talking about?’ She angrily confronted Candie. ‘There are a lot of bi-sexual and lesbian women in the business!’ ‘Yes, but the openly lesbian girls don’t get as much work,’ Candie told her. ‘You know it’s true. Besides,. ?Walking across the lot to the truck I realized for the first time thereseemed to be a lot of people that looked like refugee?s or something.As we pulled onto the highway Mona said, ?Look I know all this must seemstrange to you. I gather that you had no idea what was going on outhere.??Mona,??Momma, please call me Momma. no one will question it like they would ifyou keep calling me Mona,??Momma is all that stuff true?? I asked.?Yes, but it?s more like a chain of events that just seemed to.