And where she had first heard of the people that were called, what was roughly translated into, ‘The Bearers’.These were women who bore the young ...of some mysterious creatures that lurked in the forest. Oddly enough, despite the apparent horror of what they went through, these women were held in high regard – as if they were a chosen few. She thought it was all just legend and folklore nonsense, of course – until they came to visit her.And Shelley remembered that first time when she could not. Although she no longer needed to perform to make money, Desire still occasionally graced the stage with her presence. Her specialty, and the specialty of her clubs in general, were their lap dances. Desire and her girls prided themselves on their ability to get any guy almost instantly hard if they paid for a lap dance. As you would expect, she had many satisfied clients. Being in the adult entertainment business, Desire also had ties to the mob. She needed protection and they provided it, for. ‘I see.’ He sat contemplating all she had told him, and on the surface he appeared calm. If she could have seen below, she would have known the depth of the anger and pain he felt. ‘I don’t understand one thing you told me, Rita. You said you had no choice in having Frankie. Why?’ Rita looked up at him in surprise. ‘I didn’t have a choice, Frank. You know the Church’s stand on abortion.’ ‘Bullshit.’ He stormed. ‘That’s a damned cop out, Rita. Abortions are done every day and the Church doesn’t. Strange, jumbled thoughts raced through her mind. ‘Look at the size of me! How am I ever going to fuck anyone this big, let alone erect?’ She suddenly realized that the girl she had met last night would have the answers. Instinctively she cried.“Alene? Alene!” Suzie cried out loudly. There was only silence. Suzie looked around frantically and called again. “Alene, where are you?” A horrible silence followed. Suddenly she realized she was alone and at that moment panic started to engulf.