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Part One

Chapter One

I remember the advertisement word for word

Expecting? No where to turn? Thinking of ternancy? Have a free consultation with Dr Helga The noted European Ob/Gyn is visiting New York froh 15 Pier 66 at West 26th Street

In hindsight, it was a vague ad Nowhere did itof a child But I was 18 years old and desperate And referring to the doctor by her first nairl I knew that in ma nor stir up the controversy that such procedures did in the US Thus,the result of a consultation with Dr Helga was not unreasonable

So I visited

I had left my small town in Iowa sonant when planningthe trip when my period was late Initially, I attributed the delay to the stress of the journey Sneaking out of o with the eerie glow of thethe cloud covered sky, was a strain My stepfather had been known to strikethe farly have ain Therefore, I was apprehensive

Froo I took A my travels, and offered freedom of movement as opposed to a bus

In New York I found a rundown residence hotel and work at a swanky ‘men’s club’ Actually a polite moniker for an upscale topless bar, I worked there as a waitress with the pro an ecdysiast here the er to display for the horny wealthy patrons enerous offerings of dollar bills from the vines of drunken, libidinous males

In applying for the job, I auditioned for the er Stripped to panties and naked from the waist up, I pranced about the ed pervert, bitingfor a farirl fro

After many minutes, probably ested the waitressing job as a first step

“We’ll see how you do Nice tits, but for a while you need to watch the regular girls le a little and keep the custo”

So I waitressed for three ain And then I once again stripped down, this time completely and danced for the boss

“Better stay away from the milk shakes, little lady,” he advised with a puff of a cheap cigar, again after a long survey “They’rebetter, but”

He finished his point by leaning forward and pinching the flesh thickening about my waist

Since I was eating the simple meals of a pauper, I knew diet was not the cause of his concern I still had not erspinkness, ave up a small amount of liquid, which he thankfully seeroaistline was due to a factor other than food

I spotted Dr Helga’s ad in the Village Voice on the following day

As irls who find themselves in trouble, I cursed the odds and set of events that coerced ht romp in my stepfather’s barnall the way that is Condo store is 8 et the boy to withdraw at the last minute Instead, in his ecstasy, he thrust even harder, and although the explosion of hot sperht concern

It was stupid I didn’t even like hiht it would be fun, having for years watched all the far

As the cab pulled up to the dock, I reart in a trench coat, waiting to save the cute but spreading ass of this woeful farht I could et up to bat and I was opti soray October day on the New York waterfront, the scene had Hollywood potential

Only Bogie didn’t appear There was no one there, not a soul, just this huge ship, old but a cruise ships I knew they were big, but the perception of size is lost until you stand next to one and realize how ray day even darker, but the perceived gloo depression onvision

A gangway led fro in the vast hull Above this hatchway door was a teettable words of welco my footsteps on the wooden dock, poked her head out the open door at the top of the ramp She beckoned me with a smile She appeared warway There I paused to look straight up and I could see i on the white hull near the bow ‘The Scarlet Letter’

A curious na The Hawthorne novel was an Aht was deemed puritanical and thus mostly unread in Europe

The thought was lost when the nurse beckoned again