The Brandy Broke Story , Part 26
January 29, 2012




Welcome back.




Brandy woke up around mid-morning, after falling into a exhausted
sleep when she returned with her newborn twin daughter Rose, from
the morgue. Brandy decided not to view her stillborn child after she
had been delivered. The doctor told her that the baby was very deformed
and had no chance for life beyond the stage that the baby had formed.
That was two days ago. And yet this morning Brandy woke to the
sound of two newborns, crying for attention.

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Nurse Lilly came in right away and tended to the demanding cry of the
newborn twins. Skip Jr. quieted down quickly after a diaper change and
went back to sleep.
"My Goodness, what a beautiful baby girl you are, Rose." Nurse Lilly examined
her closely. She held in her hands the most beautiful, and extremely healthy
baby that Nurse Lilly had ever seen.
Baby Rose looked Nurse Lilly directly in the eyes, and gave her a very
intent look. One that caused Nurse Lilly to get a huge smile on her
face. She smiled because she felt like spring time was all around
her, while she looked at this little baby. Spring had always been Lilly's
favorite time of year. Lilly had been born in the spring. Her own
mother had named her Lilly because of all the lilies that were in bloom
the day she was born. They had always been her mother's favorite flower
and Lilly loved them also. Then she started to remember the beautiful
flower garden that her mother had planted. She remembered when she
was a small girl and she and her mother having a tea party in the garden
next to the lilies. Warm spring days she remembered. Lilly could feel the
sunshine on her face, and could smell the sweet scent of the air as she
enjoyed the memory. She gave a small laugh out loud, and came out of
her day dream.




"Oh you are a sweetie; bless you little one. I pray you do great things
in the world." Baby Rose gave a small coo, and was content to be put
back into the crib and go back to sleep.
"How are my babies?" Brandy asked Nurse Lilly.




Brandy felt rested, although very sore all over her body but she woke up to
see both of her babies alive and well. It all seemed like some strange
dream that she had awoken from or gone into. But now everything was
alright.
She looked over at the two cribs in her room, and confirmed her reality.




"Good morning Brandy. You have the most amazing babies.
They are a true miracle," said Nurse Lilly, in a awed voice.




"I love miracles; I will never forget how wonderful your babies are and
everything that has happened. Not ever," Nurse Lilly said, with a far
away look that reminded Brandy of an Easter egg hunt and small children
in a lovely garden, playing games.



Then Dr.Brooks came in early to check on Brandy ,and to say good bye.



"That was some night last night," Dr.Brooks declared in a quiet voice.




"Yes, but, I am so happy that I get to go home with both of my babies
now," replied Brandy.
"When I woke up a little while ago, I thought I was in some strange
dream until I looked over and saw two cribs with both of my babies in
them," Brandy told him, while he checked her stitches and checked her
heart beat.




"The Pediatrician gave both babies a clean bill of health, and you are
also getting one from me, so you can go home today. I will let the
nurses know and they will get started on the release forms for you and
the babies." Dr. Brooks told her.



Thank you Dr.Brooks," Brandy said with a surge of emotion and
threw herself into Dr.Brooks arms.
He enjoyed the hug from Brandy and found himself hoping to see
her again very soon.




"I will never forget your kindness during all of this." Brandy told him,
with tears in her eyes.



"Good morning!" said Tasia brightly. "Ready to go home, Brandy?
Or do you two need another minute?" She teased the two, for jumping
out of each others arms when she entered the room.
All the nurses that were on shift and had been caring for Brandy the
last two days came into say goodbye and wish them well.



Brandy was so glad to be going home, and her mom was the first one
to greet her when she arrived home.



Once inside, it was Grandma Coral's turn to have a snuggle and a good
look at baby Rose. She thought her granddaughter was dead two days
ago,but by a miracle, she now held baby Rose in her arms for the very first
time.




Skip Jr. had a bottle and then was content to be placed in his crib for
a nice, long nap.




Baby Rose snuggled with Grandma a little longer, and then she also
was laid down for a nap.



Brandy felt like being up and made a simple lunch of mac-n-cheese.
"Lunch is ready!" she called to everybody to come and eat.



As soon as Grandpa and Dustin sat down to the table, Dustin started
asking questions. "Where have you two been for the last two years?
Last time we seen or heard from you, Mom was pregnant with Beau."



"Yes, Mom, Dad - now that we have some time, please share your
adventures with us," said Brandy, as she finished serving everybody,
and sat down at the table.




"Yes Herb, I think this is a very good time to tell Brandy where we have
been for nearly two years."




Herb suddenly seemed very hungry and tried to stuff his mouth full of
food quickly, so he would not have to answer the question just asked.




"Well Grandpa, are you going to tell us?" Dustin prodded, after a few
quiet moments.



"Yeah Dad, what is the big secret?" Brandy inquired.
"OK, here is the story. For the first year that we were missing, we were
on a expedition and got lost in the jungle, but then we were found
and held captive by the "Gotta Boogy Tribe."
The Queen of the "Gotta Boogy Tribe" held me as her mating partner until
she became pregnant."



"Coool!!!!! Grandpa, how long were you held "Captive?" Dustin
asked, with his face aglow with interest.



"Seems like forever," Grandpa Herb said, remembering the village in his mind.



Queen Hepsha's mother Rawna, was the Tribal Witch Doctor.
She came to her daughter and told her that she had seen the future and
had the read the stars. In a vision, she had seen Queen Hepsha was to
bare a child from a white man. In a few days, the white man would be
found lost and wandering by the "Sacred Water Falls." The child from
such a union would become a Great Leader and Warrior of their people one
day. Queen Hepsha was pleased by such a prediction.




Queen Hepsha was eager to please her mother, who was a powerful
witch doctor, and her prophesies always came true.
Queen Hepsha was also a ambitious woman and eager for her Tribe to
be successful and powerful.




Queen Hepsha's oldest daughter Mala, was skeptical about the vision from
her grandmother. As punishment for her doubt, Mala was sent with two
of her servants and two warriors to go and wait by the "Sacred
Waterfall" and bring back the one foretold. She knew that it was best not
to return at all if she never found such a man.



Queen Hepsha watched her daughter leave the next morning with a smile
on her face, and she dreamed of the Great Leader and Warrior that she
would bare in the future.




Mala journeyed for four days with her servants and two warriors,
to get to the Sacred Waterfalls.




Then they waited four more days for the one who was foretold. The white
man who would be lost and wandering.




And guess who they found on the fourth day? Grandpa Herb had had
gotten separated from Coral during a very bad rain storm in the jungle. He
could only hope that she was still alive as he searched the jungle for
her. Then he came upon the magnificent water fall and witnessed a young
man make a spectacular dive from a cliff. Before he realized what he was
doing, he was shouting "Bravo!" in appreciation for the beautiful
dive off the cliffs over the water fall. He found himself quickly surrounded
and overtaken by two fierce looking, large, African men. They
took him to meet a young woman who seemed very pleased to meet him. He
was then taken prisoner. The next morning began a long, four day trip
through the jungle on foot back to the village.
The young woman who he came to know as Mala was received with great
rejoicing and Grandpa Herb was given special care, bathed , massaged and
well fed.



And imprisoned...



...where he waited all night, wondering what was to be his fate.
Then finally, when the sun rose and the morning was bright...



....Queen Hepsha paid him a visit.




"The Queen came into my cell, and sat down on the bed with me. When she
tried to cuddle, I resisted. One can't be too careful in these types of
situations." Grandpa explained.




"Come now, my love", she comforted him, as she drew near him, "My name is
Queen Hepsha; it has been foretold that you and I should make a child,"
she told him, in her thick, sultry, broken English.
Her accent was exotic and her scent intoxicating. She smelled like fresh
flowers from the garden with the mornings dew still on them. Everything
about Queen Hepsha was intoxicating, and she drew me into her trap like
a helpless fly, caught in a spider's web."




"Don't you find me attractive?" asked the Queen seductively.
"Her words were like honey in my ears; I could not of resisted her even
if she had been a horrible hag!"



"I had no choice but to comply with her wishes."



"Five days later, Coral had managed to follow my tracks and find me.
She spoke the language, and requested to see the Queen."




"The mighty Queen Hepsha of course, met with Coral; her arrival had
also been foretold and she was expected.
Queen Hepsha and Coral talked briefly."



"And surprisingly, allowed to visit with me. I had been the Queen's
main attraction for days, and I had given up trying to wear clothes, so
Coral found me in my underwear. We sat down around a small fire, and she
explained to me what was going on. I was to stay for three months and try to
get the Queen pregnant. If after the third month she was not pregnant,
they were going to sacrifice Coral to the fertility goddess of the
Volcano. Then we would try again for another three months to conceive a
child. If after those three months had passed and no child, they were going
to cook me up in a big pot and eat me like stew. They allowed Coral to
stay near by in a tent, but we were never allowed to be alone together. I
was the Queens property."




"Night after night, I was forced to perform my duty", declared Herb.




"Yeah, sure. Forced you! Night after night to woohoo with a young,
beautiful African Queen," said Coral with a straight face.



"Well, perhaps I was a little enthusiastic. Especially with that special
voodoo tea they made me drink everyday. It gave me a manly boost, if
you know what I mean.
And let's not forget the fact that if I did not impregnate the Queen,
they were going to kill your Grandma as a sacrifice to the goddess of
fertility."




"Would they have really killed you and Grandma?" asked Dustin, with a
shocked look.
"Oh yes," replied Grandma Coral. "The Queen is a very determined woman,
and will get what she wants.
"So what did you do?" asked Dustin.




"The only thing I could do," replied Grandpa Herb. "Keep on trying until
the Queen was pregnant."


...To be continued...

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