chapter 17

Hilly had a definite plan in mind for Brad. Hilly was a great believer in the principle of "turn about is fair play". She had given him a bit of a taste of this particular medicine by taking Brandi into their home and fattening her up to colossal proportions right under Brad's nose. She KNEW that Brad the control freak would hate to see one of HIS projects get fat through the efforts of somebody else. This was especially true since the main fattener was Henri de Tivoli, a man whose skill in the kitchen gave him a decided advantage in fattening up virtually anyone.

Hilly went a step further in the "turn about business" by deciding to go on a diet and at least regaining a semblance of her former self. She might never become the "Golden Girl" of DePaul University Hospital again, but at least she'll be able to walk through a door without turning sideways, a decided improvement from her MAX weight.

Hilly divided the women from Brad's projects into two groups. The first group were the Fantasizers. These were women who had been naturally thin all their lives. They were active, athletic, lean, toned, and tanned. They could eat virtually anything and not gain weight. Brad slowly got them to eat more than had ever eaten before in their lives. But most importantly, he got them to change their lifestyle from active and athletic to lazy and darned near inert.

Now obviously this was going to fatten up ANYONE. But Brad knew that THESE women had fantasized about making themselves fat all their lives. They stuffed pillows in their pants to simulate a big belly. Almost all of them had bought pregnancy bellies so they could waddle around pretending they had put on a hundred pounds. In other words, THESE women would only allow themselves to GET fat, they would accept and embrace every new pound of fat they added to their respective torsos. Even better, they would become sexually excited every time they looked in a mirror and saw a big belly, an outbreak of cellulite or a swath of stretch marks running across their bellies. These women not only got fat, they LOVED the fact that they were fat.

In talking with each of them, Hilly found out that every one of them had become a kind of missionary for obesity. It wasn't enough for them that THEY had gotten fat, they wanted to spread the joy of a spreading waistline to as many people as they possibly could. And Hilly simply suggested to each of them that one of the people who truly DESERVED to share the happiness of a big belly with them was Brad!