Chapter 5

The weeks now seemed to go by very quickly. Our home life seemed to be uneventful with the ranch was ticking along smoothly. Heidi had now lived with us for 3 months. She now seemed like one of the family. Despite her sometimes snotty personality, she was quite well liked, both by the children and the servants.

I sat with my wife reading in bed one night, and she shared some thoughts about Heidi.

"I am almost getting worried about Heidi," Paula said. "She is really starting to gain weight now."

"I really haven't noticed; guess I have been concentrating on the kids," I said.

She continued. "I went to her room last night to check up on her. I knocked and found her in nothing but her bra and panties. 'She's getting fat!' I thought to myself. She now has a definite belly, not to even mention her hips and butt, which are growing, too! I would say she has put on twenty pounds."

"Hmmm..." I said.

Paula went on. "I couldn't resist saying something. I went up and gave a pat to her new belly and joked that she must be enjoying our cuisine her in Paraguay. I know it was a bit rude, but she laughed it off. She then began to look at herself in the mirror.

"'Yeah, I definitely look well fed,' she giggled, pinching a nice roll of flab around her tummy. 'I am not too worried, though; I told myself this should be a vacation more than anything. I figure as long I keep the kids in shape, I can allot myself a few pounds. Besides, the food around here is absolutely heavenly. Between you and me, it's no wonder your kids got so fat!'"

"Well." I said, after listening to my wife's encounter. "There is really nothing we should or can do. She is a grownup and if she gets fat while she is staying with us, so it goes."

"I guess you're right dear, it's probably for the best if we don't even consider it any further,." she replied.

The next evening as I prepared for bed and went upstairs I saw light on in Heidi's room. I stopped by to say hi and found her writing a letter home.

"Writing a little message back home, eh?" I said poking in my head.

"Mmm...chew...Yes!...chew...chew ," she said swallowing the last of an éclair she was eating.

I saw she had several goodies by her side as she wrote. Before I knew it, she had already begun to open a candy bar.

"Gotta keep these away from greedy mouths...." she said, smiling, smacking her lips as she ate.

"Well, let me congratulate you; the kids are doing great. Larisa even had a date the other night. Her self confidence is sky-high thanks to you."

"My pleasure." she said. "Say, Raul, while you're here..." she started shyly.

"I was going to ask your wife this but, do you think that the servants could make me some new clothes? Look at this..."

She stood up revealing pants that were not buttoned. She made the gesture of trying to button them, but her belly clearly had gotten too big. My eyes must have widened as she pulled up shirt slightly to reveal a flabby abdomen. I had seen her in the hallway the night of her arrival, and I couldn't believe this was the same person.

"...Ahh...Ok...." I said. "I'll talk to Mara tomorrow. She is a quite the seamstress. She should be able to make just about anything."

I walked away a little turned on, I have to admit.