A pregnant woman strips naked in the privacy of her bedroom. I only noticed by accident, walking along the outskirts of this small Colombian town, seeing her open window. I'd say she's mid-20's and about six months pregnant. She has the darkest nipples I've ever seen. Her breasts are small but her nipples are puffy.
She's talking to someone while rubbing lotion on her round belly, a moment later, I see a young man enter the bedroom. A guy around her age who works construction at the nearby site. He approaches her, rubs her belly, squeezes her breasts and plays with those swollen black nipples. Then he sits on the bed and the young woman gets on her knees and starts sucking.
What's striking about this is how similar they look, the same skin tone, youthful facial features, the way their shoulders slump downward. It's a startling, perverse thought to think of them as brother/sister, but that's just an assumption.
I can't get caught watching so I step away, heading back to my room.
My mother is an environmental specialist for an American company that's conducting a mining operation. It sounds like a fluff job but the Colombian government is strict about protecting its ecosystem. So that means my mother has a leading role in excavations.
She got me a job as a technician but I'll admit that I've spent time looking into that young couple. Valentine and Miguel. It turns out they're actual brother/sister but I'm not sure if people know what they're doing. Miguel works at the digging site and Valentine works at a restaurant, now behind a cashier during her pregnancy.
Days later my mother calls me into a tent at the excavation area during break time. A hundred local workers are busy at the scene along with a dozen American employees. She's wearing boots, cargo pants, a tshirt with sweat spots, and her hair is in a ponytail. The grittier version of her for the last month.
"So this puts a twist on things," mom says. "There's a strong chance we'll be leaving early. Maybe at the end of the month -- depending. I've already spoken with my boss about it."
"Is everything okay?"
"A slight medical complication. I'll be fine."
"You're leaving the biggest job of your career over a slight medical complication?"
"It's a personal issue."
"That's all you're going to tell me?"
She gestures to her chest. "It involves this area."
"Cancer?"
"Nothing that dramatic. It's lactation."
My eyes drift toward the C cups which look huge on her average frame with thin arms. Lactation? How could that be? I don't have any siblings and I'm 25 years old, which means she hadn't lactated in over two decades. I wonder if her boobs look any different but it's too obscene to inspect further, especially since she's caught me looking.
"Everything's okay, I hope."
"That's what we're trying to figure out with local doctors. Some think it's a bug bite or an allergic reaction. But the other theory is more concerning -- and I think more plausible -- but you won't agree with it... yet."
"A bug bite is way more believable than the supernatural, which I know that's what you're suggesting."
"Don't believe me?" she asks. "You should speak to the locals more. Speak to the translators and elders. There's something here. That's what they're saying. Some kind of presence and we've found that with the excavation we've been doing. They've mentioned fertility gods."
"You can't be serious."
"It's a possibility."
"Nothing like that has ever been reported here."
Her lip curls and she pinches the bottom of her tshirt like she's about to lift her top. She's always been conscious about hiding them, especially in public, because I think she's afraid that people won't take her seriously for having large breasts. It's only because of the jungle heat that she wears tshirts all day.
I look down at her chest. Is she going to show them? How am I supposed to react to my mother doing that? Now that I have a closer look at her tshirt, her boobs do seem bigger than before. They seem fuller almost. Like they're more plump. More curved.
She moves her hands away from her tshirt when she's had enough of me staring.
"Nevermind," she says. "I'll let you know if there are any updates."
"So are we staying or should we prepare to leave?"
"I'll let you know."
She's clearly embarrassed when she pats my shoulder and leaves the tent. I can only imagine how uncomfortable she is having this kind of problem.
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For the last three days she avoided the topic. The sound of heavy machinery has become part of everyday life with a hundred men hard at work.
Despite the drama and work schedule, I've kept Valentine and Miguel in the back of my mind. Real incest is hard to ignore. Toward the evening I decide to follow Miguel from a distance as he goes home. The brother/sister dynamic draws me closer. From a distance I walk along the outskirts of town, toward the view of their bedroom window.
Eventually I see Valentine after work and stripping naked. Her brother arrives, still sweaty then strips off his clothes. They can't keep their hands off each other as they kiss. Her breasts are being mauled by dirty hands. Her plump black nipples are swollen. The brother bends down and sucks both of them, milk running down across her round belly.
I leave before anyone sees me. The town feels alive as workers have dinner at outdoor places and grab beers to relax. I notice my mother outside of a medical tent with two local doctors, both women, and there's a somber expression on mom's face. Our eyes meet by accident. Without saying a word, I know this is about her breasts.
The next morning before breakfast she stops me outside. The heat is picking up and everyone is getting their day started. She seems more relaxed today, as if she's come to terms with whatever she's dealing with.
"I owe you a firm answer," she says. "We're not leaving early. We're staying for the next two months. I refuse to ruin my reputation by quitting."
"Great news, I was hoping to hear that. Did you find out what the problem was?"
"That's what I'd like to discuss. The issue isn't going away."
"What's wrong?"
"Something we better discuss in private. I'll show you then we'll have breakfast after."
We head to the clinic across the street and enter a private room on the second floor. There's a female doctor and nurse, both locals, and my mother speaks Spanish with them as they prepare an exam table and supplies.
"I'm going to show my breasts," she says. "Last week we came across ancient stones during the excavation. It was explained that they were fertility stones from a lost civilization. I kept one in my room. The next day... well... have a look."
My mother pulls off her tshirt revealing her white bra. She stands firm with her chest forward, her tshirt placed on the exam table. She doesn't look at me. She looks ahead while the two women prepare whatever they're doing. My mother sits on the exam table next to her tshirt.
The nurse reaches back and unclasps the bra and takes it away. There they are. Mom's big tits. They're on the larger side of C cups, sagging slightly with age. The large brown nipples are erect, but the breasts seem unusually full, almost unnatural. I can only imagine how embarrassed she must be, sitting there with three people staring at her boobs, including me of all people.
She remains calm with upright posture while they speak Spanish and latch pumps to each breast. Each pump has a plastic cup attached to the bottom. They've done this before. There's a familiarity with the process. When the devices are secured, my mother breathes harder, her body squirms like she's trying to keep still.
It's one thing to be in the presence of your topless mother, but it's something else to see her milk trickling into cups, like a different kind of discovery is happening. This explains why her breasts have looked so plump lately. I take a closer look. Milk flows into the cups in steady streams. She looks relieved as this goes on.
Her nipples are being pulled from the suction. They elongate, then release, and the process repeats. That's what's milking her. I wonder if she enjoys this.
After a few minutes the cups are almost full and the doctor and nurse deactivate the pumps. They pull the devices away and the nurse uses a hand towel to wipe the excess milk from mom's breasts. New traces of milk form at the tips of her nipples and they're wiped again.
I've never seen a lactating woman before and the eroticism is spellbinding. Those nipples. Is it normal for women's nipples to stay erect after using a pump? They look so much bigger than moments ago, swollen, protruding, and I'm sure she's aroused.
They talk in Spanish and the nurse puts lids on the milk containers and puts them in a small fridge. To be studied I'm sure. My mother doesn't look at me, she's too embarrassed, and she wears her bra even though new droplets of milk are forming on her nipples. Then she wears her tshirt and smooths any lines so she looks fresh.
"Now do you believe me?" she asks.
"I never doubted you about this part. But I'm not sure about the fertility stones or whatever you want to call them."