Belly Literary Universe (part 2)

Jackie's Duty Part 13: The Dilemma

Jackie spent the night thinking about Valerie's deal. Ten pounds for an honest answer to a question. Any question, she conjectured. All the way on her ride to work she mulled over the options. Finally, in her car in the parking garage, she called Marvin. "Fuck me. I've been caught."

"Caught doing what?" Marvin groaned.

"What do you think? Valerie knows something is up. She knows!"

"Okay calm yourself. Nothing is fucked. How do you know what she knows? Did she call you out?"

Jackie rested her forehead on the steering wheel. "I was asking questions. You know, my job? She called me out."

"How. What exactly did she say? You have to stop panicking. What is the situation? Maybe this can still work. Are you supposed to be calm in the military."

"I am calm. She knows what I'm doing. That's an assessment." Jackie groaned. "She said... I asked her who the friend who connected Valerie and Kelri was. Maybe I was too pushy but she knew something. I never said anything was fucked. There's a deal on the table. She said that she would answer a question of mine and be completely honest if I would put on ten pounds for her."

"Shit. you're right. That sounds pretty bad."

"I told you!"

"But..." Marvin mused. "This doesn't mean she knows everything. Maybe she's just suspicious. It just shows that she knows that you're looking for something. She knows you have some motive. This is still actionable."

"Yeah... I just have to give up my body for it."

"You could always try and deny it, but i don't think that would play well. It's definitely weird. But if I could know for sure that I could get a solid fucking answer from someone for once? I'd put on 50 pounds no question."

"You're already fat, Marvin. You're an overweight middle aged man with a mess of an office."

"That's fair." Marvin laughed. "But it's completely besides the point. You're young. You're active. You can lose it again after all this. You need to think of it like this: now you both have something the other wants. Now you both know. So now you can make a deal."

Jackie grabbed and wrenched her steering wheel. "What what if she just lies and uses me! If it's information we don't already have an idea about I'll have very little way to tell if it's true! There's so much shit to worry about."

"You both have something the other wants, and so if she wants to get more from you, then she needs to provide. People are stupid, Jackie. Even if she hedges her bets and goes with an answer she thinks is safe, it will tell us more that she expects. It's the little details that are going to crack this case open. So whatever. Pack on those ten pounds. Just make sure you ask a good question. And for fuck sake, write down the answer so you don't forget."

"But that's part of the damned problem! It won't be just 10 pounds. We'll want follow up questions. And she'll want more weight!"

"Yeah. Probably."

"That's all you have to say?"

"Well shit, what do you want from me? Either you're going to do it, in which case you know what to do, or you're not going to do it and we're dead in the water for the minute. Sounds you got a choice to make. If you ask me, I say do it. You be the fucking pig that she wants and If that gets you your answers, that'll be worth it, right?"

"Fuck."

"We don't exactly have another way to pry information out of her."

"I'll let you know."

Jackie hung up her phone. She let herself go limp in the seat of her car and groaned. She pulled up her shirt and looked at the slight soft pad on her stomach. Fuck. I better get used to there being more of this.

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Jackie resigned herself to her fate and trudged into work and up to Valerie's desk. She couldn't exactly muster enthusiasm, so she put on her acceptance face. It was going to happen. No need to pretend otherwise. Her military training helped a lot. She took one deep breath then knocked on Valerie's cubicle wall.

Valerie was dressed in a long skirt with the elastic band wrapped around the middle of her belly, and a nice off white dress shirt with a low cut v neck. Seeing Jackie, she pulled out the candy cane she was sucking on and smiled. "What do I owe this to? Nothing broken here."

"I - I've decided to take the deal."

"Really?" She squinted and smirked.

"Yep. I thought that... It might be fun. And a clear continuation to what we've been doing."

Valerie turned up the music then jumped to her feet. She had the widest smile on her face that Jackie had seen. "I cannot wait to pamper you..."

Jackie laughed nervously. "Yeah. So how is this going to work? I've never done anything like this."

"Neither have I... Uh. Please don't think you need to stop exercising. Obviously it's important to you. Definitely don't stop. Maybe scale back a bit. Hah. You've been pushing really hard recently. But it will be good to work up your appetite." Valerie swayed side to side seductively and stepped forward. "I know it will be a lot of fun though. I'll do whatever you want to make it more fun for you."

"Whatever I want? Huh? As long as it involves feeding me?" She laughed.

"Of course. Take your time to think of what you like." She pressed her stomach lightly against Jackie, and dragged it side to side.

Jackie couldn't help but grab her hips. After a week, Valerie knew how to entice Jackie. "Yeah. I'll think of that."

"I'm so excited." Valerie's tone was more enthusiastic than Jackie had ever heard. "You'll be putting on weight. I'll be putting on weight. I don't think I've ever been so turned on..."

"Oh. So you'll be joining me?" Jackie gave a half smile.

"I don't know if I could resist sharing some food while I'm taking care of you. And if you asked me to eat with you..." She squeezed the side of her belly. "I don't think I could say no."

Jackie squeezed a handful of Valerie's belly fat. "You want me to ask you to do that, don't you..."

"A girl can dream right? But for now... I need to prepare. How does starting on Friday sound? You can run over to my place, shower, then I can make sure you go to sleep satisfied with a very full stomach..."

"I'll be there." Jackie affirmed.

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