3 Chapter 3 Baby Slaves (1/2)

Joseph's jaw dropped as the women wearing next to no clothing squealed in glee at the sight of his dad. He followed him hesitantly as they were ushered into a side door, away from the main entrance.

The trip down the hall was brief before they ended up in a room that was brightly lit. A small man with a greasy beard greeted his father pleasantly, and they wasted no time in getting right to business.

Joseph's surprise s.h.i.+fted to amazement as he came to realize that his father had a very simple relations.h.i.+p with the man, Rolen. Because he was there, his father and Rolen explained their business relations.h.i.+p, much to Rolen's amus.e.m.e.nt.

Rolen owned s.e.x slaves who were expected to service men every day. He was rather ruthless in his business dealings, and had grown quite rich. However, it never failed that the women he employed always became pregnant. He had tried many different methods of birth control, but the ones that worked, caused side effects he didn't like. Because many men didn't mind if the women they enjoyed were pregnant, he continued to use them until they delivered their babies.

Before his dad stepped into the picture to buy those babies, Rolen had tried to sell them to other slavers. If they didn't sell in a week or so, he would dispose of them and get his girls back to work. Since his father had promised to buy any babies he couldn't sell, Rolen had agreed to hold on to them for him until he returned every six months. He employed several women whose only purpose was to tend to those babies.

As their explanation was finished, Rolen signaled to one of the women in the room to bring the babies. Joseph was shocked at the number that were brought in. They ranged in age from newborn to six months old, and there were over a hundred of them. His dad closely examined each one before nodding that he would buy it.

There were three that would need a magical healing to solve birth defects, a service Rolen was not willing to provide. In fact, most slave owners wouldn't bother with such a service for a mere slave.

The last baby that was brought in, had only just been born that morning. As soon as his father saw it, he immediately jumped into action.

”This one won't live if it isn't taken to my healers immediately!”

The woman holding it looked startled and glanced over at Rolen.

”You agree to pay for it, even if it dies the moment you take it outside of my shop, and I'll have one of my girls rush it over right now.”

”Of course!” exclaimed his father, looking at the bundled babe in alarm.

Rolen shrugged and motioned for the woman to leave.

Joseph saw tears in her eyes as she held the baby tight to her shoulder and rushed out of the room.

”I'm not sure what the father was, but that one is new. She's still quite attached to the baby. I may need to give her an extra day or two before putting her back to work.” Rolen's eyes lingered on the door she had rushed out of.

Joseph felt sick to his stomach knowing that his father dealt with this man.