Prologue

 

In 1949 twins, a boy and a girl, were born to Harold and Anita Bruno of San Francisco. Harold Bruno had inherited fifty million dollars and the Bruno estate which was composed of fifteen acres in the hills above Sausalito. On the grounds were the main house, a caretaker's house, a six car garage, a stable, and a small but expensively equipped laboratory. Even as a child Harold had been interested in biochemistry. His son, Alexander, also became fascinated by the subject and spent most of his childhood conducting experiments in the laboratory. Very early he became interested in genetics, the human genome, and in-vitro fertilization. His secondary interest was his twin sister, Alexis. They were even closer than normal twins. After attending the same private school, Alexander went off to Harvard where he eventually graduated magna cum laude with a doctorate in biochemistry and another in gynecology. Alexis attended Smith where she majored in drinking and drugs. She and her brother often spent weekends together during those years. It might not be called a loving sibling relationship but it certainly was interesting and, in so far as they were able to care for anyone, they did care for one another.

Their parents, Harold and Anita were killed in a boating accident when the twins were eighteen. Of course, the money and the estate were willed to Alexander and Alexis. Other relatives received nothing. After graduating, Alexander chose to build a beautiful home and a huge laboratory in the high plains area of central Mexico. It was in a region sparsely populated and free of government regulation and minions of the law, particularly police. The area was loosely controlled by drug lords who, for a price, would afford protection and mind their own business. He was happy to pay the price. He hired several brilliant assistants to help in his experiments with the human genome. These assistants were carefully selected. He paid them well. They proved to be both passionate about the work they were doing and absolutely loyal to their mentor. The most loyal was a large black woman who had worked cleaning the lab but because of special abilities the doctor recognized had become one of his most valued assistants. Her name was Carmella Brewster."

Three years before Alexis gave birth to Heather, Alexander Bruno and a small staff had spent six months in the Congo studying the rare Bonobo apes which are by all accounts our nearest relatives. He managed to bring a fine male specimen back with him. It was at this time he presented his plan to his sister and to Carmella Brewster. He would alter the genetic structure of the ape's sperm and through in-vitro fertilization plant it in Carmella's womb. If the pregnancy took, he expected her to deliver a male bonobo with human characteristics, a creature half ape and half human. His intention was to have this creature eventually copulate with a female human in the expectation that the offspring would be more human but with the strength and dexterity and sexual stamina of the bonobo. Bonobos are most noted for their highly sexual nature. They become easily aroused. Unlike other apes, they often copulate face to face. They engage in oral sex. They practice intense tongue kissing. In the male, arousal lasts quite long and he can be aroused again shortly after ejaculation. After explaining this to the two women Doctor Bruno sat back in his chair smiling at them. "Carmella" he said, "will you agree to become the surrogate mother of the world's first humanoid ape?"

Of course, he and his long time assistant had discussed this many times before. "Yes, Doctor," she replied, "I'd be honored."

He turned to his sister, who, after graduating, had travelled throughout the world, spending lavishly, and by 1986 had gone through three marriages and three expensive divorces. She had, in fact, exhausted her inheritance. "My dearest, Alexis," he began, "what if I agreed to provide you with a substantial income for the remainder of your life if you agree to have a baby, in-vitro, of course. The sperm donor to remain anonymous."

Alexis had learned to suspect his motives but she was broke, "Why, Alex, why should I have a child?"

"It will be a female. If the plan works as I predict it will, your baby should arrive about two years after Carmella's. When your little girl is twenty, Carmella's creature will be twenty-two and wanting, no doubt, to have a child of his own."

"You mean you would mate my daughter with this...this...ape?"

"Only the sperm will come from our bonobo. Since the egg and the womb will be your daughter's, we're expecting her to give birth to something, perhaps ape like, but with human intelligence and possibly human sensibilities. He paused, "The creature will once and for all prove who our real ancestors were."

"How do you propose to bring about this marriage or mating or whatever the hell it is?"

"That should not concern you. You've gone through your half of the inheritance. You've gone through three marriages. Your expensive life style is over. I'm offering to sustain it for as long as you live and asking only that you carry a girl child to term. There will be someone paid to raise her so you need not be bothered with the whole mothering thing."

"But I'm thirty-nine. Isn't that a bit old for childbearing?"

"You will stay here and be under expert care all through the pregnancy. I promise there will be no complications."

"You always managed to get what you wanted." She shook her head, smiling weakly," "Yes, Alex, I'll have a baby girl for you."

The following year Carmella gave birth to a male creature. Doctor Bruno was disappointed. It was black and covered with hair. Both the fingers and toes were long and ape like. The forehead sloped to a flat nose with wide nostrils. The mouth, too, was wide, the lips thick. Behind the deep set eyes there was intelligence, or more precisely, cunning. Doctor Bruno cursed, "The damn thing looks like a big bonobo baby." They named it Namba." Two years later, Heather, the heroine of this account, was born. Alexis flew off to Europe and quickly resumed her old ways.

Carmella Brewster had come to Doctor Bruno's attention early in her life. Even as a young black woman she never laughed or smiled. She was grossly overweight and unattractive and, it seemed to the doctor, smoldering with anger. She also had a way with the lab animals. He sometimes caught her staring at them and talking softly to them until she'd put them in a hypnotic state. When he asked her about it she said, "It's a gift." After the birth of her son, Carmella was sent back to the Congo to perfect her "gift". She returned on the day Alexis gave birth to Heather. Carmella was twenty-five. She moved to Alexis's house in Sausalito where she became Heather's sole guardian. When Heather was six months old, Carmella took her to Doctor Bruno's facility in Mexico. The baby was kept there for a week during which time her uncle made a slight but important alteration to her genital area."

True to his word, Doctor Bruno provided generously for Heather through all the years of her growing up. He paid for her college tuition and sent her a substantial check every month asking only that, from time to time, she respond with a photograph and short letter telling of her activities. Until the time of this account they had never met except for the week she spent in his laboratory as in infant. It should be noted that during that week the two year old Namba, was housed in a cage close beside the baby's crib. It should also be noted that starting with Heather's twelfth birthday Carmella sent once a month, a pair of the girl's soiled panties to the facility in Mexico. These in turn were given to Namba who smelled them and licked them and masturbated on them several times a day.