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JC: Ed Biggers
Part 3: Accretion
Chapter 14
By
Lazlo Zalezac
Copyright (C) Lazlo Zalezac, 2004
As Kelly stumbled into the restaurant, Ed examined her hardly
believing what his eyes were telling him. Her hair was wild and
she acted like she was drunk. Looking at her, it appeared that she
in a state of shock and unaware of her surroundings. She even
walked past the table where he was sitting before standing next to a
chair at the counter. Martha immediately greeted her, "Hello
Kelly."
It took Kelly a moment to remember that she had been at her
wedding and several more moments to remember her name. She
smiled at the elderly woman and answered, "Martha, it is so nice to
see you again."
Martha said, "John has been in here every day for the past two
days wondering if you had come. He'll be around in a few minutes.
He's off visiting his friends in the area."
"Thank you," replied Kelly. She realized that she was hungry. She
sat down in the chair and asked, "Could I have a hamburger, fries,
and a shake?"
Martha smiled at Kelly observing her general confusion and
answered, "No, you have to go to a café for that."
"Oh, okay." She sat there confused wondering why she had asked
for food here. She looked up to see Martha laughing and then
realized the joke. She laughed and said, "Gosh, I feel like a blond!"
"You look a little dazed. By the way, did you get a boob job?"
Looking down at her chest, her breasts looked huge. She
remembered how Ed's cock had grown in size when he had gotten
his medallion. She wondered what other changes had occurred.
She said, "I guess you might say that."
John entered the restaurant and saw Kelly sitting at the counter
while Ed sat at a table. Coming over to Ed he asked, "What's the
matter?"
Whispering, Ed answered, "I don't know. She walked right by me."
The two men walked over to where Kelly was seated and waited
for her to notice them. Finally, John put a hand on her shoulder.
Startled, she turned with a surprised look on her face, seeing them
for the first time. John and Ed took a seat on side of her. Trying to
sound lecherous, Ed said, "I like the new look."
John said, "It looks like a D cup to me."
Kelly looked at her husbands and smiled at where they were
looking. She teased, "Can't wait to get your hands on them?"
"Either my hands or my lips. I'm not particular," answered John.
He laughed at the blush that spread over her face.
When Martha brought the food, Kelly began to absently eat her
lunch. Concerned for her, Ed watched her carefully while John
turned to Martha and explained, "I'm afraid that she's a little out of
it yet."
Seeing that Kelly wasn't even following the conversation, Ed
suggested, "I think we had better take her home and let her recover
there."
Martha looked worried and asked, "Is it drugs or something?"
Shaking his head, Ed answered, "She became a Druid today. It can
be a very traumatic experience and has physical changes."
"Oh, it is the result of some magic ritual?"
John answered, "She met the Goddess."
When Kelly finished her meal, she sat there staring off into space.
Helping Kelly to her feet, they guided her out of the restaurant and
to the Jeep. As Ed held the door open, John helped her into to the
seat. Once seated, she came out of her mental wanderings. She
turned to John and looked at him with tears in her eyes. She cried,
"I saw her as she has become because of us."
After a short whispered conversation between John and Kelly,
John got in the driver's seat and drove to the Sporting Goods Shop.
Ed waited outside as Kelly met with Cathy, the woman that owned
the store. After five minutes, Kelly returned to the car and got in
the back seat. Turning to talk to her, Ed saw that she had already
fallen asleep.
The drive back to the house was quiet as neither John nor Ed said a
word. From the green robe clenched in her hands, Ed knew that she
served the Goddess. Of course, that had been expected. Looking
over her, it was strange to see such large breasts enclosed within
her tee shirt. She had gone from a small B cup to a full D cup. The
effect on the tee shirt was to stretch it so that every detail of her
breasts was outlined through the material.
Both men were tired by the time they arrived at the house. Ed got
out and opened the door expecting to carry her into the house. John
used the open door to reach Kelly and pick her up. Once John had
her out of the car, Ed closed it and raced across the garage to open
the door to the house.
Linda met them at the door and after taking one look at Kelly, said,
"Bring her into my room. I'll watch over her until she wakes.
Everyone else is busy and you two look tired."
John carried Kelly upstairs to Linda's room. It took Linda a
moment to open the door and step out of the way. Grunting, John
barely managed to get her to the bed before his strength left him.
He set her down a little less gently than he had intended. John
returned to the front room and waited for Linda. When she came
out of her room she said, "She has changed."
"Yes, that often happens after dealing with the Gods and
Goddesses. What she is doing now is a little different from
anything that we've seen before."
Ed came up the stairs and stood outside the room. He cautioned,
"Watch her carefully. She's liable to be very horny when she wakes
up. If you need to, get Leroy to take care of that if you can't find
any of us."
Linda shyly asked, "Speaking of horny, when are we going to get
together John?"
"Soon," replied John. Seeing the look of disappointment on her
face, he added, "For now, just enjoy yourself and relax. We have
all the time in the world."
John left with Ed after taking one more look at Kelly. Ed was
exhausted and wanted to reach his room, wash, and then relax in
the pool. Of course, he had to mount his samples first. In his room,
he carried his specimens up to his study. After examining them, he
selected a small stone to add to his collection. It was a nice little
stone that represent this trip in many ways. He chose an even
smaller stone to mount for the collection at the school. Tired, he
still took the time to label the rocks with the type of rock, the
location they came from, and the date found. He put his sample on
a shelf with the kind of pleasure that only a collector knows.
After an hour nap, Ed headed to the kitchen to see about getting a
little something to eat. He was pleased to see Marguerite dancing
around the kitchen for the first time since Beth had died. Of course,
he had been in LA for most of that time and knew that she had
probably danced while cooking long before now.
After seeing Marguerite, he noticed Bob sitting at the table
watching her with a smile. Bob looked good despite his injuries. It
was going to be another month before he would be able to resume
even light duties, but Ed wasn't worried about that. Knowing that
Bob was okay was the most important thing. Ambling over to the
table, Ed sat down and asked, "How are you feeling Bob?"
Still wearing the neck brace, Bob answered, "Much better. I'm
really glad to be home."
Shaking his head, Ed said, "I'm really sorry. The day we left for
LA, I knew I should have talked to him. If I had, then this whole
mess could have been avoided."
Raising an eyebrow, Bob asked, "Are you apologizing for not
being perfect?"
"Yes, I guess so," replied Ed with a laugh. He couldn't believe how
Bob wouldn't blame him for his negligence.
Bob tried to shake his head, but the neck brace kept him from
moving his head. Giving up, he said, "They took advantage of the
situation. The family was split up because Beth had died and her
father had been injured."
The injuries had not been good for Bob. He had lost considerable
weight and he was still pale. He had spent most of his time in bed
up in Marguerite's room with her taking care of him. Looking over
at Marguerite, he asked, "Marguerite, what kind of patient was
Bob?"
She came over to the table and slipped a plate with half a sandwich
in front of Ed. Smiling, she said, "He's a pretty good patient, but
he's developed a thing for women in nurses uniforms."
Bob laughed at the joke. For the past month, she had been wearing
a sexy nurse outfit whenever she was up in her room. He said,
"There's only one nurse that turns me on."
Ed took a bite from the sandwich and made the appropriate
appreciative noises. Marguerite smiled at his obvious enjoyment of
the sandwich. She said, "It might be the nurses uniform that I
wear."
After swallowing the bite of sandwich, Ed asked, "So when are
you getting married?"
With a frown, Bob said, "I've got one more surgery to undergo and
that will require about two months of recuperation. We'll set a date
for the wedding once I've recovered."
Taking a sip of iced tea, realizing he didn't remember Marguerite
bringing it, he replied, "Sounds wise to me."
Frowning, Marguerite said, "I don't think so. I want him to marry
me so that I can sit there like a proper wife by his side."
Knowing there was more than a little truth in what he was about to
say, Ed joked, "And he wants to wait until he's healthy enough to
have a proper wedding night."
Smiling at Ed, Bob said, "Exactly."
Knowing that he had stumbled into an area of contention, Ed
reached into his pocket and pulled out the sample box with his
diamonds in it. Moving the stones around with his little finger, he
selected one of the middle-sized stones and removed it. Placing it
on the table, he said, "I visited a diamond mine over the past few
days. This is one of the diamonds that I found."
Bob turned and bent over to look at it. With an appreciative look,
he said, "That's a good sized diamond."
Marguerite said, "That's amazing."
Looking over at Marguerite, Ed said, "I figure once Bob finds
someone to cut the stone, you'll get three nice diamonds out of it. If
he makes a nice setting for them, I would say that you would have
a very nice wedding ring."
Bob's mouth fell open at the statement. Marguerite looked at Ed
with tear filled eyes. Every time she thought he had given them the
ultimate gift, he surprised her by going one better. Excited, she
hugged him around the neck and cooed, "You sweet man."
Bob stared at the stone, his imagination working overtime trying to
visualize a proper setting for the stones. In an awed voice, he
realized that with those stones and a platinum setting he would
have a wedding ring worth about thirty thousand dollars. Looking
over at Ed he said, "That's an amazing gift."
Shaking his head, Ed knew better. He had found the stone and it
cost him nothing. The value of the stone didn't matter; it was the
happiness that it brought to the people it touched. He had been
happy to find it, the Sheriff had been happy digging it out, Bob
would be happy making the ring, and Marguerite would be happy
wearing the result. He said, "It's a happy stone and I'm glad to see
that it has made you happy as well."
Marguerite went to sit next to Bob. The two of them looked over
the stone. Even though a raw diamond is nothing special to look at,
the couple was ecstatic over the present. As they talked, Ed
finished his sandwich enjoying the tenderness the two showed each
other.
Sarah and Leroy came into the kitchen. Seeing Ed at the table, they
joined him. Looking at the stone on the table, Sarah asked, "Do
you want me to throw that away for you?"
Marguerite nearly took her head off as she responded, "Over my
dead body. That's a diamond that Ed just gave us for a wedding
ring."
Leroy looked over at Ed with wonder. He still had not made up his
mind how he felt about the cowboy. Most of the time, Ed made
him nervous with his steel gray eyes and intense look that seemed
to peer into the soul. Finally, he said, "That's a very nice present."
Sarah smiled at Ed and said, "You're always doing nice kinds of
things for us. Haven't you realized that we're hired help?"
Looking at Sarah, Ed realized that he hadn't done anything for her
or Cathy in a long time. Shrugging, he answered, "You're part of
the household."
Shaking his head, Leroy said, "Bob, I'm ready to clean out the
atrium. Care to oversee?"
Bob picked up the stone and said, "I'll be over there in a minute."
Bob left the kitchen, going to his room to put the stone in a safe
place. Ed watched him leave with a smile. Turning to Leroy, he
asked, "You've been working around the house?"
Leroy shrugged and said, "You're a little understaffed around here.
From what I understand, you lost your security person and Bob has
been injured. I'm doing what little I can."
"I think that we have to remedy that situation. I'll talk to John and
see when we can go interview people," said Ed. Looking over at
Marguerite, Ed asked, "Would you like an assistant cook?"
Smiling, Marguerite answered, "I already have one. His name is
Bob."
Ed laughed and left the kitchen. Stopping by the office, he told
Cathy to arrange for Marguerite to compete in the cooking
competition again this year. He hoped that he would be able to
attend the competition this time.
Satisfied with how his day was going, he went to the informal
living room where he found John watching television. Sitting down
next to John, he said, "We need to hire more staff."
Frowning, John answered, "I know. You want to go to the agency
tomorrow?"
"I guess so," replied Ed. He didn't really like hiring new people.
They could easily change the whole dynamics of the house. Right
now, the staff consisted of Bob, Marguerite, Cathy, and Sarah.
They definitely needed two more men to balance the gender among
the staff.
A very upset Kelly came into the room followed by Ling and
Leroy. Her eyes were red from crying. Looking at John, she
blurted, "Oh, I'm so sorry. I didn't mean to do it."
Concerned, John asked, "Do what?"
Kelly sat down on the couch and cried, "I raped her. She was
sound asleep and I raped her."
"Whoa, hold on there for a minute and explain what happened,"
said Ed. He could tell that she was telling the truth as she knew it.
Kelly sobbed, "I woke up in bed, horny out of my mind. She was
asleep next to me and I proceeded to eat her. She never had a
chance to say no."
John was very upset, as this was a major wrong and one that he
said he would prosecute if it ever happened in the household. He
was about to say something when Ed interrupted, "We warned her
that would happen. I even told her to get Leroy in case you woke
up in dire need and she couldn't find us."
John calmed down a little and asked, "So how did she take it?"
"Oh, she was very understanding. She even said that she enjoyed
it, but I think she was just being nice to me," said Kelly.
Ed thought about it for a minute. Linda was a very strong willed
woman. If she had been upset, she would have made it very clear
to everyone. He said, "I'd take her at her word."
Nodding, John had to agree. He would talk to Linda after a while
and hear her side of the story. They heard a noise in the poolroom
and the entire group went to see what was going on inside. Linda
had just entered the water, wearing a one-piece bathing suit that
covered her entire body.
Ed said, "I think it is time to give Linda a chance to see us in all
our ugly glory."
John looked over at Ed and wondered what he had in mind. Ling
smiled and grabbed Kelly by the hand. As they entered the
poolroom, Ling commented on the new bust size of Kelly. At the
pool edge, the two women stripped and jumped into the pool. They
immediately started talking to Linda, not really giving her a chance
to leave.
The three men waited for a few minutes and then entered the
poolroom. When they walked into the poolroom, Linda looked at
them with wide eyes knowing they were going to strip. John
looked over at Kelly and said, "Well, Kelly. You're looking a lot
more alert than earlier."
With a wink at Leroy, Ed started undressing. John followed his
lead until it was just Leroy standing there. Ed whispered, "Time to
get undressed."
Uncomfortable, Leroy answered, "She isn't comfortable around
naked men."
"I know, but it is time for her to grow a little," replied Ed. In a
way, the timing was good. If, as he suspected was the case, Linda
had enjoyed the experience with Kelly, she would be more
receptive to them being naked. Leroy started to undress.
When all three were naked, they jumped into the pool. For a
moment, it looked like Linda was ready to flee, but she looked
away rather than stare at the private parts of the men. She noticed
Kelly and Ling sneaking up on Ed and watched as they moved so
that he was between them. When Kelly went to splash Ed, he
turned so that she would only get his back. Linda laughed as Ling
splashed Ed full in the face.
An all out water war was waged for the next ten minutes. By the
end, Linda had forgotten that the men were naked. As they left the
pool to enjoy a little conversation, Linda took the opportunity to
examine the cocks of the three men. She was amazed at how large
John and Ed were compared to Leroy.
The next morning, the family sat on one side of the table waiting
for candidates for the positions to arrive. They were used to having
to wait for hours before having a chance to interview anyone that
passed the staff's approval and used the time to talk about their
plans for the near future.
The man stepped into the room, back straight in perfect posture. A
little less than six foot tall, the man had short-cropped gray hair
with male pattern baldness. Physically, he appeared to be in
excellent shape. Turning he strode over to the chair and sat down
at a gesture from John. A long moment of silence settled over the
room, a silence that didn't appear to bother the man at all. John
asked, "Do you know who we are?"
"No, sir," said the man with a direct clipped voice as he handed
over his resume.
Looking over the resume, Ed read that the man was fifty years of
age and had just retired from the army after thirty years of service.
He had been a sergeant in the Military Police and was seeking a
security position. Examining the man, he wondered if he would be
that stiff and formal around the house. Ed said, "Would you mind
relaxing? We are looking for a security person who will live in our
house. I want to make sure that you will fit into the household."
The man relaxed a little and replied, "Yes, sir."
Shifting nervously, Leroy asked, "The household is multiracial. Do
you have any problem with that?"
"No, I was in the army for thirty years. At one time or another my
life depended on people of every color and religion. You can't
afford to be a bigot and I'm too old to change that point of view,"
replied the man.
There was truth in his words and Ed liked what he heard so far. He
said, "Did the rest of the staff explain the kind of lifestyle that we
lead?"
The man nodded crisply and said, "Yes, they told me that you have
a group marriage, that the staff tends to sleep around with each
other and you, and that most everyone tends not to wear clothes
around the house. I'm not sure that I believed them, but it is your
life."
John leaned forward and said, "We live our life according to two
rules. If it harm none, then do it. Protect the weak from the strong.
Do have any problem with that?"
"No, sir," said the man.
Ed caught the man's eye and held it for a full minute. The man
didn't blink or seem put off by the scrutiny. Ed asked, "Is there any
condition in which you could see yourself harming us?"
The man was silent for a moment and then said, "If you break the
law, I'll make sure that you pay for it. I won't cover up a crime no
matter how rich you are. I fought for this country and I won't
dishonor that service for anyone."
Ed sat back in his chair and looked at the man for a full minute. He
looked over at John and then Leroy. John was smiling and reached
into his pocket. Ed did the same. At the same time, they pulled out
their badges and laid them on the table. Leroy had never seen the
badges and looked at them with incredibility. The sergeant merely
raised an eyebrow and then said, "Okay, that answers that
question."
Ling asked, "How are your martial arts skills?"
Stiff, the man replied, "I've never studied them formally. However,
I have trained men to kill with their bare hands as a drill sergeant."
Ling shrugged and said, "Fair enough."
Kelly asked, "Are you married?"
"Widowed," replied the man with the first real emotion that he had
showed in the entire interview.
Everyone looked to Linda to see what question she would ask. She
looked back and said, "I can't think of anything to ask."
John looked over to Ed who nodded back. He then looked at Leroy
who shrugged his shoulders and nodded. Kelly, Ling, and Linda
were nodding. Turning to the man, John said, "Welcome to the
staff, George Mason."
"You mean I'm hired?"
Ed said, "Yes. If you go out to the rest of the staff, we'll continue
the interview process for an assistant handyman."
"What do you mean?" asked George puzzled by the notion that he
would participate in the interviews.
John answered, "Now that you are a member of the staff, you have
a voice in who works with you."
Ed said, "Go on out there and talk a bit with the rest of the staff.
Take a half an hour or so to get to know them a little better and
then resume interviewing people."
"Yes, sir."
Ed said, "Drop the sir and ma'am. I'm Ed, that's John, Leroy, Kelly,
Ling, and Linda."
As the man left the room, he turned back and looked at them
puzzled. This was not the kind of interview he had expected. When
the door closed behind him, John and Ed started laughing. Linda,
looking puzzled, asked, "What's so funny?"
"It's going to be fun watching him fit into the family," answered
John.
It was almost two hours later that another man was shown into the
room. The man immediately set his resume on the table. Ed looked
at the man and then glanced down at the resume. The guy was in
his mid-twenties, short hair, and stood ramrod straight. He looked
like another military type. Ed asked, "It says in your resume that
you were dishonorably discharged. Would you explain why?"
The man frowned as if he had been asked the question one time too
many. He answered, "I'm bisexual and was caught having sex with
a man."
Ed asked, "Any more to it than that?"
The man scoffed and said, "There's no need for more than that."
There was a truth to that answer that Ed couldn't deny. His truth
sense wasn't even needed for that answer. Kelly asked, "So what
have you been doing since then?"
"Working at what ever job I can get," replied the man.
The entire group sat there silently. Linda squirmed uncomfortably
while Leroy looked everywhere except at the man. John asked,
"Did you get any sense of our lifestyle from the staff?"
"Yes, I suppose I did," replied the young man. He frowned and
said, "I figure they were having a little fun at my expense. It
sounds too good to be true."
Ed asked, "Can you think of any circumstances in which you
would violate our trust in you?"
"What do you mean?" asked the guy.
"I mean, will you sell us out to a tabloid, let someone that means
us ill into the house, or perform any other action that might harm
us," clarified John.
"I'll die for you if I'm hired," answered the young man.
John looked around at the others in the family. Everyone nodded
his or her agreement. John said, "Welcome to the staff, Walt
Brown."
Floored by the suddenness of the announcement, Walt sat back in
his chair and said, "Really?"
Ed nodded and answered, "Really."
Ling said, "Why don't you join the rest of the staff in the room next
door?"
Walt stood up and went to the door. He paused and looked at them
for a moment as though trying to etch their faces in his memory for
all time. When the door closed behind him, Linda asked, "Why
him?"
"I think it is significant that a former sergeant passed him through
the first interview. It suggests to me that there is a little respect
there, despite the dishonorable discharge," answered John.
Ed said, "Let's go home and get them settled into their new
quarters."
At the house, Ed led George and Walt to their rooms. George
entered his room and looked around with a surprised look on his
face. He asked, "Which room is mine?"
Ed laughed and answered, "The whole thing is yours. You'll have a
twenty thousand dollar budget to decorate it."
"You're kidding aren't you?" asked George.
As Ed shook his head, Walt asked, "Are we sharing this room?"
"No, your room is exactly the same as this one," replied Ed.
This was far beyond anything that George had considered when he
retired. He had expected to live out the rest of his life in a small
apartment and working as a security guard in a mall. Instead, he
had a huge salary, a large apartment, and a wonderful sounding
job. There had to be a catch somewhere. George said, "I don't
know what to say."
Ed said, "Well, you can go to your home and get your stuff. I guess
you'll be starting tomorrow?"
"Sure. I'll be back by dark with all of my stuff."
Walt stood off to the side and waited for Ed to finish with George.
Ed said, "Good, when you get back I'm sure that Cathy will be
happy to show you around the house. Tomorrow morning Ling
will show you the security center. Take your time getting used to
the place."
Ed turned and left the room followed by a very confused Walt. Ed
showed Walt his room and said, "This is it. Just like the other
room."
Walt said, "I'll settle for something less."
Laughing, Ed said, "The smaller rooms are for guests. They don't
have a kitchen or a study."
"Oh, you guys really take care of the people that work for you,"
said Walt as he looked around his new room.
"Why do you say that?"
"The other members of the staff talk of you with a tone that
borders on reverence. Then I come in here and see the quarters that
you're giving me. It is just a little overwhelming."
Looking around, Ed said, "Well, this is your room. You deserve a
place that is yours if you live here."
Shaking his head, Walt couldn't believe his luck. For the past year,
he had been looking for a job, held back by a tarnished military
record. His current residence was a small hotel room that he rented
by the week and all of his possessions fit in his duffel bag. He
didn't even have a car. Walt said, "This is more than I ever
expected."
"Don't worry, you'll get used to it," replied Ed with a laugh.
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