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This is fiction, a product of a mind warped since childhood by
dealings with devious adults with their own agendas.
If erotic stories are not allowed where you are, close this or
change countries.
Story codes: Mg*, Fb, bg*, ped, oral, anal
Our hero is gentle with the children but deals harshly with
adults when needed. If crushed elbows or bleeding bodies on the
sidewalk bother you, move on.
My inspiration was a child I never spoke with and only saw at a
distance. I had a face, a name and an age - the story was built
on that foundation.
 =============================
Sunday, 13 September, 6:10AM
"Good morning, Mister Jack."
"You're awake very early for someone who got to sleep so late
last night."
"I gotta go pee but I wanted you to watch."
"Why?"
"Daddy always wanted to watch but then he'd pee on me. I just
want you to watch."
"And help you wipe?"
"You will?"
"Almost about anything you ask."
"Why 'almost'?"
"Because I'll put in limits to take care of you - like saying
'no' to a second session last night. Go pee. You look like you
can't hold it much longer."
"You're right. Ow! It hurt to spread my legs that far. I'm glad
you didn't let me do it again."
"Walk slowly. It won't pull as much."
"It burns when I pee! I'm very glad you put limits on me."
"Most of the water has been used or has leaked out of this tub.
It'll be cool, but I think it will feel good where it hurts. You
can sit and soak a little while before we go to the kitchen and
start breakfast,"
"With bubble bath?"
"No. The bubble bath will irritate the tender places and it might
burn."
"I only want the burn on the inside!"
"That's why I explained about the bubble bath,"
"Do I hafta stay in the tub a long time? My butt is cold!"
"Five more minutes and we'll see how it feels when you walk and
sit."
---
"Out of the tub."
"Dry me? And kiss the good places?"
 "Good places? Lips?"
"Yes."
"Bee stings?"
"Yes."
"Pussy?"
"YES!"
"Just a little attention on that last 'good place' or you'll be
begging to go back to bed and do more - even if it hurts."
"That's not fair! You read me too good."
"That's what Amelia says."
"Did you do everything Leah and Rachel wanted?"
"Would you want me to tell them what I did with you?"
"No. I shouldn't ask, should I?"
"No. And remember not to tell. Your mother knows but other people
might think I'm mean like your Daddy because I did these things
with you girls."
"But we asked you to…"
"They'll say you're not old enough to understand what you asked."
"And you're helping us with things that hurt us before…"
"But I'm doing some of the same things…"
"No! You're loving us in a way that no one else can."
"Remember. No questions. No comments about what I do with any of
you girls."
"Just that you're always teaching us and you help us with stuff
and you tell us how smart we are. And you make great blueberry
waffles! Can we have them for breakfast?"
"First we check the pantry for pancake mix and blueberries. If
there aren't any, we'll go get some."
"We? I can go with you like I was your little girl?"
"If you can be an ordinary little girl and hold my hand and
remember to only do little hugs and quick peck kisses."
"That's not as much fun as we had in bed."
"But we don't want other people finding out what we did in bed."
"I understand. I don't want to lose you."
"Then get dressed and I'll brush your hair."
"Hold me between your legs and brush my hair while I'm still
naked?"
"Yes, horny little girl."
"What's 'horny'?"
"You always want something sexual - tongue kisses, nipple rub,
butt rub…"
"And rub my pussy!"
"That too."
"It'll be hard, but I'll be good while we're out."
"You better be. I wouldn't want to stop your 'help' sessions for
a week."
"You'd do that?"
"Do I follow up on promises and punishments?"
"Yes. Now I have a big reason to be good."
"Your hair's done. Get dressed, including the underwear you
kicked under the bed. Being an 'ordinary' girl means wearing
underwear and not showing your butt or your bee stings while
we're out."
"Yes, Mister Jack."
---
"Here's paper and a pencil. You can write the grocery list.
Pancake mix. Blueberries. Blueberry syrup. Maple syrup. Eggs.
Bacon. Sausage. Oatmeal. Raisins. Cinnamon. Nutmeg. Rice. Milk."
"All of this for breakfast?"
"Breakfast for several days and some other meals."
"Will Momma know where we are if she wakes up while we're gone?"
"Hand me the pencil and paper. I'll leave them a note. 'Gone to
the grocery store. Will trade Alicia for bacon, blueberries and
pancake mix. May have to come back for Amelia to trade her for
milk and other things.'"
"Let me see that!"
"OK."
"It's in cursive! That's not fair! They don't teach cursive at
our school."
"Maybe you need Saturday school to learn cursive so you can see
what secrets the adults are keeping from you?"
"You can teach us?"
"If you really want to learn. It's work to get it right, but you
would be one of the few kids who can read it."
"I'll think about it."
"Get the bags behind the door."
"They're too high!"
"I'll pick you up."
"I liked that! You rubbed my pussy where no one else could see
it. Can we do more of that while we're out?"
"No. Your face shows what you're feeling and it would like be a
flashing sign that said 'Look at me!'."
"I see the dreamy look in the mirror. OK. I'll try to be good."
---
Sunday, 13 September, 7:30AM
"Can I ride in the cart?"
"I don't think you'll fit in the kiddie seat and you can't hold
my hand if you're in the cart proper."
"Can I push the cart?"
"What if we both push the cart and I put my right hand over you
left hand?"
"Goody! I get to push the cart and hold hands with you."
---
"Hello, Alicia. Where's your mother?"
"Mrs. Thomas, we're staying with Miss Sarah until our front door
is fixed. This is Amelia's Uncle Jack. I asked for blueberry
waffles this morning and he said we needed to buy some stuff."
"I'm Helen Thomas. I work at Alicia's school."
"Pleased to meet you, Ma'am. I'm Jack Wilson, a distant cousin to
David but Sarah said I was too old for her kids to call me 'Jack'
so now I'm 'Uncle Jack'. I'm using the apartment over the garage
and will be here as long as they need me."
"Mister Jack, the pancake mix you want is at the end of the
thingie."
"Get two boxes."
---
"That's the family that had the attempted home invasion?"
"Yes, Ma'am. Actually, two attempted invasions. They're waiting
on a replacement door because the original door has multiple
bullet holes in it. There's also some sheet rock work being done
where some of those bullets hit the wall."
"Were any of them hurt?"
"No, just scared. The girls are all very clingy."
"And you asked this one to shop with you to get her out of the
house and back into the public. You're a very caring person, Mr.
Wilson. I hope you can be there for Alicia and her sisters - and
I guess Sarah's girls also need comforting."
"Yes, Ma'am, they do. I did find work in the area so I can stay
as long as I'm needed."
---
"Where's the blueberries?"
"Alicia, what does the sign on aisle 3 list?"
"Canned and dried fruit. The cans are there."
"Yes, smart girl. Get four cans."
"Mr. Wilson, you seem to have a knack for making this child feel
good. Asking a question that leads to its answer makes her think
and makes her successful. I'll have to tell Sarah and Mindy how
lucky their kids are."
"You're most kind."
"C'mon, Mister Jack. I'm hungry,"
"I thought you were Alicia."
"You're silly."
---
"Cash or credit?"
"Cash."
"You have $100 bills?"
"Alicia, I have a new job, so I get paid occasionally."
"Momma said that Daddy never got home on payday with anything
bigger than a ten. The rest was in the liquor cabinet or the beer
fridge - but I never saw any money in those places."
"I'll explain that to you after we put these bags in the truck."
"OK. You always explain so I can understand."
---
"Do you still have the grocery list?"
"In my pocket."
"Fold it so the blank side is out. Get a pencil out of the
console. Do you remember what kinds of beer your Daddy drank?"
"Miller. Something that starts with a 'B' - for his redneck
friends that call each other 'Bubba'."
"What about in the liquor cabinet?"
"There's something with your name on it."
"My name?"
"Un huh. It starts with 'Jack'. And there's some thing with
'Black' in its name. I might remember some others if I see the
labels."
"We're going back in the store and I want you to write down the
price for a gallon of milk…"
"That's easy. It's on the sign out front."
"Very good. When we go inside, we'll go to the beer aisle. Don't
tell me the brands when you see them, just squeeze my hand and
I'll stop and we'll whisper. Since some of the beer is across
from the frozen pizzas, people will think you're trying to
convince me to get a pizza."
"You're smart, Mister Jack."
"I get it from the smart girls I'm around. Some smarts rub off on
me every time you hug me."
"You're silly."
"That's not my fault. Your silly rubs off on me just like your
smarts do."
"Yuck!"
"Did your Daddy have any wine?"
"Un huh. In a special little fridge."
"We'll go down the wine aisle and you do the same. Squeeze my
hand and we'll whisper. Most of the soda is across from the wine
so anyone who notices us will think you're begging for soda."
"Do they have whiskey here?"
"A few of the most popular brands. We'll do the same on that
aisle. Whenever we stop, I want you to write down the name, the
size and the price of what you're telling me about."
"But what does this have to do with money being in the liquor
cabinet or not?"
"You're doing research to find information. After breakfast we'll
go to your house and I'll have you do some analysis and
arithmetic and help you find the answer to your question."
"It seems like it would be faster if you just gave me an answer."
"It would be fast, but it would not be a complete answer. I think
you'll understand why I did it this way when we get to the
'analysis' part."
"OK. But hurry up. I'm hungry."
"I thought you were a girl."
"Mister Jack!"
---
"This one?"
"The red box."
"Write down the name, the case size and the price."
"Another one?"
"The blue box."
"Write down the same information as before."
"Which wine?"
"The bottle with the deer on it and the one with the rose."
"Write down the name, the bottle size and the price."
"What's a liter?"
"About a quart."
"How big's a quart?"
"I'll show you when we get home."
"OK."
"Any of these?'
"The two with 'Jack' on them.. The one with the turkey. The one
with the blue and green label."
"Write down the information."
"What's a fifth? Is it part of a five-pack instead of a
six-pack?"
"That's a reasonable conclusion, but that's not what it means.
That's another one I'll have to explain later."
"OK."
"Any other labels that you recognize?"
"No. Why are we going in circles?"
"I want to reward my patient helper and the girls who may feel
left out because they didn't get to come with us."
"Reward? How?
"Pizza party. Cheese. Sausage. Pepperoni. Meat lover's. Some
sodas. Some chips."
"Mister Jack, if anyone saw us whispering, now they'd think we
were working out the stuff for a party because we were whispering
on all these aisles. They'd never know you had me looking at beer
and wine."
 "Back to checkout."
---
"So your little girl finally talked you into the pizza party."
"She can be very persuasive."
"And you probably like her at least a little."
"I might."
---
"Mister Jack, he thought I was your daughter and you didn't tell
him any different."
"I don't mind. Do you?"
"I'd love to be your daughter."
"Then my almost daughter needs to help me get things inside when
we get to the house. Others may be up and their tummies growling
like yours."
"If they did all that I did last night!"
"Who can you tell?"
"Momma, but only if she asks."
---
"Did you buy out the store, Jack?"
"No. Just had a hard time getting them to trade food for little
girls like I said in my note. They saw this one and decided that
I'd have to bring at least three of them in exchange for the
things I got. They want them wrapped for sale, so do you have a
big box of clear or pink plastic wrap and some stick-on labels?"
"Where's that note?"
"On the table, Amelia."
"It's in cursive! That's not fair!"
"What's not fair? I can read it. Your mother can read it. Miss
Mindy can read it. Why do you need to read it?"
"To see if you'd really said that you'd trade us for groceries.
They don't teach cursive at my school."
"Amelia, Mister Jack asked me if I wanted Saturday school on
cursive. You wanna do it too?"
"Yes! Uncle Jack, you're awful!"
"OK. Then I guess you don't want the 'awful' blueberry waffles I
was going to make or the 'awful' pizzas we brought back for
later."
"Waffles! Yes!"
"Pizza! Yes!"
"I need my cooking crew to get out what we used before to mix
waffles."
---
"Sarah, he's incredible. I wanted my kids to learn cursive but I
couldn't get Alicia interested. Now they're willing to do
Saturday school to learn it."
"He made a challenge out of it - it's the 'secret code' that
adults use. Now it'll be fun to learn so they can spy on us."
"Alicia seems especially happy this morning. I guess he gave her
one of the do-overs she asked for.."
"All three of your girls have that look. Mindy."
"Does he order the little blue pills by the case?"
"I have no idea. Perhaps it's just that a hard man is good to
find."
"You are so bad, Sarah!"
"Alicia, what turned on your happy face? You haven't stopped
smiling since you came in with the groceries."
"One of the cash register people at the grocery saw me and Mister
Jack talking about stuff on several aisles. When we checked out
with the pizza, he said 'I see your little girl talked you into a
pizza party.' He thought I was Mister Jack's daughter and Mister
Jack didn't tell him different."
"I'm your sister, so I'm a daughter, too."
"Me, too."
"It was pretend and we had fun with it, didn't we, Alicia."
"It'd be more fun if it was real."
---
"Mindy, I think the loss of that smile may be the first crack in
the dam before the flood starts on the Davis river of tears. They
may very well trigger the Pope river of tears. After they eat,
I'll take the three of them and let them have some crying time."
"Thank you, Jack. Alicia couldn't have done any better in getting
placed with a 'daddy'."
"Thank you, Mindy."
"Jack, I think you should plan on a second session of 'crying
time'."
"Sarah, these three were asleep in less than fifteen minutes the
last time we did this. I'll take the others then."
"I'll tell them they're next."
---
Sunday, 13 September, 10:20AM
"Jack, you awake under there?"
"Help me move Rachel and Leah and I'll take the other girls in
Amelia's bed."
"They're in the hall. When you finish with them, Deputy Connors
dropped off a big "Eyes Only' envelope for you. The return
address is Dad's office at the courthouse."
"Leave it on the desk I've been using and I'll check it later."
---
"Uncle Jack, I brought some towels."
"Thank you, Amelia. The ones I used for Alicia and company need
to be washed."
"Do we get like last time?"
"Yes, Amelia. Celia on the side that works best for her cast. You
on the other side. Paige on my chest,"
"And I can do kissy-face?"
"Yes, Paige."
"Rub my butt?"
"Me, too?"
"Yes, I'll rub these pretty little butts. Snuggle in."
"OK."
---
Sunday, 13 September, 10:40AM
"Asleep so soon?"
"They cried hard. Don't know if that makes sleep happen faster or
just tires them out faster,"
"You should read whatever it is that Dad sent. He rarely asks a
Deputy to drop something off."
"OK."
---
"That's interesting!"
"What's interesting, Jack?"
"Sarah, arrest warrants have been issued for more than a hundred
people in Washington County, Pennsylvania. They're all for
law-enforcement-related, including judiciary and support, such as
probation or parole plus some defense attorneys - charged with
telling clients that their only option was a guilty plea and
they'd work a plea bargain so the charge wouldn't be a felony and
they wouldn't get any jail time. The attorneys' large fees were
distributed to the other people involved..."
"That had to be in the millions!"
"More than $30 million so far, based on the sampling of cases
they've already examined and it could be much more - they've had
a lot of people on their 'payroll'.. The arrest warrants will be
served at 3AM tomorrow. There had been a lot of complaints about
the handling - maybe that's mishandling - of alleged sex offenses
in the county, going back a number of years. The State Attorney
General apparently has had a task force working on this for some
time. There are search warrants for most of the alleged
perpetrators' homes, vehicles and offices, as well as the offices
of all the agencies involved. There's a strong possibility that a
number of closed cases will have convictions overturned and those
convicted by members of the conspiracy will be exonerated and
have their records expunged."
"You included?"
"Your Dad thinks so. He hadn't said anything previously, other
than telling you there was 'good news', because the investigation
has been such a closely guarded secret. I filed one of those
complaints. The probation officer I had was a petty tyrant -
always ready to rant at and threaten me whether or not I had
anything to do with some situation she didn't like."
"Sounds like a person not to have dealings with."
"I wondered how her children fared in that environment."
"She had children?"
"Pictures of two kids on her desk."
"Their home situation may not have been much better than Alicia
and her sisters."
"Sad but possibly true. Hope some good foster parents are
available."
 "Will you be required to make any court appearances there?"
"I don't think so. Most of the PO's rants were over the phone and
their office had a system that recorded all incoming and outgoing
calls. If they invite me to pick up documents clearing me of all
charges, it would definitely be worth the drive. Let's not
mention this to anyone else. I guess some of it will be leaked to
the media - possibly intentionally - after most of them are in
custody. They probably don't want lynchings there, either."
--
Sunday, 13 September, 11:30AM
"Momma, where's Uncle Jack?"
"He's working in his apartment."
"I know he's probably busy but I need to tell him something. If
we have a travel mug, I'll take him some coffee - you told me he
forgets to take breaks."
"That's sweet of you, Amelia. I think he'll appreciate the
thought. Don't stay more than ten minutes unless he tells you
it's OK."
"Yes, Momma."
---
Knock! Knock!
"Yes?"
"It's me, Uncle Jack. I brought you some coffee."
"Come in, Amelia. Thank you for thinking of me."
"Actually, I was thinking of other things but I thought Momma
would let me come if I made you take a break. She said I could
only stay ten minutes unless you said otherwise."
"And what were you thinking?"
"How much you love us girls - all of us - me, Celia, Paige,
Alicia, Leah, Rachel. You take care of us when we hurt - whether
it's a hurt you can see like Celia's cast or the hurts people
can't see like Daddy dieing and Alicia and her sisters being beat
up and stuff. I just wanted to tell you that I love you and say
'thank you'."
"Thank you, sweet girl. I love you, too."
"I know - both the taking care of family kind of love and the
kissy-face making love kind of love."
"What are those tears?"
"I'm so happy that you love us."
"I think you should get a hug."
"Yes! Can I stay here and watch you work?"
"You may, but I think you'll get bored very quickly."
"No. I want to know everything you do and why you do it. That
won't be boring; it'll be interesting and I always learn things
from you. These papers have Alicia's name on them!"
"That's a secret you must keep."
"What's the secret and why?"
"These are the transcripts of what Alicia and her sisters told
the detectives…"
"How did you get them?"
"Deputy Connors thought the girls would seek me out and that I
needed to know what the monsters under their beds and in their
closets looked like."
"Monsters? Oh - the people who did bad things to them."
"Yes, smart girl. The more I know about their experiences, the
better I can help them."
"That makes sense."
"I love watching my smart girl's mind work."
"You said 'my smart girl'."
"Aren't you?"
"Always."
"I like that smile."
"I smile whenever I think of being with you. Tell me what Alicia
said."
"Sorry, I won't do that - for a couple of reasons. First, Alicia
should have her privacy. She should only share these things with
the people she chooses. She told me some things and what's here
will help me to take care of her. Second, there are some very bad
things that happened. Some of those things made the adults at the
interview lose their lunch. You don't need to know those details.
What you do need to know is that you can help Alicia by
continuing to be yourself and letting know that you like being
with her. Don't tell her or anyone else that I'm reading these."
"OK, Uncle Jack. You're taking care of me by not telling me and I
can help take care of Alicia by being her friend and being there
is she needs me."
"Come here for another hug!"
"Why?"
This one for caring for your friend. This one for being such a
loving person. And this one just because."
"You kissed my nose!"
"And I'll do your eyes and ears and cheeks and chin…"
"And lips!"
"No, but I might nibble your earlobes."
"That tickles!"
"I think it's probably close to lunch time and your mother needs
us to help with it. Miss Mindy will be going back to her house
after lunch because the guys will be coming to replace the door
around 2PM. She won't be able to watch you kids in the pool and
keep an eye on the door work at the same time, so your mother
will go with you if all you girls want to swim after lunch."
"Can I stay here and hang out with you?"
"Looking for some 'like it used to be' time when you weren't
doing something with your Daddy but were just in the same room
with him?"
"You read me too good."
"And that read tells me you need some lap time. Sit and put your
head on my shoulder."
"I'll get your shirt all snotty."
"Never happen. Here's a towel."
"You knew I was coming?"
"I was confident that at least one of you would want some
one-on-one snuggle time and the oldest kid is usually the bravest
so I could reasonably expect you or Alicia."
"The others are still asleep."
"But you had to go pee."
"How did you know?"
"You were so sure you didn't need to before you all snuggled on
me."
"I guess I should listen better.- but then I wouldn't have been
awake first and I wouldn't be here."
"Correct, smart girl. You want lap time to snuggle or lap time
for more nap or lap time for more tears?"
"To snuggle. If I go back to sleep, that's OK. I'm in my favorite
place."
---
Sunday, 13 September, 12:30PM
Knock! Knock!
"Jack, lunch is ready. Is Amelia still here?"
"Open the door."
"Cried herself to sleep again?"
"No, just needed some 'in the same room' time and some snuggle
time."
"'In the same room'?"
"Kids sometimes gravitate to where a parent is just to be close
to them. Not doing something together, just being in the same
room."
"She usually did her homework in the den while her Daddy read."
"She needs one-on-one time for cuddles and snuggles and she needs
'in the same room' time. I suspect the same is true for Celia and
Paige."
 "You're right. I'd forgotten how much time they spent near him
when he was home. He'd touch them as he went to get coffee or
whatever. Just a pat on the head or butt, or a quick hug, or a
kiss on the top of the head. I guess I never thought about how
those little touches add up over a week's time. You'll probably
need to set some rules about when they can visit and for how
long. You've probably lost an hour to her today."
"No, Sarah. I'm doing several hours of reading. Having her in the
same room because she wants to be near me isn't distracting -
it's an honor. Having her in my lap isn't distracting when she
just wants to be held - it's very calming to have her in my lap
and snuggled in. I invested perhaps ten minutes talking with one
of my favorite people. She had some very caring things to say.
That's not 'lost time'."
"Yes, teacher. I feel like a first grader being corrected for not
paying attention. You'd never consider time spent with a child as
'lost time'."
"Was I that bad?"
"No. I was that inattentive."
"Huh?"
"Hi, Amelia."
"Hi, Uncle Jack. Did I go to sleep?"
"Yes. I think the odd hours all of you girls have been keeping
have caught up with you. We should probably start getting all of
you on the sleep schedule you'll need for school."
"Yuck! I wanna stay with you."
"What did I say about school?"
"You want to be with people who can talk about a lot of things so
we gotta go to school to learn them."
"And you might learn some things at places other than school."
"I've learned a lot about caring for other people by watching
you."
"Jack, I think you'd been teaching by the 'caught, not taught'
method."
"What's that mean, Momma?"
"You learned by watching him live his life, not by him telling
you how to live."
"Oh. You're right. He teaches in a lot of ways."
"He certainly does. You two come eat."
"Out of my lap, Amelia."
"Only until you sit down again."
"No. You have to share me with five other girls. I know you slept
through most of it, but you're an hour of lap time ahead of all
the others today."
"You're right, Uncle Jack. We have to share you. You're the only
daddy we all have."
"What was that hug for, Uncle Jack?"
"Just because."
---
"Why the big smile, Amelia?"
"I took Uncle Jack some coffee 'cause Momma told us the he
sometimes gets so busy he forgets to tale a break from working.
She said I could only stay ten minutes but he let me sit in his
lap and snuggle. I woke up when Momma came to tell us lunch was
ready."
"That's not fair!"
"Celia, why isn't it fair?"
"I didn't get any lap time!"
 "Celia?"
"Yes, Uncle Jack?"
"Do you get lap time when I read you a book?"
"Un huh."
"Does everyone get a book read to them like that?"
"No."
"Is that 'fair'?"
"No. Oh - Leah wants to sit in your lap and play hangman and
Rachel wants to sit in your lap and have you color princess
pictures with her."
"Amelia just being snuggled up in my lap was her choice for lap
time today."
"I guess it is fair. We all get what we like best at lap time."
"Should you tell Amelia you're sorry for yelling at her?"
"Un huh. Amelia, I'm sorry."
---
"Sarah, he did it again."
"Did what?"
"Turned a kid-level argument into a learning experience in how to
care for other people."
"He's good at that sort of thing."
"You said he was divorced?"
"Yes - and apparently a very unpleasant one."
"His ex-wife must be a total idiot."
---
"Uncle Jack, can I sit in your lap while we eat lunch?"
"If you can stay awake, Paige. If you start nodding off, you'll
be standing beside me so you can stay awake long enough to eat.
School starts soon so you'll be getting on the school sleep
schedule tonight."
"Yuck!"
 "Girls, it's easier if you start early and get in the habit of
earlier bed time and wake up hours. The girls here will still get
their goodnight kisses, we'll just be starting the toothbrush and
pajama routine earlier."
"Can I stay up later if I sleep naked? Then I won't waste time
getting in and out of my jammies at night and in the morning."
"Nice try, Amelia, but the one minute you'd save doesn't count."
"Since we're talking about naked, can we do the sun showers?"
"You go check the color box on the front of each bag. If it's
turned from green to pink, it's warm enough to use. If they're
pink, do NOT try to bring in both bags. Together they might weigh
more than you do. Take Alicia with you and each of you can carry
one bag."
---
"Amelia, did you really just snuggle in his lap the whole time?"
"Un huh. Just being close and feeling loved like I did with my
Daddy."
"He didn't make you do anything else?"
"No, Alicia. He treats us like we were his kids and gives us the
kind of love we need. Sometimes it feels like we really are his
kids when he says 'my girls."
"'The kind of love you need'?"
"Sometimes we need hugs and kisses. Sometimes we need punishment
- like losing a turn jumping in the pool. His punishment is hard
to take sometimes but we always learn from it."
---
"This bag's pink!"
"So's this one!"
"Umph! It's heavy."
"Sit it up like this and put your arms around it like picking up
Rachel."
"You're smart."
"That's what Uncle Jack keeps telling me."
---
"We got the bags!"
"Leah, would you open the door for them?"
"Yes, Mister Jack."
"Which bathroom, Uncle Jack?"
"The shower upstairs with the glass walls."
"So everyone can see."
"Yes, smart girl."
"Do I need my shampoo?"
"No, Amelia, just the soap. You don't get to wash your hair this
time."
"Why?"
"Because your long hair would need it's own shower bag to get all
the soap out - unless you want to rinse with cold water."
"Brrr! I had to that when the water heater died last year. Not
again."
"Where does the bag go?"
"We use the hook on the bag to hang it on the shower head. Now I
need a body to wash."
"I'm naked."
"So you are. Let's wind your hair up and tuck it into a shower
cap."
"OK."
"First you get your body wet, then you turn off the water and
soap up, then you rinse."
"Here's a washcloth."
"You'll do better if you use your hands. The washcloth absorbs
some of the water you'll need for rinsing."
"Close your eyes, Amelia. You put water on your face and spread
it with your hands as far as it will go. Then a line of water
across the top of your chest and do the same. Now the soap.
"You have nice hands, Uncle Jack."
"Remember to be careful about opening your mouth or you might get
soap in it."
"That's why I waited 'til you were washing my neck."
"Very good, smart girl. Turn around for me, Amelia. Your back is
one of the harder places to wash and rinse because your arms
aren't quite long enough. Put your left arm over your right
shoulder and reach down as far as you can. Put it back down and
bring it up behind your back with your palm toward me. See that
you just do cover all that skin?"
"Is rinsing my back gonna be harder than washing it?"
"Yes. We'll get to that in a minute. If you're washing yourself,
you can feel how far down the soapy water has run, so you just
wet the parts below there. Amelia, hold my arm and put this foot
up on the seat. Now the other foot."
"You can see that we haven't used much of the water to get her
whole body soaped, which is good. We'll need all that's left for
rinsing."
"Just turn it on and let it run?"
"No, Leah. You need to use both hands. Turn it on and let a
little water out and rub that area with your other hand to get
the soap off. Then move over or down and rinse a little more. You
must watch the water level in the bag or you'll wind up rinsing
with cold water. Close your eyes, Amelia. I'll start the rinsing
with your face and work down. You want to try rinsing your
front?"
"OK."
"Remember to watch how much water you're using."
"Oops!"
"Just be quick and push it on down your body."
"You finish. I don't want cold water on me."
"I'm sorry, sweetie, but you'll probably be having part of your
legs and your feet rinsed with cold water."
"You keep saying to watch the water level. I just gotta pay more
attention."
"This is a new experience for you. Most people end up using some
cold water the first few times they try this."
"Really?"
"Yes, really. Hold my arm and put your foot up again. Spread your
legs. This is one place you want to be sure to rinse well. It
will be sore if you don't."
"How do you know?"
"When my kids were about your ages, we used this type of shower
when we went camping."
"OK. I'm listening."
"Amelia, we're down to your knees, but the shower bag is empty."
"Just turn on the shower here, Mister Jack."
"Alicia, why did we talk about using the sun showers?"
"The water was gonna be off all night."
"It's still not on."
"Are you sure? Turn on the faucet, Amelia!"
"There's not any water!"
"The bucket, Sarah."
"You gonna dump that on me, Uncle Jack?"
"No, Amelia. All of your body doesn't need rinsing, just from the
knees down. With your foot up on the seat, I can pour a little
water out of the bucket and you can use your hands."
"I still feel a little soapy on my back and tummy."
And probably some other places. Hold your breath and I'll pour
this bucket of water over your front."
"Eeek! It's cold!"
"Turn and I'll do your back."
"Eeek! Wrap me in a towel!"
"First we get most of the water off you. If you use your hands
like this, it's like the squeegee they use to clean big windows
and you can wipe most of the water off. Then your towel doesn't
get soppy wet and cold as soon as you wrap it around you. Your
arms. Your front. Your back. Your legs. Now the towel. And a hug
for putting up with the cold water. Your mother brought in clean
clothes
"Thank you, Momma."
"Here's one of my sweatshirts until you get warm again. Cold
water to end a shower isn't nearly as much fun as cold water at
the beach."
"Un uh! Not fun at all!"
---
"Alicia, you still want to be next?"
"I'll get rinsed in cold water if the bag runs out?"
"Yes, same as Amelia. I can't tell you if there's the same amount
of water in this bag as the other one because I didn't fill them.
If the person filling them got both to the 'Fill to here' line,
then you'll probably get cold water just as Amelia did. If the
person filling the bags wasn't diligent, then you may get more
cold water."
"What's diligent?"
"Celia, there's a dictionary on the desk in the room across the
hall."
 "Another big word to learn."
"Alicia?"
"Do me. But I want you to do all the rinsing so I don't run out
of warm water."
"You know I can't promise that because I didn't fill the bags."
"I know. OK. I'm naked."
"Stand where Amelia did so I can reach you and not get soaked.
Close your eyes. Face. Neck. Chest…"
"Boobies!"
"There's more than boobies here. Behave or I'll tickle these
ribs."
"Yes, Mister Jack."
"Arms. Turn for me to get your back wet. Turn for soaping you
from face to bellybutton. Turn for soaping your back and butt."
"You didn't wet my butt."
"No, because the water on your back ran down and my hands are
soapy. Turn. Put this foot up on the seat. Spread your legs a
little…"
"You have nice hands, Mister Jack."
"Put your other foot up. Now face me and we rinse starting with
your face. A little water and wipe down with the other hand. Your
neck. A little more water and wipe each arm with the other hand.
Your chest. Turn. More water and wipe down your back. Foot up.
Spread your legs a little. Rinse well here. Wipe down your legs.
That's it, Cold water for the rest."
"OK."
"Sarah, the bucket. Cold water from this knee down. Now the other
foot up."
"I still feel a little soap here and here."
"You can do a better rinsing of your body than someone else can
because you know how your skin feels. Face me and close your
eyes."
"Eek! It's really cold!"
"Turn and I'll do your back."
"Eek! Wipe the water off like you did Amelia and get me a towel!"
"OK. Arms. Front. Back. Legs. Towel. And a hug. Your mother
brought fresh clothes for you."
"Hope the water is back on real fast! Momma, will we hafta do
this after we swim?"
"Yes, Alicia."
"I think I'll play on the swings."
"Here's one of my sweatshirts until you get warm again."
"Thank you, Mister Jack."
"I think we should fill these bags again - paying attention to
the 'Fill' line this time - and put them back in the sun for the
ones who do choose to swim. These two are probably too wired to
nap now but the others are dragging. I'll try taking the four of
them for some snuggle time: Celia and Leah on the sides; Paige
and Rachel on top. I'll give Amelia and Alicia twenty minutes to
get warm again and they'll be nodding off. Come help me get the
little ones off at that point and I'll take the 'A' team."
---
"Jack, are they all asleep?"
"Yes. Take Rachel first. Now Paige. I'll roll the others over on
their backs."
"Amelia and Alicia are already in Amelia's bed."
---
"You two don't usually bury yourselves under the covers for a
nap."
"Today is different. Take off your shirt and get in the middle."
"Your shirts aren't the only things missing."
"Rub my butt. Can you get your finger in my pussy from the back?"
"Me, too!"
"Getting a shower made you horny?"
"Having you touch us all over and we couldn't say anything but
'You have nice hands' made us horny!"
"Shh! You're getting too loud."
"I think my Momma knows what we want to do."
"Mine, too!"
"But do you want them to come in and watch?"
"NO!"
"Shh! You're getting too loud again."
"Yes, Uncle Jack. Just touch us and make us feel good."
"If you can get your faces closer to mine, we can do some
kissy-face. Ow! Don't prop on your elbow on my chest.
Nine-year-old elbows are sharp, bony things that should not be
part of a little girl's body - except that you need them to hug
with."
"Sorry, Mister Jack. I'll put one of the skinny pillows under
it."
"That's better."
"Kiss me?"
"Now me?"
"Me."
"Me."
"This is like turning my head to watch a game of ping-pong. Let
me change my hand positions."
"Oooh! Your thumb in my butt and your finger in my pussy!"
"Me too!"
"Kiss me and make me cum!"
"Me too!"
"Shh! You're too loud. We'll have all the TV news trucks here to
see what all the noise is about."
"Would they show our bare butts on TV?"
"Maybe on the Playboy channel. I can only kiss one of you at a
time, so I'll do serious kissing and finger work to get one of
you to orgasm and the other one just gets little touches while I
do that. Who's first? "
"Do Alicia, Uncle Jack. I see you everyday and she'll be back in
her house tonight."
"You'd let him do me first?"
"She is a sweet girl in many ways."
"She sure is. Kiss me, Mister Jack."
---
Sunday, 13 September, 1:45PM
"They're still asleep, Jack? It's been over an hour and the
younger girls are begging to go swim."
"Sarah, I think the cold water took more out of them than they
knew. Take the other girls and I'll join you when these two wake
up."
"Thank you for loving them."
---
"Mindy, Amelia and Alicia are still asleep. Jack said to take the
other girls and go. He'll bring the 'A' team when they wake."
"They're that out of it?"
"He said the cold water took more out of them than they knew. I
saw little girl underwear by the bed, so he probably just used
his hands to please them and they're sleeping off that pleasure."
"Alicia's been poked and probed and prodded and explored and felt
up all her life, but never by someone trying to please her. That
will have been the reliving of a lot of events - but in a very
positive way. If Jack was available, I'd divorce Carl and be
after Jack in an instant."
"There is a small problem."
"I know. I've heard him referring to Amelia, Celia and Paige as
'my girls'. And I've seen their faces when he does. He'd have to
marry both of us."
"Considering his other people skills, he just night be able to
make that work."
"Are you sure he doesn't have a brother?"
---
Sunday. 13 September, 2:40PM
"You're still here, Uncle Jack?"
"What? Mister Jack?"
"I couldn't think of a better place to be than between two pretty
girls that love me."
"And you love us and make us feel really good."
"And you had a long nap."
"How long?"
"About two hours."
"It's quiet. Where is everybody?"
"At the pool."
"Can we go?"
"I don't know. Are you able to put on your swimsuits and walk two
houses over?"
"Huh?"
"May we go, Uncle Jack?"
"Yes. I need to wash my hands and get my swim trunks."
"Oh yeah, your hands. Go wash them. But it felt really good when
you snapped your fingers inside me!"
"Me, too!"
"Remember what you mother told Celia this morning, Amelia."
"I know. Don't ask because each girl gets her privacy. Don't tell
because we have to protect you. And I want you here to love me
for a long, long time. Do the sunscreen before the swimsuits?"
"Yes. That way all your skin gets covered."
"And it feels so good when you rub the places that don't need
sunscreen."
"Which I'm sure is what's important to you."
"Me, too!"
"Just remember that if some of those places did get sunburned, it
would hurt a lot and you wouldn't be able to do some of the
things that 'feel good'."
"Ouch! I don't even want to think about that! Here's the
sunscreen. Do me all over."
"OK. Stick out your tongue."
"No! That stuff is yucky of you get it on your lips. I sure don't
want it in my mouth."
"You said 'all over'."
"All over my skin."
"OK."
"I see our sleeping beauties are awake. Did they get sunscreen?"
"All over, Momma. Mister Jack did us 'cause we can't see our
backs or the backs of our legs."
"The sun shower bags are on the picnic table. This time they are
full. They're quite a bit plumper than before."
"I thought the girls had probably only filled the bags until they
were 'heavy', not the full five gallons."
"So an adult can actually shower with a full bag?"
"If you do the water conserving things I demonstrated."
"Well, I paid attention. We'll all be doing that today. The water
won't be back on until sometime tomorrow. Something about the
wrong parts being shipped for one of the pumps and the parts they
need are being over-nighted. I'm so glad you told us about
filling the bathtubs to be able to flush. I think Rachel is
coming down with something. She's been to the bathroom a half
dozen times today. I have her on an anti-diarrhea medication and
I always keep some of the electrolyte beverage for kids in the
fridge but not being able to flush would be very bad."
"We should be using pool water to flush, not our drinking water.
I saw empty five gallon paint buckets in the garage. I'll fill a
couple about half way and bring them in. If you have some dark
containers, you can fill them with water and put them in the sun
to warm. Then you'll have warm water to fill the shower bags."
"There's a drum in the shed that Carl got to make a rain barrel.
Like his outside faucet replacement project, it got sidetracked
when he saw a bottle of Miller Light in the fridge."
"Does Carl have a drill and other tools?"
"There's a small fortune in tools in the garage - not that he
ever used them."
"If you ladies can get the barrel - it's big, not heavy - I'll
get some tools and we'll make a solar water heater to have enough
water for everyone to shower."
"Where did he learn all this stuff?"
"He mentioned being a SEAL one time. I guess they learn to live
off the land and make do with what they can find."
"If getting a hot shower from what you can 'find' is 'living off
the land', I think my opinion of the quality of that life just
went up several notches."
---
"Where do you want this, Jack?"
"On the concrete bench on the south end of the pool."
"So it's in the sun, Mister Jack?"
"Yes, smart girl. The more sun we have, the faster the water will
heat. This black barrel will absorb a lot of heat from the sun,
so it should heat up about as fast as the sun shower bags. This
is a thirty gallon barrel, so how many times can we fill the five
gallon shower bag?"
"Six times?"
"Yes, smart girl."
"I see the thingie at the top that unscrews so you can put water
in, but how do you get the water out? The bags are heavy when
they're full and the barrel's a lot bigger so it's gotta weigh a
bunch when it's full."
"That's why I needed tools. And I'll use the faucet I found on
the workbench."
"Can I help?"
"Me, too?'
 "I think there may be things that all of you can do. Amelia, I
want you to measure the threads on the faucet and tell me how big
it is."
"I never saw a tool like that before."
"So you get to learn something new. This is a micrometer. You use
this little wheel to roll the jaws together. Now you set the
pointer to zero because there is no space between the jaws."
"OK. I did what your said."
"Now use the wheel to open the jaws a little bigger than the
threaded part of the faucet."
"Threaded?"
"These little ridges that look like a corkscrew."
"OK. The pointer went round and round."
"That's what it should do. Now use the wheel to close the jaws on
the threaded part."
"OK."
"What number is the pointer on the handle sitting on?"
"It's one big notch inside from the number 1."
"Those notches are each one fourth of an inch, so that is three
fourths of an inch.. What's the round and round pointer on?"
"It's halfway around the dial."
"A full circle of the dial is one fourth of an inch, so how much
is that? Remember to think in how fractions work."
"Smaller sizes have bigger bottom numbers. So half of one fourth
would be one eighth. So it's three fourths plus one eighth."
"How do we put different size fractions together?"
"The bottom number has to be the same."
"There's a term for that."
"'Common dominator?"
"Very close. The term is common denominator. What would we use
here?"
"I split the fourth into eighths to read the thingie so eighths
again?"
"And three fourths is how many eighths?"
"I double the bottom number so I double the top number to make it
balance?"
"So what's the top number, smart girl?"
"Six eighths?"
"So the total size is?"
"Six eighths plus one eighth is seven eighths."
"Very good.'
"Put your thinking caps on for this one and discuss it before you
give me your answer. What size hole do I drill in the barrel so
the faucet can be screwed in and not leak?"
"Is it seven eighths, Amelia?"
"No, Alicia. That's the size of the outside of the threads and
the water would just run between the ridges and run out. It's
gotta be smaller."
"How much smaller?"
"Not much, but I don't know exactly how much."
"Uncle Jack, it has to be smaller so the threads can dig into the
plastic, but I don't know how much that should be."
"That's a good answer. You understand that you don't want the
water to leak out. Depending on the type of threads the hole
should be about a sixteenth of an inch smaller."
"Seven eighths is fourteen sixteenths. So the hole is thirteen
sixteenths?"
"If I had a drill bit that size. I have a three quarter inch
drill bit. Will it work?"
"That's twelve sixteenths. It's too small."
"Correct. But I can make a hole bigger by using a file, so I'll
use that bit. I'll then carefully file the hole to make it bigger
but keep it round,"
"How will you screw the faucet in? The hole won't have threads."
"Good question, Alicia. The barrel is plastic but the threads of
the faucet are brass which is much harder. I'll use a wrench to
turn the faucet and it will make matching threads in the plastic
as it goes in. I'll also put some of this thread sealer on it to
ensure it doesn't leak."
"Does one of you want to drill the big hole?"
"I saw Daddy trying to drill a big hole one time and the drill
went all over the place."
"There's a proper way to drill a big hole, Alicia."
"Not just pull the trigger and push?"
"No. First you use a small bit that you can control to drill a
pilot hole for the big drill bit."
"Pilot?"
"What does a pilot do on an airplane?"
"He tells it where to go."
"So what does a pilot hole do?"
"It tells the big drill where to go?"
"Yes, smart girl. I'll drill the pilot hole in the center of
where the big hole should be."
"That was quick!"
"Small holes in plastic are easy. Bigger holes can be harder.
I'll keep my hand over yours because the drill bit can grab as it
comes out on the back side of the plastic and that might turn the
drill out of your hands. Get the point of the bit in the pilot
hole. Press in. Pull the trigger and keep pushing."
"There's a lot of little pieces."
"The bit isn't very sharp but it will work on the plastic. Put
your other hand on the handle."
"Why? Wow!"
"The bit grabbed as it went through the back of the plastic."
"Would it have twisted my arms if you hadn't been holding it,
Mister Jack?"
"Yes. That was one reason my hand was over yours."
"One reason?"
"The other reason was so I could hold hands with a pretty girl."
"You're silly!"
"And you're smiling."
"You're kinda fun to be with."
"I need the big wrench."
"This one?"
"Yes, Celia, but I don't think you can manage it with one hand."
"It's heavy!"
"Let Leah help you with it."
"OK."
---
"It's done?"
"Except for filling it, Leah. You want to bring the hose over
here?"
"OK."
"Now someone tells Miss Mindy that it's time to pour the buckets
of water upstairs into the funnel on the hose in the window."
"I'll do it."
"OK, Celia. Then I need you to stand by the yellow rose bush so
you can tell Miss Mindy to stop when I tell you to stop."
---
"That's taking a long time."
"That's a lot of water, Leah. Stop, Celia."
"Stop, Miss Mindy"
"Is it hot yet, Mister Jack?"
"No, Rachel. Do you remember how long the bags were in the sun
this morning?"
"A long time. From breakfast to lunch."
"This barrel is bigger so it may take longer."
"So it takes forever?"
"More like until after supper."
"We all get showers before bed?"
"Were you all in the pool?"
"Yes. Then we all get showers."
"Very good, smart girl."
"Nobody ever said I was smart before. I love you, Mister Jack."
"I love you, too, Rachel."
"Will you help me with my shower like you did Alicia?"
"Ask your mother if that's OK."
"You know it's OK, Jack."
"But Rachel needs to remember to check with her mother about many
things."
"That's true. The world isn't filled with people like you."
---
"Momma, there's a Sheriff's car out front!"
"OK, Alicia. Guess I should go to the door."
"It's Mister Pete!"
"Looks like he gets a welcoming party."
"Afternoon, Mrs. Davis. I stopped at the Pope house but no one
was home. Is Jack here?"
"They're all out back."
"Mister Pete, we helped Mister Jack build a sun water heater
'cause we only have two sun shower bags. It's by the pool. Come
see!"
"Hi, Pete."
"Got another package for you, Jack."
"From the Judge?"
"From someone in Pennsylvania, by way of the Judge."
"Another 'Eyes Only'?"
"No. Somewhat larger and heavier."
"That's a Pelican case."
"So you can probably guess what type of equipment is in it."
"I didn't leave any long guns there."
"Perhaps it's a gift?"
"I have no idea."
"You carry that and I'll wheel the cart to your place."
"Cart?"
"The other package is a very heavy box. I think it's safe to
assume the two go together."
"More ammo than you're willing to carry? That has to be a lot of
rounds."
"You can count it when you get home. Take the Pelican case up the
stairs and you can come back to grab the handle on the other end
of this box."
"Thanks for the delivery, Pete. Some of the reading I'm doing for
my new job indicated that Bridges Data may be starting a security
division. I have no details, but are you interested in having
your hat in the ring?"
"Here's my card. My personal cell number and email are on the
back. Thanks for remembering, Jack."
"It's entirely possible this could turn out like being asked to
keep a little girl company during an interview."
"I'll take the positives but not the negatives. I should go back
and see this water heater the kids helped you build. Another
learning experience?"
"Plus a practical need. The water will be off until some time
tomorrow while they wait for parts to be over-nighted. It seems
they were sent the wrong parts for one of the big pumps but
didn't know it until the pump was disassembled. Can't even put it
back together without new seals."
"Looks like I'll be learning as well. I'll ask the kids to tell
me what they did."
"You're one of the good guys, Pete."
---
"Tell me, Alicia, how do you build a sun water heater?"
"Mister Pete, you need a barrel and some tools…"
---
"Pete, here's a link to several online plans for making a simple
solar water heater. It may be a little late for this incident but
you'll have the info for future needs. The smaller ones heat up
faster. The bigger ones don't have to be refilled as often. We
have water for showers at the moment because I cautioned the
ladies to fill the bathtubs at both houses and they're flushing
by color…"
"If it's yellow…"
"You got it."
"I called Melody when I heard the initial announcement and told
her to get the kids bathed then fill the tubs and the tub on the
top loading washer. It's one of the 'high efficiency' models and
will 'intelligently' adjust the water level - thus draining the
tub - unless you unplug it. With two tubs, the washer and the
water heater we should be OK for a couple more days."
"The washers in both houses here are front loaders, so we didn't
have that option. When one of the girls came down with diarrhea
this morning, I told them to use water from the pool for
flushing. Had we known how long this was going to last, I'd have
had them do that in the beginning."
"'No plan survives contact with the enemy'."
"Very true."
"I was surprised at how much Alicia and Amelia remembered of what
you did."
"No. What they did. Kids remember a small percentage of what they
see and hear but something like seventy or eighty percent of what
they do. Amelia did learn to read the micrometer and measure the
faucet threads. Alicia learned why you need a pilot hole for big
bits and she did drill the big hole. Leah pulled hose. Celia was
the message relay. I did some 'thinking' questions with Paige and
Rachel. I had the ladies bring the barrel to the pool area so
when the girls say 'we built it' they are all included."
"I saw all the smiles. That's a major change for three of those
girls. You're one of the 'good guys' yourself, Jack."
"Thanks, Pete."
---
Sunday, 13 September, 7:00PM
"Mister Jack, the little thermometer in the barrel is on 100."
"Then we have warm water for everyone's shower."
"Wash me, Mister Jack?"
"What did your mother say, Rachel?"
"I can do anything with you but I have to ask about everyone
else. Leah can, too. Can we both get in the shower with you? Then
your clothes won't get wet if we splash."
"Go ahead, Jack. Water is in short supply and you can't beat
their logic."
"That's true."
"You two come with me."
"We're gonna shower outside?"
"No. I'll bring in the shower bags and you can open the doors for
me when my hands are full."
"OK. But I think it'd be fun to shower outside naked!"
"I think you're a little exhibitionist."
"Is that like being a stinker?"
"Ask your mother."
---
"Can we do the fun stuff like before?"
"Sorry, but we only have enough water for a quick shower. No
playing or exploring. If you listen and do as I ask, there might
be some good touches."
"Get naked with us?"
"First we get these bags up to the shower."
"You got the shampoo. You're gonna do our hair?"
"These bags are full, unlike the ones Amelia and Alicia used.
Your bodies are also a little smaller so there may be enough
water to do your hair and body."
"I heard them yelling when you did the cold water. I'll do what
you say."
"Me, too."
"OK. Clothes off. In the shower. Do you remember the hair wash
position?"
"Un huh."
"Yes."
"OK. Both in position. Some water on your hair. A little shampoo.
Scrub…"
"That's not my hair!"
"I said there might be some good touches."
"Yeah. Do it again!"
"Maybe. Eyes closed for rinsing."
"OK."
"OK"
"My hair feels good. Did you use all the water?"
"No. You have short hair which doesn't as much shampoo or water
as longer hair."
"Like Amelia's?"
"Correct. Stand back up. Close your eyes for face wet and wash.
Good. Now to your necks. Arms. Chest…"
"Boobies!"
"Dirty spots on one of you and mosquito bites on the other.
Tummy. Turn for your backs."
"Squeeze my butt again!"
"Me, too."
"Only a little of that. You don't want to end this with cold
water."
"OK. Whatever you say."
"Left foot up and spread your legs a little. Your other left
foot, Rachel."
"You're silly!"
"And you're smiling."
"Other foot. Foot down. Face me and close your eyes for rinse.
Open your eyes. I'm down to your chest…"
"That feels good!"
"Un huh!"
"Turn for your back. End of the bag."
"We do the rest in cold water?"
"I said 'end of the bag'. That's the first bag. Do as I say and
you'll finish warm."
"Just do it warm!"
"Over your butt…"
"I like that!
"Me, too!"
"Left foot up. Good, Rachel. Spread your legs…"
"Rinse it inside?"
"Sorry, not tonight."
"Other leg up. Leg down and let's get most of the water off you."
"I like this part! Can you do it slower?"
"Like this?"
"Yes!"
"Do me!"
"OK. Now you're done. Wrap Leah in a towel. Let Rachel disappear
into a towel…"
"I'm really disappeared?"
"No, I can still find a ticklish tummy…"
"No!"
"And some ticklish ribs…"
"No!"
"You have jammies on the counter."
"Can we all stay naked and you read to us that way?"
"Not tonight. If I dry off, we'd be wasting water. If Celia and
Paige get their pretty little butts in here, I'll wash them and
then I'll be wet enough to wash me without using any more water."
"But you gotta do me, too, Uncle Jack."
"And me, Mister Jack. We were in the pool, too."
"OK. Two at a time. Amelia and Alicia can help dry Celia and
Paige when they get out of the shower,"
"Yes, Mister Jack."
"Come on, you two. Quit grinning like little leprechauns and get
undressed…"
"But that bag's not full!"
"Full enough to get started, Celia. Amelia, take this bag down to
your mother and she will refill it and bring it back up. Don't
run on the stairs, but do go quickly."
"Yes, Uncle Jack."
"Celia, Paige. Remember the position for hair washing?"
"Un huh."
"I can't hear you nodding your head, Celia. There aren't enough
loose marbles to make noise."
"You're silly, Uncle Jack. I don't have any loose marbles."
"That's what I said. Remember the position?"
"Yes, Uncle Jack."
"Some water on each of you. A little shampoo. Some scrubbing…"
"That's not my head!"
"Me, too!"
"Are you sure? It's about the same size and it's round."
"That's my butt!"
"You don't want me to scrub it?"
"I didn't say that!"
"Eyes closed for hair rinse. Quick rub through. OK, stand back
up.. Eyes closed for face wet and wash. Oops! End of the bag."
"Cold water all over? No!"
"It won't be cold water if Amelia gets the other bag back up
here."
"Sarah's on the phone with her Dad, Jack. Sounds like something
scary is going on. Here's the other bag. Your body is a lot
younger than your hair."
"Some of the 'young' rubs off on me while I'm washing all these
dirty little girls."
"I wish!"
"If you'll get this bag refilled for future use?"
"Be right back."
"Neck. Arms. Chest…"
"Boobies!"
"Dirty spots and mosquito bites - I think I said that before."
"Uncle Jack, that's what you tell Rachel and Leah, too."
"It is?"
"You're silly!"
"Turn for your backs. Now down to your butts. They do look like
bald heads..."
"No they don't!"
"How do you know? You can't see your butt."
"But…"
"No, you can't see it. Left foot up on the seat. Other left foot,
Paige. Spread your legs a little. Other foot. Foot down. Face me.
Close your eyes and I'll start rinsing…"
"I have the other bag, Jack. I need to talk to you soon."
"Can it wait through the other two girls?"
"As fast as you're running them through the shower, yes."
"It'll be a little longer with Amelia's long hair."
"You'll have enough water?"
"Washing them in pairs works better. There's enough splashing to
get two of the smaller ones with a bag and a half of water. That
should more than make up for the extra water for Amelia's hair."
"Open your eyes, I'm moving to neck. Arms. Chest…"
"Boobies!"
"Not for a while. Turn for your backs. And butts. Now left foot
up. Good, Paige. Spread your legs…"
"Rinse inside?"
"Not tonight. Other foot. Squeeze the water off you…"
"Do it slow!"
"Me, too!"
"Now towels."
"I got Paige, Uncle Jack."
"I got Celia, Mister Jack."
"Thank you, girls. When they're dry, their jammies are on the
counter. Don't ask, Celia - we won't be reading naked. Amelia and
Alicia. You just get a quick shower. Amelia, your mother said
there was something she needed to talk to me about soon, so no
games in the shower tonight."
"I understand."
"I'm disappointed but I understand."
"Thank you girls. Amelia, we saved enough water by doing two
younger girls at the same time that I can wash your hair. Just
once. No double soap and rinse."
"Yes, Uncle Jack. I'm good with just once."
"The both of you in position. Some water and a little shampoo for
Alicia and she can work it in while I do water and shampoo on
Amelia. I think she'd have a hard time getting her longer hair
rinsed under the circumstances.. I think that's enough scrubbing.
Alicia, I'll rinse your hair. Eyes closed. That feels pretty
clean. Amelia, eyes closed. This will take longer. I know, you're
tired of being in the position. Just a little longer. Stand back
up and open your eyes. I'll wind your hair and wrap it in a towel
so it doesn't get soap in it from washing the rest of your."
"How can you talk so long with stopping for breath?"
"Lots of practice. Eyes closed for face wet and wash. Neck. Arms.
Chest…"
"Boobies!"
"Bee stings. Tummy. Turn for your back. And butt. And this bag is
out of water."
"No! Not cold water all over!"
"It's just this bag. There's another one. Left foot up. Spread
your legs…"
"Do inside!"
"Sorry, not tonight. Other foot. Foot down. Eyes closed for
rinse. Neck. Arms. Chest. Turn for your back and butt. Left foot
up. Spread your legs. Other foot. Foot down."
"Squeeze the water off us!"
"And do it slow!"
"Arms.. Chest…"
"You missed some!"
"Me, too!"
"What did I say about playing in the shower?"
"Sorry, Uncle Jack."
"S-S-Sorry, M-M-Mister Jack."
"Alicia, there's no punishment. It's just a reminder. Here's a
hug."
 "But I got you all wet!"
And why do we get in the shower?"
"Oh - to get wet!"
"Tummy. Turn for your back and butt. Legs. Towel for each of
you."
"Dry us?"
"Not tonight. I must finish soaping and rinsing. Get your
jammies."
"Yes, Uncle Jack."
"Yes, Mister Jack."
"Do we get a bedtime story?"
"Someone will read to you."
"Not you?"
"I don't know yet."
"Goodnight kisses?"
"Yes."
"Can I dry your back?"
"Can I dry your front?"
"Do you know anyone who's still trying to play in the shower?"
"We're busted. C'mon, Alicia, we'll go see what Momma wants us to
do."
---
Sunday, 13 September, 9:20PM
"You were quick, Jack."
"Learned on shipboard where the water can change from fresh to
salt on very short notice."
"Ouch!"
"What did your Dad say, Sarah?"
"There's been some unrest in town because the water's been off so
long. The National Guard was there late today delivering bottled
water but you can't shower with a six-pack of that. He's
concerned that the unrest may spread outside the city and we
should be on guard."
"Pete delivered a couple of packages that I should go check. Do
you ladies want to stay here or move to the other house? I think
we'd be wise to protect the pool. It's a very big asset when
others don't have water."
"You think someone would try to take it?"
"Mindy, what would Carl have done do if he was on limited
drinking water and he'd not had a shower in several days?"
"I guess there are others like him."
"Let's get everyone packed up and moved. Remember jammies and
comfy objects for the girls."
"Yes, Jack."
---
"Is that the last of things to be moved?"
"Yes. This cooler is food and OTC medications for the girls."
"You two stay here - visibly armed. Doors locked. No lights on
the front of the house and no pool lights. I need to go back to
my apartment for some things and I want at least one of the older
girls to go with me. I saw a couple of large red wagons in the
yard. Do they roll OK with a couple of kids in them?"
"Yes, but why?"
"I have more to bring back than I can carry. If Amelia and Alicia
go with me, they can each pull a wagon load back and I'll be
their security."
"We can go with you?"
"Yes, but in dark clothes and very quietly. Amelia, remember how
quiet you were in my lap today?"
"Un huh. That was nice."
"I need you to move that quietly when we're out."
"You're scaring me, Uncle Jack."
"There are some scary things happening in town. Not everyone
knows to fill the bathtubs when the water will be off. Not
everyone has a pool so they have almost unlimited flushing. Not
everyone can put together a sun heated shower…"
"Those people aren't happy are they?"
"Not in the least."
"What are we getting?"
"Some things to help keep you safe."
"We gotta change clothes."
"Go. Quickly."
---
"We're ready."
"I want each of you to pull a wagon. We won't be moving fast
because I want to know who and what may be ahead of us."
"Yes, sir."
"'Sir'?"
"You sound all military and serious."
"I am serious. I'm glad my smart girls understand. One of you on
each side of me."
"Holding your hand?"
"Sorry, but I need to keep my hands on the shotgun. Hold my belt.
When we get to the garage, single file through the door."
---
"I didn't see anybody. Did you, Uncle Jack?"
"Several people, all armed."
"Where?"
"In their houses, most on the second floor and looking out
windows. On porches behind big planters. One behind a low rock
wall. Up the stairs. I'll draw a map of where the people are on
the white board in my work area."
"Is that where you're gonna have beds for us, Uncle Jack?"
"Yes, Amelia. Next room. The black lines are the street. The blue
boxes are houses. The green circles are trees. Each red 'X' is
where I saw someone."
"You got good eyes!"
"I know where to look."
"What are we taking back?"
"First I'll open the packages that Mister Pete delivered to me
earlier."
"There's a letter in that box."
"Then I'll read it."
'Jack,
Heard on the grapevine that your complaint got the petty tyrant
on the arrest list. Thank you for my brother's sake. You may need
more protection than your current armory can provide. The Pelican
case and contents are from the property room but not on any list.
The big one hasn't been touched since you fired it when you were
here. Should still be zeroed for you. Make good use of them. The
contents of the other box are 'out of date' from my supply friend
in the Marines.
Good luck,
JT'
"Is a 'Pelican case' what you carry a bird in?"
"No, sweetie, although I can see where you might make that
connection. See the image on the side of this long case?"
"It's a pelican!"
"That's the name of the company."
"What's in it?"
"I'll open it and you can see."
"That looks like army colors."
"It's probably from the Marines."
"That's a big gun!"
"Yes, it is. A .50 caliber sniper rifle. It can take care of the
bad guys a long way off."
"Across the street?"
"More like across the park."
"What's the other one?"
"That's an AR15. And five magazines."
"A machine gun?"
No a semi-automatic rifle. Wait a minute! This has select fire:
single shot, three round burst, full auto."
"What's in this box? Umph! It's too heavy to move."
"It took me and Mister Pete to get that up the stairs. Lake City
ammo. Couple hundred rounds for the .50. Couple thousand for the
other one. JT was very generous."
"What do we do with it?"
"Half of the ammo will go back with us, as will the .50. The .50
will be in the Pelican case and be tied to the wagon. The ammo
will be split over the two wagons so it won't be too heavy for
you to pull. The AR15 will be over my shoulder. Couple more
things…"
"Bulletproof vests?"
"Bullet resistant. Most pistol bullets can't get through but some
rifles can. I know these are too big for you, but I'll adjust
them so they cover most of you."
"You're scaring me again, Uncle Jack."
"I'm sorry, Amelia, but sometimes the world around us is scary."
"I feel better with you."
"Me, too."
"Let's get these things downstairs and get the wagons loaded. I
think you girls can carry these packages of ammunition if you do
one box at a time."
"It's heavy but I can do it."
"Be careful on the stairs. I don't want you to fall and break
your piano or anything else."
"You goof! People don't have pianos!"
"Some people do. They have them in their houses and play them
every day."
"Uncle Jack!"
"Quiet on the stairs."
"OK."
---
"Can you pull the wagons?"
"If it's not uphill."
"No hills the way we're going."
"What's that thing?"
"Night vision goggles so I can see in the dark. There are no
streetlights out here and almost no one has an outside light on."
---
"Jack?"
"Pete?"
"Jeez, man. Give me heart failure next time. I'm out here
watching for trouble and I see a big guy with night vision, a
shotgun in his hands and a serious looking rifle on his shoulder.
If the girls hadn't been with you, I'd have called for the SWAT
team. What's going on?"
"The Judge called Sarah to warn her that the unrest in town might
be spreading. I'm moving some of the goodies you dropped off this
afternoon to the Davis house to protect the people and the pool."
"What's in the case?"
"Barrett .50."
"Reach way out and touch."
"Yes."
"And the AR?"
"Perhaps best if you don't know too much."
"Plausible deniability?"
"Yes."
"I'll call you if I need backup. If my ass is on the line, I
don't care what you're shooting or where it came from."
"I also got word that a complaint I filed in Pennsylvania may
have hit home on some powerful people. The Barrett, the AR and
the ammo are from someone I did a favor for. These were his
'thank you' gifts because 'my existing armory may not be powerful
enough'."
"If he thinks you need these, you must have kicked the biggest
bear in the forest in the gonads!"
"I wasn't the only one involved, but perhaps now I'm the one with
the most horsepower on my side. If you hear some big bangs,
you'll know someone is meeting Mr. Barrett."
"I'll bring a shovel and a trash bag."
---
"Sarah, it's us. Unlock the back door. Do not turn on any lights
back there. Speak very softly. Girls, I know you have a lot you
want to tell but tonight there are some different rules. Don't
say anything until the door is closed. Speak softly. We don't
want anyone to know what we have or who we saw while we were
out."
"You're sc-sc-scaring me, M-M-Mister J-J-Jack."
"Softly, Alicia. Here's a hug. Listen to the adults and be
prepared, not scared."
"Yes, Mister Jack."
---
"What do you have on, Jack?"
"Night vision goggles. I think all the neighbors are in lockdown.
No lights out front. People watching from upstairs windows.
Deputy Connors on watch in an old pickup."
"Are those things on the girls bulletproof vests?'
"Bullet resistant. OK for pistol rounds."
"Do you have enough ammo for the next World War?"
"This is half of it. I didn't think the girls could manage any
more with the other gun."
"What kind of cannon is that?"
"A .50 caliber sniper rifle. Reach out and touch someone across
the park."
"This one has an auto position?"
"Both of these and the night vision came in the package Pete
dropped off earlier today. The note inside indicated that my
complaint was one of many that has created a firestorm in
Pennsylvania. I'm guessing the corruption was a lot bigger than
the one county the Judge knew about."
"The evening news said more than 100 were arrested initially and
evidence found has resulted in warrants bring issued for an
additional 200. There's speculation that up to 200 more warrants
could be issued."
"If I didn't think all of you were in danger from the local
situation, I'd go somewhere else so all of you wouldn't
potentially be in the line of fire."
"Not after saving my kids' lives, mister."
"Or mine."
"You're the team leader and we're with you."
"Me, too."
"Thank you, Leah, but I'm not sure how much damage you could do
with that baseball bat."
"Uncle Jack, Grandpa Joe let me shoot a 22 rifle out on some
farm. I hit the can 8 times out of 10."
"Thank you, Amelia. I'd rather my girls not be shooting or in a
place where they might be shot at, but I will put your skills to
work. Mindy, did I see a .22 in the gun safe?"
"Yes. I think it's 10 shots."
"Would you get it and a brick of .22s? I'd like to verify that
Amelia can handle it. If things go badly, I'd like all the girls
in the basement by the furnace and Amelia on guard. Amelia, if we
send you girls down there do NOT come out until we give you the
password or you see someone you know - your Grandpa Joe or Mister
Pete."
"What's the password?"
"Running Wild."
"I can remember that!"
"I thought so,"
"Will we really have to hide in the basement again?"
"I hope not, but I want my girls safe."
"You said 'my girls' again - two times."
"Aren't you?"
"All of us."
---
"If you ladies can get the girls their bedtime story - here's the
other new book - I'll set up my hide outside. I can see and hear
more out there. I'll be back in about fifteen minutes for their
goodnight kisses - so they get at least a little bit of normal."
"'The Pickle Family - Book 3'." Guess it's another 'happily ever
after' book."
"I bet it's not!"
"Why, Celia?"
"The one last night wasn't."
"But you said you liked it."
"I liked it, but it didn't have 'happily ever after'."
"Do these kids know something we don't, Mindy?"
"Probably. Just consider who they've been hanging out with this
week."
---
"'And they lived sourly ever after'. You were right, Celia."
"That's how the other one ended."
"Considering the puns in this book, it's written for adults to
enjoy while they read to the kids."
"It's certainly its own form of pun-ishment."
"You are so bad, Sarah."
---
"Teeth brushed and to bed girls. Jack said he'd do goodnight
kisses after the book."
"Do we hafta?"
"Yes. School night schedule."
"But tomorrow is Sunday. No school."
"No, today is Sunday. Tomorrow is Monday. School hasn't started
yet but school bedtime has. School bedtime is the same every
night."
"Yes, Momma."
---
"I'll make the rounds. If you want a goodnight kiss, pucker up
when I come into your room."
"Paige?"
"I'm puckered."
"Rachel?"
"Me, too."
"Celia?"
"Big pucker."
"Leah?"
"Big pucker. Rub my butt?"
"Just the kiss tonight."
"Amelia?"
"Always!"
"Alicia?"
"Always!"
"If you're going off to war, you can kiss us, too."
"Yes, Ma'am."
"Mindy?"
"I'm puckered."
"Sarah?"
"Big pucker."
---
Monday, 14 September, 2:20AM
I hear voices. There should not be that many people out at this
hour.
"They got a big fence up there. You think it's a pool?"
"Pools out here are always fenced, but they also fence in big
dogs. Hey, Jerky! Throw some of that beef stuff over the fence."
"Nothing happened, boss."
"So no dogs. The front door looks easier than the fence. Grab
that log and we'll bust it down."
"Hit that door and you die!"
"Where is he?"
"I don't see nothing, boss."
"Me either."
"Drop the guns!"
"He's still there!"
"It's dark man! How can he see the guns?"
"He's just guessing."
Bang!
"My hand!"
"Other two! Drop your guns! On your knees!"
"Do it, boss! He's gonna kill us!"
"Not if he's dead."
Bang!
"My hand!"
And there's Pete with a spotlight and a 12 gauge.
"Sheriff's Office! On your knees!"
"There's two of 'em boss!"
"We're doing it!"
"Deputy, don't get between them and the oak tree."
"Got it."
---
"I called it in, Jack. The wagon will be here shortly. I drove by
and walked by and didn't see you either time. Damn but you're
good!"
"Just taking care of my girls. You need a statement from me?"
"Not really. I saw these guys about a block back and started
following them. When they stopped here, I thought they were up to
no good and their words confirmed it. Their conversation with you
proved they have a collective IQ below room temperature. 'He's
guessing' about the guns when you've already told them to drop
the log?"
"No one ever said petty criminals were smart."
"Only the big ones."
---
"How'd you shoot so accurately in the dark, Pete?'
"Not me. A civilian protecting his family."
"Where is he?"
"About fifteen feet above your head."
"What?"
"Bill Thomas, meet Jack Wilson - a retired SEAL."
 "Night vision?"
"An unexpected gift from a friend earlier today, Bill. I'm Jack."
"You haven't lost your edge from your time with the SEALs."
"Just watching out for family."
"Isn't this where the attempted home invasions were?"
"Yes."
"No wonder six to one was bad odds."
"Six to two. My niece warned me of one coming up behind me."
"The girl who did the video?"
"Yes."
"What is she, maybe fifteen and at the performing arts high
school?"
"She's nine."
"Damn but she's good. And I guess that you rather like her since
you're up in a tree and loaded for bear."
"A little."
"Hope the rest of your night is quiet."
"Thanks, Pete."
---
"Did you see that AR, Pete? It's select fire. He could go full
auto."
"And with three to one odds he was in single shot mode and going
for their hands."
"Oh. I guess it was just the excitement of having him 'drop in'
on me that made me think that."
"Probably."
---
Monday, 14 September, 1:40AM
"You OK, Jack?"
"Yes, Sarah. Why are you still up?"
"There was shooting in front of the house and I didn't know where
you were! Why do you think I'm up? Meanwhile, here's fresh
coffee."
"Thanks. I'm guessing most of the vermin will have crawled away
to their holes by 3 or 4 but just in case I'll stay out until
dawn.. Either you or Mindy should get some sleep so you can be on
watch when I sack out."
"I gave Mindy some chamomile tea and sent her to bed earlier.
Will you be doing this every night?"
"Hopefully only until the water is back on."
"Hopefully?"
"The hardware I got yesterday was because a friend thinks I'm in
danger. I hope the additional arrest warrants get the people
higher up in the Pennsylvania mess, but there's no guarantee."
"You can't be on watch day and night!"
"No, I can't. I've ordered some surveillance gear that will alert
me to people coming on the property and it will be watching when
I'm not. I'm having everything delivered to the Bridges Data
warehouse so it can't be traced to your address. It'll all be
there tomorrow and I'll pick it up while I'm in town for a
meeting. Other than the Glock under the back of my shirt, I'll
just look like another geek going out to eat with the other
geeks. I got some extra cameras for Mindy's house. We don't know
if all rats have been trapped or exterminated. After a couple of
shootings in the neighborhood, no one will think anything about
either of you getting more outside lights with motion sensors.
Time for a pit stop and then back in the tree."
---
Monday, 14 September, 5:50AM
The junction of these limbs isn't a bad place to watch from - if
you're 20-something. The orange glows I saw during the night are
now putting up the smoke of a fire being extinguished. Maybe the
water is back on or perhaps they got some tanker trucks from the
Forest Service fire crews and filled them at one of the lakes?
Hope the water is on. My body needs a hot shower. Time to go back
in and ensure someone else is up.
"Coffee, Jack?"
"Thanks, Sarah. Any word on the water repairs?"
"Parts supposedly got here at 3:00AM via a National Guard plane.
Repairs are estimated at 6 hours. If all goes as promised, water
at lower than normal pressure will be back around 9. There'll be
a 'boil water' order for at least 4 days while they check the
distribution lines."
"I'd hoped to get a shower before I went to bed. Guess that won't
happen."
"The stock pot on the stove has 5 gallons of at least warm water.
Not knowing when you would come in, I put it on to heat about an
hour ago."
"You are a queen among women."
"No, you're looking for pain relief after spending the night in a
tree."
---
Monday, 14 September, 6:30AM
"Rise and shine, girls. Don't be loud. Jack's asleep. He spent
the night on watch outside and stopped some people from breaking
in."
"Can we wake him up later?"
"Maybe in time for lunch - clear it with me first."
"Yes, Momma."
"Can we swim after breakfast?"
"I'll have to answer that later. If the water comes back on
today, yes. If not, we only have enough water left for cooking
and drinking for a couple of days so no showers. I can give you a
better answer after 9AM - the morning news should tell us the
status of the repairs."
"Cereal for breakfast?"
"We're finishing off the milk, so cereal. Later in the day a few
of us will get Jack to go to the store with us to get groceries."
"You need Uncle Jack to get groceries?"
"Celia, do you remember what I said Uncle Jack did last night?"
"He was on watch."
"And what else?"
"He stopped some people who tried to break in. Oh - we don't
wanna go out if there are bad people."
"Correct. He also told me that there were some fires in town last
night. The early news didn't mention them and multiple fires
should be big news. I don't know how safe it is outside so we'll
take extra precautions."
"Yes, Momma."
---
"Alicia, have you seen Amelia?"
"She said she was gonna take a nap."
"I'll check her bed."
Not there. Not in the other girls' rooms. She didn't, did she?
Yes, snuggled up on Jack's shoulder and him still asleep. Waking
her would likely wake him and I won't do that. He said she was a
calming influence in his lap yesterday so perhaps her presence
will help him sleep. I love that sweet girl!
---
"Did you find Amelia?"
"Yes, she's asleep."
I won't tell any of the other girls about this. I do NOT want to
hear 'not fair'. Amelia cares enough to not disturb him when she
snuggles up but I don't know if the others can do that - and I
certainly don't want them waking Jack.
---
Monday, 14 September, 12:20PM
"Lunch time, girls."
"Miss Sarah, can I go wake Mister Jack?"
"No, Alicia. He was in military mode all night and he might come
up swinging if you weren't careful when you woke him. You want to
fix a plate for him while I wake him?"
"I can do that."
Knock! Knock!
"Come in."
"You're already awake?"
"About a minute ago - and very pleasantly. And my alarm clock
made me feel very loved when she told me she's been awake just
looking at me for an hour and waiting for someone to say that
lunch was ready."
"I noted that Amelia was missing right after breakfast and she'd
said something to Alicia about a nap. When I didn't find her in
the other beds, I checked here. I decided that waking her might
wake you. Then I remembered what you said about her calming you
when she was asleep in your lap so I let her stay."
"I slept better than I have in a long time, so her presence was a
good thing. Thank you, Amelia."
"You're welcome, Uncle Jack, but I sleep really good when I'm
snuggled with you."
"You two sleepyheads come eat."
"Yes, Momma. I gotta pee. Is the water on so I can flush and wash
my hands?"
"Not yet. We're still flushing by color. Use the dipper to put
water in the pan to wash. Dump the pan in the bucket we use for
flushing. There have been 'unexpected difficulties' in completing
the repairs so the time is now 'late afternoon to early evening'.
National Guard trucks will be at the park distributing bottled
water around 3. A six-pack per person, so we'll all need to go."
"Not in the same trip, Sarah. Half go and the other half stays to
watch the house. You can take a shortcut between a couple of
houses that don't have fences and pull one of the wagons. I don't
think Paige or Rachel can carry a six-pack that far and I think
Celia and Leah would probably be whining about 'heavy' before
they got back. And we go armed."
"Lunch is ready and we can arrange who goes to the park when
while we eat."
"Let's eat."
"Carry me?"
"Can you look too sleepy to walk?"
"I'll try."
---
"We didn't get carried down the stairs!"
"You didn't go back to sleep so long that you were too dopey to
walk straight, Celia."
"She does look kinda dopey."
"Let go of my neck and sit down, Amelia."
"Yes, Uncle Jack."
---
"Why the big smile, Amelia?"
"Leah, I smile any time I get to snuggle with Uncle Jack, even if
it's just down the stairs."
"Me, too."
---
Monday, 14 September, 3:50PM
Whoop! Whoop!
'This is the Sheriff's Office. The National Guard is distributing
water at the park. You will receive a six-pack per person per
day. Today you will receive two six-packs. One to use today and
the other to use tomorrow. If the water is not restored by 10AM
tomorrow morning, they will be back to distribute water again.
You must come in person or your driver's license must be
presented to receive the water.'
"I guess they need a way to inform the locals when the water
arrives. Team one goes now. I'll be on the roof with the Barrett.
I watched them setting up and I have a clear shot to all the
troops."
"What's bothering you, Jack?"
"Not sure, Mindy. Just this nagging feeling that I'm missing
something. On a mission, that was usually my indicator that
someone was pointing a weapon at me, whether I saw them or not.
Sarah, take this FRS radio and the earbud."
"Why?"
"My feeling that I'm missing something."
"OK."
---
"You and your children are right on time, Ma'am. May I see your
ID?"
"Yes."
"Thank you. Is you husband at home? You could have brought his ID
and saved him a trip."
"He died last week."
"I'm sorry, Ma'am. If you'll step over here…"
"The water is the other way…"
"This way, lady. If there's no man at your house, you go with
us."
'Hand him the radio.'
"You need to hear this."
'Corporal, I don't know what you're trying to pull, but you touch
my family and this .50 caliber goes through your head.'
'Who are you?'
'Family. And a sniper with 30 confirmed kills. You and your squad
put your weapons on the ground and get on your knees.'
'We have a .50 on that Humvee.'
Boom!
'You had a .50. Don't be in a hurry to raise your weapon. She's
also armed and at that distance she can't miss. Weapons down! On
your knees!'
'No wa…'
Boom!
---
"Ma'am, what happened?"
"Deputy Connors?"
"Yes."
"This soldier said females without a man at home had to go with
them. Jack did a warning shot on that machine gun and told this
one to put down his weapons and get on his knees. He started to
point his rifle at me and his head exploded! I got out my pistol
and told the rest of them to get on their knees or they were
next."
"I got a call from the Sheriff to watch for a rogue group of
Guard but I was on the far side on the county. I'm guessing that
Jack reached out and touched this guy from the roof of the Davis
house."
"Correct. If you don't mind the blood and gore, you can talk to
Jack on that radio."
"Label says it's waterproof. I'll test that with a quick rinse."
---
'You there, Jack?'
'Yes, Pete.'
'Good setup. Direct line of sight from there to here. There are
more Deputies coming. They'll gather the rest of these 'soldiers'
and handle the water distribution. Knowing you, you'll be in
place until your other group has been here and returned. I'll
tell the Deputies doing the distribution to include yours.'
'Thanks, Pete.'
'No, thank you for being paranoid and for having Sarah first in
line.'
 "Mister Pete, what's the truck with blue lights?"
"That would be the commander of the local Guard. Let's see what
he has to say."
"Deputy, I'm so sorry. These men hijacked some of our vehicles
and we've been trying to find them. What happened?"
"The 'Corporal' tried to kidnap the wrong person. There's a
family member keeping watch from a quarter mile away - through
the scope on a Barrett .50."
"So the M60 got a warning round and one on the ground wasn't
smart enough to heed the warning?"
"So I was told by the woman he tried to grab."
"We have chains and body bags in the Humvee. We'll clean up the
mess. I'd offer to leave other troops to do the water
distribution, but the locals would probably rather have you in
charge today. Can many of the civilians here mount this kind of
response?"
"I'm only aware of one retired SEAL with a Barrett, but there
were numerous shotguns and rifles close at hand for the people
watching out their second floor windows last night. And the woman
the dead one tried to grab was armed. Having the fatal bullet
come from elsewhere made the gun appear in her hand by 'magic'."
"Excellent misdirection. I think I'd like to meet your retired
SEAL."
 "I expect him to be in place until the other family he's
watching over has been here and returned."
"Perhaps I can meet him later. I'd rather not intrude on a man
watching over family in that manner."
---
"You and the three children, Ma'am?"
"Yes, plus…"
"Yes, Ma'am. These are for him. I can't see him, but I KNOW he's
there."
---
"Momma, how do I get the blood off and get my clothes clean with
the water off?"
"I think you should ask your Uncle Jack. He seems to know almost
everything about taking care of people. He probably knows about
laundry."
---
"Amelia, what happened? You're all bloody! Are you hurt? I heard
Mister Jack's big gun. Did he shoot somebody?"
"Slow down, Alicia. Other than scared and dirty, we're all OK.
The people weren't real Guard. The hijacked the vehicles and
stole uniforms to try and kidnap women and girls. Jack fired a
warning shot. When the fake soldier started pointing his rifle at
me. Jack shot him…"
"His head exploded! And we got junk all over us."
"Sarah!"
"Yes, Jack?"
"Get water from the pool to wash yourself and the girls
initially. Stand over where the yard dips toward the fence so it
will run toward the street. Use pool water to soak the clothes
before trying to wash them. Do you have a 'plumber's helper.?"
"The thingie for when Rachel put marbles in the toilet?"
"Yes, Alicia."
"I'll get it."
"Put the clothes in mop buckets with some soap and bleach and use
the plumber's helper to agitate them.. If the shower bags weren't
refilled yesterday, go ahead and fill them with cold water and
get that stuff off your bodies."
"We're almost out of stored water."
"I'll work on that after Mindy and her kids get their water. Go
now."
 "The first rinse with water from the pool wasn't too bad, but
this water is cold! I hate cold showers!"
"Me, too!"
"Me, three!"
"Amelia, the pool is in the sun so the water is a little warmer
than what's in the house and your Uncle Jack did remind us to put
the towels in the sun so they'll be warm."
"But the water's cold!"
"Wash and rinse yourself quickly - including your hair - while I
wash Paige. If you finish before I do, start on Celia's hair and
then help with her body."
"Yes, Momma."
"There are sweatshirts for all of us - also in the sun."
---
Monday, 14 September, 6:00PM
Knock! Knock!
"Stop, Alicia. Let Mister Jack get the door."
"Yes, Momma."
"You there, Jack?"
"Come in, Pete."
"Hi, Mister Pete!"
"Hi, girls."
"Everything still quiet at the park?"
"We're finished for the day. The Major in charge of the local
Guard unit wanted to meet you but chose not to walk into the line
of fire from a .50."
"Possibly one reason he's lived long enough to be a Major?"
"True. I sent email to your contact at Bridges Data yesterday and
I have an interview on Tuesday. What did you tell them about me
that got me in that quick?"
"I haven't said a thing. I think your reputation precedes you."
"The Sheriff heard what happened today. The SWAT team has a
sniper but he's not as good as you. Would you consider being a
Special Deputy attached to the SWAT unit? You get a badge, a
Glock, a fuel allowance, practice ammo, range time and a $250
call-out fee."
"So we're back in Tombstone in 1850 and it's $250 dead or alive?"
"If we call you in, we'll either be looking for unquestioned one
shot elimination or one shot disabling that leaves them alive but
not fighting."
"I'll think about it."
"He didn't expect more of an answer than that after today's
events. I'm just glad your 'sixth sense' or whatever you have was
working. No innocents harmed - other than scared and covered in
blood and gore. If any of them have nightmares, the County will
pay for a therapist. That group of 'Guard' wasn't vetted as they
should have been and I'm sure the deputy involved got a Class 1,
Grade A, ass chewing."
"Sounds like a Marine DI is involved."
"Which is what the Sheriff was."
"I hope that deputy can eat standing up."
---
"Stay and eat with us, Deputy?"
"Thank you, Ma'am, but I'll be home to eat with my kids tonight."
"We can't compete with that!"
---
"Jack, you said you could get more drinkable water?"
"Yes. I can build a still to get some of the contaminants out of
the pool water and set up a filter to catch the rest of them."
"What do you need?"
"I saw a gas water heater behind the garage. Is the burner on it
OK?"
 "I think so. One of the neighbors helped Carl replace it when
there was water on the floor."
"You have LP gas here, so I can feed that burner from a 30 lb
tank. I'll need some containers for evaporating the water. I
might find something in cookware at Wally World. The tubing I can
get at a home center. The sand, gravel and landscape cloth for
the filter should also be at the home center. The charcoal for
the filter is available at pet stores. It's too late for most of
those today, so I'll leave out early for the meeting tomorrow and
pick up what I can on my way in and the rest after I get the
surveillance gear at the warehouse. Had getting the bottled water
not turned into an adventure, I might've had time to get things
and put the still and filter together today. You'll need to keep
a close eye on the water until then."
"Amelia wants to know if she can sleep in your bed tonight like
she did this morning. She said she didn't want anything else,
just a shoulder to sleep on."
"I think that would be good for me, but we need to see if any of
the other girls exert that same calming effect on me. Tomorrow
afternoon, after the still and filter are in place, each of the
others can spend an hour with me while I'm working. I'll mostly
be reading, so she can sit or curl up in my lap if she can be
still that long. If a girl can't be still or having her with me
isn't calming then she won't get my shoulder for a night. There
will probably still be some 'not fair' complaints but they'll
have to grow into spending that kind of time with me."
"As usual, you've planned it out for years and not just tonight."
"I've always planned for the long term. Will your girls need more
than just goodnight kisses tonight? Things at the park may have
been more scary than they've admitted."
"We'll see what they ask - or if they sneak into your room."
---
Monday, 14 September, 9:00PM
"Girls, bed time. Jammies or whatever then brush and floss."
"Yes, Momma."
"Bedtime story, Uncle Jack?"
"Would you like another new book?"
"Yes!"
"You spoil them, Jack."
"Just doing some fun things from the bargain table at One Billion
Books."
"How many books did you buy?"
"Not many. And only a few games."
"Games? What is it?"
"Another day, girls. It's too late for games tonight."
"Then read the story!"
"OK. Once upon a time…"
---
"That's a pickle story but it had 'happily ever after'."
"Paige, tell me why it wasn't 'sourly ever after'?"
"Susie was a sweet pickle so it couldn't be sour!"
"Very good, smart girl. Time for kisses. I'll make the rounds…"
"And we pucker if we want a kiss!"
"Have I said that before?"
"Every night, Mister Jack."
"Are you sure, Leah?"
"I'm sure. Hurry up and do the little kids."
"Paige?"
"Big pucker."
"Rub my butt?"
"Just a little."
"Rachel?"
"Rub my butt while you kiss me? Big pucker."
"OK."
"Celia?"
"Real big pucker. Do your tongue?"
"Just a little."
"Leah?"
"I like how you let us choose. Do your tongue. Big pucker."
"Just a little."
"Amelia?"
"Always! Can I ask you something?"
"After Alicia."
"OK."
"Alicia?"
"Always!"
"Come to the bathroom with me, Amelia, so we can turn off the
light and let Alicia get to sleep."
"OK. That's what I want - sleep. But on your shoulder."
"Your mother told me. I think it would be good for me…"
"You'll let me?"
"Let me finish. While it may be good for me, how many 'not fair'
would we hear?"
"Everybody."
"Very good, smart girl. I told your mother that we would test
each girl, starting tomorrow afternoon. She gets an hour with me
while I'm reading for work. If she can be still and if her
presence calms me as you do I'll let the ones who pass the test
have a shoulder but no exploring or other stuff unless we've
talked about it in advance. That will get them back in their own
beds. Question for you. How are you and your sisters after the
big mess at the park?"
"It was a mess! It was scary at the time and we may all have bad
dreams, but you can't hold all of us all might. If we need you,
will you hold us?"
"Of course. Long enough to calm you down and get you back to
sleep."
"What if the bad dreams keep happening?"
"I'll keep holding you."
"I love you, Uncle Jack. Thank you for loving us. I wish I could
have your babies when I'm older."
"I love you, too, sweet girl. I'm honored that you think I'd be a
good father."
"You already are - to six of us."
"Goodnight, Amelia."
"Kiss me goodnight again?"
"Of course. In here or in bed?"
"In here with all the touchy-feely stuff?"
"You want to make love?"
"Please? I'm scared and I need you!"
"Hold on and I'll carry you to my room."
---
"I'll get naked!"
"Remember what we did before?"
"You want to undress me?"
"Did you like it?"
"Yes!"
---
"I love all the things that make me feel good!"
"Even sucking your toes?"
"I never woulda thought of it but it makes me tingle so good!"
"Kissing inside your legs?"
"And the licking!"
---
"I'm tingly all over! Put it in me!"
"I'll get on my back and you control the depth and speed and
motion."
"This is so good! Rub my boobies!"
"Bee stings."
"Kiss them!"
"Lean down."
"You move all over inside me when I do that!"
"Sit back up. You can come down a little more."
"You hit bottom! Squeeze my nipples! Getting stronger!"
"Go in circles."
"Too strong! Don't rub my button!
"Trust me, sweetie. Just a little longer."
"Too strong! Oh. Wow! The tingle is a burn! Rub very soft. My
tummy is rippling! Feels so good when I do that and you're inside
me! Rub slower! Slower! Kiss me! Hold me!"
"Slowing down some?"
"Still rippling, just not as hard. So good, Uncle Jack!"
"Should I plan on your sisters needing this kind of attention?"
"Maybe."
"I think for sure."
"How do you know?"
"Look who's watching."
"Can I try that, Uncle Jack?"
"Paige, I don't think you body is big enough yet, but we'll try
some stretching. Stay here and keep your jammies on…"
"You want to undress me?"
"And suck our toes?"
"Did you like those things?"
"Yes!"
"Me, too!"
"I'll get Amelia dressed and carry her back to bed."
"OK."
---
"Mister Jack?"
"Alicia, Amelia needed extra time because of what happened at the
park today."
"That had to be scary. You made her feel good?"
"I made her feel loved."
"That's even better! Do me?"
"No. Paige and Celia need me tonight."
"I understand. Kiss me goodnight again?"
"Yes."
---
"Paige, I'll start with you because Celia can stay awake longer."
"OK. Suck my toes."
"First off with your Crocs. Then nibble on your ankles…"
"Tickles!"
"Then lick and suck your toes."
"Do them again?"
"Now your top."
"Do my boobies!"
"Dirty spots. First your ears. Suck and nibble on your earlobes."
"I'm getting tingly!"
"Lick the dirty spots."
"More tingly!"
"Bottoms off. Squeeze your pretty little butt. Turn you around
and lean you over and kiss each little bald head."
"Not a bald head! It's my butt! Do me again!"
"Turn you around and lay you down and use my tongue in your
middle."
"Do the button with your tongue! Put a finger in me!"
"First some KY to make it slick."
"Feels good!"
"Now pinky finger. And some pinky wiggles…"
"I like that!"
"A little deeper."
"Better!"
"All the way in."
"Do a bigger finger!"
"OK, but remember that piece of skin that has to stretch to let a
bigger finger can only stretch so much. When the finger gets big
enough, you either stop because it hurts or you say 'bigger'
because you don't care if it tears and hurts and bleeds."
"Bigger finger!"
"Ring finger, just a little…"
"Kinda snug and it pulls. Do a little more."
"A little more, slowly."
"Hurts but not too bad."
"Tell me if you want to stop."
"Not yet. Deeper."
"OK, just a little deeper. I see tears on your cheek. It's OK to
stop."
"Deeper, just slow."
"I see you biting your lip. It will hurt more when the skin
tears. Are you sure you want to do this?"
"I'm sure. Just do it slow."
"That's all of ring finger."
"Is your thumb a lot bigger?"
"Yes."
"Do it."
"Are you sure, little one? It will hurt."
"I know. I gotta do this."
"Paige, what's my rule about 'gotta'?"
"I gotta want to do something 'cause you won't make me do things
like Alicia's daddy did."
"Why do you want to do this so much?"
"'Cause there's shooting and I could get killed or you could get
killed and if I don't do it tonight I might not ever get to do it
with you!"
"Are you really, really sure or are you still scared about what
happened at the park?"
"Still scared!"
"Paige, I'll do whatever I can to make you feel safe, but hurting
you because you're scared won't make it better."
"But I wanna have your babies!"
"You're so sweet, little girl. But there are two problems. First,
you are a little girl and your body won't be able to make babies
for a very long time…"
"Not even with you?"
"Not with anyone. Second, remember that Amelia helped your mother
'fix' me so I could put it in you?"
"Un huh."
"They could fix the getting up and feeling parts, but not the
parts that make the stuff that makes babies. I won't ever be able
to make a baby in any of you."
"But you do stuff with Amelia…"
"Because she wants to and I want to and it feels good, just like
you want it up your butt because it feels good."
"She doesn't care that you can't make a baby?"
"She can't either right now. We just enjoy pleasing each other."
"Can we try more stretching tomorrow?"
"Maybe not tomorrow, but the next time we make each other feel
good."
"Then put the KY on my butt and put it in me!"
"You're wound up tonight, little girl. I'll keep my hand in place
to keep you from going too deep."
"I'll sit on it. Celia, get behind me and put it in the right
place. It's big!"
"You said that last time."
"Gotta go deeper! And deeper."
"Remember up and down and side to side and back and forth and the
circle."
"It's - all - so - good! Deeper!"
"Only a little."
"So good! Kiss me!"
"Sorry, I can't reach your lips when you're sitting there."
"Go faster!"
"You're on top, Paige. You can go as fast as you want."
"Better! Deeper! Move your hand!"
"A little deeper."
"More!"
"A little."
"So good! Touched a new spot! Strong tingles! Rub my button!"
"Just a little."
"Tingles burn! Deeper!"
"Last time for deeper."
"Oh WOW! Stron…"
"She was really moving and jerking, Uncle Jack! I think she liked
that!"
"I wanted her to slow down so she'd remember it but I think the
scary was so strong she couldn't slow down."
"You're still holding her up - without hands!"
"Let me get her off the pole and down on the bed. Just a little
kissing to make her still feel loved."
"You're nice, Uncle Jack."
"Thank you, Celia. How much touchy-feely do you need tonight?"
"After sitting here watching Paige, I'm really tingly! Just
undress me, kiss my boobies…"
"Mosquito bites."
"Boobies! And grease me up to sit down on you."
"Butt or pussy?"
"Pussy again. It was so good and it's been long enough that I'm
not sore now."
"Spread your legs for the KY. Now squat down."
"It's big!"
"I think you said that last time. Press down slowly. You know it
will stretch and it doesn't hurt if you take your time."
"It's going in! So good to have part of you in me!"
"Easy, Celia. Remember we're making love and when you do that you
want your partner to feel good. I know that you will feel good if
we take time to let it stretch and not rush and have it hurt."
"More is in! Is that all of it?"
"It may feel like a lot because I'm an adult and you're a child
and my parts are bigger than yours."
"Then I wouldn't want to do it with a boy my age - you fill me up
and it feels good!"
"You can come down a little more and I think you'll hit bottom."
"I did! I got it all!"
"All that will fit in you. Look down."
"There's still a lot outside!"
"But your body isn't ready to take more of it inside here. You
want to do all the motions? Side to side. Back and forth. Up and
down. In a circle."
"So good! Better in the circle! Coming down harder gets more in
me!"
 "Coming down harder can hurt. No more than you're doing now or
I'll make you stop."
"Without the good feeling?"
"Without the good feeling."
"OK. I'll come down easier. Rub my boobies! And my button! More
tingly! Even more! Starting to burn!"
"Then I'll ease off on the boobie and button rubs."
"Tingly all over! Too strong! Stop rubbing!"
"I'll slow down the rubbing and touch softer."
"Too strong!"
"Remember last time? I want you to trust me again. Just a little
while."
"So strong! Boobies burn! Tummy ripples! Can't stop it!"
"Enjoy it, Celia. You get to stay awake for this one."
"So good! Still tingly! Tired. Hold me."
She's gone. She did stay conscious for the orgasm but she's too
tired to stay awake. Two trips to carry these two back to their
beds? Better than having one potentially always squirmy little
girl in the bed with me. So much easier to get clothes back on
them when they're awake. They're done. Paige first.
---
"Mister Jack?"
"Tucking Paige back in, Rachel. She had a scary time that the
park today."
"OK."
"Mister Jack?"
"Tucking Celia back in, Leah. She had a scary time at the park
today."
"OK."
---
Who knew keeping up with little girls could be so much work? And
I have to go to work in the morning. Better set a noise making
alarm clock in case one of the more pleasant kind isn't in here
early enough.
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