JC: Ed Biggers
Part 3: Accretion
Chapter 21
By
Lazlo Zalezac
Copyright (C) Lazlo Zalezac, 2004

Belly swollen with child, Kelly lay on the couch feeling very 
pregnant and elephantine. Unlike a lot of women in her condition, 
she didn't feel ugly. The men and women in her family paid so 
much attention to her body that it was almost frightening. How 
could one feel ugly with so many worshipping her? She didn't 
know. All that she did know was that they did what ever they could 
to make her comfortable and happy.

Ed was on the floor next to her slowly rubbing some skin cream on 
her bulging stomach, enjoying the feel of the child moving inside. 
It was with total awe that he watched her body change as a new life 
grew within it. This was the miracle that he served, innocent life 
created by the Goddess, given strength by the God, and that little 
spark that made human different from animal from the Two-Sided 
One. 

Leroy was at the end of the couch, with her feet on his lap rubbing 
them with body cream. The firm caress of his hand on her feet was 
so sexy that she felt with just a little effort she could come. Dr. 
Hayes, on his crutches, hobbled into the informal living room and 
looked at the scene. Smiling he said, "Now don't you look 
comfortable Queen Kelly."

She laughed and said, "If I had known that I would get this kind of 
treatment, I would have gotten pregnant years ago."

Smiling up at her, Ed said, "I can't wait for the water balloons and 
paper airplanes."

Dr. Hayes said, "You've got a long way to go before that becomes 
part of your everyday life."

Smiling, Ed said, "This child is going to be special."

Years of working in the hospital had taught Kelly a few lessons 
about new parents and infants. She replied, "All children are 
special."

Having finished rubbing the body lotion onto her stomach, Ed put 
up the bottle and rested his hand on her stomach. Ed jumped and 
Kelly gasped as the infant within kicked where he was resting his 
hand. When Ed returned to massaging her stomach, the aggression 
stopped. He laughed and said, "This little one really likes 
massages."

Dr. Hayes made his way over to one of the chairs and sat down. It 
wasn't long before John entered the room with a smiling Linda. As 
Linda sat down on a chair, she said, "Kelly, you are glowing."

Smiling over at the younger woman, Kelly answered, "I'm excited 
about tomorrow. We're getting married."

Paling, Leroy said, "Oh my gosh, my parents will be arriving soon. 
I better get dressed."

As he ran out of the room, Linda took his place and continued the 
foot massage. She smiled as she ran a finger down the middle of 
the foot, provoking an immediate response from Kelly. As Kelly 
pulled her leg back and struggled to get up to respond, she 
exclaimed, "Wait until you're pregnant. I'll get you back for that!"

Linda giggled and said, "Don't worry. You'll be too busy chasing 
the little one around to bother with me."

As everyone laughed, Kelly settled back on the couch and tried to 
scrunch up her face at Linda. The result prompted another laugh 
from Linda. After a few minutes, Kelly said, "I have to get up."

Ed stood and helped her sit up. Once she was sitting, she held out a 
hand to be helped up. Grasping her hand, Ed helped her to her feet. 
Once she was standing, she said, "One of the downsides of all this 
is that I have to go potty twenty times a day."

Almost simultaneously, Ed and John said, "Shhhhhhhhhh."

Their response created a minor ripple of laughter. Whenever she 
said that she had to go to the bathroom, it was almost an automatic 
reply on their part intended to make the need a little stronger. If 
Leroy had been there, he would have joined in as well. As she 
waddled away a little faster than her original need had demanded, 
she said, "I'm going to get you guys one of these days."

Surprised at the juvenile behavior of the two men, Dr. Hayes 
commented, "You two are incorrigible."

As Ed joined John on the couch, he smiled at the doctor and said, 
"That's why she married us."

"Clearly it wasn't for your good looks," retorted the doctor.

Ling entered the room and said, "I think one of you should go to 
the airport with Leroy. He appears to be very nervous about his 
parents showing up."

Standing, Ed said, "I'll go."

Looking over at his husband and seeing a cowboy standing there as 
others might see him, John wondered what the effect would be on 
the parents of Leroy. John asked, "Are you sure?"

"Yes," answered Ed, looking forward to meeting the parents of his 
future husband. He headed directly to his room to get dressed. Five 
minutes later, he was headed to the garage. 

Greeting Ed when he entered the garage, Walt waited by the van to 
drive Leroy to the airport. Ed said, "That's okay Walt. I'll drive 
him."

Shaking his head, Walt said, "No, I'll drive. You need me to come 
along to deal with the luggage."

Surprised, Ed asked, "Are you sure?"

"Yes. If you talk nice to me, I'll even take you with me," quipped 
Walt with a grin. 

Ed was about to argue and then realized that Walt was kidding. 
Looking at him out of the corner of his eye, he asked, "Are you 
sure that you haven't been working here for years?"

"Quite sure," replied Walt. He added, "Bob was kind enough to fill 
me in on all of the tricks of dealing with you guys."

"Remind me to fire Bob," Ed joked. 

Leroy finally showed up in the garage wearing a grin. One look at 
Leroy told enough of the story to Ed. He said, "Let me guess, 
Ling?"

"Linda," replied Leroy knowing exactly what the question meant.

"That explains everything," said Ed. Linda had been practicing her 
oral sex skills every chance she had. There was no doubt that she 
had gotten better at that than anyone in the household.

The three men climbed into the van and Walt drove towards the 
airport. Leroy was looking out the window nervous about the 
reaction of his parents to the rest of the Carter Clan. Noting the 
pensive posture of Leroy, Ed asked, "What are you worried 
about?"

"My Dad," answered Leroy. He turned to face Ed and added, "My 
Dad is a Deacon at the church and is very conservative. I don't 
know how he's going to react to a group marriage, particularly 
when he learns that you guys aren't black."

"Oh," replied Ed, as the implications of what Leroy had said 
became clear to him. Was he about to experience some reverse 
racism? He grinned and said, "Don't worry. He won't be as upset 
about that as the fact that you've been having sex with men."

"Oh, God," groaned Leroy. He hadn't even thought about that 
aspect of the group marriage.

"Relax, you've been around us for a while and know that we don't 
have many problems with even the most ardent objectors."

Thinking about his father, Leroy replied, "You don't know my 
father."

"I'm looking forward to meeting him," said Ed with a grin. 

At the airport terminal where the passengers disembarked, Leroy 
paced waiting for the doors of the gate to open. Leaning against a 
post, Ed watched Leroy with concern. He had never seen Leroy 
this nervous about anything. Sitting on one of the chairs, Walt 
waited patiently knowing that no matter what happened, he could 
just claim to be the hired help. Ed glanced up at the clock and saw 
that it was five minutes before the plane was due. He called over to 
Leroy, "Leroy, have a seat and take it easy. All worry does is make 
it likely that you will react to things that aren't intended."

"You don't know my father."

Pushing his hat back on his head, Ed asked, "Does he serve the 
good?"

"Yes, he does," replied Leroy confused by the question. His father 
was a deacon in the church and a righteous man.

"So do we," replied Ed. Looking directly at Leroy, Ed added, "That 
gives your father and us something in common. Those who serve 
good will not fight each other for long."

For the next few minutes, Leroy looked thoughtful as he 
considered the implications of that. By the time that he had come 
to a conclusion, the plane had landed and pulled up to the gate. 
Within minutes, the doors had been opened and the first class 
passengers had disembarked. Among the first passengers to get off 
the plane was a black couple in their late fifties. The man, an older 
version of Leroy, wore a conservative gray suit and walked with 
perfect posture. The woman beside him wore a simple dress, 
conservative in cut and yet with a nice floral pattern. 

As Leroy moved to intercept them, Ed told Walt, "Wait for them to 
finish greeting each other and then go ask for their baggage claim 
checks."

Walt moved over to the threesome as the father shook hands with 
Leroy as he grasped the younger man's arm. It was a firm 
authoritative handshake. After a moment, Leroy and his mother 
hugged each other in a heartfelt greeting. Walt waited for them to 
separate before he said, "Mr. Jones, if you could hand me your 
baggage claim checks, I'll pick up your luggage and bring it to the 
car."

The elderly man turned to Walt and asked, "Who are you?"

"I'm the driver, sir," replied Walt. 

Handing over the claim checks, Deacon Jones said, "There are two 
bags, both of them are brown."

"Thank you, sir," replied Walt as he accepted the tickets and left 
towards that baggage claim area. 

Ed was about to head over to them when he noticed a news story 
on the television. They were broadcasting live from Mexico the 
consequences of an earthquake of magnitude 6.2. Frowning, Ed 
wondered if the Fusion Foundation had been activated. Turning 
from the television, Ed joined Leroy by his parents. Extending a 
hand, Ed said, "Hello, I'm Ed Biggers."

Leroy's father looked at Ed with a critical eye and accepted his 
hand. In a deep rolling voice, he replied, "I'm Deacon Leroy Jones 
and this is my wife, Cleo."

"Pleased to meet both of you. Would you like to head to the car?" 
asked Ed.

Leroy said, "That's a good idea. Let's get home so that my parents 
can get settled into the house."

Adjusting the hat on his head, Ed interjected, "I hate to say this, 
but we need to make another stop in town before going to the 
house."

As the four of them headed to the parking garage, Leroy asked, 
"Why do we need to stop?"

With a long sigh, Ed answered, "There was an earthquake in 
Mexico just a few minutes ago."

Knowing the involvement of the Carter Clan in the Fusion 
Foundation, Leroy understood the answer. His father, walking 
beside him, was still puzzled as to who Ed was and what his 
relationship to Leroy was. Feeling like he deserved to know what 
was going on, he asked, "So how do you know Leroy?"

"I'm a member of the family that he's marrying tomorrow," 
answered Ed distracted by his thoughts about what was happening 
in Mexico.

Leroy cringed as his father stared at Ed. Concerned, Deacon Jones 
said, "You're white."

The comment made Ed smile. He answered, "I've been working on 
a tan, but it hasn't taken. When I get these clothes off, I'm as pale 
as they come."

Although the deacon tensed up, Cleo laughed at the joke 
appreciating the ease with which the man accepted the racial 
comment. Despite the look from her husband, she said, "That's 
funny."

"Thank you, ma'am," replied Ed tipping his hat. When they 
reached the door to the parking lot, he added, "It's a little warm 
outside. I hope you don't mind the heat."

Deacon Jones replied, "We live in the south and are used to the 
heat."

"Good enough for me," replied Ed. He led the way to the car as 
Leroy hung back to talk to his mother and father. Their 
conversation was held in quiet voices so that Ed couldn't hear what 
was being said. When they reached the van, Ed held the doors open 
for Leroy and his parents. 

Inside the van, the temperature was cool representing a 
compromise between the temperature that Ed liked and that liked 
by everyone else. Deacon Jones commented, "At least you don't 
keep it freezing in the car like most people."

Leroy replied, "Ed doesn't like it too cold. This is a compromise 
between the temperature that he likes and what everyone else 
likes."

"Ed sounds like he carries a bit of weight within the family," 
remarked the deacon.

Joking, Ed said, "Well, if I ate too much of Marguerite's cooking, 
I'd be carrying a whole lot more weight. I try to keep it down."

The deacon just looked at Ed and shook his head. The back door of 
the van opened as Walt loaded the luggage into the back. He 
closed the door and after going around the van got into the driver's 
seat. As he settled into his seat, he said, "Next stop, home of the 
Carter Clan."

Ed corrected him, "Next stop, Fusion Foundation."

Walt looked at him in surprise and pulled out of the parking lot. 
The Fusion Foundation headquarters were not that far from the 
airport. As they drove by the hanger, Ed noticed that the planes 
normally parked there were gone. Nodding, he said, "The planes 
are gone, that's a good sign."

The Deacon asked, "Why are we going by the Fusion 
Foundation?"

Hoping to score points with his father, Leroy was about to explain, 
but Ed beat him to the punch. Ed answered, "I do some volunteer 
work there. A major earthquake occurred in Mexico and I need to 
check to make sure that I'm not needed."

Pleased to hear that this guy actually volunteered his time to a 
good cause, Deacon Jones said, "The Fusion Foundation is quite a 
nice group. There is a medical center near where we live and they 
do great work."

Nodding, Ed said, "That's the area that Kelly does her volunteer 
work. I'm in the emergency response area."

Leroy still trying to impress his father said, "Ed is in charge down 
there."

Ed said, "Don't overstate my role. I just visit occasionally."

Frustrated by the modesty that Ed demonstrated, Leroy sat back in 
his seat. Walt pulled into the parking lot of the Fusion Foundation 
building and said, "We're here folks."

Ed said, "Why don't you guys come in and I'll show you around?"

After a few minutes of discussion, Leroy was able to convince his 
parents to go into the building with Ed. Inside, the receptionist 
stood up and greeted Ed, "Dr. Biggers, we weren't expecting you."

Smiling, Ed said, "Hello, Karen. I heard about the earthquake and 
thought I would stop by to see how things were going."

Karen replied, "Everyone is in the command center."

Ed took a minute to introduce everyone to Karen. She was very 
polite and gave them all VIP badges. Deacon Jones looked at the 
badge in surprise as she put the chain around his neck. Ed said, 
"This is the reception area of the headquarters for the Fusion 
Foundation. Karen Carson is the receptionist here. If you have any 
troubles, just ask for her and she'll take care of you."

The group followed Ed as he went down the hall. Stopping at the 
end of the hall, Ed turned around and said, "This is the heart and 
soul of the operation. Usually, this area is full of people taking care 
of the daily operations. The earthquake has sent everyone 
upstairs."

Cleo said, "You sound like you really know your way around 
here."

Shaking his head, Ed replied, "Not really. I don’t know that many 
of the people that work here. Like I said, I just visit here 
occasionally."

Puzzled by the statement and the reception that he had been given 
at the front door, Deacon Jones said, "The receptionist seemed to 
know you."

"She's a friendly lady," replied Ed as he led everyone to the 
elevator. Pressing the up button, he waited for the elevator. Leroy 
went over to him and whispered, "Can't you let my parents know 
what you do around here?"

Puzzled, Ed said, "I thought I've been answering all of their 
questions."

Leroy turned away in frustration only to see his mother and father 
whispering to each other. He could only guess what they were 
saying to each other. When the elevator came, Ed held the door 
open for everyone to enter. Cleo was the only one that said thank 
you.

When the door opened on the emergency command center, Ed led 
the party out of the elevator. A sudden silence descended on the 
room. Ellen Faber stood up and said, "Hello, Dr. Biggers. Would 
you like to take command?"

Waving a hand, Ed replied, "No, I just heard about the earthquake 
in Mexico and came by to see what was going on."

Ellen returned to her desk and threw up the world situation map. 
Ed looked at the map in shock at the number of situations that were 
being handled at the moment. She said, "We have the earthquake 
in Mexico. As you can see, our planes are about fifteen minutes 
away from landing. There is a group still evacuating people from 
the volcanic eruption in Ecuador. We have six forest fires in 
California."

Impressed, Ed said, "I had no idea that much was going on."

Ellen looked at Ed with more than a little pride in her 
accomplishments. She said, "We have four command centers 
operational at the moment. We are coordinating activities for three 
of them from here."

Looking around at everyone at their desks, Ed could see that they 
were taking their responsibilities very seriously. On the monitor, 
people dressed in the blue overalls with yellow backpacks were 
helping others onto trucks to evacuate the area of the volcano. On 
the other monitor, the news channel was showing a refugee center 
where people were being transported. 

Ed said, "You are doing a great job. Do you mind if I take a 
moment to thank everyone?"

Ellen said, "No problem. I'm sure that everyone would appreciate 
it."

Ed went to the front of the room and said, "Everyone, I'd like your 
attention for just a moment. I'd like to thank you for the wonderful 
job you are doing here. I'm very impressed with the number of 
operations that you are managing. I see from the monitor that the 
planes are about to land in Mexico and I won't detain you for 
another minute. Thank you for the great job."

Amid a few cheers, Ed left the room taking Leroy and his parents 
with him. In the elevator, Deacon Jones said, "Why did you give 
the speech?"

Holding his head to the side, Ed answered, "To thank them for all 
of their hard work."

"I know the purpose of the speech, but why was it you that 
delivered it?"

Understanding the question, Ed said, "I'm on the Board of 
Directors in charge of the Emergency Response Units."

A sudden silence descended over the people in the elevator as they 
realized how important Ed was in the Fusion Foundation. Deacon 
Jones said, "That is quite a responsibility."

Smiling, Ed said, "We have some very good people working here. 
All of them are very committed to making the Fusion Foundation 
the best operation in existence. I'm very proud of the work they do 
here."

Deacon Jones didn't make a comment, but examined Ed with a 
much more considered look. Leroy grinned in relief that Ed had 
been able to impress his parents. Ed took them up to the top floor 
and showed them around the offices. After taking them to the 
conference room, he returned to the main area where all of the 
offices for board members were located. Embarrassed, he said, "I 
don't know why they insisted that we have offices here since we 
seldom use them. Anyway, this is my office. You can see that it is 
completely empty except for the desk and chair. I've never even 
used it."

Cleo said, "It's an impressive office."

Winking, Ed said, "I'll show you my office at home sometime."

As the car pulled up in front of the Carter house, Deacon Jones 
said, "I thought we were staying at your house."

Leroy laughed and said, "This is our house."

Cleo said, "It looks big enough to be a hotel."

Ed said, "I'll admit that it is rather large, but it is comfortable."

Walt pulled the car into the garage and said, "I'll bring in the 
luggage and deliver it to outside your room."

Cleo asked, "Outside our room?"

Walt answered, "Yes, ma'am. Once the room is keyed to your palm 
print no one can enter without your express permission. A person's 
room is sacred here."

After exchanging looks, Leroy's parents followed Ed into the 
house. At the door, Cathy was waiting for Ed. She said, "Hello, Ed. 
Just a couple of messages for you. The boss lady from the IRS 
called and wants to know if you would be interested in pursuing 
some commercial fraud cases in conjunction with the SEC."

Nodding, Ed answered, "Sure. That sounds interesting. Is John 
going to be involved?"

"I don't know," replied Cathy. Checking over the list, she said, 
"The University wants you to come in sometime next week. They 
said they need someone to teach Mineralogy at the undergraduate 
level for a semester."

Ed thought about it for a minute and realized that Professor Simms 
was taking his sabbatical. He said, "I'll consider the teaching job, 
but let me talk to John first. Regardless of the decision, I will be in 
my office there next week. Let them know that."

"Okay. Final item, the Antarctic Group has requested that you give 
a talk about your experience there. They are looking at two months 
from now at the quarterly meeting."

Smiling, Ed said, "Sure, I'll be there. I've only got one item to 
classify and I believe that it is a new mineral. I've been calling it 
Carterite for the time being."

Cathy turned to Leroy and said, "Leroy, your adviser called and 
wanted to meet with you next week about the progress on 
establishing your research project. It appears that your quarterly 
report is due in three weeks."

Nodding, Leroy answered, "I know that and have a draft ready. I'll 
e-mail it to him this afternoon. In the meantime, let him know that 
I'll be there on Monday like normal."

Smiling, Cathy turned to his parents and said, "Deacon Jones, Mrs. 
Jones. I'm Cathy and run the office here. If you need anything, you 
can let me know and I'll take care of it. The office number is 
1111." 

Deacon Jones, asked, "What kinds of things?"

"Anything. If you need something from the store, just call and I'll 
send Walt to pick it up for you. I can handle travel arrangements, 
dinner reservations, or anything else. Just call me and I will do 
what I can," replied Cathy.

"Are you part of the marriage?" asked Cleo.

"No, I'm just on the staff here." Hearing footsteps coming down 
the stairs, she said, "George is on his way down here to take you to 
your room. He'll get you settled in and then will show you around 
the house."

Cleo asked, "How many people work here?"

Using his fingers to count, Leroy answered, "There's Cathy, Bob, 
Marguerite, Sarah, Walt, and George. So that's six."

Cathy added, "If you include the lawyer, the CPA, and the IRS 
agent, then that gives you nine, but none of them live here."

Deacon Jones asked, "So how many people are in this group 
marriage thing?"

Smiling, Ed answered, "At the present, John, Kelly, Ling, and 
myself are the only members of the family. This afternoon, Linda 
and Leroy buy shares in the marriage and become official members 
of the family. Tomorrow, we have the wedding which binds us 
spiritually."

"Buy shares?" asked Deacon Jones wondering if this was one of 
those cults that robbed people of their wealth on entering the 
group. 

Knowing exactly what the elderly man was thinking, Ed answered, 
"Yes. You are invited to attend."

Voice chilly, Deacon Jones decided that it was his role to protect 
his son from the influence of a cult and replied, "Yes, I shall be 
there."

Jim sat at the head of the conference table in the library. A stack of 
papers was piled in front of him. John and Ed sat on each side of 
Jim with Kelly and Ling seated next to them. Separated from them 
by two empty chairs, sat Leroy and Linda. Cathy was seated next 
to Leroy. There was a small pile of papers in front of each of them. 
Seated around the room, away from the conference table were Dr. 
Hayes, Mrs. Hayes, Deacon Jones, Cleo Jones, Sarah Redman, and 
Robert White Feather. Jim cleared his throat and said, "Let's bring 
this meeting to order."

As everyone settled down, Jim looked around the room. He said, 
"We are gathered here to establish two new members, Linda 
Redman and Leroy Jones, into the Carter Clan. Is the family in full 
agreement about selling shares to the candidates?"

Looking around the table, John answered, "The family is in full 
agreement that we would like Linda Redman and Leroy Jones to 
be members of the family and, hence, authorize the sales of shares 
to them."

Jim nodded and said, "Okay. Does anyone have anything to say 
about this?"

Raising his hand off the table, Ed said, "Before Linda and Leroy 
buy their shares, I would like to sell four shares of my stock and 
give the money to them as a wedding present."

Kelly and Ling smiled at Ed knowing that his gesture had just 
made it possible for the two to actually afford purchasing the 
stocks. Looking at Ed, Jim said, "Okay. Each share is worth twenty 
thousand dollars. I'll cut two checks for forty thousand each 
payable to Linda and Leroy. That will leave you with four hundred 
and twenty three shares. You are still the largest shareholder."

At the amount of money that had been mentioned as the value of 
four shares, Deacon Jones stared at Ed in shock. The guy had just 
given away eighty thousand dollars. Leroy and Linda stared at the 
rest of the family, shocked to learn how much a share was worth. 
Every time they had asked about the cost, everyone said that they 
didn't need to worry about it. Frowning at the amount of money 
being discussed, Linda said, "There's no way that I can afford 
twenty thousand dollars a share."

Grinning, Ed said, "You can now. You've got forty thousand 
dollars to spend."

At his comment, Linda looked at Ed with tears in her eyes 
realizing that he had just made it possible for her and Leroy to join 
the family. Lips quivering, she said, "Thank you, Ed.

Mind still reeling at the amount each share was worth said, Leroy 
said, "Thank you very much."

"You are welcome," replied Ed. The rest of the family had known 
that he was going to do that as a way to allow the two poor people 
to afford entry. Each of them had a different wedding present for 
the pair. Bob had been very busy making jewelry over the past few 
weeks.

Looking at Leroy and then at Linda, Jim asked, "I assume that you 
will want to buy two shares each?"

Leroy answered, "Yes."

Jim said, "If you will read and sign the family contract, then I will 
make the transferal of shares to you."

Linda and Leroy read the contract carefully and then signed them. 
Cathy carried the contracts over to Jim who examined the 
signatures to make sure that everything had been properly 
completed. He filled out a couple of papers and handed them back 
to Cathy. She carried the papers back to Leroy and Linda. Jim said, 
"Congratulations, you both now own two shares in the Carter 
Clan."

Holding a stack of debit cards in front of her, Cathy said, "Now 
that you've joined the family, I have your debit cards for you to 
use. Since the year is half over, the amounts deposited in your 
accounts are half your annual amount. This card is for 
transportation, it has a picture of a car and plane on it. You have 
fifty thousand dollars in your account. This is your entertainment 
account, it has a picture of a meal on it. You have a hundred 
thousand dollars in that account. This is your incidentals account, it 
has a picture of clothes on it. You have fifty thousand dollars in 
that account. You also have a charity account with another fifty 
thousand in it. If you give me the names of the charities, I'll deal 
with making the contributions for you. There is another account 
that is for property investments. You have twenty-five thousand in 
that account."

Leroy and Linda stared at the cards in front of them in shock. They 
had gone from living on pennies to having almost three hundred 
thousand dollars to spend. Leroy said, "We don't make enough to 
cover this."

Kelly said, "What you earn on your job is your money to do with 
as you please. This money is to be spent on family business and to 
support yourself in becoming the best that you can be."

Jim looked around the room was about to adjourn the meeting 
when he caught a look from John. He asked, "Is there any other 
point of business?"

John nodded and said, "Yes, I want to donate another twenty 
million to the family. Of that, I want ten million set up as an 
account for the children. When a child is born, I want a million 
established in a trust fund for that child that they can access at 
eighteen. The other ten million is to be added to the general fund."

Nodding, Jim said, "Okay. I'll take care of that. Does anyone have 
anything else?"

After looking around, Jim said, "I declare this meeting over."



