Arlene and JeffChapter 230
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Fred, in street clothes, was sitting in his room, fuming. The young nurse hesitantly came in, having already run afoul of the big man's temper.
"Sir, I've told the doctor that you refused the CAT scan and the MRI, and wouldn't let them take blood..."
"I'm not mad at you, Nurse. I know you're just following orders, but we all know that he's just trying to figure out why I heal so quickly. Those tests don't have a thing to do with a cut across my chest. Now get the paperwork done, or in ten minutes we're walking out that door without it being done."
"But, Sir, if you leave AMA..." At Fred's look, "Uh, against medical advice, most insurance companies will refuse to pay. It could wind up costing you several thousand..."
"In that case, when I leave, I'm heading straight for my attorney. Now when the insurance company hears about the tests you're trying to run, and you want to keep me another day for something that's ridiculous, considering my injury, who do you think is going to win this? Besides, I know a couple of folks that you see on the six o'clock news. I'll bet they could make a big deal out of the hospital running up the bill on needless tests. Now quit stalling, and quit lying for that doctor who suddenly won't come in to see me, but keeps trying to send me for useless tests. If you want me to sign that paperwork, you've got ten minutes."
The nurse left, but came back in a couple minutes with a digital camera. "Sir, I'm not the one trying to make you stay and take the tests, but would you please let me take a picture of your wound in case the doctor tries to put all the blame of your leaving AMA on me?"
Fred thought for a moment, stood and pulled his shirt up to reveal a wound that had to be at least three or four days toward healing. There was no swelling or redness, just a long railroad track from his side to the center of his chest. He had also stood up from the chair without any sign of pain. The nurse took several pictures with the hospital camera.
On the way out the door, she turned back. "I'm sorry, Sir. The doctor is still refusing to sign your release papers."
"Me, too," Fred said as he tucked his shirt in. "Tell the good doc that if my insurance company refuses to pay my hospital bill, he'll hear from my lawyer."
Turning to the women, who were also standing now, "Let's go, Ladies. I need another breakfast, or early lunch, as the case may be."
Of course, since Fred wasn't released from the hospital, he wasn't offered, or required to ride in a wheelchair.
Fred ushered his women ahead of him and down the hallway, then onto the elevator. Just as he started to step on, he caught sight of a woman he assumed was some kind of clerk, hurrying in their direction. She was waving a bunch of papers at him. Jessica, who had been waiting with her finger hovering over the button for the parking desk crossover, quickly pressed the button when Fred motioned to her.
Jessica, who had seen the clerk, asked, "Think they changed their minds about the paperwork?"
"Looks that way, then again, it could be another ploy to get me to stay and have them check my blood, and do their other crap. I've always healed quickly, but whatever Jeff did to me is obviously the reason I've healed virtually overnight. Whatever. I'm not going to be their guinea pig and get them after Jeff. It's time we got out of here."
"You sure you're all right to drive?" Carla worried a few minutes later when Fred maneuvered the Cruiser to the booth to pay as they left the parking deck.
"The only thing wrong with me is I need to hold my women, eat lunch, drink another gallon of water — and scratch," he laughed. "Damn, that cut itches."
The doctor stood by the window watching the PT Cruiser pull onto the street. He wasn't sure, but he thought that it was carrying the big man who came in yesterday afternoon with a heart rate that was less than ten beats per minute, would not stay under in the operating room, and woke up before they got him across the hall into recovery, wanting something to eat. Well, not just wanting, but demanding something to eat.
Later, he had managed to get one of the nurses to bring him a meal, ate it, then ate two Big Macs, super fries and drank a large coke, according to the wrappers in the trash. The nurse had said that Mr. Wilson had drunk at least a gallon of water. This morning, the wound appeared to be days old. There was no apparent infection or inflammation. In addition, Mr. Wilson appeared to be no more than forty years old, but his paperwork said he was fifty-six. He also had three women with him that were protective of him, to say the very least. They certainly didn't act like his sisters, either.
They're all very pretty, too, he thought as he threw the paperwork on the desk. It surely isn't his money they're after, though. He's driving a PT Cruiser, for goodness sake. Shit. I missed my chance at the discovery of a lifetime. How in the heck can he look so young and heal so fast? Shit!
Turning back to his desk, he signed the releases on Wilson. No use getting sued over this, but somehow I have to run tests on this man. He seems to be a walking fountain of youth. The lab typed and cross-matched his blood, then threw the sample away. Standard procedure, but shit, Wilson wouldn't give us any more! I could have been famous over this. Now all I've done is piss him off.
"Up there a block ahead on the right," Audrey, who was sitting behind Fred, said as she pointed past his shoulder.
Fred lucked up and found a parking place right in front of the small restaurant. At ten-thirty in the morning, the place was deserted with the exception of two old men sitting in a corner drinking coffee and eating doughnuts.
They found a round corner booth and slid in; Fred all the way back, Audrey to his left, then Jessica on his right with Carla beside her.
When the waitress came over and asked what she could do for them, the women all ordered lime pie and coffee. Fred cleared his throat and put his finger on the menu, "Uh, I know it's early, but would it be possible to have one of these thirty-six-ounce top sirloin, cooked medium rare, a couple of big baked potatoes and about a gallon of your sweet tea with lemon?"
The waitress grinned at him, "Sure. Why not? We serve breakfast all day, a steak a little early for lunch won't hurt a bit."
Later, about halfway through the steak, the waitress came over to refresh the coffee for the women and refill Fred's tea glass. Fred swallowed and wiped his mouth. "Why don't you tell the cook to put on another of those steaks, and another potato?"
The waitress did a double take, then grinned at him, "I don't think anyone has ever eaten two of those before, but I'll tell the cook to pick you a really good one."
That had even gotten Carla's attention. "Are you sure, Baby? That's a lot of food..."
"I've always eaten a lot, but after what Jeff did to me, my eating went way up, then ever since I woke up from that operating room, I just can't fill up. I suspect this will ease off when my body is done healing. Hell, I hope so, I'm going to eat myself broke if it doesn't," he laughed.
Dropping the volume of his voice, "Besides, I have to produce a lot more sperm than I used to."
Jessica giggled and almost punched him in the side, when she remembered his injury. Face red, "I almost hit you. It was the opposite side, but I might have hurt you, anyway."
Her voice sounded so contrite that Fred couldn't bring himself to kid her. He put his arm around her shoulder and pulled her to him. "I won't break. The thing is barely sore, anymore." He raked his nails ineffectively across his shirt-covered chest. "I can't wait to get back to the RV and get a really good shower. I'm going to take that back brush and..."
"No," three voices hissed at him.
"The nurse gave us a written set of instructions concerning your wound. We're going to follow them to the letter. No scratching."
After Fred finished his meal, eating every scrap of it, they returned to the RV. As Carla unlocked the door with the remote, Audrey tried to assist Fred up the steps. Laughing, he scooped her up, frowned, and put her down. "Not quite there yet," he laughed, "but I'm getting close."
"I can't believe you did that," Audrey said. "Let's get you inside and that shirt off so we can check you out. You may have pulled some stitches."
Fred grinned at her, but went on inside, pulled his shirt over his head, and sat on the couch. "Ohhh, that looks sexy," Jessica said as she again saw the puckered railroad track across his chest.
Carla washed her hands, then came over and knelt down in front of him, gently running her fingers over the obviously-healed wound. "It looks like it has healed for a week, maybe more. We need to get those stitches out while we can. They're way past due. And they're probably going to smart when I pull them out, they're so grown in."
Audrey frowned as she leaned to stare closely at the healed wound. "But ... it hasn't even been a day yet. Stitches are always left in a week, aren't they? Oh, crap, that's ridiculous. The darned thing is healed; they obviously need to come out."
"On most people," Carla said as she got up to get her kit. "But Fred isn't most people. Those need to come out while they still will."
Later, as Carla snipped and pulled the last stitch out, she seemed to think aloud, "Diana said Jeff took a week to heal from the bear attack. How come your injury healed so much quicker? He's a Prime, whatever that is; looks like..."
Fred reached down and gently lifted Carla's chin until she was looking at him. "Never think that Jeff isn't different. I knew that from the first day I met him. Also remember, that bear almost took his shoulder off. There was a lot of tissue that just plain wasn't there. On anyone else, they would never use the arm again, and the shoulder wouldn't even look like a shoulder when they were done healing. Mine was just a simple cut..." At Carla's frown, "Well, a big fucking cut, but just a cut, nonetheless. I bled a lot, but once that was stopped, there was no real comparison of the injuries."
"The paramedic said the emergency room doctor about went bananas with your heart rate. I'm under the impression he didn't know quite what to do with you. But after I confirmed that you were in a self-induced trance to slow your body down, he seemed to accept it. The surgeon said they decided to wait about giving you blood, since you seemed to be stable. By the time they got you to the operating room, your heart rate was slow-normal and the bleeding had completely stopped. Then you healed practically overnight. No wonder that doctor wanted to run tests on you."
Fred smiled down at her, "You do realize that you both," he said, looking over at Jessica, who had also knelt down near him, "will probably heal the same way. Oh, I used that little trick my sensei taught me to slow down my heart, but I suspect you two will probably heal very quickly, too."
Audrey sat on the couch near them. "But what are you talking about? How could..."
"All I really know is that Jeff walked into my room in the middle of the night, I saw a blue flash, then woke up the next morning feeling like a million dollars..."
"Same for Jessica and me," Carla interrupted.
"Anyway, Jeff is an inventor. He won't tell us anything about what he did, will barely discuss it. But since then, I've lost a lot of weight, and transferred a lot more weight to muscle. And yeah, I've worked out hard, and been running for a little while now, but I've had a far greater response rate than I would have ever believed. I'm in better shape now than I was when I was twenty-five."
Fred reached out to touch Audrey for a second, "As soon as we get back to Colorado — assuming you want to go back with us — Jeff will do this to you, too."
Fred slid his hand down Audrey's arm to take her hand. "Will you go back with us? Make your home with us?"
Fred suddenly had a laughing woman in his lap. When she removed her tongue from his throat, he said, "I guess that's a yes, huh?"
Laughing, she kissed him again.
Later, Fred absently scratched his chest as Jessica slapped at his hand.
"Getting hungry again?" Carla joked, but half-expected Fred to say he was.
"No, I think the steaks did it. Whatever my body was looking for must have been in the steaks. I feel content now," he said looking around him. "Well, just a wee mite horny with my honeys making over me so much."
"Well, when a man starts thinking about pussy, he's just about back," Carla joked.
Fred stood up and slipped his shirt back on. "I think some cars just pulled up outside. Looks like we've got company."
Jeff had called Diana again after they were on the jet, and asked her to get his sat phone out of his desk.
"It's right here on the table by the bed," she said, the smugness in her voice mostly concealed.
Jeff didn't even bother to wonder that she knew where his sat phone was, or knew where he kept the spare key to his desk. She was Diana, after all. "All right. Hang up and I'll call you on it."
After the equipment had synched, "This thing sounds weird," she complained.
"Yeah, it does, but guaranteed, only the two of us are hearing this conversation," Jeff responded. "Look, this isn't exactly something secret, but I didn't want it overheard, either. I hope you can understand this, Baby. Uh, the general rushed through the paperwork to make me..."
"Well, last night you told me you were bringing home the girls. I suppose you're going to tell me that you're responsible for them, now," Diana finished for him.
"How did you..."
"Logical conclusion. You did tell me they were orphans. Where else would they go? And if they come to live with us for a while, then they'll stay. Then it's logical that you would be made responsible for them."
Jeff could hear his other wives laughing in the background. "Uh, the general sent Kayla on a mission to help settle the girls in. She has two months without using her R & R time."
"So the general offers the palm branch in exchange for sticking you with the girls, huh?" she said, but there was laughter in her voice.
Jeff let out a sigh of relief. "Yeah, that's about it. Sometimes I think I don't understand him at all."
"So when are we to expect you?"
"Midday, I guess. Depends oh how, uh, circumspect the route becomes. Sometimes, it's almost direct, other times..." Then very quietly so the girls wouldn't hear him, "Uh, Baby, they don't have anything but the clothes on their backs, and I guess they've never had much more than that, since they've been in an orphanage so long. Maybe one or two other foster homes, but I'm not sure about that. They're going to need clothes..."
Jeff could hear Diana repeating what he said to her sister-wives, then "We'll have a shopping trip planned out by the time you get here. We'll have a quick bite to eat, then hit the shops in Winter Park this afternoon to get the girls started. We'll get them to Denver for a real shopping trip in a few days."
"Di, they only have light coats and sneakers to go with their jeans and tops. How's the weather there?"
"Well the snow gauge says about two and a half feet, but I have no real idea how much has really come down. There are drifts against the outside garage until you can hardly see it. Dave and Arlene are out clearing off the back parking lot right now. Dave had to get the plow out, before Alesha could even get out of the inside garage to go to work. He made a trip down the mountain with her following him out. He's back now and using the plow to clear the parking lot while Arlene has taken over the big riding snow blower. It's still snowing some, but the wind is down. The temp is hanging just below zero (Fahrenheit) and we're due more snow, according to the mountain forecast. Tell you what, if you'll call me when you're thirty minutes or so out, I'll put one of the Escalades near the helipad and leave it idling so it will be warm for the girls; just pull into the inside garage with them. That will keep them out of the cold. With all they've been through, I don't want to risk them getting sick, even with the healer here. We're bound to have some coats that will fit them well enough to get to Winter Park."
"That sounds good. Uh, Di, I think we need to put the girls close to our suite. Uh, they know Ingles is dead, but..."
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Laura woke him the usual way, and she almost went too far. When Jeff grunted and his cock started to swell, she jerked her mouth off. It was a near thing for a few seconds. "I guess I almost went off while I was still asleep," he groaned. "Wow, I'm really horny." "Sorry, Jeff. You usually go forever. I wouldn't mess it up for Diana for the world." "It wasn't your fault," he said, finally regaining control. "It's just the stress of the day. Of course, I've had two of those damn...
In their bedroom, dressed in pajamas, the girls flopped into bed. Terry grabbed the remote and dialed the lights down, then turned to her sister. "Arlene said that we wouldn't have any more periods until Little One turns them on for us again. Boy, I can sure live with that." Alice got a look on her face and responded, "Well, as you know, I've only had one, but it sure was icky – not to say anything about worrying if I were bleeding to death. If that's what it takes to be a woman, I...
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The Waterfall Campsite ... Dessie straightened up and stared at Ann. “I have eaten pheasant, fish and rabbit until they’re practically coming out my ears. I’ve had MREs while backpacking and wasn’t in love with them all that much, but I think I would love some now, no matter what the meal consists of.” “We have an assortment. I noticed a Brisket Entreé, Chicken something or other, and a Beef Stew, with whatever goes with them, and several more besides. We just grabbed some at random in...
JUST OUTSIDE A SMALL NORTHWESTERN TOWN Once again Nichols sat worrying in front of his boss' elegant desk. Rich, wealthy, words don't describe the extreme category the older man fit into. Nor can you describe how evil this man is either, Nichols thought, his face devoid of expression as he waited for Mr. Moreau to end his phone call. Nichols dreaded that. When the call ended, Moreau would ask questions that Nichols didn't have acceptable answers to. The town council members think Moreau...
Jeff, Diana, Dave and Evie sat in the living room, waiting. When the phone rang, Diana checked the caller ID and answered. "Glad you guys are back." "Diana, I..." The voice chopped off, then Carla cleared her throat and tried again. "Diana, our dreams..." Carla's voice stopped again, to be replaced by quiet sobs of joy. "I can't..." "You just did," Diana said softly. "You're on speaker, so all of us can hear you. Jeff, Dave and Evie are here with me and listening. And, you're...
...”See that tree that has the broken limb hanging down?” “Yes,” Aiko gasped out. “We’ll jog to it, then we will walk for a hundred steps.” “I don’t know...” “Yes, you do. You know you can. I’ll bet it’s even less than a hundred steps. Let’s count them,” she finished as she began counting their steps aloud while they slow-jogged. Soon Aiko added her voice. “Ninety-two. Told you it was less than a hundred. Now we’ll walk for a hundred steps, and rested or not, we will jog starting at...
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They were high up and soon over the ocean, having left the continent behind. They passed the terminator and continued into night, still headed west, the myriad lights of the cities twinkling as the Earth seemed to slowly spin below. But before the view could become boring – if it ever could -- the horizon seemed to shift downward on the big screen as the Ship gradually pointed her nose away from the planet, the full moon drifting down toward the center of the viewscreen. There was a...
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The Castle ...”Certainly,” Arlene responded, “but please don’t either of you touch it. The AI can become quite persnickety, and he has the means to back up his displeasure.” “You have a functioning artificial intelligence?” Karl asked. “Please don’t mention it around him. I think he is trying to find a way to become a citizen,” Arlene returned with a chuckle. “Uh, I won’t,” Karl responded, not quite sure if Arlene were kidding or not. Both Karl and Fischer thanked Arlene and hurried off...
Jeff had stopped by his office to pick up a few pieces of printer paper. Alone in the living room a couple of minutes later, he wadded up a sheet of the paper into a loose ball. If I screw up with this paper ball, air resistance, if nothing else, should keep its flight slow enough to prevent me from tearing up things. With Arlene's encouragement while on the Ship's range, he had gained a small measure of expertise as he mentally moved a steel ball around and caused it to spin, but he still...
The Mission ... Both were tempted to use their suits’ drive units, but they knew that would alert the Throme if anything would. Scrambling down, they were soon in the water. A hundred meters out, they saw a glint of movement coming toward them just under the surface. “Let’s go home,” Arlene said to her partner. As soon as the hatch closed and even before they were out of the airlock, the AI had them moving away from land. “Oh, I so want to get out of this suit,” Arlene grumped a few...
The Retreat Shortly after lunch, Arlene went out to the Ship expecting to sit in one of the command couches and be swept away by the simulator to another very realistic space battle, but she froze as soon as she passed through the hatch. Jeff had called Kayla and Art to his office, intending to ask them to begin training in the Ship's simulator. Before he could begin, the AI turned the TV on to show Arlene jogging back from the Ship. The AI didn't say anything, but apparently thought...
The Retreat After breakfast, Arlene, Ann and Selina gathered enough food to last them the rest of the day. “Should this not be the correct castle and we continue the search, we will need something to drink with our lunch,” Selina said as she opened a refrigerator. “There is water available at each station on the interceptor. As for soft drinks, please bring only what you are sure you will drink. Storage space is at a premium,” Arlene told the seven-year-old. “Bathroom?” Selina asked as...
Jeff had just dialed his next door neighbor who lived a mile down the road. "Steve Sperman here." "Hi Mr. Sperman. This is Jeff. How's it going?" "Hmmm. Didn't we have a discussion about that Mr. thing?" Jeff chuckled. "Yeah, I guess we did, Steve. How's Marcie doing?" There was a hesitation. "You know, that's a funny thing, like I mentioned before. Seems like after the night we spent at your place, ol' Uncle Arthur (arthritis) suddenly got much better. Odd that both of us...
The Prison Planet Ship had received permission from her Prime to go back to Earth long enough to pick up Arlene, Ann and the other aviators, then take the Wing to orbit for its launch. The trip to Earth and back would only take a few minutes. Giving the interceptors a ride to orbit and their launch would take only a few minutes more. The interceptors normally remained in their bays on Ship’s flight deck, so she would have to go back anyway. Also, she would have to return to Earth again when...
Deep Space "Question is, are they going to notice us?" Ann asked as she watched as one of the alien vessels came from behind a large chunk of moon and headed straight for them. Ann knew she could not warp out without her drive trying to take some of the debris field with them, which would probably result in the destruction of her warp drive, and/or her ship. In addition, she strongly suspected that the aliens would pick up her inertialess drive's signature, should she use that with them...
“Despite our AIs actually doing the flying, I want every pilot to have his or her hands on the controls at all times when we do this for real, and when we practice as well. Ann and I have put together a rough outline. Everything seems to work in the simulation, but we haven’t done it for real yet. There could very well be glaring errors that only show up when actually flying the patterns. Bottom line: be careful and think about what the next step is. Does the current process make sense with...
When they left the suite a few minutes later, they saw Melissa at the far end of the hall. She seemed to do a double-take, then turned and rushed around the corner, probably heading for the kitchen. A little later, when they walked through the door, she was already setting out two more plates. Jeff pulled Ann tighter against him, and they stopped just inside the kitchen. I know Ann is blushing. Damn, I thought I was too old to blush, but my face feels like it’s on fire. Everyone was seated...
EARLIER IN THE MORNING AT QUINTON TATE'S HOME After his morning shower, Quinton, dressed in his uniform and still buckling on his gun belt, walked into the kitchen. Before he could sit down, the phone rang. "Quinton," he said, putting the instrument to his ear as he finished securing the belt with the keepers. "Well, good morning. Are you planning to go somewhere on your little impromptu vacation?" his Captain asked, cheerily – a little too cheerily. "What vacation?" Quinton joked...
"We still have a problem," Diana said. "I doubt if Billy has ever used a litter box. So how are we going to train him to use it and not pee on the carpet? Since there aren't any pet stores in Winter Park, I guess we can order a kennel on the Internet and have it overnighted, but as late as it is, it will still be day after tomorrow before it gets here..." "Yeah, we were lucky the grocery store even had litter boxes. But we're ahead of you about the kennel," Jeff said. "Arlene had an...
The Retreat ... Charlotte and Ada sat for a moment as Diana's words sank in. Both mother and daughter were clearly skeptical as they furtively glanced at the other three women. Diana let out a chuckle. "You can say it; we won't get mad." Ada hesitated. "This is no joke? You're actually telling us that Susan is your mother and Arlene is your daughter?" "Got it in one," Diana said with a grin. "But..." Ada began. Then, after studying Susan's and Arlene's faces some more, she...
Jeff sat in his usual place at the head of the table. Frank Wainwright sat to Jeff's right as the family (minus four who were eating with Margaret and Tina in their suite) ate lunch. All the Alphas ate a lot, and Jeff usually ate more than most of them, but today, he was hungrier than usual. He had gone through his first plate and was already started on his second one. "Looks like you're a bit hungry today," Frank tactfully said. "I didn't see you after breakfast. What did you do to...
Joyce, Caitlin, Jennie, Melissa and Ann came in with the latter two pushing serving carts. Soon, the table was set and food arrayed in front of Arlene, Diana, Susan and Jeff. The wives' efficiency was not lost on Susan, but she refused to acknowledge it due to her sour mood. Each time she had talked to her daughter or granddaughter on the phone lately, her suspicions that something was going on had increased. Then the introductions in the living room were almost more than she could...
Everyone except Matt and Courtney was waiting in the living room. The new SAC and his wife had borrowed an Escalade and driven down to Winter Park. "HELICOPTER APPROACHING FROM THE NORTH. SECURITY HAS CLEARED IT TO LAND ON OUR PAD." Margaret had called earlier to say that everything had gone without a hitch and they were on the way home, but Angel had been beaten and was in need of medical attention. "Let's go," Jeff said as he started out the door of the living room with Little One...
Aboard Ship, Arlene, Ann and Selina are teaching the Morales family how to field strip, clean and reassemble a pulse rifle. ...”Very good, Mr. Morales. That’s a whole lot better than I did the first time,” Arlene blatantly lied. “Okay, Jasmine, do you know what’s next?” “Well, I did until you scrambled the parts,” Jasmine said with a chuckle, “but I think it’s that thing over there — a modulator, I believe you called it.” And the process went on. The next time they field stripped the...
The Prison Planet As the group neared the second area that was obstructed by boulders, Jeff said with a sigh, “Sorry, Ladies, but I still have a headache from moving the last bunch. No way am I going to play bulldozer just now.” “It’s getting colder in here,” Tosha said as she zipped her jacket, took her gloves out of a pocket and pulled them on. “Is it just me, or is the path sloping downward more?” Kei asked as she and the others followed suit – other than Jeff, who only zipped his light...
Kayla very briefly told everyone what had happened. Just as she was finishing up, Sheriff Tate, who had been eating with the team, walked into the hallway to chat with the others. "I helped the guys move the bodies out. We found a roll of black plastic in the basement and covered the pile of them." "That piece of plastic over there on the floor," Jill said, motioning down the hallway near the theater door, "is that where one of them..." "Yeah," Kayla said. "General Whitworth has a...
As everyone walked down the hall toward the theater, Selina hung back. When Diana turned and caught her eye, Selina, with purpose, walked on past, turned the corner and went on to her suite. If I do not ask, then the answer cannot be no, she thought. Waiting four minutes by her internal clock, she walked back out of her suite, down the hall and peeked around the corner in the direction of the theater. There was no one in the hallway. Shortly, she slowly opened the theater door the tiniest...
With the Alphas at Security headquarters studying the pulse rifle and the women apparently all in the basement, Jeff wandered through the Retreat at a loss as to what he should be doing. Deciding he would work in his lab to pass the time, he returned to the basement. Poking his head in one of the rooms, he got a smile from Kayla who was leading an exercise class – push-ups for the moment. His position allowed him a view of erect nipples on several of his wives, and a couple of the other...
Characters that appear in this chapter. Matt – Alpha. New Denver SAC for the FBI. Courtney – Matt's wife who thinks the Matthews may be aliens. Jeff – The Prime. Diana – Jeff's wife and Clan Queen. Arlene – Queen, wife. Diana and Jeff's daughter. Helen – Genius wife and teacher. Susan – Wife and Diana's mother, who is also a Queen. Kayla – Jeff's wife who first worked for the FBI, but then went to work for the General, and now she is Jeff's last line of defense. Art – Alpha....
Arlene grabbed Jeff's hand. "Come on, Daddy. Let's go back to our suite. Mom and Selina will be back ... uh sometime." Jeff frowned as he turned back to the others, "Yeah, that's what I'm worried about – the sometime. It's not like Diana to run off like that." Laura put her arm around his waist to get him started toward their suite. "Well, you were the one who kept pushing Diana to go through the academy. I have been through only the first six months there, but all that discipline...
Bobby put her hands on her face and took a breath trying to stifle a giggle. "We're acting like whores," she said, while desperately trying not to reach for Art's cock. Sandra hissed in a breath. "Art, I don't know what's happened to us. Honest, we don't act like this. We've each had one guy — once, and that was just to get rid of our cherries. But it's like we've been given an aphrodisiac. I want you so bad that it's hard to breathe," she finished, not knowing that Art was...
The Colonel’s Office Aboard Ship ...”And Worthington. Hear this! If something happens to my wife, I’ll kill you without a second thought. Now get out of my face before I change my mind and do what I know should be done.” Without saluting, Worthington spun on his heel and stomped out. Jeff sat thinking. Should I tell his Commander why I’m sending him back? After a moment, he shrugged. On second thought, I asked for his best aviators to give them a chance in my unit. No one, other than us,...