Lucky Jim 2 Student Farmer Volunteer Pickup Truck DiplomatChapter 38
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An hour later, I crawled into bed. I was so tired that I even put off cleaning my weapon. Hell, the roosters were already mocking me that it was time to wake up to face another day before I got home.
Late that afternoon, the FBI agent in charge of the raid called. “The U.S. Attorney General gave me two different figures for the land,” he said. “He says that, if you agree to work full-time for any federal law enforcement agency, the land is yours for ten million dollars. He doesn’t even need a signed agreement. He says your word is good.”
“Ha, ha, ha,” I replied dryly.
“I’m serious,” he replied. “I admit that I thought the AG was kidding, too. He wasn’t. He claims that he’s followed your career since you stood up to Senator Ludmill. When the first news release about Ludmill’s involvement came out, he stood in his office and applauded the entire time. Numerous members of his staff heard the commotion and joined him watching the press conference and applauding while they watched the news release replayed.
“When your actions caused Ludmill’s demise, you gained a huge following in D.C. Ludmill wasn’t well liked and when he was arrested, half of Washington celebrated. The other half waited to celebrate until he was being held without bail. Evidently, most of the politicos in D.C. know who you are. The AG says that, had you become a full time Deputy when you first joined, you’d probably be an Assistant Station Chief by now.”
“Not good,” I replied. “I wanted to stay off everyone’s radar and work in the background. Now I have one more reason to dislike Ludmill. Since I intend to remain a part-time volunteer, what’s the other price?” I asked.
“Volunteer?” he gasped.
“Yup, they call me for what Dwight calls ‘big uglies.’”
“Like last night?” he asked.
“When the surveillance showed the bunker, yeah, he would have called. Other than that, I’m a farmer. It’s what I love doing. I volunteer as a Deputy Marshal to help make my part of the world a safer place,” I explained yet again.
“The AG says the low estimate by the appraiser was eighteen million. It’s yours if you can come up with that by Friday. Thinking about it, if you can come up with that much money, I guess I understand why you prefer doing something you love. Hell, I’d probably retire and take up fly fishing as a full-time job,” he laughed.
“Deal. I’ll take it. Thanks,” I replied excitedly.
I got the name and phone number of the appraiser. He had ended up working with the FBI as they gathered evidence against Kozlov. Kozlov worked for a legitimate developer who claimed to be unaware of Kozlov’s heavy-handed tactics.
I had Bradley Vaughn, my money manager on the phone two minutes later. Since I planned to resell the property within a short time, he suggested securing a short-term loan to cover the purchase. I had the money, but we’d lose everything we would gain on the deal he would have to de-fund to get the money.
He suggested Libertyville Bank in Petersburg where he knew the branch manager. He would call and arrange everything, and would meet me there tomorrow with the necessary documentation about the funds we would use as collateral against the loan.
Considering the sixteen to twenty-three percent interest he was earning on my money every year in an economy where two percent was considered good, I did it the way he wanted. I also called the appraiser. The appraiser laughed at me when I told him what I wanted. He had done the original estimate for the developer and knew exactly what the land was worth as farmland, and what it would be worth to the developer. When he had learned of Kozlov’s tactics to secure the land, he was ashamed to have worked with him and eagerly helped the FBI with anything he could.
He was surprised that I knew the land was worth much more than the developer had planned to pay Kozlov. I explained about still being in the finishing stages of a large land sale in North Carolina. I knew what I got per acre there, and what I would be able to claim per acre for the land I donated to the county and the state.
I figured that this land, close to Petersburg, which was a much larger city than Hallston, would be worth even more per acre. Hell, it was less than an hour from Richmond, and three hours from Washington. I was still surprised by what the appraiser told me the land was worth to the developer, even though he would throw a bitch fit about paying it. That was okay, I’d throw him a bone to make him happy.
The loan required less than an hour to secure in the morning. Once the branch manager realized that I was a shareholder, he couldn’t do enough for me. My account information on their computer must have had a note about the fiasco with the bank in Hiaville. After checking my account, the branch manager knocked another half percent off the interest rate he had originally quoted us. When all was said and done, the bank manager immediately wired the funds to the FBI and got a faxed confirmation that the land was now mine.
My next phone call was to the developer. He obviously knew about Kozlov’s demise and was wary of speaking to anyone from federal law enforcement. I explained that I was strictly a volunteer with the U.S. Marshals Service, and that I had just acquired the land formerly owned by Mr. Kozlov.
An hour later, we met in his office. There was lots of wailing and gnashing of teeth on his part, but we finally reached an agreement. To cut him some slack, and to get a tax deduction for myself, I agreed to donate 400 acres of land to the county for schools and public services, as well as for improving utilities like sewers and adding underground electric service. I would also donate another 125 acres to the state for widening and improving the highway.
Both the developer and I knew that I could have pressed for more per acre. Instead, he agreed to pay my parents twenty percent more per acre than what he paid me. It would be ten percent more than their land was worth, but the developer would save ten percent on the larger parcel of land I sold him. He couldn’t tell my parents that I sold him the rest of the land, or about our agreement. He agreed to wait until a month after my parents finished harvesting this year to close escrow on their land. He had plenty of land to start building on in the meantime. On the outside chance that my parents didn’t sell, they’d quickly find themselves surrounded by a major bedroom community for Petersburg and Richmond. I still nearly doubled my money in less than six hours.
Mom and Dad were surprised when I told them the developer was legitimate, even if Kozlov hadn’t been. They were more surprised when I told them how much he was willing to pay them for their land.
We arrived at the developer’s office the next morning at the agreed-upon time of 9 a.m. The attorney I had used was already there, going over the documents with the developer. It was an easy task since he had helped write them yesterday. Two hours later, both of my parents had huge grins on their faces as we left the developer’s office. Dad did some number crunching before signing the agreement and figured they would walk away with well over four million dollars in the bank.
We stopped and grabbed fast food for lunch before continuing home. While we ate, Mom called home and told them the news, including that I was stopping on the way home to buy groceries for a huge celebratory dinner tonight. When she hung up, Mom said that Janie wanted me to shop at the Kroger closest to our house since she liked their steaks. It was funny watching my parents while we ate lunch. Dad smiled his mellow smile the entire time they were eating. Mom, on the other hand, couldn’t sit still. She looked like a hyperactive kid in church, constantly fidgeting. I don’t ever remember her grinning as much as she did during lunch. Half an hour after we finished lunch, I turned off into the Kroger parking lot while my parents continued on home.
Once inside, I started picking up the things everyone wanted. I had texts from Mom, Dad, Janie, and both sisters-in-law, as well as one of my nephews, each reminding me of one or more things I should buy for tonight. The steaks were the next to last item I bought. I planned to get the ice cream last so it wouldn’t melt so badly on the way home. With the requested steaks for everyone else in the cart, I was perusing the ribeyes, looking for the biggest, thickest one for me.
“Jim?” a female voice asked nervously, pulling me from my reverie.
“Bitsy!” I croaked, my throat swelling emotionally as soon as I saw her. I had to restrain myself from hugging her tightly and never letting her go again. The two young girls with her, both of whom were near spitting images of her when she was younger, were evidence that she had someone else in her life.
“I’m sorry Jim, please forgive me,” she started crying as she hugged me. The two girls stayed standing where they were, nervously watching their mother.
“You were forgiven years ago,” I answered consolingly as I returned her hug. Aside from the fact that her curves were a little fuller, she looked and felt almost the same as she had five years ago.
It was well over a minute later before she released me from her bear hug. She still held her arms around my waist loosely, which had the effect of pressing our groins together as she leaned back to look at me. She searched my face for several seconds, apparently looking for something. “Any chance we could spend some time talking today or tomorrow?” she asked nervously.
“Your husband won’t mind?” I asked, looking towards the two little girls who were starting to fidget from waiting so long for their mother.
“I don’t give a rat’s patootie if my ex-husband cares. As far as I know, he’s still in Arkansas,” she replied.
“I’m sorry, I didn’t know you were divorced,” I replied. Technically, I hadn’t even known she was married.
“Am I forgiven enough to rate an hour or two so we can talk?” she asked.
“You rate as much time as you want. You’re single, I’m single, and aside from tying up a few loose ends here and needing to get home soon, I have no other obligations here,” I replied, brushing a lock of her hair that strayed across her face back behind her ear.
That simple act brought back a flood of memories of times I’d done the same thing all those years ago. Bitsy’s real name was Janice Davies. Her family had moved into the farm next door to my parents when we were both four years old.
Her dad had bought the farm for the investment in the land, expecting the price of the land to rise as the city grew bigger and came closer. They leased the arable land to us to farm while Mr. Davies drove into the city to his job every day. I met Bitsy several days after they moved in and we quickly became close friends, and soon best friends. I nicknamed her Bitsy because she was always singing “The Itsy-Bitsy Spider” for the first year that I knew her, and making the hand gestures to go with it.
When we hit puberty, we explored each other’s bodies. Even before high school, we lost our cherries to each other and dated (and screwed like bunnies) all through high school. Fortunately, Bitsy’s mom had put her on the pill shortly after we started experimenting.
For Valentine’s Day of our senior year in high school, I gave her a promise ring. Both sets of parents knew about it beforehand. While not exactly thrilled because of our ages, they accepted that we would end up together. We both promised to go to college, which helped ease our parents’ concerns a little.
For spring break that year, Bitsy’s family went to Germany. I got a frantic phone call from her at six in the morning two days later. Only when they got to Germany did her parents tell her that they were moving there. Her father’s work had transferred him to Germany for at least five years. They didn’t tell her ahead of time to avoid having to fight with her to get her to go. Her parents reminded her that she would see me again in four or five months when she left for college. We had already been accepted at the same school, University of North Carolina Raleigh.
We spent an hour or more each day texting, sending IMs back and forth, and using email when the other person wasn’t available. Three weeks later, the IMs and email stopped. I continued sending email for two more weeks before giving up. When I checked with her female friends, Bitsy had also stopped communicating with them. At the time, I felt that her parents had been behind it, but couldn’t understand how she couldn’t find some way to let me know what was going on, even if it meant using a friend’s computer to email me.
I had been heartbroken. Despite knowing in my heart that she wasn’t going to show up for school when she wasn’t where we agreed to meet a week before school started, I still watched for her the entire first semester, even though I had dated other girls. I thought that she might stop by just to see me, and had hoped to catch a glimpse of her, and possibly even talk to her.
Now, here she was in my arms again. “I need to get these groceries to my folks. Want to come out to the farm?” I asked hopefully.
“It’s hard enough to face you; I don’t think I’m up to facing your family yet,” she replied. “You could come to my place. My roommate can watch the girls while we talk,” she suggested. I agreed, and she gave me her address and phone number. I noted that her address was twenty minutes away in Petersburg.
“I’m afraid to let you go again,” I admitted as I continued to hold her. I saw her eyes tear up, but she blinked several times and managed to keep any tears from escaping.
“I promise that I’ll be there,” she whispered emotionally as she kissed my cheek and pulled out of my arms. With one quick backwards glance and a nervous smile, she guided her daughters out of the store. It was only when I was checking out that I realized she had to have come here just to meet me in a public place to see how I reacted. She lived twenty minutes away in Petersburg. To the best of my knowledge, her family hadn’t moved back here; I was sure Janie would have made sure I had that information.
With no family or friends, how did she know where to find me? In addition, as far as I knew, contact with her local friends had ended at the same time she had cut contact with me. The fact that she left right away and didn’t even have a grocery cart with her added to my belief that she’d come here just to meet me. I had a brief moment of panic thinking that the older girl might be my daughter, but I quickly realized that she was too young. The last time I had sex with Bitsy was over five years ago, so our child would be going on five and her older daughter wasn’t that big yet. Then I realized that I was more disappointed than relieved that she wasn’t my daughter.
I paid for everything and took it home where I unloaded everything into the kitchen. “I’m going to drive back into Petersburg. I may not be home for dinner,” I told Mom as she and Janie started putting everything away.
“Have a good time, honey,” Mom said.
They almost pulled it off, but Janie’s knowing grin, and the fact that neither of them grilled me about why I might not be back for the celebratory dinner made me realize that they already knew. One of them, probably Janie, had told Bitsy I would be at the store. Both of them obviously knew that Bitsy was back, which would explain why they hadn’t paraded a long line of single women out to meet me.
I stopped at a flower shop I saw about ten minutes from Bitsy’s place and bought flowers. Despite knowing that this meeting involved collaboration between Bitsy and the females in my family, I was nervous when I rang the doorbell.
The door opened about an inch; a heavy security chain prevented it from opening more. “Can I help you?” a woman asked nervously as she peeped out the opening at me.
“Sorry, I must have the wrong apartment,” I said as I pulled Bitsy’s note out of my pocket. “Is this 9753 Commerce Street, apartment 148?” I asked her as I looked again at the apartment number on the door. It matched.
“Are you Jim?” she asked fearfully.
“Yes, Bitsy ... er, Janice asked me to meet her here,” I explained.
“Just a minute,” she said while closing the door. I heard the security chain removed, and the door opened again, but still only an inch. She looked around through the crack before stepping away from the door. “Come in,” she invited me, continuing to step back from the door. I could see the fear in her eyes, so I stayed right by the door.
“Is Janice here?” I asked.
“Oh, yeah,” she replied as if she had just remembered why I was there. “She’ll be right down,” she said as she looked anxiously up the stairs. Bitsy chose that moment to make her appearance, coming gracefully down the stairs. She had changed from the blue jeans and T-shirt she wore earlier into a yellow sundress. After hugging the girl who let me in, Bitsy led me into the living room, which wasn’t far from the front door. I doubt if the entire apartment--both upstairs and downstairs--was more than a thousand square feet.
I sat on the well-worn couch, and Bitsy sat right next to me, her leg touching mine as she reached for my hands and held them. “I missed you terribly when we got to Germany,” she said emotionally, the tears already starting to flow. I started to tell her she didn’t have to explain, but she touched my lips with her finger to stop me.
“I missed you holding me. I missed kissing you. I missed just hearing your voice every day. I really missed the sex, and feeling you inside me. I was like an addict with no supply of drugs. Every day it got worse. Two weeks after we got there, Dad took us to a big party his company threw to welcome us. He insisted that I dance with some of the guys who were my age. One of them was your height and build. When the band started playing our favorite song, I had a meltdown. I dreamed that it was you holding me and dancing with me. I dragged him off the dance floor and found a quiet place where we had sex.
“Afterwards, when I realized what I had done, I was so ashamed of myself that I couldn’t talk to you or even IM you again. I knew how hurt you’d be when you found out. I thought it was better to let you wonder than to admit what I did. I know now how stupid that was,” she sobbed.
I held her while she cried, my shirt wicking away both her tears and mine until she could talk again. “I became so depressed that my parents had me on a suicide watch. I finally told Mom what had happened, and she insisted that I call you and explain. She said that you’d understand and forgive me if you really loved me. She even threatened to call you herself but I told her that I wouldn’t talk to you if she did.
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The classes I was taking during the first summer session met Monday through Thursday, giving me a three-day weekend for each of the five weeks. On Thursday of the second week of classes, I got a phone call from Dwight. “Jim, I wanted to give you a heads up. The Resident Agent for the FBI just called to warn me that some agent is being sent from D.C. to investigate allegations of excessive brutality and endangering civilians during a shootout with the escapees,” he warned. “What?” I...
Wednesday “You be careful,” Juwanna admonished while we shoveled breakfast into our mouths this morning. She had no idea where we were going or what we were up to, but had seen Will here and knew the three of us had been training together for something. This was the first time the three of us had gone on the same “appointment.” Everyone who worked for us knew we did something slightly clandestine for the government. My top people and the household staff knew a great deal more, although...
The rest of the summer flew by. Somehow, I managed to cram nineteen weeks of information into fourteen weeks. On my last day, I was surprised when Dan told me that I had finished and passed the class with a 94%. The only official criterion to be a Marshal that I hadn’t met now was a college degree or equivalent military service. Until I graduated in two and a half years, I would be a provisional, part-time Marshal--whatever that meant to the pencil pushers. Nobody I worked with had seemed to...
When Dwight hung up, I called my attorney. “I figured that I’d hear from you today,” he said. “I already have a copy of the interview on the way over from all three of the stations. I promised them a press conference late Monday afternoon. That should give me time to file a libel lawsuit in Nashville and serve the Senator,” he said. “It’s a good thing we already have videos showing the three escapees delivered to prison. The prison copies of the security videos have mysteriously...
Thursday I awoke earlier than usual, especially considering the workout the women gave me last night. Something was nagging at me to wake me up this early. Worried about a possible break-in through a tunnel we hadn’t discovered yet, I grabbed my Glock and hurried downstairs. The alarm system showed that the house was secure, and the rooms I’d been in were the only ones that showed any motion. Turning off the alarm on the back door, I opened it and stepped out into the chilly night air. I...
Monday Martine, the FBI agent helping watch both my house and the gang house woke me in the middle of the night. “We have company next door. Someone is trying to open the boathouse door,” she whispered. I woke the girls around me and asked them to wake the dog handlers and have them gear up and guard the house. I didn’t want the dogs in the tunnel if there might be shooting. Besides, our sensors should let us know where the intruders were as well as the dogs could. I dressed and put my...
Tuesday By now, it was nearly 0500 Washington time so I called Ray, figuring that he would be leaving soon. “You are cleared to resume normal activities to NAS Meridian, but say nothing to anyone about a resolution of the problem,” I advised. I called Will back and explained what we found out. “Any chance you could get a decrepit chopper out here quickly so we can shoot it down?” I asked. “You don’t ask for much, do you,” he groaned. “If not, just find the cheapest old chopper and I’ll...
This is a complex story centered on the origins of a very bad man briefly introduced at the end of The Logic of My Anger: A Sociopath’s Tale of Vengeance. The Pickup Truck Man is a professional kidnapper, a taker of beautiful women for one of several Midnight Harvest teams rumored to be run by an elderly Eastern European. This businessman is thought to live in south-central Texas and uses these teams to acquire new talent to stock a high-end whorehouse he owns. In this story, during the more...
My wife Linda and I moved to the Denver area from Philadelphia for my job 10 years ago, when I was 50 years old and she was 47. This was a great move for us professionally, and I have prospered with my company. The problem is that both of us were born and raised in the Philadelphia suburbs and had lived there our entire lives until the move, and we lost our support group of friends and family. My name is Ed, and Linda and I always had a close relationship and a very active and normal sex life,...
Dirty Old Pickup Truck SexTami is my age, and I'd had an affair with her for a time. She was the one who introduced me to girl-girl fun a couple of summers ago. She's chosen a different path, and we parted ways, even though we still see each other fairly regularly. Life is funny sometimes, and for a brief time this summer I'd dated her younger sister. Yes, I'd asked Tami about dating Toni before I started, and Tami gave me the Okay, but once I'd started I got the impression that Tami wasn't...
My wife Linda and I moved to the Denver area from Philadelphia for my job ten years ago, when I was fifty years old and she was forty-seven. That was a great move for us professionally, and I have prospered with my company. The problem is that both of us were born and raised in the Philadelphia suburbs and had lived there our entire lives until the move, and we lost our support group of friends and family.My name is Tim, and Linda and I always had a close relationship and a very active and...
Interracial“Dorothy Shaw, Director of the Lucky Jim Historical Society provided the first ‘official’ verification of the Lucky Jim credential,” The President continued. “Dorothy, are you still sure about your authentication?” Dorothy was next to Jim and stood up. “I am even surer today than I was the day I originally agreed that he was Lucky Jim. Before meeting him, I’d met with numerous claimants to the title Lucky Jim and none of them met the standard. When I met with Jim, he made no claim to the...
Friday early morning We had all checked in and turned in our gear by 0130 hours. “Everyone is off until Saturday morning. Report for PT at 0700 hours Saturday,” Lt. Commander Ferguson barked, eliciting a loud cheer from everyone. “Before you go, each of the fire team leaders needs to submit a brief overview of your team’s actions tonight. Aside from that, we have video coverage from the grav sleds and everyone’s helmet cams. Anyone who has something they feel should be added should see me...
Monday I don’t remember anything else until Juana woke me up this morning. I was still groggy but knew what she had on her mind and helped as she guided me into her welcoming sheath. “How’s our hero this morning?” she asked happily. “Half asleep and dreaming that I have a gorgeous, naked woman making love to me,” I replied, receiving an enthusiastic kiss for my answer. “Where is everyone else?” I asked, noticing that we were alone. “School, hunting, or working,” she replied. “You also...
Thursday I woke early, dressed, and finished a peaceful, pre-dawn ten-klick run that gave me time to think about the businesses I was starting. I was just getting ready for a shower when reveille sounded over the base’s PA system. This bugle player was good. I had waved at him when I ran by on my way back to the barracks. “You’re awake,” Cooper chuckled when he saw me. “Are you kidding? You were still sawing logs while I ran ten klicks already,” I teased back. I don’t think he believed me...
When we went to breakfast, I noticed one of the huge soup pots was in use. “We cooked up rice, carrots and peas, and added junk meat we’d have fed to the pigs. The dogs loved it,” Aunt Peggy explained. I spent a few quiet minutes and mentally reached out to the dogs as they ran and chased each other around the property. Once again, they noted my presence. I sensed that they were exceedingly happy not being cooped up in the small kennels. Here, they could run and play. I don’t know if it...
Mar 8-9, 1857 Emma’s POV We leased space in a warehouse in Leavenworth near the docks. Every one of the white women who had lived near here wanted to bring everything from their homes. I could understand in a way. It was all they had remaining of their former lives and their loved ones. Jim would probably be upset about it. Then an idea hit me. We raided the town, buying all the luggage they had, and bought lumber and carpenter’s tools for the men to make wooden crates. We packed and crated...
Later Sunday morning Within minutes of dressing for church, I felt a second danger, this one to the northwest. “Is this some sort of test because I waited so long to admit it?” I asked the ceiling rhetorically after a deep sigh. “Something going on?” Don asked from nearby. “Some sort of trouble to the northwest,” I sighed. “Fort Polk?” Don asked. That had been my guess, too. I used the new handheld computer Don got for me and aimed it towards the trouble, taking a vector. “Back in a few,...
Friday March 11 As usual, I was up before sunrise. The problem was that there wasn’t any place to go, so I settled for the main deck where I went through my forms. I began jogging around the deck when I finished. Nearing the stern, I was surprised to find two of the crew fishing. “Would you like to join us?” one of them asked. “I’d love to fish, but not that way. I’ll be back in a few minutes,” I replied, and then made my way below to where the helicopter was housed. Our Security’s grav...
Tuesday Oh dark thirty It took us hours to clear the town. When we finally finished, I went to the holding area and walked amongst the detainees, marking each person with their threat index score. More than half of them were between one and three, forced to be here and kept here by the posted sentries. The men worked in the mine, the women took care of the home. Some women spent part of their day reloading 10 mm cartridges. When the attack began at the southern end of the tunnel complex,...
CHAPTER 1 The young farmer hesitated as he stepped up to the large hole in the rocky side of the mountain. The last time he was here his experience had been amazing. Now that he was once again standing at the cave’s entrance he was beginning to regret his decision to come back. The boy had come to the delightful conclusion that the cavern’s tenant was likely out and about in the forest. With the cave unoccupied it would be best for him to return home with much haste. Heavy footsteps from...
Monday Feb 22 At 0300 Monday morning, I was again strapped into the seat of the weapons specialist aboard the Talon. Max had returned last night with two sealed letters. The first was from the President. The sooner, the better. President Talbot The second letter was from General Conklin. Start with the East Coast again. Work your way to the West Coast. Then anything over China and Southeast Asia. Hit the Mideast, including the territory Russia claimed after the MEW. Do Africa, saving...
Fiona didn’t pester me quite so much as she was happy to give her cunt a rest after the abuse it had taken from so many cocks over the last year or so. Going from a baron 4 years of no cock to a wanton 40+ milf had taken its toll on Fiona; although enjoyable she’d been fucked ragged. Alice collared me whenever we were alone and would rub my cock through my jeans or shorts whispering in my ear, “I need your dick inside me again, stretching my pussy open and spunking inside me, when can...
Wednesday Having gone to sleep early last night, I was awake early this morning. I didn’t want to disturb anyone else since they were all still up last night when I fell asleep. I finally got up because I had to pee. Then I took a quick shower. “You’re up early,” Cooper commented from the shower doorway. “I figured that you’d still be wiped out from yesterday.” “I was pretty tired last night, but I’m okay this morning. I’m usually up this early to hunt or fish,” I replied. “How do you...
“We can’t wait all night for those yahoos. They probably found some young pussy and stopped to have fun. Start loading the cattle and we’ll have the last two haulers wait here for when they get back,” he ordered the men. “All we do is arrange the cattle inside the trailer and drive. I don’t know nothing about gettin’ them damn critters into a chute,” one of the drivers replied. “How hard can it be to get a bunch of stupid animals onto your trucks?” the fancy man retorted angrily. “Since...
MAU: The Fable of the Farmer and his Wife Synopsis: Surprisingly to most people, many of the fables giving lessons in life are taken from true, or nearly true, experiences. However, the details are often changed so the stories may more readily fit into the prevailing culture, and as such, many of the true details are lost. [email protected] ********************************************************************** Foreward: For many, many centuries, a...
Sunday When I commed Cooper after breakfast, he had both Red and Blue Squads ready to pick up where we left off Friday. There were no new danger vectors from Chongqing so we headed north. I’d already taken second vectors to complete the vectors for the rest of China. I hugged and kissed my wives goodbye as the Talons began arriving to take my family home. The Mistresses of the Dragon stayed here and I had instructions from Sally to make sure Zan, Nuo, Wei, and Jia were pregnant since that’s...
I got a call from Jim the day after our liaison at the layby, it quiet surprised me as I thought it would be a one off due to him being married. I've had multiples of married men in the past that say they'll phone you and never do, doesn't really bother me I quiet understand that their horny and looking for a quick release and when that's over they've got wives to return home to, occasionally one will contact me, it's fine by me I get as much out of it as they do, so everyone's happy.Anyway...