Lucky Jim 2 Student Farmer Volunteer Pickup Truck DiplomatChapter 38
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Saturday
This morning, I used the smaller, upstairs study bathroom to perform my morning ablutions so I didn’t wake the others. After I dressed, I acquired two canine followers on my way downstairs and three more once I got downstairs. I’d seen the handlers turn the dogs loose to run and do their business, and I did the same, although I stayed near the back door with the door open. The barking as they frolicked drew three more dogs outside. Juwanna and Mabel just laughed at me as I watched the dogs.
“Now, that’s impressive,” a female voice commented behind me, startling me. Toni was watching an even dozen dogs playing what almost appeared to be a K-9 version of polo, soccer, or hockey as they chased back and forth. I groaned when she shook her upper body, making it abundantly clear that she wasn’t wearing a bra under her T-shirt. “At least it isn’t one of my T-shirts,” I thought to myself.
“Dr. Wagner is right, you are fun to tease,” she laughed right before she went back upstairs and donned the appropriate chest restraint.
I almost pouted when she returned, causing her to laugh at me again. “Sorry, I’m not joining your harem,” she laughed. “My husband might not appreciate it when he gets back next month,” she added. She saw my confused look at her comment.
“He’s in Afghanistan right now, but his enlistment is up next month. He planned to stay in for another tour, but with this job, we can afford for him to get out so we can start a family,” she explained happily.
“Ground pounder?” I asked.
“He’s a Blackhawk pilot, and does insertions and extractions for Special Ops,” she replied proudly.
“Can he fly a Superhawk?” I asked hopefully.
“Among at least a dozen other helicopters he’s qualified to fly,” she answered. Now it was her turn to look confused.
“I watched the helicopter that brought you here yesterday. It holds plenty of people, and I thought about buying one, but couldn’t justify the expense. Jan reminded me that local law enforcement would probably be begging me to let them borrow it for a variety of things, including search and rescue, so I tried to order one last night. I’ll probably have to get the civilian version, though. Still, I need qualified pilots and mechanics,” I explained.
“Just like that, you bought a helicopter?” she gasped.
“Yeah, although I know I’ll have to build a hangar, repair facility, and tarmac, and will need to hire pilots and a mechanic,” I sighed.
“You said that without flinching or grimacing,” she said, almost accusingly.
“Let’s just say that I’ve had more than my share of good fortune in the last couple of months, with the emphasis on both good and fortune,” I explained.
“Captain Reynolds said yesterday that you were directly related to the Lucky Jim from the history books and that you seemed to have inherited his luck,” she commented appraisingly.
“I’ve denied it for years, even to myself,” I admitted. “This last week has convinced me, however, but it won’t change the way I live. My first wife left me after a few months because she thought I’d spend the money on her. She was incensed when I insisted on working every day alongside my employees, getting dirt on my clothes and under my fingernails. She would die if she knew how much richer I am now than a few months ago when I divorced her,” I laughed.
When Toni whistled for her dog, the rest followed, running into the house, trying to shoulder each other out of the way as they ran through the door. I cracked up when three of them got stuck in the doorway for a few seconds. Toni, Juwanna, and Mabel were laughing at them, too.
Not long afterwards, the other handlers came downstairs, still half-asleep. “Wet paws in the face is one hell of a reveille,” one of the Wounded Warriors groused as he petted his dog’s head.
“You should have seen when three of them got stuck in the doorway trying to push their way through at the same time,” Toni started laughing again. “Shit, that reminds me,” she commented, running upstairs. I just shrugged, having recently decided that I could never understand what women thought or why they thought it.
“That’s reveille,” I laughed when the rooster began his morning ritual of mocking the approach of a new workday. Breakfast was served a few minutes later, and Toni returned with a huge grin on her face.
“Are you serious about needing pilots and mechanics?” she asked excitedly.
“Yeah, although, like I said, I’ll probably have to buy the civilian version.”
“My husband knows another pilot and two good mechanics, and they all get out in the next couple of weeks. They hoped to find jobs as civilian pilots and rotary mechanics,” she said excitedly.
“As long as they don’t mind living in Mississippi in the middle of nowhere,” I laughed.
She squealed excitedly and ran back upstairs, returning a minute later with her laptop. “Arthur, this is Jim, the man who hired me yesterday,” she said by way of introduction before turning the laptop so I could see it.
“Is this a serious offer?” he asked, using SKYPE. The fatigues and buzz-cut definitely marked him as military.
“Yes, I’ll pay a competitive salary, provide housing, and share whatever food we grow and raise. I still have to get the helicopter, and need to build the facilities for it,” I warned. Arthur turned and spoke to someone out of view, then turned back to me. “Is this offer for all four of us?” he asked. “If so, I need to warn you the two mechanics benefited from the military’s ‘don’t ask, don’t tell,’ policy.”
“Not a problem; my policy is don’t ask, don’t care.” I heard laughter from behind Arthur.
“Toni said you were going to be fun to be around,” Arthur laughed. “We have to get going,” he said, so I gave the computer to Toni and they played kissy face for a few seconds before he signed off.
“Yes!” Toni crowed, pumping her fist into the air.
After breakfast, I checked in with Ramón, and then geared up to continue checking tunnels. Since the handlers were all familiar with weapons, I let them pull weapons from my huge gun cabinet. The MP5/10’s were quickly grabbed. “Shit, you’re ready for a serious firefight,” Brent exclaimed.
“You haven’t even seen the ten cases of AK-47s we have locked up,” I laughed. When they all stared incredulously at me, I explained how I came by them.
When everyone was armed, we split up into teams of four. Two handlers, one with a guard/attack dog, and one dog trained to locate drugs and explosives, and one handler acting as an armed guard without a dog went with each team. Sylvia took a team to the Hanley house, and I took a team to the gang house. Martine, the FBI agent assigned here went with the team searching my cellar.
My team was the only one that found anything new. Halfway down the tunnel to the boathouse, there was an eight-foot gap in the dust along one edge of the tunnel. Lulu started whining and scratching at the wall, which is why we noticed the dust missing there. It took three of us half an hour to figure out how to open the solid rock and mortar door. It swung open into the new tunnel silently, which was surprising considering what it had to weigh. When it opened, we could see the arced wear marks in the floor from repeated opening and closing. We also saw a room eight feet wide, seven feet high, and a hundred feet deep filled with bundles of pot that looked like they’d been compressed in a small cardboard baler, and then shrink-wrapped securely.
Leaving the door open, with one of the bales propped in the open doorway to keep it from closing, I asked whoever was on duty in the security room to notify the DEA, and hoped the transceiver at the end of the tunnel picked it up. I got an affirmation letting me know they could still hear us. Nothing else showed up in our exploration, so we returned, leaving the door to the boathouse tunnel open into the cellar of the gang house for the DEA when they got here.
The DEA agents arrived two hours later with two more giant helicopters like the military had used to drop off the shielded vehicle. From looking online at the Sikorsky helicopters, I knew they were the Erickson Aircrane. The third helicopter that arrived was a Superhawk, and dropped off ten DEA agents, as well as an ATF agent and an FBI agent. I heard that the final handler had arrived, so I let the handlers who had been with me lead the new arrivals back to the stash while I went to greet my new handler.
The team searching my home had finished already. They were busy explaining to the latest handler, Rick, what we did this morning, and what we found. They also explained what I was looking for and what I was offering. When I found them, they were relaxing on the patio joking and talking. I assigned two basements of the Civil War era houses for them to search after lunch, and called the people living there to warn them.
Chloe found me and gave me a message. “Someone called for you. They sounded like they were military so we told them you were leading a team searching tunnels for drugs and arms. They said to call back as soon as you could,” she explained.
I didn’t recognize the name, the phone number, or the area code, but called anyway. “Sikorsky Aircraft, how may I direct your call?” a pleasant female voice asked.
“I’m Jim Reynolds. Alex Rudd called earlier and asked me to return his call,” I explained nervously. I hoped I wasn’t in trouble for trying to order a military model of a helicopter.
“Jim, Alex here,” a male voice answered enthusiastically. “I hear you were in the middle of something when I called earlier. Find anything?” he asked.
“Yeah, but the DEA just got here a few minutes ago so we don’t know how much yet, but the total will be in tons,” I explained.
“Great, get that shit off the streets before it even gets there,” he encouraged. “Anyway, I called about your order. If you want the best helicopter for S&R, medical evacuation, law enforcement support, and want the best electronics package, you want the HH60-AG PAVE Hawk, sans the armament, of course,” he explained.
I explained about wanting the extra seating since I had a big family, lots of employees, and eleven handlers and their dogs.
“I know the economy is tight right now, but your references seemed to think it hadn’t affected you. Your boss was surprised that you wanted a helicopter but assured us you could easily afford it. I could sell you unarmed versions of both the HH60-AG Pave Hawk with all the top-of-the-line upgrades and the Superhawk configured for executive transportation, including all top-of-the-line upgrades for $53 million. I could make it $51 million without any of the upgrades,” he offered.
“We have the birds ready since the market for big-ticket items went soft. We just need to perform the upgrades, and can have them ready within a month,” he promised eagerly. Somewhere in the back of my mind, I could see this guy in a car lot selling used cars.
“What the fuck?” I was wondering silently. Last night, I was trying to justify buying a helicopter, and now they want to sell me two. SHIT! “Do it,” I heard myself saying into the phone. I hoped the girls weren’t too pissed off at me for spending that much money and it was definitely a crapload of money. Half an hour later, the two copters were bought and paid for, and the paperwork had been faxed back and forth to accrue the necessary signatures.
The final order of business was when he asked if I wanted the business name on the helicopters. Without even thinking, a mental image came to mind. It was an image from when I first read the journal of Lucky Jim. “How about a horseshoe and the letter J?” I asked. “Beneath that, add Lucky J.”
“That sounds familiar. I think someone else may be using it,” he warned.
“It sounds familiar from your history lessons. My sixth great-grandfather, Lucky Jim, used it,” I explained.
“So, you’re Lucky Jim, Jr.?” he laughed.
“Something like that,” I laughed in return. I felt my chest swelling with pride thinking that I really was Lucky Jim.
I sought and found Toni. “Next time you talk to your husband, could you ask if he knows a three-man flight crew for a PAVE Hawk, and if the two mechanics know how to work on them?” I asked.
“A PAVE Hawk?” she gasped.
“Yeah, the guy from Sikorsky said it would be better for S&R, emergency medical flights, and working with local law enforcement. I wanted the Superhawk because it carried so many people, so he sold me both,” I said, shrugging my shoulders.
“Both?” she gasped even louder, her voice raising an octave in surprise.
“Yeah, they cut me a deal because they had the inventory and wanted to get rid of it,” I explained. I didn’t explain how small the discount was, although $800,000 is still a lot of money. Besides, they were throwing in the upgrades at their cost.
Surprisingly, Jan laughed at me when I told her. Then she told the others and got them laughing at me. At least they weren’t upset. I laughed thinking that I should fly both over to say hi to Jacqueline. Now she would be pissed!
We had just sat down for lunch when there was a mad rush by the dogs to the front door. Several shrill whistles later, the dogs had returned, and were sitting (almost) calmly by their handlers. They were still quite interested in the front door, their ears perked up, and their heads turned when the doorbell rang. Since I was almost to the door, it only took a few seconds before I opened the door.
“Mr. Reynolds?” the older man asked in a perfectly clipped British accent. He was looking nervously behind me so I turned to make sure none of the dogs had snuck back towards the door.
“Jim, please,” I replied, extending my hand. “The dogs are harmless and perfectly safe. They are all highly trained and the handlers are with them,” I reassured him.
“Guard dogs?” he asked as he shook my hand.
“Most of them are retired military dogs and trainers. The rest are retired police dogs or drug dogs and their handlers,” I explained.
“Would you prefer to come in and eat lunch, or to go look at the house?” I asked.
“The house, I think,” he replied, looking at his watch. I told everyone where I’d be, and left, driving my pickup truck.
“Security?” he asked when he saw the two agents who were on duty.
I explained briefly about having a run-in with people who sold weapons and drugs, as well as the fact that the house had been confiscated, and about the attempted break-in a couple of days ago, so we had FBI, DEA, ATF, and U.S. Marshals here. He seemed impressed.
Within seconds of opening the front door, the man made a beeline to one of the ugly knick-knacks. Seven more caught his interest before even leaving the foyer. “Oh, my, this will take some time,” he said, but actually sounded excited. The poor man spent a day and a half cataloging everything, including things I would have considered trash. He stayed in the house, and I sent meals over to him.
I ate a belated lunch when I finally got home, and then sought my parents. I should have known they’d both be helping with the work, as were my brothers and sisters-in-law. I guess I came honestly by the work ethic Jacqueline hated so much. When I asked if they minded if I renamed the farm the Lucky J, I swear that Dad’s chest puffed up with pride. They all thought it was a wonderful idea.
That meant I had to tell Ramón to get new branding irons, and had to call my attorney Monday to have the name changed on legal and banking documents. I decided that it would be easier and less confusing to change the name to Reynolds Ranch d.b.a. Lucky J.
After an hour of reviewing the numerous irons I had in the fire, I spent the rest of the afternoon relaxing with my spousal equivalents. I noticed Mabel showing another fifty-something black woman around the house, explaining the system she and Juwanna had worked out to keep the house clean.
She introduced me to Twyla, mother of two of the men Ramón hired this week. “Is it true that you’re related to Lucky Jim?” Twyla asked excitedly.
“That’s what my parents tell me,” I answered.
“Oh, wow, you need to lead the charity raids next March,” she said. Of course, That comment meant she had to explain what the charity raids were. “Every year, to commemorate Lucky Jim’s raid on Meridian and the surrounding countryside, groups of county residents band together and go door-to-door to collect donations of canned food for the county food bank, and cash for the churches to dole out to needy families. Someone in each group dresses up as Lucky Jim, wearing buckskins, and has a feather stuck in the red wig they wear. At least you won’t need a wig.
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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...