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Acknowledgments: I decided to locate Doug’s Embassy about halfway between Greeley and Fort Morgan, Colorado. The site I selected for the story’s fictitious ranch has the property’s southern boarder overlapping the northern portion of the Riverside Reservoir. I know nothing about the property or the surrounding area. Some of the information contained in this story may appear to be accurate, but any resemblance to reality is pure chance. To the best of my knowledge, the information herein is pure fiction.

It looked as if I had solved my need for a trained security force. My presentation to the Multiverse Law Enforcement Agency personnel who had a problem with sugar addiction had been well received. I expected that most of them would accept my offer and would appear at the meeting that would be held in two weeks. The main factors to be determined were if the married personnel would bring their families with them, my finding a place for all of them to live on Earth, and my establishing a schedule for moving everyone to Earth.

After leaving Carl’s office, Matt and I took a hover cab back to the hotel room. I commed my parents to let them know about my plans for tomorrow.

“Mom, I’m comming to let you know that I have finished the business that I had to take care of here in Cinnity. I have some business on Spice World, so we will be leaving the hotel in the morning. We should get to your place sometime late tomorrow afternoon. Are you sure that you are up to accommodating the seven of us?”

“It’s no problem, Doug; we have plenty of spare rooms what with you kids being grown up and out of the house.

You wanted to talk with everyone, so I’ll let them know you will be arriving tomorrow. What about scheduling the meeting for after supper, two days from now?”

“That sounds good to me, Mom.”

We had been eating most of our meals in the hotel. Matt and I decided to do something different. We went out to the Multiverse’s equivalent of a fast food restaurant. As far a fast food goes, it was fairly good. Mary did make one interesting observation as we were leaving. She said, “No matter where you go, fast food is always spelled G-R-E-A-S-E.”

After an early breakfast and checking out of the hotel, I hopped us to Spice World. I had made a morning appointment at ten o’clock with my Spice and Herb Trade Agent, Maxwell Mullica, earlier in the week. We arrived at his office a few minutes late, but it worked out okay, for he was still with his prior client. It took him a while to finish the client’s business so we waited in the reception area.

Max’s office was too small for the seven of us, so my ladies set their backpacks down in his office and returned to the reception area.

“Max, these are my associates from Earth: Matt and Mary Crane.”

Since Max didn’t speak English, the introductions didn’t take very long.

“What brings you to my office, Doug?”

“I have some black peppercorns and sugar to sell, and I have some samples of herbs and spices for you to identify.”

“That’s good to hear. Let me get some people to come take this stuff to our lab for analysis.”

Max commed his lab and they came with a cart to carry the merchandise to the lab. While he was talking, I removed my herb samples from my backpack. Once the lab techs were gone, I gave Max the five samples of herbs that Betty and I decided might be scarce in the Multiverse.

Max was able to readily identify four of the five herbs. Two were fairly common, and the other two, while not common, were also not rare. He sent the fifth sample to the lab for testing.

Max said, “Doug, there is a rumor of a new sugar source and the prices are way down from your prior sale price. The market will recover in several weeks, so you may want to wait until then to sell the sugar. If you want to sell it now, I’ll buy your sugar at the current price, and hold it until the market recovers.”

I knew my prior sales had only a small impact on the market, but as long as the rumor continued, the prices would remain low. I decided to sell the sugar now.

The price per ounce of the two semi-rare herbs was relatively low. They would be profitable enough once I began bulk shipments to my future venture’s warehouse. I added them to my growing list of things to sell, but for now, it would be better to carry other merchandise.

The lab got back to Max with the weight and grade of my merchandise, and even though the market was down, I still cleared close to four point three million dollars. Max gave me a receipt and transferred my payment into my bank account. His company would hold the merchandise and sell it off in small amounts when the market recovered, so they didn’t further depress the sugar market. The lab results of my herb sample came back and we were shocked by the results. The herb was a common weed in the Multiverse. Max wanted to know how it was used on Earth. I promised that I would bring him several recipes the next time I saw him.

I hopped us back to my parent’s place on Vora. I had a message waiting for me from Officer Sereine Tatting asking me to return her comm at my earliest convenience. It was unusual for strangers to comm me at my parent’s house. Once we were settled in our rooms, I returned her comm.

“Hello, Officer Tatting speaking. How can I help you?”

“Officer Tatting, this is Doug Smith. I am returning your comm. What can I do for you?”

“I spoke with Inspector Nast after your meeting at Police Headquarters the other day. He suggested that I get in contact with you, since I will be the D-Hopper assigned to your Trade Checkpoint.”

“I see. Why does Carl think that we should get together at this point?”

“Well, I have no other assignment right now, and frankly I am at the point where my sugar addiction is making it difficult to perform my duties. Inspector Nast thought that my returning to Earth with you might be advantageous in helping with the initial set up of the checkpoint.”

“I see. Am I right in that Carl is hoping that I can begin the desensitization process in addition to beginning your acclimation to Earth? If so, I think that would be a good idea. Can you be at my parent’s home in Willibald by six tonight for dinner?”

“Yes. I can be there. Do I need to bring anything?”

“No, just your appetite. We can talk after dinner about you returning with us, and other things.”

Before I hung up my comm unit, I gave Sereine my address and instructions on how to get here from the Transit Tube Station. If Sereine needed sugar, then I needed to talk with Carl to see if any of the other officers needed an interim supply to tide them over until my meeting two weeks from now.

“Good afternoon, Carl, its Doug. I just got off a comm with Sereine. She implied that she was having trouble with her sugar addiction. I suspect she needs a sugar fix, so I invited her over to dinner for that and other things. It got me to thinking about the other officers. Are any of them in need of a sugar supply until they can get to Earth?”

“I’m not sure, Doug. Most of them are on the sugar substitute, but I’m not sure if is still effective for everyone. I can check and get back to you tomorrow.

“That will work. However, I am planning to send a sugar supply and instructions for diluting it back to Cinnity with Sereine. In its diluted form, it should be adequate for everyone until our meeting in two weeks.”

“Thanks, Doug. I think a few officers may need a sugar supply by this point in their addiction.”

“No problem, Carl, I just wish I had thought of it the other day when we had our meeting. See you later.”

Two hours later, I opened the front door and met Sereine. Overall, she was of average appearance. I could see the stress lines in her face, pale skin tone, and tremor in her hands that were symptoms of advanced sugar addiction.

“Come in. Let me show you to the living room ... have a seat, I’ll be right back.”

I got my baggie of sugar from my travel pouch and went into the kitchen. I prepared a very weak sugar solution and took it to Sereine.

“This is a weak sugar solution, Sereine. I want you to drink it slowly, so you don’t collapse on us. It should be weak enough that you won’t go into sugar shock.

“Are any of the other officers as bad off as you are?

“One or two are a little worse than me, but they think they will make it, okay.”

“‘Making it’, isn’t acceptable to me. I commed Carl and told him you would be bringing him some sugar and instructions for diluting it. I have enough for everyone until our meeting.”

It had only been a minute or so, but Sereine’s hands had almost stopped trembling. The lines were still in her face, but some color seemed to be coming back into her skin tone.

I returned to the kitchen and evaluated my sugar supply. I decided to hold out enough for personal needs, and send the rest to Carl. That meant we would have to return to Earth earlier than I planned. I would need three days to complete the business that I needed to take care of and two travel days back to Earth. Sereine would be returning to Earth with my ladies and me, so I measured out enough sugar to satisfy our needs for five days. I wrote some instructions for Carl for diluting the sugar and the daily dosage to be taken by the officers. I gave the sugar and instructions to Sereine.

“Sereine, I think you should plan on remaining with us for the next month or so. I held out enough sugar for our needs for the next five days. By then we should be back on Earth, and we can get as much sugar as we need.

“I’ll comm Carl after dinner and explain the situation to him, and let him know we will be back in time for our meeting. Now I think my Mom and Betty are signaling that it’s time to eat.”

By the time dinner was finished, Sereine had recovered, and seemed like just one of the family. I could tell that my folks liked her and it seemed like my ladies would get along with her also. After dinner, we discussed the return trip.

I wanted to have Matt, Mary, and my ladies certified for using Multiverse weapons, so I had made an appointment for them for tomorrow at the weapons training school where I had taken Bill and Sue. I let Sereine know that I would be at the weapons school in Cinnity tomorrow and suggested that she, Carl, and I meet in the afternoon to discuss her early assignment to Earth.

I offered to drive Sereine back to the Transit Tube Station, but she reminded me that she was a Hopper. After she hopped back to her apartment, the rest of us went to bed early. We’d had had a busy day.

We caught the transit tube to Cinnity early the next morning. By nine, we were in the weapons training school. We met the instructors that would provide Matt, Mary, and my ladies with their training. I would have to remain with Matt and Mary to translate for the rest of the morning. Matt was a police official and familiar with weapons, so he should catch on quickly. He could then help Mary during practice, and I should be free for the afternoon. At least that is the way I had it planned.

I mentioned my intent to the instructor during the morning session and he was not comfortable with my not being there to translate. I commed Carl and explained the situation. He agreed that he and Sereine would meet me at the school at one-thirty.

I was right in that Matt learned his lessons rapidly, and seemed to be fully qualified by lunch, except for the minimum three-hour range time requirement. Mary was somewhat slower and the instructor was working with her full time while Matt practiced. The instructor had worked out a basic vocabulary that allowed him to converse with Matt and Mary, so I only had to step in to translate new concepts.

Carl and Sereine were on time after lunch, and they were dressed in their uniforms. I think it rattled the instructor a bit to have a Police Inspector and Police D-Hopper looking over his shoulder while he trained Matt and Mary.

“Carl, I get the impression that you sense Sereine is close to being unable to perform professionally, and you think that my treatment will keep her from being medically retired.”

“That’s part of it, Doug. The other part is the police have a need for a D-Hopper in another location and if Sereine were selected for that assignment, then she would be unable to accept a position on Earth. Therefore, by assigning her to your Embassy now, she will not be available for consideration for the other assignment.

“If you are willing to submit a request for her services now, you will be able to provide her with the help she needs, and allow the Multiverse Police to retain the services of a valuable officer.”

“Do I need to submit a written request, Carl, or is a verbal request adequate?”

“Your verbal request is adequate for me personally, but for official documentation it would be better for you to make the request in writing. As of now, I will identify that she is on temporary duty in support of your Embassy and that her temporary assignment will be permanent once the written request is received. That should prevent anyone from assigning her to a different assignment.”

“Excuse me, Carl, I’ll be right back.”

I walked over to the receptionist’s desk and asked for a piece of paper and pen. I then wrote out a formal request for Sereine’s services and signed it.

Returning to Carl, I handed him the paper saying, “I believe that this will be adequate, and will substantiate your permanently assigning Sereine to my Embassy staff. Is there anything else that I need to do to make her assignment official?”

After looking over my written request, Carl said, “No, this is more than adequate. As of now, Officer Sereine Tatting is officially assigned to the Earth Embassy as the officer in charge of its Trade Checkpoint.

“Sereine, I will provide you with written orders and instructions at a later time. For now, my instructions are for you to travel to Earth with Doug when he departs, to perform any preliminary survey or investigation necessary for establishing a Trade Checkpoint, and to provide support for any other activities necessary for successful completion of his mission.”

Turning to me Sereine said, “If I understand what Carl just said, I now report to you for determining the tasks that I am to perform. Is there anything that you wish for me to do at this time?”

I took a moment to think about our imminent departure, and then I smiled and in a somewhat formal manner, I said, “Officer Tatting, my party will be returning to Earth tomorrow morning. You will accompany us to Earth, evaluate the situation on Earth, and determine what you will need to acquire for the establishment of a Trade Checkpoint.

“You can expect to be gone for a prolonged period, so between now and the time we depart, you are to complete or defer any official and personal business that may interfere with your absence.

“At the time of our departure, I will expect you to have the equipment and supplies necessary for a travel period of two days. Our path through the Multiverse should not take us to any hostile planets, but I will expect you to be armed in the event that we need to deviate from my planned route or in the event of an unexpected occurrence. Comm me, tonight. I should know what time we will leave by then. If you will need additional time to take care of your affairs, let me know tonight, and we can delay our departure time. Now go take care of anything that needs to be taken care of.

Sereine and Carl gave me a smile and said their goodbyes. I returned to monitoring Matt and Mary’s training in case my translation services were required.

Dinner that evening was bedlam. The family members, who were senior members of the family businesses, and their families, had arrived for dinner and our business meeting. After I introduced my group, everyone helped themselves to the buffet dinner Mom had had catered.

Following dinner, Matt and Mary observed what was happening while my four ladies tried to translate the conversation for them. Since my parents were hosting dinner, they chaired the meeting, as was our custom.

My Mom said, “We are gathered here this evening to listen to a business proposal. Doug is opening a new planet that is very valuable, and he has been appointed the Multiverse’s Ambassador to the planet. Doug is proposing that the family expand its business by aiding him in the sale of the planet’s merchandise in the Multiverse, and Multiverse merchandise on the planet. Doug, please explain to the family what you have in mind.”

“The planet is called Earth. I plan to establish a warehouse on Earth and a second warehouse here on Vora. Both warehouses will be used as clearinghouses for gathering and distributing merchandise. At the Earth warehouse, merchandise that is inexpensive on Earth and expensive in the Multiverse will be assembled for shipment to Vora. When it arrives on Vora, it will be stockpiled and sold off slowly to prevent destabilization of the respective markets in the Multiverse. The same thing will be happening at the warehouse on Vora. Inexpensive merchandise from the Multiverse that is expensive on Earth, will be stockpiled on Vora, then shipped to Earth and slowly sold off on Earth.

“The Vora warehouse will also act as the purchasing agent for my household and for the Embassy on Earth. In setting up and maintaining my household and Embassy, I will need a wide variety of merchandise. I will define what we need on Earth, and the warehouse agent will acquire and store what we need until I can transport it to Earth.

“I am planning on the merchandise being stored in shipping containers. I am thinking of three standard size containers: sixty four, seven hundred and thirty five, and two thousand two hundred and forty cubic feet. We can connect several of these containers to each other as needed, making it easier for me to transport multiple containers per trip.

“To give you an idea of the potential profitability of this venture, the seven of us carried five hundred and sixty pounds of merchandise to Vora on this trip, in just seven backpacks. Yesterday I sold it for a profit of about four-point-three million dollars, even though the market in that merchandise is depressed at this time. If the market had not dropped, my net profit would be over seven million dollars.

“There will be start-up and operating costs incurred in establishing the business and two warehouses. However, we can expect to move tons of merchandise through the warehouse each year. I anticipate our costs during the first year of business to be close to a hundred and fifty million dollars, due to acquisition of property and equipment. After the initial start-up costs, we should incur operating costs of about twenty million a year.

“If we are careful with the supply and demand tradeoffs, I expect an average net profit of forty million per ton of high value merchandise. I have currently identified four items of high volume, high value merchandise, and anticipate that we will be able to move twenty tons of merchandise per year without significantly depressing the market. I anticipate identifying additional types of high value merchandise, which should increase our annual profit in these products to over a Billion dollars per year.

“There will also be an even wider variety of moderately valuable merchandise to be sold. Our profit per ton will be less, but we should be able to move a higher volume of this type of merchandise. I would estimate our annual profit in these products at close to eight hundred million per year.

“Right now, we have a monopoly on Earth’s business. My job as the Ambassador is to expand trade. I have not started a timetable for introducing commercial traders to Earth. Once I start this process, I will have to implement some form of price controls, to keep the Earth and Multiverse markets stable. When that happens, our profit per ton of high volume, high value merchandise will go down. However, I have identified other merchandise that will provide us a reasonable profit that will not be subject to the price controls.

“Our main advantages over other traders are that I can speak the language, I know Earth’s merchandise, and I have contacts with the merchants. The main problem that our competition will have is that sugar is very common on Earth. There is a very high probability that a trader will be exposed to sugar and become a sugar addict. That probability will prevent traders from interacting with the people of Earth, as they would normally do. If they don’t interact, they cannot do business. The Earth warehouse will probably become a clearinghouse for selling Earth merchandise to Multiverse traders.

My uncle asked, “If sugar addiction is such a big problem, how do you avoid it?”

“I don’t. When I first arrived on Earth, I made a simple mistake, and became a sugar addict. That’s one of the reasons why I have chosen to live on Earth.”

“There are several ways to establish this new business. I was thinking of the family keeping its Specialty Woods business separate from this new business venture. I would expect the family to continue the Specialty Woods business, and set up a separate corporation to manage all of the Earth-Multiverse business activities. This includes the acquisition of merchandise for transport to Earth, the sale of merchandise received from Earth, and the movement of merchandise through the warehouse. I would be responsible for management of the Earth warehouse and the transporting of all merchandise between Earth and Vora.

“We will have to decide on how to divide the business’s income and expenses, but that should be a relatively simple matter that can be addressed at a later date. My initial thought is that the Vora warehouse could invoice me for the costs of acquiring and storing the merchandise shipped to Earth, and I would retain the profits of selling the merchandise. The Earth warehouse could invoice the family for the costs of acquiring and storing the merchandise shipped to Vora, and the family would retain the profits of selling the merchandise in the Multiverse. I will also invoice a small charge for transporting merchandise to Vora. We will have to discuss the profits from the resale of Earth merchandise to other traders. My warehouse would be doing all the work, but the merchandise sold would cut into the Multiverse warehouse’s sales. If anyone has a better idea, let me know.

“At this time, we need to decide if there is any interest in creating a business effort, and we can decide later how that business will be structured. I will be leaving for Earth in the morning, and plan to return for a meeting at Police Headquarters in Cinnity, which will be held in about two weeks. I will have other business to address at that time, so I suggest we reconvene in three weeks to discuss this matter further.”

Mom said, “Thank you, Doug. The opportunity you are offering sounds like a very profitable enterprise for all of us. We will have to discuss this amongst all of the family while you are gone.”

Mom looked around the room, and then said, “Before I close this family meeting, are there any questions or observations that anyone would like to present?”

There were a few questions that were asked and answered, and almost everyone thought that the new business was, in general, a good idea. Mom ended the meeting by nine, so those who had to catch the transit tube could get home at a reasonable time.

Sereine commed at ten, and I let her know that we would meet her at the weapons school at ten tomorrow morning, and leave from there. We had to pick up the weapons, power packs, and chargers that I had purchased for Matt, Mary, and my ladies.

That night I received a very pleasant and unexpected surprise. Cindy joined me in my bed, although just to snuggle. She had been turned on by the talk of business, and needed some attention. No, she wasn’t ready for sex. She just needed some up close touching and kissing. She stayed with me for an hour or so, and during that time, we talked about the type of relationship she might want to form with me when she became an adult. She wanted to know if I would be opposed to taking her and Rita as my wives. I let her know that I wasn’t opposed to the idea, but would have to think about it. After a final passion filled kiss, she returned to her bed.

I found it interesting that Cindy was aroused by finance. Carol was extremely passionate while submitting to me, and Rita was turned on by being in charge. Then there was Betty. I don’t know what turns Betty on. She is always ready for sex and always very passionate. I would have to keep an eye out to see if there was anything specific that caused her to become exceptionally aroused.

I stopped off at our local metal trade agent the next morning, before leaving for Cinnity. I had ordered five hundred and sixty pounds of platinum for the seven of us to carry on the way home.

We met Sereine at the weapons school. Inspector Nast had transported her, her equipment, and her weapons to the school in a police vehicle. It was extremely rare for a police officer to carry lethal weapons in public. Since she was dressed in a tactical police uniform, she could have carried her weapons while riding public transport. However, that would have been disturbing to the citizens who were traveling with her, and could result in complaints that Inspector Nast didn’t want to address.

When everyone was ready, I hopped us to our first stop to pick up our equipment. When we arrived, we collected our equipment, and prepared for the next hop. Sereine and I made ourselves comfortable and we talked about sharing the hopping duties. While I read off the coordinates of Earth’s Universe and the intermediate destination planets from my Hopping Journal, she recorded them in her Hopping Journal.

Sereine was a more powerful D-Hopper than I was. My maximum hop distance was three universes, and Sereine’s was five universes. It took me an hour to fully recover, but she recovered in forty-five minutes. We would follow my route to Earth, and during each hop, Sereine and I would link our senses so she could learn the location of the destination planet in each universe. We decided to leave exploration of the other planets on my route for a later time.

Hopping while linked to someone is slightly more strenuous than controlling a hop yourself. We decided not to push too hard, so we stopped for a night’s sleep before reaching Wayside. After waking and eating, we reached Wayside in five hops.

On the way to Wayside, Matt and Mary asked if they could talk with me about a personal matter. Mary said that they had discussed it, and for the past day or so, they both felt they were in the way more than helpful. Matt felt he could be more help to me on Earth, by talking with Ken Smythe about my presenting my Ambassadorial credentials. We discussed it and decided it would be best for them to remain on Earth, when I returned to the Multiverse.

After arriving on Wayside, we stored the equipment that we weren’t taking to Earth in the storage shed, and put a tarp over the equipment that wouldn’t fit in the shed. I needed to get a larger storage shed during our next trip. When everyone was ready, I hopped us to my house in Denver.

While Matt and Mary were getting ready to go home, Matt turned to me and said, “Doug, on the way back, it occurred to me that we forgot to pick up some of those prepackaged meals you mentioned before we left.”

“Yeah, it occurred to me also when we stopped to eat our first meal.”

Mary laughed and said, “Matt was right. Those military rations are not very good. Whatever you are planning on buying has to be better than what we had to eat.”

During our rest stops, I had talked with Matt and Mary about what had to be done before I started back to Vora. They would help me with the tasks I needed to do by assembling another load of trade goods.

If Ken confirmed that we had an interim agreement, I would look for a small ranch that I could buy, and use as temporary housing. If I were lucky, I would find a place on a very large parcel of land that was suitable for building my new home and Embassy. My ladies would start teaching Sereine to speak English, and to explain what they knew about Earth’s culture. I had suggested they be the teachers, for I found that I always learned more about a subject when I tried to teach it to someone, than I did by just studying the subject.

It was the middle of the afternoon when we arrived, so I called Bill at HS, “Evening, Bill, this is Doug. We had to interrupt our trip due to the security force I plan to hire are sugar addicts. They need more sugar than what I had with we to begin the desensitization treatment. Once I take care of several matters, I will be returning, but Matt and Mary will be remaining here. They mentioned something about a short trip to visit relatives, since Matt still has some time off.

“What has been going on since we left? Specifically, did Ken Smythe get a ruling on the matter Matt and I discussed with him?”

“Ken did call and ask that you to call him when you return. He said to let you know that the President and Secretary of State agreed in principle, but there are a couple of provisos that he needs to explain.”

“I’m glad to hear that, Bill. I’ll call Ken as soon as I can.