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When Nicky finally settled down a little, I reminded both of them that we still had a few important items to discuss, and it would soon be time for lunch.
"I also have some things to discuss with you, but why don't you go first," Catherine told us as the three of us relaxed on the front porch of the last cabin. They now occupied the porch swing while I sat on the top step. Catherine sounded normal again, her eyes were shining and she had a healthy glow about her.
"Okay. I'm afraid I let it slip to Nicky this morning, about Adriana owning the other two and a half shares of Wagner Industries. She thinks I should tell Adriana and I suggested we discuss it with you first," I explained.
Catherine thought for a moment before answering.
"I wondered when this was going to come out," she mused, as if to herself. Then she asked Nicky, "How did you find out?"
"Michael was explaining how money wasn't a problem and how our shares would soon be worth more. He mentioned Adriana's shares along with mine, Debbie, and Sarah's," Nicky told her.
"Did he tell you about the letter?" Catherine asked Nicky.
"Oh, yeah. He replayed it for me," Nicky replied. "I was more worried about you, to be honest. I never realized that Grandfather had an affair with Adriana's mother."
"Is that all you told her?" she asked me.
"I figured that you would tell her what you wanted her to know," I replied somewhat cryptically.
"What?" Nicky cried. "Tell me what?"
"Nicky, dear," Catherine told her. "It's a very long and very sad story, and it happened a long time ago. I feel much too happy right now to go into it. But, I promise you that I will talk to you about it later. Please, don't make me feel sad right now. Okay?"
"Okay," Nicky said resignedly. "You're right. This is a time to celebrate. After all, I'm going to be an aunt. I'll be Aunt Nicky!"
"Yes, you will, Sweetheart," Catherine said soothingly. "Now, what's this about telling Adriana?"
"I think that because Michael has asked Adriana to marry him, she should be told BEFORE she decides," Nicky stated.
"But I thought she had already decided," Catherine replied.
"She has, but she hasn't told Michael, yet," Nicky said.
"Why not? I told her I wanted to marry her, and that I would always take care of her," I asked.
"And that's just it! She doesn't know she has a choice. What if she's marrying him because she feels like she has to? To be taken care of?" Nicky asked adamantly.
Catherine looked at me. "She DOES have a point, Michael. Just when did you think you would tell her?"
"I don't really know," I said as I shrugged. "I guess I was waiting until I received the stuff from the lawyer next week."
"I see," Catherine replied as she mulled it over. Finally, she asked me, "Well, you've had time to think on it. What are you going to do?"
"I think I agree with Nicky. If you can't see anything wrong, I'd like to go ahead and tell her now," I said. "However, I'd like both of you to be with me when I do."
"Of course," Catherine replied.
"Sure," Nicky also replied, but a little less confidently now.
"Adriana?" I thought. She was at the Lodge with Vickie and some of the others.
"Yes, Michael?" Adriana thought back.
"If you're not too busy, Catherine, Nicky, and I would like to talk with you. We're at the last cabin on the trail around the lake," I told her.
"Is something wrong, Michael?" she asked nervously.
"Quite the contrary, Adriana," Catherine chimed in. "It's good news."
"Okay, I'll be right there. Is it okay if Vickie comes too?" she asked. "I'm not sure I know the way."
"Certainly, Dear," said Catherine before I could reply.
"Okay. We'll be right there," Adriana told us.
"Now, if it's true that I'm pregnant, then, by my count, that's six children you've fathered since you arrived, Michael. Have you made any plans for them?" Catherine asked.
"Well, that brings us to the next item on the agenda," I replied.
Catherine cocked her head at me, waiting for me to explain.
"Vickie told me that Anna is worried that she's pregnant also," I said calmly.
"REALLY!" squealed Nicky. "I can't believe it. Anna's going to be a momma!"
"Wait a minute," I told her. "Vickie said that Anna is worried that she MIGHT be pregnant. I wanted to ask Catherine, I mean both of you, if I should say anything to her?"
"Normally, I would tell any other man just to wait and let her come to you," Catherine told me. "But with your special gifts, well, that changes things. Not to mention this whole set of ... ah, unusual relationships."
"Have you checked her out, yet?" Nicky asked.
I was surprised. I had been so busy, first with Catherine and Nicky, and then with Adriana, that I hadn't thought of that. I quickly scanned for Anna. She was at the office in the Reception Building, talking with Jaye and Sandy. I focused my energies and began to look at Anna's womb.
"Michael?" Anna said, startled. "Is that you? What are you doing?"
"I'm checking to see if you're pregnant," I thought back.
"How..." Anna started, then said, "Never mind. I should have known I couldn't keep anything from you."
There was a long moment of silence, as Anna grew more and more anxious. Finally, she couldn't stand it.
"Well?" she asked. "Am I?"
"Would you like to see?" I asked. Then added, "Momma."
"I ... I ... Oh shit! Let me see, Michael!" she stammered.
I showed her what I had already shown Catherine and Nicky, a small embryonic sac on her uterine wall. As all three of them ooh'ed and ah'ed, I became aware of not one, but two tiny souls. I searched all around and finally decided they were coming from the same embryonic sac.
"What is it, Michael?" Catherine asked. She had apparently sensed my surprise.
"I'm not sure," I told her. I heard Anna's sudden intake of breath, and a feeling of dread permeated our connection.
"I mean there's one embryonic sac, but there are definitely two souls in there," I said, slightly confused.
"Twins!" screamed Nicky gleefully. "She's going to have identical twins!"
"You'd better NOT be shitting me, Michael!" Anna said anxiously. "Where are you? Right now!"
"We're at the last cabin," I told her.
"STAY THERE!" she cried.
"I stand corrected. Make that eight," Catherine said smugly. "Unless there are more items like that on your agenda to discuss?"
I looked at them with a pained expression on my face.
"I guess it's a good thing Jessica hasn't finalized the plans for the house, yet!" Nicky quipped.
"Did I hear my name being mentioned?" Jessica asked as a gaggle of girls arrived at the porch.
"When I asked Vickie to come, they all decided to come with us," Adriana explained. "I hope you don't mind."
I smiled. "I don't," I replied, looking to Catherine. She just smiled at me.
"None of us had ever been here, except Ileana and Grace. We wanted to see it," Julie said.
"Well, go on in," I told them. "We have something to discuss with Adriana, but it should only take a few minutes." The rest of the girls went giggling into the small cabin. I couldn't figure out how it could hold them all. But soon, it was just Adriana, Nicky, Catherine, and me on the front porch.
"I'll come to the point," I told Adriana as she settled beside me on the steps. "When we were in New York, I found out about my grandfather and your mother. I know we discussed it a little, but there was something I didn't tell you. I didn't tell you because I wasn't sure how accurate it was. I was waiting until next week, when I get the stuff from Grandfather's attorneys. But I happened to accidentally mention it to Nicky this morning, and after talking it over with Catherine, I decided I should go ahead and tell you."
Adriana was quiet as she patiently waited for me to get to the point.
"I'm going to replay it for you," I told her. "Just remember, I assumed it was true, and it didn't change the way I feel for you. But you may ... here it is."
Then I replayed my conversation with Nicky from this morning, including the letter, and Nicky's conclusion. Then I sat silently as she digested what I had just shown her.
"I'm ... I'm ... rich?" she asked. "How rich?"
"IF the documents the lawyers are currently holding, verifies it as true, then you're easily worth several million dollars," Catherine told her. "And right now, we have no reason to doubt it. I have the letter. It's back on the train. I'll show it to you, if you'd like."
Then Adriana, looking at Catherine, suddenly broke into tears.
"You must really hate me!" she cried.
Catherine left the swing and came to sit beside Adriana and me on the steps. Then placing her arms around her, she held her, telling her not to cry.
"But ... but, it's really yours, I can't take it!" she thought to Catherine.
"No, that's not true," Catherine explained. "Technically, those shares would have gone to Michael. And you already know how he feels about you. He's told you he wants to marry you. So, we're going to assume the letter is accurate, and the shares are yours. We wanted you to know everything before you decide. This money gives you other options. You don't have to marry Michael just to be financially secure for the rest of your life."
"But I love him!" she cried. "I don't want the money, I want him!"
"Adriana! Listen to me!" Catherine said sharply, trying to break through the crying. "You can have both! We just wanted you to know everything, so that you don't marry Michael for the wrong reasons."
Adriana's tears subsided as she considered what Catherine told her.
"Then you don't hate me? For what your husband did?" she asked.
"Why don't we talk about Greg another time," Catherine suggested. "It looks like I'm going to be discussing it with Nicky, anyway."
"Yeah," Nicky chimed in. "What's one more? Besides, she's going to be family too!"
"But I don't want to talk about it now. I have too much to be happy about right now to worry about the past. And so do you!" Catherine told Adriana.
"Yeah," Nicky said. "I'm getting a new ... well, I guess, she'll be both my aunt and my niece AND another sister-in-law. I think this is a happy day for me too!"
Adriana perked up at the 'sister-in-law' comment, smiling at me. I leaned over and kissed her. Then it hit her.
"A new aunt?" she thought to Nicky.
Nicky looked uneasily at Catherine. "Uh, oh," she said.
Catherine looked at her sternly, then broke into a smile. Turning to Adriana she said, "Michael says I'm pregnant."
The other girls had wandered back out onto the porch, and couldn't help but hear what Catherine said.
"Did you say ... pregnant, Aunt Catherine?" Jenny asked, shocked.
Catherine smiled. "According to Michael, I am."
They all began screaming and jumping around, hugging Catherine and each other.
"When do you want to break the rest of the news to them?" I thought to Adriana.
"Add! Are you pregnant too?" screamed Vickie excitedly, as she grabbed Adriana and hugged her.
The others heard Vickie and the uproar started again. Adriana was trying to tell Vickie she wasn't pregnant, but Vickie was too busy being excited.
"Oh, well. They'll run down eventually," she thought to me with a grin. "So tell me, Michael. Am I as rich as you?"
The party, for that's what it had turned into, was in high gear, when Anna arrived. She was breathing heavily, and holding her side. She stopped at the bottom of the steps, bent over with her hands on her knees as she regained her breath.
"You all right?" I thought. She'd never have heard my voice over the excited chatter all around us.
"Stitch in my side," she thought back. "From running. I'm going to have to start working out. I have my annual physical coming up. And Uncle Sam frowns on out of shape agents."
"I'd like to discuss that with you," I told her. "I'm uncomfortable with the mother of my children running around the world chasing bad guys with guns and bombs."
"Who said they were yours?" she snapped at me aloud.
"Touché!" I admitted. "I'm sorry. I shouldn't have assumed. Is their father able to help you? With twins, you'll need the extra help, and they really need their father around."
Anna looked up at me, sensing my pain at her words. I got the impression she was glad her words had hurt me.
"Forgive me, I shouldn't pry," I stated flatly as I stood and started walking back down the trail. I was chastising myself for assuming that she had only been with me. I kept reminding myself that I had neither given nor received a commitment from her.
"Michael!" she called. "Wait!"
I stopped and turned to look at her. When I didn't start back to the cabin, she resignedly began walking back down the trail towards me, still holding her side. I waited until she reached me, then turned and resumed walking, albeit, more slowly, back towards the Dining Hall. After my embarrassing mistake, I wanted to drown my sorrows in mass quantities of Mable's comfort foods.
"Michael, Please!" she cried. "Can't you stop for a minute? My side is killing me!"
I stopped, but I didn't look at her. I didn't want her to see my eyes, which had become all blurry. I stood there, examining my heart. I knew I loved her. I was trying to find the strength to let her go. Anna had been the first non-family member I had shared my new gifts with, and it seemed like we had been through so much together in the short time I had known her.
I knew she looked older than I did. At least in this life. But the reality is, she is much younger than I am. I also realized that I had taken an awful lot for granted in our relationship. A mistake that was evidently too late to correct. Maybe I could learn from my mistake, so that I didn't repeat it with any of the others. But somehow, the thought didn't make me feel better.
For some reason, Mikeya came to mind. She was back on Tapato, preparing to deliver my twin daughters in eight months, and then become the next queen. I guess I was feeling some guilt at taking that relationship for granted, too.
"Michael?" Mikeya said. "Is that you? Why are you crying?"
"I'm sorry. I didn't mean to wake you," I told her.
"It's all right. I was just going over some things for tomorrow. I was surprised to feel you so suddenly," she said. "Tell me what's wrong, sweetie."
Anna looked at me. With my new shield, I could hide my thoughts, but a few of the girls could still sense when I was talking to someone else. Anna seemed to sense that now, as she just looked at me, waiting.
"I did something stupid. I hurt Anna. And now I feel bad. She's standing here now, so I have to go. But I promise you that I'll connect with you again soon and fill you in on all the details, okay?"
"All right," she sighed. "And Michael..."
"Yes?"
"I love you and miss you terribly. I can't wait to see you next weekend," she told me.
"I love you too," I said. "Good night."
"I don't like your new thingy," Anna said when she sensed I was no longer connected to someone else.
"Are you okay to walk now," I asked. "I was headed to the Dining Hall to drown my..." my voice trailed off as I realized what I had been about to say.
"Michael. I was trying to..."
"Look. I'm sorry I assumed. I'm sorry I invaded your womb. Maybe you didn't want them. Maybe you were going to give them up for adoption. Hell, maybe you were thinking you'd have an abortion! That is, before I stuck my nose in your business and ruined it by telling everyone else. It's one thing for me to know. There aren't many secrets around me. But I should have had the common courtesy to ask before blabbing your..."
"Michael!" Anna told me sternly. "Shut up!"
Then wrapping her arms around my neck, she pulled my lips to hers. It was a hungry kiss, I realized as my surprise slowly vanished. And I was kissing her back hungrily as well. I felt Little Mike began to get interested as Anna pressed her breasts against me, making little movements that caused the hard points of her nipples to scrape across my chest.
"What was it Nicky called you?" she asked, "Oh yeah. A dufus! She was right. You really are a dufus sometimes."
I was confused. I wondered why I hadn't scanned her as I usually did when a woman confused me these days. I guess the funk I was in at losing her had clouded my brain. So I did like any intelligent male would do. I asked, "Huh?"
"That's the Michael I know and love," she cried. "I just hate it when you hide your thoughts."
Now I was really confused, so I did the intelligent thing again. I asked, "Huh?"
"I was angry, Michael. I was angry with myself for getting pregnant. I'm sorry I took it out on you," she told me.
"Angry at getting pregnant?" I asked, unclear what that meant. "You don't want them?"
"Of course I do. It's just that I hadn't planned on becoming a mother at this time in my life," Anna said. "But, now that it's happened, I think I'm happy it did. I'm not getting any younger, you know."
"So you're not angry with me?" I asked cautiously.
"I've been worried, Michael. I skipped my last period, and I recognize the signs. Still, I haven't been to the doctor yet. I was waiting until we got back, next week. I've been worrying about my career and my life. I mean, let's face it. I'm not married and I'm involved with a teenager, for god's sake! How can I explain this to anyone else? And what's my Daddy going to say?" Anna said, letting it all rush out.
I hugged her tighter against me. "I'm sorry, Anna. I didn't mean to make you feel bad."
"You didn't make me feel bad. You made me feel great, as a matter of fact!" she said with a slight giggle. "It's complicated, that's all. It changes everything."
"If it's any consolation, it's made you even more beautiful," I told her. "You're glowing."
"And you are a silver-tongued devil," she laughed, happily now.
"Anna, if they're mine, you have to know that I'll take care of you, and them," I told her.
"What do you mean, if they're yours? Of course they're yours. I haven't been with anyone but you in months. And I appreciate your offer, but I am pretty well off myself. I can take care of them just fine," Anna said defensively.
"I thought you said you weren't angry with me?" I stated. There was something there, but I hadn't scanned her yet. I don't know why. I think I was afraid of what I would find.
Anna pulled away from me, but continued to hold on to my hand. She was silent for a long while as she analyzed her emotions. I realized that she had heard my thoughts and was examining herself to see if it was true.
"I guess ... I guess I am," Anna finally said. "I think it's because I always told myself that I would settle down one day, with the man of my dreams, and raise a family. I NEVER thought that I'd settle down as part of a teenager's harem!"
Anna wasn't finished. So I remained silent, waiting.
"I figured that when I got married, I would open a small practice, do a little consulting, maybe, and have children. I sure didn't plan to be part of some crazy scheme to save the world! When Daddy talked me into helping the CIA, that was supposed to be the excitement for my life, my fling with intrigue. I never figured on a sixteen year old time traveler turning my whole world upside down. Part of me still wants that normal life. You know, a husband, two point six children with a mortgage and a picket fence. But the other part of me tells me I've fallen in love with a man twenty years my senior, with the body of a teenager, a past I can't tell anyone about, and a mission so incredible, it's hard to believe."
She looked up at me, forcing a small grin. I knew she was exploring her emotions, and I had learned to give her the space to do it in. I did lead an unusual life. With an unusual lifestyle. I knew it wasn't easy to accept. I also knew, that like Grace, it was a decision she must make for herself.
"You're right, of course," she said, apparently reading my thoughts again. I had turned off my shield after talking with Mikeya. Anna seemed to be more comfortable when she was able to read me.
"It's a decision I have to make for myself. The truth is, I've already made it. I love you. And I know that you love me, too. I have seen your heart, as you call it. I know what you feel for me. I've never met a man who loved me as much as you do. I'd be a fool to walk away from that," Anna said, more to herself, than me. "And now I'm going to bear your children, which fills me with more happiness than I ever expected."
"I'm glad. It makes me happy also," I told her.
"I guess I just want to hear that you love me. I want you to reassure me that I'm making the right decision. And I want to feel your love again," she said. "Right now!"
"That's easy," I said as I pulled her close and kissed her passionately. As we kissed, I opened my heart to show her exactly what I felt for her. Finally, she pulled away. Then taking my hand, she pulled me with her into the stand of trees beside the path.
There was another cabin there, only about twenty yards from the path. She led me up the steps and in the door. It was an empty cabin, identical to the one I was in earlier. I started to ask her why it was not locked, like the other cabin, then I remembered that even though Nicky had gone for the key, it hadn't been locked either. She walked straight to the small bedroom.
"Thank god!" she muttered as I entered behind her. The windows were open and a breeze ruffled the small curtains. "No one's here. I want you so bad, I was afraid we might have an audience when I fucked your brains out!"
"Would you like me to call them?" I asked, teasing her.
"I'm so horny, it will all be over before they could get here!" Anna quipped right back.
And it almost was.
I woke up to the feel of her fingers on my cock. She was trying to get me hard again.
"I think you wore me out," I told her without opening my eyes.
"No, please don't tell me that!" Kalani said desperately.
"Kalani?" I thought as my eyes sprang open. "What happened to Anna?"
Sure enough, it was Kalani. Anna must have worn me out more than I thought. She had been like a mad woman, first having me take her on her hands and knees, doggy style, and then on her back with her knees pulled to her chest, riding me to two more orgasms, before I finally filled her with my cum.
"You don't have any idea how much I missed you Michael," Kalani told me. "I've been waiting to be with you ever since I arrived yesterday. But you have been so busy."
"I didn't mean to ignore you," I told her. "I missed you, too."
"And now, Anna's worn you out," she pouted. "You're no good to me like that."
"Let me grab a quick shower and we'll go get a bite to eat, then we can come back here and see if I can't make you happy," I suggested.
"We don't have to leave. I brought you some lunch. I was hoping to make love to you before, though," she said. "And then again, after lunch."
"You really are a horny little minx, aren't you?" I teased.
"Like I said, I missed you. Why don't you get your shower and I'll go warm up the soup," she said.
My lunch was on the table when I finished my shower. Kalani sat with me while I ate, talking about my travels after she left. I spent a long time telling her how I met Abby and Deedee, and then the three sisters. I told her about Tommy, but it turns out that Tommy had already filled her in on how we met.
"He spent most of his time on Tapato with Mikeya. But we talked a lot on the plane. He seems like a nice young man," she said. "I'm not sure I should tell you this, but Tommy is terapi'kai, ah ... with Mikeya."
"Terapi'kia?" I asked, not understanding the word.
"Loosely translated, it means 'love from afar'," she said.
"So, Tommy is smitten with Mikeya," I mused. "How does Mikeya feel about it?"
"You know Mikeya. She's so wrapped up in what's happening for Tapato right now, she's hardly noticed him, I think," Kalani said. "You'll have to do your thing to find out what she feels."
I made a mental note to see if Tommy wanted to go back to Tapato to escort Mikeya when she comes next week for the state dinner.
I told Kalani about getting arrested and meeting Izzy and then Hanna, and then Kathy Lynn and Sunny. She told me about Tapato and everything they were doing to get ready to formally receive their official diplomatic mission in late September.
"Secretary of State Rogers is coming personally to open our consulate," she informed me. "As a member of the royal court, you'll be expected to be there, too."
"School starts the first of September, but I'll work it out," I said. "Is it okay for all of us to come next month?" I explained why as I filled her in on the three Haitian sisters. We also discussed Tapato offering them citizenship. Kalani said she would talk with them, but didn't think it would be a problem.
Soon, my soup and sandwiches were history. I held open my arms to her and she settled on my lap, hugging her naked breasts to my chest as we kissed.
I took her right there on the kitchen table, and then again on the couch in the small living room, before ending up in the bedroom. This time, I was the one who left her sleeping, as I grabbed my fourth shower of the day. I was sitting on the front porch swing when she came out, her damp hair still wrapped in a towel. I patted the seat beside me.
"You know, this has to be the craziest thing I've ever done. Essentially, I'm giving up my crown for a teenaged lover," she said.
I hadn't realized that she was giving up her crown for me, and I told her so. "I don't want to take you away from Tapato. Especially if they need you there."
"I don't really think they need me that bad. Not as badly as I need you," she replied. "Besides, Mikeya will do a wonderful job. I honestly believe she was born to be a queen. The role fits her like a glove."
"So you're okay with our ... unique relationship?"
"My mother says that I should sacrifice myself for the crown, but my daughters both told me to follow my heart. And my heart belongs to a young man who I think is the most wonderful man I have ever met," she said as she caressed my arm. "Besides, plural marriages are common on Tapato. Although I've never heard of a man having quite this many wives."
"How many is 'this many'?" I asked.
"Well, let's see ... there's Mikeya and Ileana, and then Abby, and Adriana, and Grace, and that little Hanna. Those are the ones I've talked to," she said. "Oh! And the young girl from the other world, Narvenia. They said that she is going to marry you as well. When you all come to Tapato."
"Michael?" Vickie thought to me.
"Yes?"
"Catherine says that Mr. Newman is picking up the Rowena at four o'clock. We need to be packed and ready to leave the ranch in an hour," Vickie informed me.
"We're taking the train?" I asked, surprised.
"Yeah. Dawn says there's a siding right in the village. Apparently, it's not used very much anymore. Catherine called Mr. Newman and he knew right where it was. It's supposed to take a couple of hours to get there, but Catherine said that when we leave the reservation, we're headed for New York, so you'll need to get packed." Vickie said.
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