Opening Earth Part 1Chapter 6
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“Are you ready to go, Doug?”
“Go where, Bill?”
“To put in another order for vehicles. You were going to put me on your calendar for a vehicle shopping trip.”
“Sorry, Bill, I forgot to tell Cindy. I can’t think of anyone I was to meet with today. Let me check my calendar ah, yes, I have the rest of today clear; except for my regular tasks, which I can put off until later. I was talking with Matt about this, so will we need him and when did you want to go?”
“Matt told me that as far as he is concerned, Embassy vehicles fall under my security tasks, and I should take care of this task on my own. He won’t be going with us. I’m ready to leave now, if you are.”
“Okay, Cindy and I will meet you out front in two or three minutes.”
After hanging up the phone, I stepped into the next office, “Cindy, I forgot to tell you that Bill is taking us shopping for more cars, today. We need to leave, now.”
“Let me grab my purse and jacket, Doug.”
Bill drove up to our portable and we got into his car. Sue was behind him driving a second car containing more of my bodyguards. “Morning, Bill. What are we looking for, today?”
“My vehicle shopping list includes another pickup truck for the use of my security people, two more SUVs for Embassy staff, and four SUVs for people who need to run errands.
Cindy asked, “What about vehicles for us, Doug?”
Bill looked at me, so I said, “Cindy recently told me my wives are seriously considering getting driver’s licenses, and they will need cars.”
“What do they want to buy, Doug?”
“I don’t know. Cindy mentioned it, but we haven’t discussed it further.”
After a few moments of thought, Bill said, “Cindy, I think we should wait to place an order for your vehicles. The four of you need to decide what type of vehicles you want. SUVs are nice; but personally, I think sedans are a better ride, and have better comfort features. Then there is the matter of who drives them. I’m considering the four of you having bodyguards for your in-town trips, and it would be best if your drivers are trained in defensive driving.”
The trip was very similar to our previous car-buying venture. The only reason I was really needed was to sign the papers and write out a check. She didn’t mention it, but I could tell Cindy wasn’t happy with the idea of a driver/bodyguard. We checked and learned that our prior order should be delivered to the dealership in a couple of weeks.
Rita and Betty had been busy, so Carol had taken over fixing dinner tonight. It was just as good as the meals Betty fixed. I made sure to complement her on her culinary skills. My other three wives added their complements to mine, and Carol was blushing by the time we finished praising her efforts in the kitchen.
“Doug,” Betty said, “today Rita and I got the names and home phone numbers of three lawyers for you to interview. Ken said they are all good at what they do, and they live in the local area. Two are in Denver and one’s in Greeley. Ken also said that he knew of a few more lawyers who were out-of-the-area, but for the right client, might be willing to move here. The out-of-area lawyers currently work for big companies. Ken said we should keep our interest in hiring them confidential, since they are concerned about layoffs in the near future. We didn’t think to get their names. We thought that if the local lawyers weren’t what you needed, we could get the others’ names and contact information later.”
“That sounds good, Betty. Do the three local lawyers work for a company or are they independents?”
Rita responded, “We didn’t ask, Doug. Is it important?”
“Not really. It would just be nice to know, so I can steer the conversation toward or away from certain topics without asking them directly.”
“Oh. We’ll check with Ken tomorrow, and let you know.”
“Don’t worry about it, Rita, I was just curious. Since I have their home phone numbers, I can call them after dinner. I will speak with them to see if they might be interested.”
Betty turned to Carol and said, “Carol, this roast chicken is wonderful. What sort of glaze did you use? I can’t figure out what gives it this flavor.”
With a short laugh, Carol said, “It’s something Mom did when she fixed dinner on special occasions. I peeled and chopped up two bananas and put them inside the chicken before putting it on to roast. I also added some of that fresh ginger root you used in that Chinese dish and a couple cloves of garlic before I sewed up the chicken. While it was cooking, I basted it with a glaze that I made from apricot jam, orange juice, and brandy.”
“You will have to show me how to fix this. Cindy hasn’t paused or said anything for some time. I think she likes it so much that she isn’t pausing between mouthfuls.”
Cindy nodded her head, for her mouth was too full to speak. A few moments later she said, “You got that right, Betty. The two of you can make this any day you want! I always welcome the chance to dine on your superb cuisine.”
I had been wondering why Cindy hadn’t filled my other three wives in on her day’s activities. Considering their interest in getting a driver’s license, I expected the four of them to want me to take them car shopping. I had missed Cindy’s total focus on the food tonight. She is normally not that interested in the meal, it’s just something that she eats. I had to agree with her though; this chicken was to die for!
After dinner, I volunteered to help clean up the kitchen. Cindy joined me, and we talked about what was on the agenda for tomorrow as we cleaned up the dishes. She washed, and I dried. After we finished the cleanup, Cindy went looking for her sister-wives. She would undoubtedly tell them about the additional cars and Bill wanting them to have bodyguards to drive them. I relaxed while I could before they descended on me to express their disagreement with Bill’s opinion.
Rita was in the lead when they returned and she said, “Doug, what’s this about us not being able to drive our own cars?”
I decided that teasing her by giving her a hard time was the wrong way to approach this.
“I talked with Bill briefly about this topic, and that’s not exactly what he means, Rita. Bill wants to have a meeting to address the matter of security for the Embassy staff, and those who live in our compound. Who is authorized to drive Embassy vehicles is one of the topics we will be discussing. The limitation he did mention was for certain circumstances, and he thought that at those times, it would be better to have a trained driver/bodyguard behind the wheel of your car. He also said that he wanted all of your bodyguards to receive special instructions that addressed what to do in an ambush situation. If you want to be in the meeting to discuss this topic let me know. Until then, nothing has been decided.”
I’m not sure why, but Rita stopped arguing with me. I could tell from the look on her face that she would be addressing this topic again. Perhaps it was because she planned to address it at Bill’s meeting.
“Ah, Rita, did Cindy happen to mention that Bill said most of the time he saw no problem with you driving your own car?
“No, she didn’t, but I don’t see why he should have the right to stop me from driving my car if I want to drive it.”
“Wait until the meeting. That will help you to understand.”
Rita had her mind made up and she didn’t seem to be in the mood to listen and consider the whole situation. I had decided that we needed written rules and policies for the Embassy. In Bill’s meeting, I would turn the meeting into a formal discussion and open the door to all aspects of Embassy safety, both for the compound and for its inhabitants. If I got lucky, I would prevent a three-way confrontation between my wives, Bill, and me. I didn’t want to be in the middle of this issue for I needed to support Bill and my wives. It looked like a no-win situation for me.
“You will have to excuse me. I have a couple of phone calls to make before it gets too late.”
Three phone calls later, I had two ‘Yes I am interested let’s talk’ answers, and one ‘No not now’ reply. I also had appointments for the two Yes answers to come out to my office for an interview. I let them know I would have to check my calendar, which was in the office, to find a good time and I would get back to them in the next couple of days.
That night was a repeat of the past couple of nights. I filled Betty and Carol with my seed. Betty assumed her position and Carol did her headstand. Rita was definitely ovulating, and Cindy said she would enjoy practicing.
We were almost asleep when Carol said, “You know this is ridiculous. You keep working at impregnating us, and nothing yet. So far, the only pregnant female around here is Coral and she wasn’t even trying.”
I needed to check with Sereine to find out how Coral was doing. I saw Coral every day and I hadn’t noticed anything different about her. If I remember correctly, she should be delivering her kits in about three months.
Friday morning started off a little different than most of my days. Betty, Carol, and Rita ambushed me as I was returning from my usual morning trip to the bathroom. It didn’t take much persuasion for them to get me to rejoin them in bed. I finally staggered out to the kitchen, and sat down to the breakfast Cindy had prepared.
I made it to my office on time. Somehow I doubt my staff would accept the concept of ‘the boss cannot be late, for he is the boss.’ I know I would be upset if my boss expected me for an appointment and he was late. I also doubted I would mention it to him. Abby arrived a few minutes later for our appointment.
“Abby, I’m hoping we can finalize this issue of people coming to Earth from the Multiverse. The new people we brought back with us on the last trip are getting settled in our compound, but for now they are restricted to the ranch. We need to get their immigration status clarified, so we can get ID cards for them. Before they make any trips, they need to learn enough English to allow them basic communication with the locals. Do you know what has been happening about the query you sent Ken?”
“It’s a typical SNAFU, Doug. Before we left for the Multiverse, I sent the paperwork for obtaining authorization for them to emigrate to Earth to Ken. He was to handle submission of the paperwork to the Immigration Department, and he was going to notify me when the authorization came through.
“Unfortunately, the paperwork I sent him wasn’t delivered to his office until just after he left with us for the Multiverse. He tasked his assistant with submitting the paperwork, when it arrived, and the assistant sent it to the Immigration Department. The paperwork wasn’t routed directly to the person who was to expedite the processing. The person, to whom it was routed, assigned it a low priority, so the paperwork has been sitting on that person’s desk while they took care of their higher priority items.
“About the time Yarl’s crew left, I contacted Ken to find out the status of its processing. That was when we discovered the paperwork had been misrouted. The person who was to expedite the paperwork asked around and found it. It’s being processed now and we should get authorization in a couple of weeks.”
“Thanks, Abby. Ah, what does SNAFU mean?”
“Oh, those of us in government service get used to talking in acronyms. SNAFU is an acronym for Situation Normal All Fouled Up; but some people prefer Fucked Up, which is a crude way of saying the same thing. It’s similar in meaning to FUBAR, which means Fouled Up Beyond All Recognition.”
“I don’t think I will ever learn all of these unique words for saying something. Why not just say it?”
“I don’t know, Doug. I never thought about why we do it, we just do it.”
Abby left and I was relaxing before starting my next task, when the phone rang. I needed someone to sit at that desk across from my office and run interference for me. I was too easy to reach, and some of the more mundane conversations were taking up a lot of time.
“Doug, William here. Phyllis asked me to contact you and invite you to join us in a progress inspection of the new Embassy Compound. We made arrangements with Jack to tour the construction area at nine tomorrow morning. Do you want to join us and who would you want to join you?”
“Yes, I will join you. I think Matt, Bill, Mary, and Cindy will be with me, and of course my bodyguards. I may want someone else, but I can’t think of who else would need to go.”
“Have you been over to the construction site since they started work, Doug?”
“No, they have the area fenced off, and Matt and Bill told me it wasn’t a good idea to intrude. However, we have been watching that big mound of dirt building up to the north of where they are doing the excavation. If the Rockies weren’t in the background to put it in perspective, I’d call it a mountain of dirt.”
“Yeah, I heard it was getting to be quite large. Anyway, we will see you a little before nine tomorrow. Bye.”
Just as I was getting started on my next task, Sandy came into my office and sat down in the chair, in front of my desk.
“Doug, I have a problem. Fitz asked me to marry him, and I accepted.”
“Well, congratulations. Have you set a date?”
“No, and that’s part of the problem. Fitz was an only child and he is an orphan. He was raised by a couple who were his parents’ friends, so he isn’t close to the rest of his distant family. His adoptive parents died several years ago, so there is no reason for him to get married in the Multiverse. I on the other hand have a very large extended family. I feel obligated to have Mom and Dad at the wedding, and to some extent, most of my relatives; but, I really don’t like most of them.
“What makes it even more complex is Carla and Andy are also going to get married. Carla and Andy both have large families and both families will want to be at their wedding. Carla is a very devout Catholic so she will want to get married in a Catholic Church here on Earth, and Andy wants to get married on his home planet. Carla and I have also been talking about a double wedding.
“There just doesn’t seem to be any way to make everyone happy. Do you have any ideas?”
“Well, give me a few moments to think about the problem.”
A simple double wedding meant someone would be disappointed. Sandy, Fitz, and Andy’s guests would be at risk of sugar addiction if the wedding was held here on Earth. A double wedding for everyone in the Multiverse would be a logistical nightmare. We would not only have to transport Carla’s entire family to the Multiverse, but we would also need to transport two families, either Andy’s or Sandy’s families, to the world were the wedding would be held. There was no way to resolve this with a single wedding, but there was a way to make almost everyone happy.
“There is no easy way to solve this problem with a single wedding, Sandy. However, multiple weddings should resolve all of the problems, and make almost everyone reasonably happy.
“We may need to tweak this plan; but to start with, Carla can marry Alex here on Earth, or the four of you can get married here in a joint wedding. That allows Carla to be married in a Catholic Church, with her family watching. Then we go to Andy’s home world, without Carla’s family. We spend a week or two there so he and his family can prepare for and have a wedding. Once Andy and Carla have been married there, we go to Slave World. You can tell your parents that you got married on Earth, but you want to get married again according to your religious beliefs. Being already married is a benefit for you, Sandy, for you won’t have to put up with them telling you to not marry Fitz. You and Alan can have a separate wedding on each of your home worlds, or one of the families could travel to the other’s home world for a joint wedding.”
“Yeah, that all sounds good, Doug, but you don’t know my mother. She will insist that I have my Earth marriage annulled. If I refuse, she will go through the courts anyway, because I married without parental permission.”
“I see. Are you referring to the law that requires a person to get permission from their parents, if they are less than a specified age on their home planet?”
“Yes, that’s the one she will use.”
“It won’t work, Sandy, for several reasons. First, according to the terms of that law, she has to file on the Member World on which you got married. You married on Earth and Earth is not a Member World. The second reason it won’t work is, if she were to claim Earth’s status as a Limited Provisional Member World allows her to file on Earth, then judicial jurisdiction would fall to the Earth’s Ambassador. I can find many reasons to reject her filing, and if I allowed it to be heard, I doubt she would be able to present me with suitable evidence to warrant annulling the marriage. Besides, she would have to appear for the court case in person and I doubt she would want to risk becoming a sugar addict.
“The final reason is the Slave World court made me the Administrator of your financial affairs. You formally moved out of your mom’s home and emigrated to Earth. Since you have been on Earth, you have lived as an adult in my home. That alone would be adequate grounds on which to challenge her pursuing the matter in any Multiverse court. Besides, she and your father no longer have the income they received from Henry Archer. Such a filing is expensive, and I will not allow them to use your money to pursue an annulment of your marriage.”
“Doug, you always seem to find a workable solution to any problem someone presents to you. Thanks.”
Well, it looks like we will be making another long trip to the Multiverse in the coming months. Sandy left and before I could get back to my task, Kim knocked on my doorframe.
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From Vora it was only one hop to First Stop. Since we were now based on Slave World, we needed to consider a different planet as our point of arrival and departure. It didn’t make much sense to make three hops to and from Slave World when that would be our first stop. A planet along the route we used to travel between Slave World and Vora would be a better First Stop planet, as it was not commonly used as a rest stop by other D-Hoppers. I would discuss that with Sereine during our return to...
Arriving at the Archer home, Doug rang the doorbell. “Good morning, I’m Doug Smith. This is my Administrative Assistant Cindy Smith, and my lawyer, Kendrick Jones. We have an appointment with Mrs. Archer. Is she available?” “Yes, sir. Mrs. Archer is expecting you. Please come in and I will show you to the sitting room, and let Mrs. Archer know you are here.” The sitting room was a nicely furnished and pleasant place to meet with someone. I decided that I would like to have a small meeting...
Kendrick and I were talking and he said, “The Judge outsmarted the media. The case number and parties associated with the case, have to be posted for at least one hour prior to a hearing. Normally, the case number and all of the main parties are listed in the posting. He listed the case number and your name followed by the phrase ‘and others’, which satisfied the requirement of the law. The media expected the Archer family’s name to be listed. Since it wasn’t, the majority of the media missed...
I was awakened at two in the morning by the siren alert of my comm unit. Someone had sent me a Twixt, and had flagged it as urgent. By the time I got to my comm unit, my eyes were open far enough for me to read the message. The message read, ‘Urgent you and Abby return to my office at once, Kevin Moore.’ I went down the hall and knocked on Abby’s bedroom door. When she said to come in, I opened the door, and said, “You need to get up and dress. We need to leave for Vora as soon as we can. I...
I needed to talk with Matt, Bill, and Sue about presenting my credentials and a few other things. “Matt? Doug, here.” “Hi, Doug, what’s up?” “I’ve finished the immediate things that I had to do. Do you have time to go over the arrangements for my presenting my credentials?” “Yes, when do you want to do it?” “I’m still at the ranch. We should be back at my home, shortly. Let’s meet there in two hours.” “See you then, Doug. Bye.” “Hello, Sue, Doug. Matt is going to be at my place in two...
The media had gotten word that my entourage was staying at the Trinity Hotel in Cinnity. They had staked out the hotel’s ground-level entrance and the landing pad on the roof. The only way my people could come and go undetected was for Sereine to hop them in and out of the hotel. Since her ability to hop was limited by her recovery time, it was very inconvenient for all of my people. My bodyguards decided that the media representatives needed to be taught a lesson; namely, do not harass the...
My wives said I needed a new wardrobe for the office. Rita was the most insistent, and she had arranged for an appointment with a tailor at a men’s specialty store that Charlie had recommended. Charlie always looked good in the office while he had been with HS, so I accepted his suggestion. Rita knew exactly what I needed as office casual and my other wives agreed, but Charlie had said that whatever I got as off-the-shelf clothing had to be tailored to fit me properly. Cindy had some work to...
During breakfast the next morning, I talked with Betty about her translation efforts. She said she needed an office in which to work. I suggested she get with Misty and set something up in the Hospital portable. Then the conversation took a turn that I wasn’t expecting. Rita said, “Carol and I have been talking to Betty and Cindy about your trip to visit with Harry at his office at the Archer Conglomerate. “Betty and Cindy think you are interested in the receptionist at the front desk and...
Within a sealed cavern, encompassed by blackness, sitting crossed legs, Zax prepared himself to tackle the fifth bottleneck of insight. Smell, touch, taste, sight ... These were the four bottlenecks of insight Zax already perceived and proceeded to comprehend. Zax was not oblivious. By now he could tell that the bottlenecks of insight have something to do with the five senses. The issue was with him unable to figure out if the remaining sense, sense of hearing, which will probably make him...
Our status meeting went well. Matt was making progress on getting a building permit for our temporary facilities and William was finalizing the supporting drawings. I let Matt know that we would have to install the utility equipment at what would be their permanent location, since Chairman Smart had bought me the equipment I would use for the Embassy Compound. I let him know I would get the equipment’s technical details for him when I had a chance and we would get with William to give him...
The Reyes and Rivera families remained at the clinic for the remainder of the day and well into the evening. Misty would periodically check her patients with her analyzer. By early evening, it was apparent that their condition was improving. After Misty informed the families, they returned home except for the mothers, who stayed with their sons for the night. They didn’t want a bed in which to sleep, so we provided them with a couple of our comfortable office chairs. They talked until the...
I arrived a little early for my appointment with Sergei, and was immediately ushered into his office. “Yarl Wilson, who is my installation foreman, Tim, and I, were reviewing the pictures that Tim Hart took at your ranch. Tim told us that you plan to set up a temporary Embassy Compound on your ranch, and live in it for a year or two. Is that right?” “Yes, but we hope it will only be a little over a year from the time we move in, until we can move into the Embassy.” “Yarl mentioned that you...
It took a bit longer than I had planned before we were ready to depart. Sereine hopped us to our first intermediary stop just as the sun was rising above the horizon. Three hops later, we arrived in the backyard of Mister Tam’s home. They had started to worry about whether we would get there for the wedding. Mister Tam said they had expected us to arrive three days ago so there would be plenty of time to make any final arrangements that may be necessary, and the wedding was scheduled for...
The four security people traveling with us were new to me. I had just a few minutes to introduce myself before we left Slave World, and I was having trouble recalling their names. Edgar said they were four of the better people that he’d had assigned to him by Kendrick. I would make a point of getting to know them better as I rested between hops. Our first stop on Vora was at my parent’s home. I had timed our departure so we would arrive early enough to have lunch with my Mom and Dad before...
Kendrick wanted to know when I would hold my media conference. The media was in a frenzy to find me. They wanted to know everything about me. My task during the interview was to limit my answers to my public life. He also wanted to set a date for me to meet my Board of Directors. He had contacted the Chairman of the Board and explained how I had inherited the conglomerate. The Chairman wanted at least a week to finalize their presentation. Kendrick and I settled on dates and times for my...
My wives woke me early the next morning. They enjoyed playing in bed yesterday morning, and were thinking of another romp in our bed. We had just started our usual sex play, when Carol made a mad dash for the bathroom. We could hear the sound of her retching, so Rita went to check on her. When Rita returned, she said, “It’s time for Carol to be checked out by Misty. I think she’s pregnant.” “Pregnant!” I exclaimed. “Didn’t she just finish her ovulation period? I didn’t think morning...
Alpha males vs earth sissies revolution part 1 "Pink or blue?" "Or should i say light pink or powder blue, we cant make you think blue is a boys color, it can be feminine also... or a sissy yellow... hmm." the deep alpha manly voice asked his soon to be sissy prisoners as he and the other alpha men laughed. the captured "men" were asked. "It doesn't matter soon to be sissies," the tall, huge super alpha man said grinning as the captured men of earth struggled. "You'll look...
Alpha Males Vs Earth sissies; part 2 A few weeks later.... "Stacy... are you ready to come out and show your new feminine self to me your new master?" The strong alpha male called from outside her girly room. Jack/Stacy stared at slender self in the mirror still not quite believing what had come of herself.. The servants had taken their time get "her" ready... slowly stripping away the earth masculinity and showing the inner girlishness all earth men naturally have, but has...
Alpha Males with earth girl sissys part 4 final. John tried to get away, but it was hopeless, as she looked down at his new feminized body, the restive pink skirts did nothing to help with getting away as he tried to escape. The nightly ritual of letting the now conquered earth sissies try to escape from their manly super alpha males, now their strong boyfriends/husbands. They never got that far, with their girly clothes always giving them away, the light pink yellow pastel colors...
“Morning, Betty, are you feeling any better this morning?” “Yeah, knowing that you really care about me as a person helps a lot. The way my parents and friends treated me is going to bother me for some time to come. I’ll get over it, but it will take time.” “That’s good ... at least, the getting better part is. Rita, Cindy, and Carol should be back tonight, unless they comm and extend their visit for another day. “I think we should plan on getting back to Vora tomorrow or at the latest the...
Matt and his wife Mary were to join my ladies and me for dinner at my home. We had to discuss the trading hop and to make plans for outfitting Matt and Mary for the trip to Vora. Mary turned out to be a moderately attractive redhead in her mid-forties, with the lithe muscular tone of an athlete. Betty had been in her element all day for she had been busy preparing our meal. My ladies tolerance to sugar had increased, so I had cleared them for eating a wider variety of foods. Betty was making...
Rita met me at the door with, “Doug, Aaron called you and he asked you to call him back.” Bill and Sue were still at the house, so I asked everyone to stick around until I finished the call. Once the pleasantries were out of the way, Aaron said, “Doug, I wanted to discuss the President’s event with you. “I had my assistant reserve three, two-bedroom suites for you at the Embassy Suites, and each bedroom has two queen-sized beds. I don’t know what the sleeping arrangements are for your...
As I said, we arrived at Wayside two hours later than I had expected. During one of our rest stops, Mac and Martha’s son Timmy wandered around the clearing. He was tired, so he stretched out on a comfy looking bed of leaves and fell asleep. Unfortunately, the leaves were on the far side of a boulder. So, when Dan prepared to hop us to our next stop, no one noticed him behind the boulder. Mac and Martha each thought the other was holding his hand. Martha knew Timmy wasn’t holding her hand,...
The first thing I did was to call William on his direct line at HRD. “HRD Architects, William Chambers speaking.” “Hello, William. Doug Smith here. I was able to complete my business on the East Coast sooner than expected. I would like to arrange an appointment with you for tomorrow morning.” “No problem, Doug, would nine be alright?” “That will be good. I will be bringing Matt Crane and his wife Mary with me. “Matt will be setting up mobile homes, portable buildings, and utility...
Days 4 & 5: It was Day 4 and Sereine was to make her presentation to our attackers and the lawyers they had retained. Yesterday, Sto, Coral, and the kits had moved back to their home with Sereine. The kits were doing fine. Aunts Sereine, Misty, Betty, Carol, Rita, and Cindy were taking turns making sure they had everything they needed. Sereine started her presentation with a detailed description of the laws pertaining to the commission of an act of violence against another party and the...
“Hello, Bashira, it’s Doug. How are things going with you and Amir?” “Good, Doug. Are you and your wives starting to settle in as married people?” “Well, not yet Bashira. The honeymoon trip has ended and we just got home yesterday, but our honeymoon is continuing. If I’m lucky it will continue for some time to come. I’ll have to wait to see if married life is different from just living with my ladies. What is Amir doing?” “He is busy with a number of issues, Doug. Canceling your visit was...