Date: Wed, 1 Oct 2014 20:43:27 -0700 From: Macout Mann Subject: To Be a Brother 14 This story involves explicit homosexual activity. If such offends you, or if you are underage, please read no further. The story is completely fictional. Any similarity to actual persons or events is purely coincidental. Reference to actual locations is made only to make the story seem more real. I welcome your reactions to the story. It means a lot to know that I am being read and appreciated or not. And I do appreciate it when readers catch me in errors. With comments pro or con please write me at macoutmann@yahoo.com. nifty.org also welcomes your donations. Like The Brothers of Aries and Libra, nifty.org is a 501 (C) (3), a real one. So your donations are fully tax deductible. Only through them can these stories continue to be brought to you without charge. Please join me and give what you can. If you are interested in reading my other stories, the easiest way to access them in by checking Macout Mann under "Prolific Authors." Copyright 2014 by Macout Mann. All rights reserved. TO BE A BROTHER by Macout Mann Chapter XIV The Hanson Crisis When he returned to school, Peter was closely questioned about where he had been and why he had missed classes. "A friend of the family took me to a religious convocation." Peter was becoming as adept at lying as he was at spilling his seed. "It was about creation. This theologian from Yale, who had studied at Oxford in England, explained how the first Chapter of Genesis exactly paralleled the scientific explanation of creation, once you have removed the Biblical imagery from the story." "Humph," his interrogator barked. "No need for that. The Bible says everything you need to know." Peter agreed and then lied that his dad wanted him to attend another convocation in the Spring. In the meantime, having learned some of the signs to look for at Libra, he perceived that a couple of other guys at Four Square College were probably sexually liberal in the same way he had become. He discovered that he was right. Tom and Jim continued to share each other's company in every possible way. They both excelled at work and school, and Tom prepared for the Aries Convocation. At the Olympic Hotel Preston Brownlee had retired and was replaced by Boris Hanson, a much younger and more energetic man. Like Brownlee, he was pleased by the prospect of the assured revenue the convocations promised, but he was curious about what he Brothers of Aries and Libra really was. His curiosity only became more intense as Tom made final arrangements for the meeting. The convocation was uneventful, that is nothing out of the ordinary happened. There were a couple of new prospects who were passed on. Oscar and Peter both became brothers. Peter was a completely different person. No hangups about being with anybody or doing anything. Wilson asked him if his Aries experience had made that much difference in his attitude. He admitted that he'd found some Four Square upperclassmen who liked sex with guys as much as the Brothers did. Boris Hanson did spend an inordinate amount of time checking on things. Of course as manager of the hotel that was his right, even his job, but he did become a nuisance. Tom was sure it was just "new man on the job syndrome." He found out otherwise, when he called to make arrangements for the Fall meeting. "I'm sorry, Mr. Parrish, but I have decided not to continue the arrangement," Hanson told him. "And why not?" a shocked Tom inquired. "I checked before I left, and none of the rooms were damaged and I'm sure you received timely payment. Were there complaints about any of the Brothers' behavior?" "No complaints," Hanson answered, "but I find your behavior quite objectionable. Certainly improper for a first class hotel. It is obvious that your group engages in homosexual activity non-stop. And those bartenders that you require we hire—the ones who work bare chested—they admitted to me that they are gay." "So you discriminate against employees who are gay? That is illegal in your state, you know." "No. We don't discriminate, but we can choose to whom we rent our facilities. And I'm sorry to say that the penthouse is not available on the dates you desire." Tom immediately called Chester Burroughs, the Brothers' Counsellor. He in turn called Hanson and tried to reason with him. He even hinted that legal action was a possibility, although both men knew that there was no cause for action. Next Chester contacted the president of the company that owned the hotel. He pointed out that the Brothers had met at the Olympic for many years and that the arrangement had been ideal for the Brothers and quite profitable for the company. He suggested that if Mr. Hanson couldn't see the error of his ways, he might be terminated. Chester was told that Hanson had been given the same contract that Brownlee had had. After a probationary period, which had already ended, his employment could be terminated only for cause or upon sale of the hotel. Refusing to rent to someone was not sufficient cause. "Of course," the president added in jest, "you could buy the hotel. We have considered selling it from time to time." "We just might," Chester responded. The problem facing the Brothers was not only the difficulty of finding a new location on a six month notice, but finding a location with facilities that met the group's needs. In that respect the Olympic was ideal. Chester and Tom decided to approach Craig Pirie about buying the Olympic. They traveled to New York to meet Mr. Pirie. He welcomed them fondly, but when he learned of their mission, he became all business. "Is the hotel profitable?" he wanted to know. "Yes, I was told it is," Chester replied. "Obviously not greatly so, or they wouldn't have thought about selling it." "Well, Pirie Industries is not anxious to get into the hotel business. But I would consider buying the Olympic and selling it back to you Brothers, if there is a reasonable expectation that you could in fact pay for it." "We had thought of that possibility," Chester said. "We could apply the entire profit of the enterprise to repaying your investment with interest. The 501 (c) (3) can continue to sustain itself from Brothers' contributions." "I know a professor at the Cornell School of Hotel Administration," Mr. Pirie volunteered. "I'd be willing to retain him to look at the situation and make recommendations." The two Brothers were sufficiently elated by Mr. Pirie's response that they delayed their departure a day. They spent the night in Manhattan, not seeing a play or a concert but enjoying each other's bodies. The president of the company that owned the Olympic was really surprised to be contacted by the consultant from Cornell but was more than happy to cooperate with his investigation. The financials showed that the Olympic made an adequate profit, though not as much as the company felt it could make in another venture. The consultant looked at the property and the potential for the site. He concluded that the area was being gentrified, that a marquee property in a respectable, properly refurbished old building could be spectacularly successful, and that the renovation could be accomplished while the hotel continued to operate. Craig Pirie fully explored the possibilities with the consultant. The consultant recommended that the penthouse be returned to use as an exclusive night club. Craig nixed that idea. "I think it could serve as a place for banquets and balls," he said, "a smaller version of the Starlight Roof at the Waldorf Astoria. You know, it was originally a night club too." He knew that the Brothers would certainly not allow the penthouse to become a public venue. But he thought rental for private parties should be encouraged. At present, except by the Brothers it was mostly unused. Another of the consultant's many suggestions was a name change. "You will need to emphasize that the hotel is new and different," he counseled. "I would suggest something like `Olympia Plaza' to suggest a remnant of the old, while emphasizing change." Mr. Pirie again met with Tom and Chester. He showed them the consultant's final proposal. The present owners had agreed to accept an offer which the consultant considered fair. The suggested renovations would cost an additional $8 million. Craig told them that the Piries would be willing to advance the full amount to the Brothers, the loan to be secured by the hotel itself. All after-tax profits from operations, however, would have to be used to repay the loan at the then current LIBOR interest rate. The hotel would continue to bill the Brothers its regular charges for their use of hotel facilities. Chester said that the offer was most generous, but he felt that the Brothers should vote on whether to undertake such a venture. Since the hotel would be a for-profit undertaking, he felt that a new corporation would have to be formed. Each brother would receive a share in exchange for a nominal investment. Tom agreed, and suggested that a vote be taken by email, since a convocation could not be held before the deal would have to be consummated. Mr. Pirie raised the question of how the hotel would be managed. He noted that young Jim Sessions would receive his master's from the McCormick School in the Spring. "I believe that Preston Brownlee could be enticed to return as manager, if he had a strong assistant like Jim to train. When he felt Jim could handle the job, he could retire again." The two brothers felt that was a wonderful idea. Tom devised an email that romanced the project to the Brothers. Almost all of them were sold. He was a PR man after all. He also presented the management idea to Jim, who heartily embraced it. Craig Pirie and Chester got Brownlee to agree to the plan, and within a month Olympia Plaza, Inc. was chartered, architects and interior designers were hired, and the purchase was made. One requirement made of the previous owner had been that Boris Hanson know nothing about what was going on. So Hanson was astonished when Chester, Tom, and Preston Brownlee showed up in his office on the morning of July 1. "Mr. Hanson," Chester began, "we are here to advise you that as of this date you are fired. Mr. Brownlee here will return as General Manager. You will please vacate the premises by noon." "What do you mean `I am fired'?" Hanson sputtered. "I can only be fired for cause, and you are hardly in a position to fire me anyway!" "Your contract stipulates that you may be fired for cause and should the hotel be sold. As of midnight last night ownership passed to Olympia Plaza, Inc., of which I am President and Chief Executive Officer." Chester laid a copy of the Bill of Sale on Hanson's desk. "So you are not only queers," Hanson spat, "you are rich queers." The hotel's accountant and all the other staff were delighted to see Preston Brownlee return. Hanson's management style had not been popular. When Tom and Chester asked for a room for the night, the desk clerk assumed that it would be comped. "No," they said, "officers and stockholders of the new company will be charged like everyone else." Tom made the usual arrangements with Brownlee for the Libra Convocation before he and Chester made their way to their twelfth floor room. Once there they stripped and celebrated by sixty-nining until dinner time. They would see which of them could edge the other closer to orgasm without going over the edge. Finally they rewarded each other with delicious spurts of creamy cum. They dined in the hotel's restaurant, figuring that they should contribute to retiring the debt the Brothers now all shared. They got superior service, since even the lowliest employee now knew who they were. Back in their room they fucked until both were exhausted.