Date: Fri, 28 Aug 2009 21:51:19 +0000
From: Jacob Latson <jacob_latson@hotmail.com>
Subject: Agony & Ecstasy Chapter 38

Disclaimer:

This story will describe the life of John Miller from his
time as a man who has been devastated by divorce and then
turns it into a new life of wealth.  This story will
include descriptions of male sex, including M/M, M/T, M/b,
T/b and b/b.  If stories involving sex between consenting
males and females of all ages, including mainly gay sex,
offends you, go back to the Archives and pick a different
story for your reading pleasure.

Don't expect constant descriptions of erotic sex in this
story.  I always want to develop a plot and characters
before the hot action starts.

There has been minimal research for this story therefore,
names, places, and events are mostly fictitious and
similarities to real life are coincidental.

Some companies and organizations mentioned actually exist,
but references to the activities, policies, programs and
procedures are fictitious. This story will include
references to the United States government, the FBI, CIA
and other agencies.  Any references are purely fictional,
and only used to develop the plot and characters.

Thanks again to Bill for his editing skills.


Agony & Ecstasy Chapter 38

Michigan Time

After enjoying the sights of Las Vegas and the Grand
Canyon, John took everyone to California.  The boys were
shocked at the sights of San Francisco, where gay men
displayed their sexual orientation in very obvious ways.
They had meals at Fisherman's Wharf and took rides on the
cable cars.  The boys squealed with joy when they rode in
the Escalades down Lombard Street and couldn't believe that
any street would have so many curves and be so dangerous to
travel.  They marveled at the Golden Gate Bridge and loved
the boat tour that took them to Alcatraz, the most famous
prison in the world.  During the time that they were in
California, they visited the Sequoia National Forest and
saw the largest redwood trees in the world.  It was a
vacation to remember, and everyone was taking pictures to
share with their friends when the vacation ended.

Nicklas couldn't believe the magnitude of the United
States.  He had looked at books about the country of his
father, but now he was seeing the sights for real.  He
dreamed of living with John Miller in the United States so
he could see every single state and all of the treasures of
the country.

After a week of touring California, John had plans for a
vacation in Michigan.  The 737 landed in Boise and John was
excited to see his extended family again.

Katelyn, Zach and Brooke were waiting at the airport when
the luxury jet landed.  They were all excited about
traveling to Michigan, and wanted to see where John Miller
lived.  Zach was thrilled when John had called him and
invited him and his best friends to spend a week in
Michigan to see the sights.

Jimmy, Toby and Nathan were excited to travel with Zach,
and immediately bonded with Marty Wadsworth and Toby
Balcolm.  They were excited to spend some intimate time
with Nicklas and Jan too.

John was busy using his satellite phone and computer to
take care of business, but noticed that the boys were
drifting away to private areas of the luxury jet to take
care of their sexual needs.  He smiled and wished that he
could join the horny boys, but focused on the pressures of
his important job and continued working while the boys were
obviously joining the Mile High Club.

Mike Mahon loved having Lodak and Jan with him for the
vacation, and showered his lovers with attention and
intimacy.  He told both of his lovers that they would spend
time in Detroit before going to the Arrowhead Lodge where
they could fish, swim and water ski before they had to
return to the Czech Republic.  Mike and Lodak had spent
time going around Michigan to meet Mike's friends, but Jan
had wanted to travel with Nicklas.

All of the teens were excited when they arrived in Detroit
and loved the meals at the best restaurants in the area.
Instead of going to hotels, they loved spending the night
at John's home on Peninsular Drive.  The family room turned
into a huge bedroom with the teen boys making beds out of
the cushions of the furniture.

Mike took Lodak and Jan to his bedroom, and it was obvious
to everyone that they were deeply in love by the sounds
that emanated from the bedroom.

Nicklas broke away from his horny buddies and knocked at
the door of his father and lover.

John opened the door to his bedroom and was thrilled when
Nicklas jumped into his arms.  It was obvious that his
Czech lover wanted to be with him, and John was thrilled!

Nicklas wanted intimacy with his lover and father, and
demanded that they spend the night together.  His wish was
granted.

John loved the little Czech boy and kissed Nicklas
passionately.  They ended up in the king sized bed where
their clothes were thrown aside, and then the fun began.
John dove down for the pubic area of his lover and was
surprised to see more red hairs.  Nicky's cock was hard and
throbbing, and John guessed that it had grown to nearly
five inches and was much thicker than he remembered.  He
used his lips to retract the long foreskin and bathed the
beautiful cock with his tongue.  He loved the aroma of the
crotch of a young boy and savored the aroma and taste of a
boy in love.  He used his fingers to pull down the hairless
scrotum and rolled the twin orbs around before leaving the
cock and swallowing both eggs in his salivating mouth.

Nicklas moaned when he felt John's mouth swallow both of
his testicles.  He had been sexual with many of the boys at
the orphanage, but John Miller always surprised him with
new ways to make love to his body.  He collapsed back on
the feather pillows and lifted his legs, hoping that John
would understand his urgent needs.

John loved Nicky with every fiber of his body, and when his
boy lifted his legs in the air, he knew what Nicky wanted.
He let the silky scrotum slip out of his mouth and
immediately began rimming Nicky's love hole.  He used both
of his hands to spread the muscular cheeks apart and drove
his tongue inside the puckered hole that gaped open before
his eyes.  There was nothing more erotic to him than the
aroma and taste of the hole of a horny boy, and he drilled
his tongue inside.

Nicklas was in heaven!  His adult lover was slathering his
cock and balls with saliva and he begged to have John fuck
him.  His wish was quickly granted, and he wrapped his legs
around John's body to pull the huge cock deep inside his
body.  It was exactly what he had dreamed about, and he
felt his own cock unload on his belly and chest before
John's cock flooded his rectum.

Before the night ended, John and Nicky had blown four loads
each in the asses and mouths of their lover.

John woke up the next morning and gazed at the beauty of
his Czech lover.  The straight nose was covered with
freckles and the red hair on his little friend was
highlighted by the sun that was streaming into the bedroom.
He looked down and marveled at the changes in Nicky's body
with the results of puberty.  He remembered when he could
count the red pubic hairs, but now there was a multitude,
and many of the hairs were starting to curl.  He leaned
down and vacuumed the semi-erect penis into his mouth and
gently stimulated the boy to full erection.  He ran his
tongue up and down on the throbbing boyhood and was
rewarded when the immature member blossomed into a full
erection.  He wanted to measure Nicky's member, but was
more interested in taking his boy to orgasm.  He used his
expertise to stimulate his boy to a crashing orgasm, and
gulped down the boy pudding, swallowing every drop.

Nicklas loved John and couldn't imagine a better way to
wake up after a night of intense sex.  Being in Michigan
with John was fantastic, and he never wanted to return to
the orphanage.  When his tool was finished flooding John's
mouth with fluid, he wanted to suck John's cock or have it
deep inside his body.

John just laughed when Nicky offered to suck him off, and
promised that they would have plenty of time to share
intimacy during the Michigan vacation.  He hugged his
little lover and led Nicklas into the shower where they
gently washed each other clean after their night of almost
constant sex.

The trip to the North American Headquarters was exciting
for everyone.  The visitors couldn't believe the jungle
area, and everyone wanted to feed the parrots and watch the
monkeys swinging from tree to tree.

"I can't believe this!" Katelyn said to her father.  "This
is Michigan, and I never expected to see palm trees growing
here."

"A monkey just grabbed my scarf," Brooke screamed in glee.

"They can be very mischievous," John laughed, "Offer him a
banana and maybe you can get your scarf back."

Brooke was thrilled when several of the monkeys came down
out of the trees to take the bananas that she found in a
case outside the jungle area.  She looked at the beautiful
waterfall and was amazed that she was in a jungle and
feeding live monkeys.

"Sometimes the monkeys do some things that are
embarrassing," John offered.  He watched one of the male
monkeys peeing into its own mouth and was embarrassed.
Another male monkey was stroking his erect penis, and
everyone laughed.

"He looks like Zach," Brooke teased.

Zach and his buddies laughed and wanted to watch the
monkeys have sex.  Their wish was granted when a male
monkey mounted one of the female monkeys.

"I didn't know that this tour would include sex education,"
Katelyn laughed.  "This place is unbelievable."

"Let's go upstairs so we can visit Helen in her office,"
John suggested.

All of the boys wanted to watch the monkeys fuck, but
reluctantly followed John to the glass elevator.

John stopped the elevator at the 11th floor and wanted
everyone to meet Howard Cole and Regina Henderson in the
Training Department.  He hugged both Howard and Regina and
saw that they were in the middle of a training exercise
with housekeeping associates from two of the stores in the
U.S.  He introduced himself and all of the visitors to the
trainees, and was pleased that they were learning from the
best housekeeping trainer in the world.

"How are they doing?" John asked Howard.

"Wonderful!" Howard replied.

"You're learning from the best," John said to the
housekeeping associates from Seattle and Miami, "Our
customers deserve to be treated like royalty, and the
housekeeping in our stores sets the tone for any sales that
we make.  The first impression that our customers get is
from the way that you maintain our stores, and I'm very
happy to meet all of you."

The large group of visitors went back into the elevator and
went to the 12th floor where Helen was waiting for them.
She greeted everyone warmly and invited them into her
office.

Katelyn was shocked at the elegance of Helen's office, and
walked around to look at the priceless paintings and
furnishings.  The young visitors were mesmerized by the
huge aquarium and the vivid colors of the tropical fish.
None of the visitors had ever dreamed that any office in
the world would be more elegant and exciting.

"This used to be John's office, but he gave it to me,"
Helen said.  "I have the best job in the entire world, and
I love my job and the responsibilities that he gave me."

"Helen ran the North American Operations after James
Stanton died," John said.  "Without Helen, this company
would have collapsed.  She makes my job easy, and I've
learned to trust her advice about how to run this company."

"Tom just got home from hunting Kodiak bear and polar
bear," Helen said.  "His trophies will be mounted and
displayed here in the North American Headquarters.  He's
living a dream by working for our company, and he's headed
to Mexico to fish for trophy bass with one of our
customers.  I've never seen him so happy."

John was pleased that Helen had hired assistants and was
now working four days a week.  The company was making
record profits, and Helen was a big part of the success of
the company.

Two days later, the large group of visitors arrived at the
Arrowhead Lodge in Northern Michigan.  John was excited to
visit the Spartan Store to buy a huge supply of groceries
and also visited the farm of Wilma Collins where he bought
a large supply of chickens and eggs.  He loved cooking, and
planned several special meals for his family and friends.

Zach and his buddies couldn't believe the elegance of the
lodge, and ran around to see everything that the lodge had
to offer.  They were thrilled to learn that they would have
their own rooms so they could explore their sexual desires.
Marty suggested that the boys stay in the boat house, and
John and Katelyn agreed with the understanding that the
alcohol was off limits.  The horny boys immediately began
making plans for using the boat house as their private
nudist colony.

"This has been a wonderful vacation, but I'm concerned that
I should be back in Boise so I can do my job," Katelyn said
to her father.  "You've opened a new world to me and my
children that I never dreamed could possibly exist."

"My dream is that you, Zach and Brooke will join Nicklas,
Johnny and Little John in running our company when I'm
gone," John admitted.  "James Stanton, his father and
grandfather built a wonderful company, and it's our
responsibility to take it into the future.  Money can't buy
love.  I love you and I know that our family will work
together to make this a better world for the homeless and
children who have been injured or abused.  That's the goal
of our international company, and I'm excited to have you
with me."

Marty and Toby took the boys on a tour of the huge lodge
while John, Katelyn, Mike and Lodak relaxed in the game
room.  They all realized that the boys were gone a long
time, and correctly guessed that the horny boys were
satisfying their sexual needs in the boat house.

John was happy that his family and friends were at the
lodge, and he planned on spending a lot of time in the
spacious kitchen.  He was excited when Mike told him that
the new ski boat and ski equipment had been delivered.

After a meal of grilled steaks, lobster tails, tossed
salad, baked potatoes and sweet corn, the large group
relaxed in the game room until it was time for bed.  John
went to his beautiful bedroom on the top floor and smiled
when he thought about what the boys were doing in the boat
house.  Derek was in charge of all of the security
officers, and he promised that no one would go inside the
boat house except in an emergency.  He knew that the boys
would be running around in underwear or nude and had
decided to have guards circulate around the outside of the
lodge and boat house to let the guests have privacy.

Nicklas was in heaven!  He listened to Marty describe a
game that he wanted to play with the horny boys in the boat
house.

"We put everyone's name in this bowl," Marty suggested.
"We draw a name and that person draws another name.  The
first guy gets blown by the second guy.  Everyone gets to
watch the blowjob and the first guy has to pull out and
shoot his load so we can all see it!  The second guy eats
the entire load before he gets to draw a name.  The third
guy blows the second guy and we keep going until everyone's
popped a nut and everyone's eaten a load."

The horny boys quickly agreed to Marty's plan, and the fun
began.  Nathan's name was drawn first and he drew Jan's
name.  Clothes flew and every boy was nude before Jan
started sucking Nathan's slender cock.

Jan had been attracted to Nathan and loved the curly blonde
hair and blue eyes of his new friend.  He knew that Nathan
was 12 and loved seeing the erect 4 inches of meat and the
soft fuzz that proved that puberty was just starting for
the blonde boy.  Jan was an expert cocksucker, and he
gobbled Nathan's cock and bathed the hairless scrotum with
his tongue.  He wet his finger with saliva and probed
Nathan's back door before finger fucking the young boy.  He
found the small bulge of Nathan's prostate and the results
were immediate.

Nathan screamed when he felt the finger hit his love button
and didn't have time to warn Jan that he was cumming.

Jan wanted to swallow every blast of Nathan's hot cum, but
knew the rules of the game and pulled back to let the
throbbing cock unload on his face.  Two spurts of watery
cum hit his nose, eyes and hair before Nathan was able to
aim his pulsing boy tool to shoot the last two shots
directly into Jan's hungry mouth.

The audience cheered when they saw the boy cum flooding
Jan's face.  All of the horny boys wanted to eat cum and
Marty changed the rules to let everyone slurp up the cum
that Jan couldn't reach with his tongue.

Jan was afraid that he would cum before he even picked a
name from the bowl on the coffee table.  He picked the name
and grabbed Toby and pushed the small boy to his knees.

Toby saw the size of Jan's erection and knew that he could
never take it all.  He had never dreamed that any boy could
have 10 inches of hard cock, but he was now trying to get
the huge cock into his mouth.  His mouth was stretched to
the limit, and he was only able to get a few inches of the
immense cock in his mouth.  He grabbed the huge cock and
jerked it to stimulate his new Czech friend.  The throbbing
cock was so thick that his fingers and thumb didn't touch
when he slurped and jerked the huge cock.

Jan didn't last long and pulled his cock out of Toby's
mouth and blew no less than eight blasts of cum.

The excited boys watched Jan unload and couldn't believe
that one cock could pump out that much fluid.  Before Jan
finished cumming, he had flooded Toby's mouth, eyes,
forehead and hair with thick ropes of hot cum.

"Jesus!" Nathan exclaimed to Zach.  "You told us that Jan
blows the biggest wad in the world, but I didn't believe
you!  It looks like Toby got hit with a fire hose!"

Before the night was over, all of the boys had eaten at
least three loads of cum, and they were exhausted.

John was up early, and he and Katelyn started cooking
breakfast for the hungry group.  With the huge grille in
the kitchen, pounds of bacon and sausages were ready before
the boys came into the lodge.  Scrambled eggs, sliced
tomatoes, hash browns and waffles were ready, along with
tomato juice, apple juice, orange juice and coffee.  The
wonderful aromas filled the lodge and everyone flocked to
the kitchen for breakfast.

"My God!  They're eating like they were starving," Katelyn
exclaimed to her father.

"I love seeing people enjoy what I cook," John replied.
"This is what I dreamed about when we invited everyone here
for the week."

"I'm still in shock when I think about my new job and
home," Katelyn admitted.  "I never dreamed that I would see
an office building like the one in Detroit, or your home in
Nassau!"

"You should have seen my home before Marcel worked his
magic," John said.  "I built two additions to that home,
but after my divorce Margaret destroyed the interior of the
house and it was filled with furniture from the Salvation
Army store and Goodwill Industries.  That's all that I
could afford, and I was embarrassed that my job with
Chrysler was gone and my home was trashed.  When my clothes
dryer quit, I had to hang clothes around the family room to
dry.  I'll never forget where I was when I was afraid that
I would lose my home to the mortgage companies.  But, as
Philippe always tells me, with immense wealth comes immense
responsibilities, and he's right.  It isn't all fun and
travel.  I can't go anywhere without body guards, and
sometimes I wish that I could just leave everything and
live with Nicklas at Proud Les Domo."

"I think I know what you mean," Katelyn said.  "I worked
hard to feed my children, but I felt like a failure.  When
thoughts of giving up hit me, I looked at my kids and knew
that I had to work harder so they would have a chance at a
better life than mine.  You rescued me and my kids, and I
don't know how to repay you."

"Just being with you, Zach and Brooke is all the payment
that I need," John admitted.  "We're a family now, and I
love it."

"Can we go fishing?" Nicklas asked his father.  "Marty and
I told Zach about the walleye and pike that we caught, but
he doesn't believe us."

"I think we can arrange a fishing trip," John replied.  He
wanted to fish himself but loved seeing boys catch fish.
He talked to his security officers and decided to use both
of the powerful bass boats and the large pontoon.  Of
course the boys all wanted to ride in the powerful bass
boats, but Marty and Toby quickly agreed to fish from the
pontoon boat.  They had both fished from the bass boats and
wanted their friends from Idaho to feel the power of the
250 horsepower motors.

Jan and Nicklas decided to fish with Marty and Toby from
the pontoon, and friendly competition immediately started
over who would catch the largest walleye.  The fishing trip
was a huge success, with everyone catching a limit of five
large walleyes.  The contest was ruled a draw, with each
boy catching a walleye that was about 12 pounds.  John,
Marty and Toby cleaned the fish, with Nicklas and the other
boys begging to learn.  Everyone had fun and a huge
collection of filets was ready for lunch.  John loving to
cook served up a tantalizing meal of tossed salad, baked
potatoes, grilled walleye filets, steamed sweet corn and
cherry pie covered with vanilla ice cream.

The boys spent time in the game room to let their food
settle.  They knew that Mike had promised them he would
teach them how to water ski, and they were excited.  Marty
and Toby had skied before, but Zach, Nathan, Jimmy, Toby,
Nicklas and Jan had never had a chance to try the
challenging sport.

John was excited to drive his newest boat, and let Mike
start the ski lessons in the shallow water in front of the
lodge.  Derek insisted on riding with John; he was armed
and knew that his security buddies would be in other boats
around the lake during the water skiing.  Katelyn and
Brooke were excited when they got inside the Ski Nautique
and heard the engine fire up.

"Dad, this sounds like a dragster," Katelyn exclaimed.

John loved hearing Katelyn call him "Dad" and replied, "450
horsepower can make this boat fly, but it's really built
for power to pull professional skiers.  I've seen a boat
like this one pull 16 skiers at one time!"  He idled the
boat away from the boat house and headed out into the lake.
He wanted to warm up the engine before taking the first boy
skiing, and also wanted to unleash the engine to see what
the boat would do.

"This is boring." Brooke said when the boat was idling
across the lake.

John just laughed and told everyone to hold on.  He pushed
the throttle down and the boat leaped up on plane
immediately.

Brooke and Katelyn screamed when the boat flew across the
lake and even Derek was startled by the immense power.  The
boat screamed across the lake at over 60 miles an hour and
everyone held on tight when John warned them again to hold
on and brace themselves.  He made a sharp turn that would
capsize any normal boat, but the powerful ski boat skidded
across the calm lake and made a perfect 180 degree turn to
head back to the lodge.

John slowed the boat down and saw that Brooke was crying in
fear.  He apologized for scaring her, but Katelyn just
laughed and said, "You said this boat is boring!  Do you
still think that?"

Mike was waiting at the beach and told the boys to watch
Marty take the first turn at skiing.  "John and I used to
drive the ski boats for the ski show on Long Lake," Mike
said to the boys.  "He's an expert driver, and will keep
you safe.  Watch how Marty bends his knees and keeps the
tips of the skis out of the water until the boat pulls him
up."

The boys were thrilled when they watched John drive the
boat around Marty and slowly head towards the center of the
lake.  John put the boat in neutral and waited for Marty to
get the handles of the tow rope before he took up all of
the slack rope.  When he heard Marty yell, "HIT IT," John
pushed the throttle down, but only hard enough to pop Marty
out of the water.

Everyone on shore and on the pontoon cheered when Marty was
up and cutting back and forth across the wake of the
powerful boat.  Marty fell, but got back up and made it
around the large lake before he let go of the rope and
settled down into the warm water.  He pulled off the skis
and swam to shore.

"You wear the vest in case you get knocked out," Mike said
to the excited boys.  "The vest will keep you floating with
your head out of the water and we never ski without life
vests."

The excited boys watched Toby take a turn and listened to
Mike reminding them of the techniques required to get up on
the skis.  Toby fell on his first try, but then got up and
made a circuit of the lake safely.

Nathan was the next boy to try his luck at skiing.  He fell
three times before he was able to get up.  His tears of joy
and screams of happiness were heard around the lake, but
his excitement didn't last long.  He fell forward and the
impact with the water made him lose both of the skis and
his shorts.  The embarrassed boy searched in vain for his
missing clothes and begged John to help him.

John laughed and circled the boat and found the missing
shorts and scooped them out of the water.  He listened to
Katelyn and Brooke laughing at the nude boy in the water,
and saw that Nathan was covering his boyhood in total
embarrassment.  He tossed the shorts to Nathan and gave the
boy time to put them on and said, "Tie them tighter this
time."

The boys were having a ball, and each time a boy had his
turn on the skis, he got aboard the pontoon boat to go out
on the lake to watch his friends.  Jan had the most trouble
getting up on the skis, but he finally made it and was
totally stoked.

Zach watched his friends and learned from their mistakes.
On his first try, he got up and made it around the entire
lake  He was thrilled and knew that he could brag to
everyone for his expertise.

Nicklas was the last boy to try his luck, and he got up
easily but fell three times before he made it back to the
lodge.  He decided to challenge his father, and said, "I
bet you can't do that good."

Mike just laughed and saw the smile on John's face.  Mike
got inside the powerful boat knowing what John could do on
skis.

Nicklas was on the dock with John and was shocked when his
father only put on one different ski.  "What are you
doing?" he asked.

John just laughed and caught the ski rope when Derek tossed
it to him.

Derek sat down in the boat and guessed that John would jump
into the water, but was shocked at what he saw.  Before the
slack was taken out of the tow rope, John had yelled "HIT
IT" and Mike floored the powerful engine.  He screamed for
Mike to stop for fear that his boss would have his arms
ripped off of his body when the boat accelerated.  Instead,
he saw John brace himself and jump off the dock when the
slack was gone and was flying across the calm lake.

Everyone screamed their approval of John's skiing
expertise, and the cheering increased when John cut across
the wake of the boat and threw up huge sprays of water when
he made the sharp turns on the slalom ski.

"JESUS CHRIST!  HE'S FANTASTIC!" Derek screamed.

Mike just laughed and said that John had always been an
expert water skier.  He looked in the rearview mirror and
saw John's hand signals and knew what his favorite man
wanted to do.  He steered the boat around the lake and got
close to the pontoon boat that was filled with the happy
visitors to the Arrowhead Lodge.  He saw John hike out far
away from the boat and saw him dig the ski into the water
to go screaming across the wake and close to the pontoon
boat.  At the last second, John leaned over hard and shot a
huge rooster tail of water that flooded the pontoon boat
and all of the occupants.

Derek couldn't believe what he was seeing.  John had soaked
everyone on the pontoon and was slicing across the wake of
the powerful boat like a professional skier.  He wished
that he had a video camera so he could show Butch and the
other security officers how John was skiing like a
professional.  He watched in awe when Mike turned the boat
towards the shore and John let go of the tow rope and
glided right up on the sandy beach.  John walked out of the
ski and ran up on the sand to wave to Mike in the boat.
John's hair was still dry.

"That was fucking unbelievable," Zach exclaimed to his
buddies.  He cheered with his buddies and was proud of his
grandfather's skiing skills.

Nicklas ran to hug his father and screamed his approval of
his father's water skiing expertise.  He couldn't believe
that John could ski on one ski and make those dangerous
maneuvers.

"Wait until you see what Mike can do." John said to his
son.  "You can ride with me and see what a real
professional can do.  Mike had offers from Sea World and
Cypress Gardens to ski professionally, but he decided to go
to college instead."

When the pontoon arrived at the dock, Katelyn and Brooke
got out and ran to congratulate John on his skiing
performance.  They both hugged him and made sure he was wet
after their soaking on the pontoon boat.  Katelyn and
Brooke were standing on the dock when Mike came out of the
boat house wearing a neoprene suit.  At first they were
alarmed that Mike wasn't wearing a life vest, but listened
when he told them that the special suit was buoyant and was
designed to protect important parts of his body.  They both
saw the large bulge in the front of the wetsuit and knew
that Mike was packing a whopper of a penis and balls.

John was driving the boat and watched while Derek tossed
the ski rope to Mike.  He knew that Mike would put on a
show that everyone would remember for the rest of their
lives.

"He doesn't have a ski yet," Nicklas yelled to his father.

Even Derek was shocked when Mike yelled "HIT IT!" before
the slack was out of the rope.

John hit the throttle and the passengers watched in shock
when the boat quickly accelerated out towards the center of
the lake.  Mike jumped in the air and landed on his back
and then quickly stood up.  He was skiing barefoot!

"HOLY FUCK!" Derek screamed when he saw what Mike could do.

Mike made several "tumble turns" where he rolled over on
top of the water and then was back up and barefoot skiing
on both feet.  Everyone cheered and couldn't believe that
anyone could ski without even a single water ski.  Mike
even skied on one foot before he signaled for the boat to
go back to the beach when he let go of the rope and tumbled
down into the water.

"I've never seen anything like this in my entire life,"
Derek screamed, "Where did he learn to do that?"

"Mike was the star of the Long Lake Ski Team," John
replied.  "You should see what he can do on a ski jump!"

Everyone was hungry when the skiing ended, and headed back
into the lodge to help prepare the evening meal.  They all
kept praising John and Mike for their skiing skills and
wondered if they could ever ski on one ski, let alone go
barefooting.

John was thrilled when the boys insisted on helping him
cook, and accepted the praise of his young guests for his
skiing expertise.  He let Katelyn take control of the
cooking and started working on making pies from scratch.
This was one of the best days of his life, and he loved
having the happy crowd at the lodge.

Ron Balcolm arrived with his wife and daughter, along with
Keith Wadsworth, Mike Collins, butcher at Spartan Stores in
Onaway, Wilma Collins, sister of Mike Collins who raises
the wonderful chickens, and Alan Helmuth, Commander of the
Cheboygan State Police Post and his wife and children.  The
meal was served buffet style, and everyone was thrilled to
fill their platters with porterhouse steaks, lobster tails,
Greek salad, baked potatoes, sweet corn, and green beans.
Dessert was hot apple or cherry pie, topped with vanilla
ice cream, and everyone complimented John on the fantastic
meal.

"I still can't believe that you always include us in your
meals," Derek said to John.  All of the security officers
loved working for the Sea & Jungle Imports Company, and
felt like they were part of John's family by the way he
treated them.  "When we worked for Blackhawk Security, we
took shitheads to fancy parties and ate cold sandwiches
while they sucked down champagne and ate meals like this
one."

"You keep my family safe, and I love to cook," John
replied.  "You and I have been through some nasty shit
together, and I feel like we're all family.  It wasn't that
long ago that we were involved in a gunfight up here and I
learned that I need you and your buddies to keep me alive.
You'll always be included when I cook."

During the next three days, the visitors went fishing and
skiing, but John and Mike refrained and drove the boat to
entertain everyone.

The last night of the vacation at Arrowhead Lodge, Nicklas
demanded that he spend the night with John.  He hugged his
father and kept thanking him profusely for the special
vacation in the United States.  "I never dreamed that I
would ever fly on an airplane," Nicklas began.  "This
country's beautiful and filled with wonderful people.  I
want to live here with you."

"I'll make a deal with you," John replied.  "Living here
won't be easy for you, but if you continue to study English
with David Markov, you can come here to live for the last
two years of high school.  English is a difficult language
to learn, and the school systems demand that you be able to
read and write English proficiently to graduate.  My dream
is that you will go to college here or in Prague so you can
take over our company along with Johnny, Little John,
Katelyn, Brooke and Zach.  Even if you don't master the
English language, you'll have an important position in our
company so you can take care of orphans around the world."

"I promise to study hard," Nicklas replied.  "You told me
that you feel like you're going home when you come to the
Czech Republic, but I feel the same way about this country.
I love being here with you, and dream of living in your
home on Long Lake.  I miss my Barney, but I know that he's
waiting for me back at Proud Les Domo.  When I saw the
grave of your Barney, I felt sad for what Margaret did to
him and you.  I love you and I still can't believe that
I've met Zach, Brooke and Katelyn.  I had nothing and no
family, but now I have everything that I could imagine."

John hugged Nicklas and gave his son a passionate kiss.  He
knew that this would be their last night together for a
long time, and wanted it to be a night to remember.  He
carried Nicklas up the spiral staircase and pulled down
Nicky's shorts so he could probe the boy's hidden hole.  He
dumped his little lover on the huge bed and dove down to
swallow all of Nicky's love tool.  Every time he was
intimate with his special lover, he saw more evidence of
puberty.  He remembered when he could count the thin red
hairs above his boy's cock, but he knew that it was only a
matter of time before Nicky would have a full patch of
curly red hairs, but he welcomed the changes.  Instead of
an immature soprano voice and hairless groin, his son and
lover now had the beginnings of a pubic patch and a deeper
voice.

Nicklas worried that John would tire of him now that his
body was changing.  John had made love to him when he had a
hairless groin, and he had thought about shaving away the
evidence of his entry into puberty.  There were many boys
at the orphanage who were hairless and horny, and he hoped
that John wouldn't dump him for a new boy.

John finished undressing his young lover and dove down to
swallow Nicky's erecting cock.  He slathered the hard shaft
and then vacuumed both of the developing testicles into his
hungry mouth while he probed the puckered ring of pleasure.
He put saliva on his index finger and drove it inside
Nicky's love hole.  The moans from his lover increased when
a second finger slid inside and found the prostate gland.

Nicklas was in heaven.  The man that he loved more than
life itself was with him and taking him to a level of
sexual bliss that he had never experienced in his short
life.  He felt his balls pulling up and knew that he was
going to cum.  He screamed when John stroked his prostate
gland and sucked hard on his throbbing dick.  He unloaded
and felt like he was spinning in the air with every nerve
in his body firing electric pulses through his entire body.

John gulped down the watery cum of his little lover and
held the throbbing cock in his mouth to savor every drop of
the precious liquid.  He stopped stroking the immature
prostate gland and waited for Nicky to calm down after his
intense orgasm.  He let the softening cock slip out of his
mouth and pulled his slimy fingers out of the anal ring and
wiped them on the sheet.  He knew that Nicky loved to be
sucked and fingered, and he waited for his hot lover to
recover from the intense orgasm.

Nicky's entire body was limp.  He tried to reach out and
hug John, but his arms wouldn't move.  He thought that he
was in heaven, and wanted to thank John for the best
blowjob in his entire life, but he couldn't talk.  He was
thrilled when John kissed him and forced some of his own
cum into his mouth.  He swirled the juice around in his
mouth and then pushed it back into John's mouth.

"I need to fuck you!" John admitted.

"Please do it!" Nicky replied.  He tried to lift his legs,
but he was still too weak from his crashing orgasm.

John grabbed a pillow and rolled Nicklas over and shoved
the pillow under his boy's tummy.  He spread the firm ass
cheeks apart and dove down to shove his tongue inside the
hole that opened up for his pleasure.  He savored the
flavor of boy ass and kept eating the tasty hole while he
grabbed the tube of lubricant.  He wasted no time coating
his throbbing meat and aiming it at the pink orifice.

Nicklas moaned when he felt the knob of John's cock head
pop inside his love chute.  He was a true bottom and loved
being fucked, but having John deep inside his love tunnel
was the best feeling in the world.  Each time that John
pulled back and then shoved the massive cock inside his
body, Nicklas could feel the cock head hit his prostate
gland, and he moaned louder and louder while the fucking
continued.

Mike, Jan and Lodak were headed to their room for a night
of intense sex when they passed the door to John's bedroom.
They heard the moans from Nicklas and laughed when they
realized that John was giving the boy the fuck of his life.
They headed to their room and immediately got undressed to
satisfy their own sexual needs.

John used mind control to delay his orgasm.  He wanted this
fuck to last a long time because he knew that Nicklas, Jan
and Lodak would be returning to the Czech Republic the next
day.  He slammed his cock in and out of Nicky's body and
felt his boy's body tense up.  The grip on his invading
cock told him the story.  Nicky was cumming and that put
him over the top.  He screamed when his cock unloaded the
mother load of all loads deep inside the gripping hole of
his true love.  He collapsed down on top of Nicky, and was
totally drained of all energy.  His cock was sore and his
nuts were aching, but he loved the sensations.  He moaned
when his cock slid out of Nicky's hole and he collapsed
back on the bed to savor the sensations of a wonderful
fuck.

Nicklas turned over and kissed his adult lover.  He could
tell that John was exhausted, so he used his mouth to suck
John's cock clean.  He felt the load of cum leaking out of
his well fucked hole, but didn't care about making a mess
of the bed.  He licked up his own cum off the pillow and
kept it in his mouth to share with his favorite lover.

Before the night was over, John had fucked Nicklas three
times and had his own ass plundered by his little lover.
They fell asleep knowing that they were bonded for life.

After leaving Nicklas, Jan and Lodak at the orphanage, John
and Mike had a very emotional flight back to the United
States.  John had several important meetings to conduct,
but he wished that he could have stayed in the Czech
Republic for the rest of his life.

Mike comforted John and reminded him that they would return
to the orphanage soon to handle business in the Czech
Republic and throughout Europe.  A bedroom in the top floor
of the orphanage had been converted into an office for John
Miller's use, and he knew that his boss and friend dreamed
of living with Nicklas at the beautiful home.

When they arrived back in Detroit, John was immersed in the
responsibilities of his important job.  He was pleased when
Christina came into his office and started telling him
about the Nativity sets from Spain.

"We sent one set to each of the 75 stores here in the U.S."
Christina began.  "Each store put up a display with a sign
that the silent auction will begin on November 1st, and the
final bids will be accepted at 9 p.m. on November 20th.  The
signs promise that 100% of the proceeds of the auction will
go to the Miller-Zednik Foundation for world hunger relief.
The media coverage has been fantastic and some customers
have tried to buy the sets to avoid the auctions.  I heard
that a Texas millionaire offered $20,000 to the store in
Houston for the set.  I also heard that Cathy Stoddard
wanted to bid on the set in the Washington, D.C. store, but
her husband stopped her."

"Cathy Stoddard?" John questioned.  "Are you talking about
the first lady?"

"I sure am!" Christina replied.  "The President of the
United States has called the NAO Headquarters to ask Helen
if there is any way he can buy a set for his wife.  The
media found out and now people across the country are
getting excited about the bidding."

"Wonderful!" John exclaimed.  "When the auctions are
finished, we can start advertising the smaller sets that
Jose Garcia has been creating."

"His entire village is working to make the smaller sets,"
Christina said.  "We won't release the smaller sets until
next year, and I expect the response to be wonderful."

I saw the display in the lobby when I got here," John said.
"Holding a raffle here is causing a lot of excitement among
our associates.  The lucky winner will have something
special to display during the Christmas Season and keep for
years, and we'll have another set to display each year in
the lobby."

"You still have over 20 sets under your control," Christina
said.  "Do you have any plans for the lowest numbered
sets?"

"I'll think about that," John replied.  "I want each Vice-
President of our company to have a set, and I want one set
to go to Aunt Martha and Aunt Betty.  They put up a
Christmas tree in their parlor, and they deserve something
special for what they've done for our company."

"Wonderful!" Christina replied.

"I'll keep four sets to give to special people and you can
decide who gets the remaining sets," John said.

"Oh my God!" Christina said.  "Are you sure?"

John just laughed and challenged Christina to make sure
that the remaining sets went to special people around the
world.

John called Nicklas every day, and loved hearing his little
lover talking English.  It was always a strange call, with
John talking in Czech and Nicklas replying in English.
They talked and corrected any mistakes that their lover
made, and their language skills improved dramatically.

John and Derek visited the farm house where the vintage
cars were stored and loved seeing the new vehicles that
Harvey Keller had purchased at the Barrett Jackson car
auctions.  John loved muscle cars and antique cars, and
loved seeing the new vehicles in the expanded storage barn
on his property.  He and Derek looked at the recent
additions and selected a 1970 Chevelle, 450 horsepower, 454
cubic inch dark green car with white racing stripes to
drive back to John's home on Peninsular Drive.  Several of
the new vehicles cost over $100,000 each, and Harvey Keller
was a favorite bidder at exotic car auctions around the
United States.

John unleashed the power of the Chevelle, and was shocked
when the tires burned rubber each time the automatic
transmission shifted.  They were traveling down a two-lane
blacktop road, and John finally slowed the muscle car down
to near the speed limit when a Suburban flew past them.

"JESUS!" Derek screamed when the Suburban nearly forced
them off the road.

John was shocked at the speed of the Suburban, and then saw
a Michigan State Police cruiser that was traveling in the
opposite direction make a screaming turn with the lights
and siren blasting.  John pulled over to the side of the
road and watched the cruiser chase after the Suburban.
When the cruiser passed them, John accelerated and couldn't
believe what he was seeing.  The cruiser caught up with the
Suburban and did a "pit maneuver", sending the Suburban
into a spin before it smashed into a tree next to the road.
He saw the trooper jump out of the cruiser and saw that
several men had jumped out of the Suburban and were
shooting at the trooper.  Before he drove near the
altercation, he saw the trooper go down and knew that the
man had been shot.  He didn't hesitate and floored the
Chevelle and then slammed on the brakes to throw the
Chevelle into a skid that struck a man with an assault
weapon.  He knew that the man was going to kill the
trooper, and his instincts kicked in.  The man's body flew
through the air and both John and Derek knew that the
attacker was dead before he hit the ground.

Derek jumped out of the Chevelle and pulled his Glock and
started firing at the occupants of the Suburban.  He
screamed at John to stay in the Chevelle, but his boss and
friend was out and firing his own weapon at the assailants!

John ignored Derek's pleas and ran to grab the State
trooper and dragged him behind the cruiser.  He saw a man
running around the wreckage and knew that he had to act
fast.  He aimed his Glock at the man's chest, fired and saw
the man go down and then get up quickly.

"AIM FOR THEIR HEADS!" Derek screamed at John.  "BODY
ARMOR!"

John didn't waste a second and fired two shots into the
head of the attacker.  He hid behind the cruiser and heard
automatic weapons shredding his Chevelle and the cruiser.
He pulled the wounded trooper behind the wheels of the
cruiser and ran for the man that he knew that he had
killed.  He grabbed the AK47 and found two full clips of
ammunition in the pockets of the dead man and ran back to
the safety of the cruiser.

Derek was firing his Glock but knew that it was useless
against assault weapons.  He knew that he and John were
wearing protective vests, but assault weapons with special
ammunition could penetrate any type of vest.

John knew that he and Derek were in a deadly confrontation,
and he aimed the assault weapon at the Suburban and emptied
the first clip of ammunition.  "TAKE THIS!" John screamed
at the wounded trooper.  He gave him his Glock and slammed
a new clip into the powerful assault weapon.  He realized
that the Suburban was absorbing the fire from him and Derek
so he made a quick decision.  He aimed the powerful assault
weapon at the pavement under the Suburban and sprayed the
pavement with liquid death.  The results were fast, with
several of the men screaming with pain before more rounds
blew them apart!  John felt the impact of several rounds
that hit his protective vest, and thought that someone had
hit him with a baseball bat!

Derek ran to the cruiser and keyed the radio and screamed,
"OFFICER DOWN!  OFFICER DOWN!"  He begged for assistance
and told exactly where they were fighting for their lives.

John emptied the second clip and racked in the last one.
He saw that the State trooper had passed out and prayed
that the young man would survive.  He sprayed the Suburban
with the assault weapon and saw one survivor run towards
the woods along the side of the road and emptied the last
clip and saw the man go down and then struggle to get up
and run into the woods.  John grabbed his Glock where the
trooper had dropped it and grabbed the trooper's semi-
automatic and tossed it to Derek.  The gunfire stopped, but
the air was filled with the screams of police cruisers
responding to the initial call from the trooper that he was
in pursuit of the targeted Suburban.

"GET DOWN ON THE GROUND!" the first trooper screamed at
John and Derek.  "DROP YOUR WEAPONS!  PUT YOUR HANDS ON
YOUR HEADS OR I'LL KILL YOU!"

John and Derek complied with the demands, and for the first
time John felt something running down his side.  He moaned
and struggled to tell the trooper what happened, but he was
going into shock and lost consciousness.

The remote road came alive with a multitude of police
cruisers responding to the deadly altercation.  John and
Derek were handcuffed and Derek tried to tell the new
officers what had happened.

"SHUT THE FUCK UP OR I'LL BLOW YOUR HEAD OFF!" a trooper
screamed at Derek.

The initial trooper regained consciousness and struggled to
tell his fellow troopers how the two men had saved his life
by dragging him out of the line of fire.  Only then did the
troopers listen to Derek's pleas.

"John shot the last guy in the ass, but he ran into the
woods." Derek pleaded.  "We both have CCW (Carry Concealed
Weapons) licenses.  My buddy's the CEO of the Sea & Jungle
Company, and I'm one of his security officers."

A helicopter landed and the scene was pure bedlam!  One of
the arriving units was a K-9 unit with a German shepherd
dog, and the trooper released his partner to track the
escaping assailant.  "KING, GET HIM!" the trooper yelled.
The trained dog picked up the scent of the escaping man and
quickly tracked the man into the woods.

The initial trooper who had chased the Suburban fought to
stay conscious and insisted that the two men had rescued
him.  He was whisked off in the helicopter to the nearest
hospital for treatment.

The handcuffs were taken off of both John and Derek and
they stood up to look at the carnage of the intense
shootout.  The Chevelle gas tank had been hit, and the
vintage car was burning uncontrollably.

"I've been hit," John said calmly to Derek.  He felt the
blood running down his side and felt dizzy, but tried to
keep standing up.  He started to fall, and Derek grabbed
him and helped him to the ground.

"Get an ambulance here!" Derek screamed.  He ripped open
John's shirt and unbuckled the protective vest.  He saw the
impact areas where three rounds had hit the vest, and saw
the hole where one round had penetrated the vest and John's
side.  He had been in fire fights before, and realized that
the bullet had gone through the vest but only hit John in
the side of his abdomen.  His training as a Navy SEAL told
him that his boss and friend would live, but he was still
alarmed and prayed for John's survival.

The last man was caught by the German Shepherd and was
dragged back to the road where he was read his rights and
shoved into an ambulance with a trooper riding along.

It didn't take long before more cruisers arrived, along
with another State Police helicopter and several choppers
from local television stations.  The area was alive with
emergency vehicles, and Derek jumped inside the ambulance
that would take John to the hospital.  Only then did he use
his cell phone to call Butch.

Butch Mendez was just leaving his office at the NAO
Headquarters when he heard his cell phone ringing.  He knew
that the call had to be an emergency from one of his
security officers, and immediately answered.  "BUTCH HERE!"

"John's down!" Derek yelled to his boss.

"GODDAMMIT!" Butch screamed.

"He took one in the side," Derek said excitedly, "We're
taking him to Carter Hospital in an ambulance!"

What the fuck happened?" Butch demanded.

Derek explained the police chase and how John had powered
the Chevelle to save the life of a State Trooper by hitting
one of the assailants.  He tried to control his emotions,
but he knew that his boss was pissed at him for not
protecting John from harm.  He continued explaining to
Butch what had happened and knew that his boss was furious
with him.

Butch calmed down and ran out of the building and into his
Escalade to travel to Carter Hospital.  He prayed that John
would survive and used his cell phone to call Bobby Goldman
and more of his security officers.

John had passed out, but regained consciousness when the
ambulance arrived at the emergency ward.  "Jesus, that
hurts!" he said to Derek.

Derek was relieved and choked back his tears to comfort his
boss and friend.  In his time with the Navy SEALs, Derek
had seen his friends wounded and killed, and he talked to
his buddy to keep him conscious.

"Keep talking to me," Derek said to John.  "Think about
Nicklas and the orphanage.  Don't you dare check out on me.
You took one in the side, but you'll live if you don't go
into shock.  Butch will be here soon and the doctors will
take good care of you.  Tell me about the water skiing.  I
want to hear what it was like for you to jump off that dock
and fly around the lake."

John realized that Derek was keeping him alert, and he
rambled on and on about fishing with the boys at the
Arrowhead Lodge and the meals that he had made.  His side
was burning, but he fought off the pain and tried to relax.
His entire body was aching and he tried to fight off the
pain to keep talking to Derek.

"I'm Dr. Mason Wilkinson, and I'm going to take you into
the surgery ward to treat your wound," the doctor said to
John when they arrived at the hospital.  "You've lost a lot
of blood, but we'll get IV's started to replace your body
fluids and reduce your pain.  Do you have any allergies?"
After hearing John reply that he didn't have any allergies,
he gave John a shot of pain medication.

"I need to know about the trooper," John choked out.  "Will
he live?"

"Dr. Carlisle is taking care of him, and we believe that
his wounds are not life threatening," Dr. Wilkinson
replied.  "Right now I need you to remain calm so we can
remove the bullet that penetrated your side.  Just relax
and you'll be on the golf course in less than a week!"

John laughed and it hurt.  He had never been interested in
golf, but the doctor had recognized his age and suspected
that he was a man who played golf or had some other tame
hobby.

"I'll be here for you when you get out of surgery," Derek
promised.

Butch ran into the Trauma Unit at Carter Hospital and took
control.  He had several security officers responding to
the hospital and immediately deployed his officers to guard
the entire floor of the small hospital.

Four hours later, John was in a private hospital room with
Bobby holding his hand.  John smiled at his best friend and
kept saying that he was fine and wanted to leave the
hospital.

"Your ass is staying in that bed!" Bobby insisted with
tears flowing down his face.  He had heard what John had
done to save the life of the Michigan State Trooper and was
proud of his buddy.

"How's the trooper?" John asked.

"He's going to recover," Butch replied.  "You and Derek
saved his life and took out five men who had robbed a bank
and killed a security officer.  Only one of the shitheads
survived, and you blasted him in the ass before the police
dog ripped him apart!  Your car was wasted!"

"Cars can be replaced," John replied.  "I didn't even know
that I was hit until I felt the blood running down my side.
Why didn't the vest protect me?"

"Those shitheads had several types of weapons, and the
assault rifles had special ammunition," Butch replied.
"The ammo's called `cop killer'; it's Teflon coated and
will penetrate a bullet proof vest.  Normally I'd chew your
ass out for getting into a shootout with shitheads, but you
saved the life of that trooper.  Derek said that you were
fantastic in that gunfight, and he's a professional."

"Can I come in?" a man asked.  He walked into the hospital
room and looked at the man who had saved the life of one of
his troopers.  "My name's Marcus Wilson and I'm the
Director of the Michigan State Police.  I came here to
thank you for what you did to save the life of one of my
men.  The men in that Suburban robbed a bank and killed a
security officer, and I would have lost a trooper without
your bold actions."

"Derek and I just did what was necessary," John replied.

"Bullshit!" Marcus replied.  "You put yourselves in the
line of fire and took out four of the robbers and pulled my
man out of harm's way!  I'm sorry that you were wounded,
but I'm going to make sure that this entire country knows
what you did to take out some assholes and save the life of
my trooper.  You're a hero.  I'm sorry that your car was
totally destroyed, and I'll try to get the State to pay you
for your loss."

"How's the trooper?" John asked.  "Cars can be replaced,
but lives can't."

"He's in the next room and he's with his wife and young son
right now," Marcus replied.  "He's gonna be fine, and he's
begging everyone to be able to talk to you and thank you
for saving his life."

John watched Bobby push the button to release pain
medication into his body, and drifted off to sleep.  When
he woke up, he was pleased to see his son, Johnny, standing
next to his bed.

"How's your training going?" John asked.  The pain
medication was working; his vision was blurred and he felt
exhausted.

Johnny hugged his father and gave him a kiss on the
forehead before replying, "I'm trying to learn how the
Traffic Department works.  You have to stop getting shot.
I hate seeing you in a hospital bed."

"I'm gonna be fine," John said.  "Derek and I ran into a
bunch of shitheads, but we came out alive and they didn't."

"I called Nicklas, and he went ballistic when I told him
that you were shot," Johnny admitted,  "My brother needs to
hear from you that you've gonna live.  You have to call
him!"

John was feeling better and used the phone in his room and
his calling card to dial the number for the orphanage.

"Proud Les Domo, this is Kvetka, how may I help you?" the
familiar voice said in perfect English.

"Kvetka, this is John Miller," John began.

"JOHN!" Kvetka screamed.  "Johnny called us and said that
you were shot!"

"It wasn't a bad wound, and I'll be fine," John insisted.
He talked in Czech and tried to calm Kvetka down.  He
explained what had happened and insisted that his wound was
nothing to be worried about.

Kvetka Paulikova listened to John and sent Sasha to find
Nicklas.  She had taken the terrible call from Johnny
Miller and had blown the air horn many times to alert the
children and adults that John Miller had been injured.  She
was relieved to hear John talking to her, and demanded to
know about his injuries.  She was still talking to John
when Nicklas tore the phone out of her hand.

"JOHN!" Nicklas screamed.

"Hi little buddy," John replied, "Don't worry about me.
I'm fine."

"Johnny told us that you were shot," Nicklas sobbed.

"It was nothing," John replied.  "I had my vest on and I
have a tiny hole in my right side.  The doctor pulled out
the bullet, and I'm gonna be there with you in less than a
week.  Can you be ready for me to come there?"

Nicklas continued sobbing and couldn't believe that his
father was talking to him.  He was afraid that he had lost
the most important person in his life, and he loved hearing
John's strong voice.

"Did you bring any new children to Proud Les Domo?" John
asked.  He wanted to divert the attention of his little
lover to more positive things.

"Two new boys arrived today, and Kvetka said that we now
have almost 300 children here," Nicklas replied.  "Yuri,
Jan and I are making sure that they boys are safe and
eating good food.  Lodak takes control of any girls that
arrive, and everyone's welcoming the new arrivals."

"That's what I asked you to do," John said.  "I'll be out
of the hospital tomorrow, and I'll ask Mike to make the
flight plans so I can be there soon.  I want to relax with
you and the other children before I come back here."

"I can't wait!" Nicklas exclaimed.  "I need to have you in
my arms!"

The next day, Dr. Wilkinson agreed that John could leave
the hospital.  Before John left, he was wheeled into the
private room where the wounded Michigan State Trooper,
Jason Houston, was talking to his wife and young son.

Casey Houston immediately hugged John and gave him a kiss
on the cheek.  "I don't know how to thank you for saving
Jason's life!" she sobbed.  "This is Tarran, our son and he
made a card for you."

John looked at the homemade card that had been decorated
with colored markers and shook the boy's hand and thanked
him.  "How old are you?" John asked the cute boy.

"I'm six and a half," Tarran replied.  He hugged John and
thanked him for saving his daddy's life.

"I'm being discharged and I wanted to see you," John said
to Jason.  "How are you doing?"

"Thanks to you and Derek, I'll live," Jason replied.  "My
sergeant wanted to meet you, but things have been crazy.
Is there anything that I can do for you?  I'd be dead right
now if you hadn't pulled me out of the line of fire.
Thanks for saving my life!"

"Just rest so you can get out of this hospital," John
replied.  "Dedicated men like you keep us all safe."  John
turned to Casey and Tarran and said, "You should be very
proud of what Jason did to stop those men.  I saw
everything and was impressed with how he stopped that
Suburban from getting away."

"I'm still getting reports of what you did," Jason said.
"How did you know to shoot under that Suburban?"

"Derek and I had Glocks, and our shots were bouncing off
the body armor that the guys were wearing," John began.  "I
grabbed the AK47 that the one guy dropped, but even that
wasn't penetrating the Suburban.  When I shot at the
pavement under the Suburban, I hit the legs and feet and
dropped the men.  Derek and I kept firing and hit them when
they were down.  I don't feel good about shooting anyone,
but we did what we had to do."

"I heard that your car was destroyed," Jason said.  "I've
also heard that the State has a fund that will replace it
for you."

"I won't take a cent for that car," John admitted.  "I
collect vintage and muscle cars and can find another one at
an auction.  Cars can be replaced, but lives can't."

"Thanks for coming in to see me and meet my family," Jason
said.  "If there's anything that I can do for you, please
let me know.  Thanks again for saving my life."

Butch Mendez came into the room and met the Houston family
before he pushed John's wheelchair down the hall and into
the elevator.  Other Sea & Jungle security officers
escorted them to the Cashier's Office where John paid his
hospital bill and also insisted on paying any charges for
Jason Houston that weren't covered by the State insurance
coverage.

"I should go to the office," John said when he was safely
inside the Hummer.

"You're going home!" Butch insisted.  "Helen and I agree
that you need to rest and she canceled all of your meetings
and appointments."

John grumbled, but knew that he wouldn't win any argument
with Helen or Butch, and having both of them team up on him
made it more than impossible to win.

Mike Mahon had been visiting a college friend in California
when he learned that John had been shot.  He immediately
returned to Michigan and was waiting for John when his
friend arrived at their home.  He carefully hugged John and
was relieved that John was safely at home.

"I'm sorry that I messed up your vacation," John said to
Mike.

"Tommy's wife's a bitch, and I needed to get away from
her," Mike teased.  "I don't know how he puts up with her
constant bitching and complaining.  She must give great
blowjobs for Tommy to stay with her.  I bet their marriage
doesn't last another year.  I made some chicken soup for
you.  I tried to duplicate your recipe, but it just doesn't
taste the same as yours."

John relaxed in his family room and ate a bowl of soup and
complimented Mike on his culinary skills.  He was tired and
sore and dozed off in the leather recliner.

Mike turned off the ringers on the nearby telephones and
answered from another room, making a list of who called.
Several news agencies wanted to interview John, but he knew
that John avoided the media and refused to agree to any
interviews.

Mike screened John's calls and only let a few select people
talk to his friend.  One of the callers was Alan Helmuth,
Commander of the State Police Post in Cheboygan.  "Hi John,
how are you feeling?" Alan asked.

"I'm doing much better," John replied.  "Thanks for
asking."

"Every trooper in the State wants to thank you for what you
did to save Jason's life," Alan said.  "You and Derek put
your lives on the line to take out some real nasty guys and
protect Jason.  Is there anything I can do for you?"

"Just get ready for duck season and then deer season," John
replied.  "You can invite Marcus Wilson to join us if you'd
be comfortable with him around."

"Marcus is the best boss in the world," Alan replied.  "He
loves to hunt and I know that he'd love to join us."

John was surprised when the next call was from Marcus
Wilson.  He respected the State Police Director and agreed
to talk to him.

"Mr. Miller, thank you for taking my call," Marcus began.

"I thought we agreed to use first names when we talk in
private," John said.  "You're a very busy man, and I'm
honored that you've called me."

"I wanted to know how you're feeling and if there's
anything that I can do for you," Marcus said.

"I'm doing much better and just got off the phone with Alan
Helmuth," John admitted.  "Alan joined us last year for
hunting ducks and deer up at the Arrowhead Lodge, and we
both want you to join us this year if your schedule
permits."

"I sure didn't expect an invitation from you when I
called," Marcus admitted.  "Alan's one of my favorite
commanders, and he did a lot of bragging about that lodge
and property.  He had the pictures to prove the success of
his hunts, and I've been jealous."

"Well now you have the invitation to join us and bag some
trophies," John laughed.  "A long time ago, the Stanton
family brought in a strain of trophy deer from a game farm
in Texas, but the deer bred with the native deer.  Now the
animals are considered native and last year two animals
that were harvested are in the Boone & Crockett Record
Book."

"I accept your wonderful invitation!" Marcus said
excitedly.  "I actually called for a special reason.
Governor Granderson wants to give you and Derek awards for
saving Jason's life.  It's a very rarely awarded plaque and
she wants to give it to you at a special ceremony with full
media coverage."

"That doesn't sound good to me at all," John admitted.  "I
didn't vote for her and I don't like what she's doing to
our State.  I had Butch do some research for me, and from
what he tells me, she cut the funding for weapons for your
troopers and seems more interested in raising taxes and
increasing welfare.  Criminals have assault weapons like
those dirtbags that robbed that bank, and your troopers
need equivalent weapons to level the playing field in a
firefight.  I don't want to see her or accept any award
from her!"

"God, you're saying the same things that I've said right to
her face!" Marcus admitted.  "You sound like you have the
same opinion of what's happening in this State that I do.
She'll be pissed if you refuse to meet with her."

"Fuck the bitch!" John exclaimed.  "I won't be part of any
media event if she's included.  I don't need any award, but
I sure don't want to offend you or your organization.
Derek and I've talked and we both agree that she's out for
publicity."

Marcus laughed and said that he would handle the governor.
He hated Jennifer Granderson and hoped that she would be
defeated in the next election.  Hearing John's refusal was
the best news that he could imagine, and he couldn't wait
to deliver the message to the governor.

It took a week before John was able to move without pain,
and he and Mike traveled to the home of Betty Anderson and
Martha Jenkins for supper.  After cocktails in the parlor
and a wonderful meal of pot roast and cherry pie, John
hugged his two aunts and admitted that he was tired.  After
hugs and kisses, he and Mike returned to their home and
went to bed early.  They were leaving the next morning for
the Czech Republic, and John needed a good night's sleep
before traveling.

Butch was waiting for them when they arrived at their home
and wanted to talk to John in private.

"Mike's always included in important discussions," John
reminded Butch.

"I've done the research that you asked me to do," Butch
said.  "I found receipts for all of the weapons that James
Stanton bought and I can make everything legal if you want
me to proceed."

"What are you talking about?" Mike asked.

"I asked Butch to find a way to get rid of the assault
weapons that are still stored in the basement of Helen's
home, the ones at the Arrowhead Lodge, and in the room at
the farmhouse of my two aunts," John replied.  "Butch loves
weapons and I've agreed to give him the collections that
James Stanton accumulated.  My two aunts want to empty that
room at their farmhouse, and I sure don't want to own
anything that might be considered illegal."

"Can't you sell the guns?" Mike asked.

"I sure don't need the money, and I don't want anyone
getting control of some of those weapons," John admitted.
"Our strike forces have what they need, and some of the
special sniper rifles are way above what any private
citizen should own."

"John made me an offer that I couldn't refuse," Butch
teased, using a line from the Godfather series of movies.
"My wife and I just closed on a beautiful home in
Bloomfield Hills, and I've hired a construction company to
build a climate controlled room in the basement where I'll
have the most awesome gun collection in the world.  The
special weapons that we don't need for our strike teams
will be transferred to the Michigan State Police."

"Awesome!" Mike exclaimed.  He understood how John and
Butch were going to give the Michigan State Police what
they needed to be effective against criminals armed with
military type weapons.

"How will you handle the transfer?" John asked.

"Alan's in orbit since you suggested that he work with his
boss to distribute the weapons," Butch replied.  "SWAT
teams around the state will get first choice of the weapons
and the rest will go to the State troopers with the
approval of Marcus Wilson.  Bobby Goldman will handle the
paperwork so that ownership is transferred without anyone
knowing that you donated the weapons.  Alan's gonna be the
most popular law enforcement leader in the state when the
other commanders hear what weapons he'll be distributing.
I'm proud of what you're doing."

John was relieved that he would get rid of the weapons that
could cause him some serious trouble.  Donating all of the
weapons except the hunting shotguns and rifles would help
control crime in Michigan, and he reminded Butch that he
didn't want Governor Granderson to get any credit for his
donation.  The assault weapons, sniper rifles and semi-
automatic handguns would soon be safe and put to great use.

"You're pissing off the governor, and she might cause our
company some trouble," Butch said.  "The entire State's in
financial trouble, and she's looking for every way to get
positive coverage from the media.  At the same time, you're
going to be a hero to every law enforcement officer in the
State."

"I care more about the troopers than I do about that
bitch," John admitted.  "I bet that you and Bobby can
handle any shit that she throws at us.  I've always stayed
out of politics, but I'll support anyone who runs against
her.  She's from Canada, and every day we get tons of
garbage from Canada that goes into landfills here in
Michigan.  She could stop it, but she doesn't."

Butch laughed and reminded John that he had many friends in
the FBI, DEA and ATF that could put immense pressure on the
governor if she stepped out of line.  He loved John like a
brother, and would use whatever influence he had to if the
governor tried anything with his boss and company.

Mike answered the phone and covered the phone with his hand
when he told John that Doug Halleck, the administrative
assistant to the governor wanted to talk to him.  John
didn't want to take the call, but both Butch and Mike
encouraged him to talk to the man.

"Mr. Miller, I'm the administrative assistant to the
Governor of the State of Michigan," Doug Halleck began.  He
was trying to impress John Miller with his position, and
knew that he had to be assertive.

"I'm trying to relax right now and enjoy a Manhattan," John
replied.  "I have plans to leave the country tomorrow and
need to handle many issues before I leave.  Why are you
calling me?"

"Governor Jennifer Granderson wants to present you and
Derek Kaufman with special awards for saving the life of
Jason Houston," Doug Halleck replied.  "I want to handle
everything so we can make the presentation very soon."

"I'm busy that day," John said.

"I didn't even tell you when she wants to make the
presentation!" Doug Halleck said emphatically.

"I'm still busy that day!" John insisted.

"Are you saying that you don't want to get the recognition
of the entire State for saving the life of a State
trooper?" Doug asked.  He was shocked and insisted that
John Miller accept the offer from his boss.

"Maybe I'm not being clear," John began.  "I didn't vote
for your boss, and I don't like what she's done to my
State.  The terrible economy of this State and our entire
country has created very difficult financial circumstances
for everyone.  Raising taxes and cutting the funding for
law enforcement is messing up everything.  Instead of
supporting the Michigan State Police, your boss has cut
funding and is giving welfare to people who could work but
choose to sit on their lazy asses and draw money from hard
working people.  My company provides money for the state to
spend, but I vehemently oppose her policies.  I'll NEVER
appear with her in public, and want you to tell her to
leave me alone."  John hung up the phone and saw both Butch
and Mike laughing.  They had both heard his part of the
phone conversation and knew that John had blown the doors
off the administrative assistant to the governor.

Doug Halleck was pissed.  He was afraid to tell his boss
what that important man had said about her administration
because he knew that she would be furious that John Miller,
important executive, refused to accept the award from her.
He walked into her office and saw Marcus Wilson was with
her.

"John Miller refuses to accept the award from you," Doug
Halleck said to his boss.

"This is your doing!" Governor Jennifer Granderson yelled
at Marcus Wilson.  What the fuck did you give him or say to
him that he would refuse the award from me?"

"Mr. Miller and I have common opinions about what you've
done with funding for my department," Marcus replied.
"Cutting my funding has put the residents of this State at
risk while you increase the welfare rolls for people who
are sucking this State dry!"

"I should fire you!" Jennifer Granderson screamed.

"I was the Director of the Michigan State Police before you
were elected, and I'll still be the director after you're
gone," Marcus insisted.  "John Miller is a hero, and I'll
give him and Derek Kaufman awards with or without your
approval."

"Get John Miller on the phone so I can talk to him!"
Jennifer demanded of her assistant.

"He won't talk to you," Doug replied.  He didn't want to
tell his boss exactly what John Miller had said to him.
"He has someone screening his calls, and I was lucky that I
was able to convince him to talk to me."

"He won't dare to refuse a call from me!" Jennifer
insisted.  "I'm the governor!"

Mike answered the phone and heard, "This is Governor
Jennifer Granderson, and I demand that I talk to John
Miller, RIGHT NOW!"

"Mr. Miller's not available," Mike replied professionally.
"My name's Michael Mahon, Mr. Miller's travel assistant.
He's in a meeting right now, but I'll tell him that you
called."

"GODDAMMIT!  I DEMAND THAT I TALK TO HIM RIGHT NOW!"
Jennifer screamed at Mike.

"Thank you for calling," Mike said calmly.  He hung up the
phone and told Butch and John what the governor had said.

Jennifer Granderson was seething with rage, and turned her
anger towards Marcus Wilson.  "I'LL TEAR HIM AND HIS
COMPANY APART!  YOU DID THIS TO ME!"

Marcus wanted to laugh, but bit his cheek and listened to
his boss spew her venom.  He wanted to savor the moment,
but knew that his department would be subjected to further
cuts in funding if he didn't do something to calm the
governor down.  "I'll bet that John Miller will take a call
from me and we can use your speaker phone so you can hear
his refusal in person," Marcus said.

"Why the fuck would he talk to you?" Jennifer yelled.
"He's in a meeting!  If he won't talk to me, why would he
talk to you?"

"Let me try," Marcus replied calmly.  This was working out
better than he could possibly imagine.  He used the speaker
phone on the governor's desk and dialed the number and
waited for an answer.

"Miller residence," Mike said professionally.

"Hi Mike, it's Marcus Wilson, and I'm with the governor and
her assistant," Marcus said.  "I've got this call on a
speaker phone, and I'd like to talk to John."

"Hang on Marcus, and I'll get him for you," Mike said.

Jennifer Granderson was furious that Marcus was able to get
past Mike Mahon's call screening, and paced back and forth
in her office.

"Hi Marcus," John said.  "What can I do for you?"

"Hi John," Marcus began.  "The governor is with me and I'd
appreciate it if you would give her a few minutes of your
time."

"Anything for you," John replied.  "I'm with my travel
assistant and the Chief of Security for my company, and if
you don't object, I'll put you on my speaker phone so they
can be part of this conversation."

"Thanks John," Marcus replied.

"Mr. Miller, I want you to be honored for your heroism when
I present you and David Kaufman with special awards,"
Jennifer said.  "As governor for this State, it would be my
privilege to give you the life saving awards in a public
forum."

"First of all, his name is Derek Kaufman, not David
Kaufman," John said.  "I already told your administrative
assistant, Doug Halleck, that I'm not interested in being
with you for any media event.  I didn't vote for you and
I'll actively support anyone who runs against you in the
next election.  Let me explain why.  Every day we get tons
of garbage from Canada to defile this beautiful state.  You
could stop that, but you seem to enjoy seeing our landfills
fill up with Canadian garbage.  You raised taxes for the
citizens of Michigan and increased welfare for worthless
people who could work but decide to sit on their asses and
make honest people pay for their laziness!  Crime is
rampant, and you cut the funding for law enforcement!  I'll
never accept any award from you, and this call is over."

John hung up the phone and Mike and Butch applauded.  They
couldn't believe that John had been so assertive with the
governor, but praised him for what he had said.

"I guess you've heard it directly from Mr. Miller," Marcus
said to his boss.

Jennifer Granderson was livid.  She watched Marcus Wilson
walk out of her office and wished that she could find a way
to fire him and make John Miller pay for his insults.

John returned to his office in the North American
Operations Headquarters, and made plans with Mike Mahon on
how to celebrate Nicklas' birthday.  John wanted to
surprise his son and kept his plans a secret from Nicky.

Nicklas had never had a birthday party and didn't think
that John would remember that his birthday was on October
6th.  When he talked to his father, he gave hints that his
birthday was coming soon, but was frustrated when John
changed the subject.  He hugged his dog, Barney, and
resigned himself to sharing his birthday with Jan and Yuri
in one of the barns.

"That was mean," Mike said to John.  He had listened to the
phone conversation and teased John about Nicklas' obvious
hints that his birthday would be in two weeks.  "He'll go
crazy dropping more hints until you come clean with him
about the birthday plans."

"I love to surprise him," John admitted.  "Kvetka has
everything planned for his surprise birthday party and our
trip to France will be a family event."

"Don't forget the award presentation this Friday," Mike
said.  "I heard from Doug Halleck, and he insists that the
governor make the presentation.  Remember him?  He's
Governor Granderson's administrative assistant.  I told him
to tell the governor to stay home."

"If she's there, I won't be," John replied.  "I told Marcus
Wilson that I'd accept the award from him, but not her.  I
respect Marcus and Derek and I have agreed to accept the
award from him, but not the governor."

"You already have influential friends in the FBI, DEA and
INTERPOL, and it sure won't hurt to have the Director of
the Michigan State Police giving you an award," Mike said.
"Right after Doug Halleck called me, I called Marcus.  I
made sure he knows that you won't be there if Jennifer
shows up."

Two days later, John and Derek were in Lansing, Michigan at
the State Capitol Post of the Michigan State Police.
Television and newspaper reporters were there to capture
the important event when Marcus Wilson stepped up to the
microphones.  Butch Mendez was in the crowd along with five
of his security officers to provide security.  Butch
couldn't imagine that anyone would try to harm John Miller
when so many Michigan State Troopers were present, but he
wasn't taking any chances.  Mike Mahon was standing near
Butch but knew not to distract Butch or the other security
officers when they were on alert.  He was ready to take
digital pictures to share with the associates of the Sea &
Jungle Company, and also planned to send the pictures to
the Czech orphanage.

"Thank you for coming here today to recognize two citizens
of this beautiful State who put their lives on the line to
save one of my troopers," Marcus began.  "My name's Marcus
Wilson, and I'm the Director of the Michigan State Police.
Every trooper under my command has been trained to protect
and serve the citizens of this State, and they risk their
lives to keep you safe.  Today, you'll hear about the
bravery of one of my troopers and two citizens of this
State who risked their lives to save Trooper Jason
Houston's life."

Marcus told the media what happened during the bank robbery
and the chase where Trooper Houston used a "pit maneuver"
to stop the fleeing suspects.  He gave a detailed
description of how John Miller and Derek Kaufman risked
their own lives to save Trooper Houston from certain death.

Television cameras were recording the ceremony and the
reporters were thrilled with the detailed description of
the serious events.  This was the first time that the
details had been announced, and they couldn't wait to get
the video footage to their stations for the evening news
broadcasts.

"Instead of me giving these two heroes their awards, I
think it's only appropriate that Trooper Jason Houston
comes up here to make the presentation," Marcus said.  He
was an expert in dealing with the media, and he wanted
Jason to be recognized for his bravery.

"This is a great day for me and my family," Jason Houston
said to the media.  "My wife and son are here with me, and
they'll join me in making this presentation to two men who
saved my life.  Please welcome the two heroes who saved me
from certain death, John Miller and Derek Kaufman!"

John and Derek walked up the steps of the Police Post and
waved to the media.  They were both hugged by Jason, his
wife Casey, and his young son Tarran, and then shook hands
with Marcus Wilson.

"It's my honor to present to these two heroes, the Gillette
Life Saving Award for saving my life!" Jason said
excitedly.  "This award is rarely presented, and recognizes
citizens of this State who have risked their lives to save
someone else from certain death."  He handed John and Derek
their awards and then hugged both of his saviors.

Marcus Wilson waited for the cheering to subside before he
addressed the audience.  "In recognition of their service
to this State, I'm pleased to present both of these heroes
a badge signifying that they are both Honorary Troopers of
the Michigan State Police.  This is a great day for all law
enforcement officers, and I'm proud of my troopers and
these two special men for risking their own lives to make
this State safer.  Thank you for coming here today to honor
these two heroes!"

John and Derek posed for pictures with their awards and
badges and tried to remain humble.  They hugged Jason,
Casey and Tarran Houston before leaving for the Capitol
City Airport where a Lear Jet was waiting to take them back
to Detroit.

"Alan Helmuth wanted to be here today, but his wife went
into labor," Mike said to John and Derek.  "He's the most
popular State Police Post Commander in the State with his
control of the special weapons and where they will be
distributed.  He knew that you'd be given those badges and
sent gifts for you and Derek."

John and Derek opened the boxes and were thrilled to see
their new billfolds.  Each billfold had a place for their
new badges, with a flap of leather that covered the badges
when they were pinned in place.

"Law enforcement officers around the country will recognize
those billfolds if you ever get pulled over," Butch said.

John and Mike packed for their trip to Europe and were
excited about seeing their lovers again.  They arrived in
Prague and spent two nights and a day to recover from the
jet lag, and made several phone calls to Proud Les Domo to
make sure that the plans were in place.

Nicklas woke up on October 6th and hugged his dog, Barney.
It was his 14th birthday, but no one seemed to notice.  He
took Barney outside and watched his puppy playing with the
other puppies that had been brought out for their morning
rituals.  He felt bad that no one said anything about his
birthday, even after he dropped hints that it was a special
day for him.  He was still thankful that he was living in a
beautiful place with wonderful food, and remembered many
birthdays when he was starving and trading his body to get
food.  He decided to enjoy the day and would ask permission
to go fishing on the lake.

Kvetka saw the sad boy and had to fight back the temptation
to tell Nicklas what the day would bring to him.  She
walked up to Nicklas and said, "Do you remember Johan
Delat, the warden?"  When she saw Nicklas nod, she
continued, "Mr. Delat wants to talk to you in the village.
Sasha has a van ready to take you there and you should be
back before the noon meal."

"Did I do something wrong?" Nicklas asked.  He couldn't
think of anything that he had done except throw water
balloons at a brick wall in the village.  The store owner
had chased the boys away, but was laughing and didn't seem
angry.

Sasha drove slowly knowing that he had to keep Nicklas away
from the orphanage for two hours.  He drove around the
village, looking for Johan Delat, but knew that the man was
at the bank and waiting to talk to them.

Johan Delat was part of the plans for the day, and had an
extended talk with the bank president which kept Nicklas
and Sasha waiting.  He took Nicklas and Sasha to his office
and had a surprise for the boy.  "I heard that your bicycle
was missing, and I think we found it."

Nicklas was excited and hoped that he would get his bike
back.  It had been in the bike rack at the orphanage and
came up missing the previous day, and he had been very
upset.  No other bikes had been taken, and he needed his
bike to travel the trails in the woods around the
orphanage.

"Is this your bike?" Johan asked.

"YES!" Nicklas screamed with joy. The nameplate was still
on the bike and his name was engraved on the aluminum
plate.  "Thank you for finding it for me!"

Johan Delat smiled and knew that Sasha had taken the bike
away from the orphanage to create a reason to get Nicklas
away from Proud Les Domo.  Everything was going according
to the plans and he had Nicklas sign a paper showing that
he had claimed the missing bike.

Sasha loaded the bike in the back of the van and needed to
keep Nicklas in the village for another 15 minutes.  He
decided to take the boy to the butcher shop owned by his
brother to buy some sausages.

Nicklas was impatient to get back to the orphanage so he
could ride his bike in the woods.  Barney always ran
alongside the bike and it was a favorite pastime of theirs.

When Sasha drove the van up the winding driveway to the
orphanage, Nicklas was surprised that no children were
outside playing.  He wanted to ride his bike, but Sasha
told him to put it in the rack and get ready for the noon
meal.

Nicklas grumbled, but put the bike away and walked to the
boys' dormitory to wash up.  He was shocked to see that not
a single boy was in the dormitory.  He looked out the
windows and didn't see any activity in the girls' dormitory
and was immediately concerned.  Even Sasha had disappeared
and he was shocked.  Had everyone been killed or kidnapped?
He ran to the pool area and found the doors locked.  He saw
the shimmering water of the indoor pool but no children
were swimming.  He tried to open the door to the kitchen
area, but was frustrated when he found that it was locked.
He raced around the main building until he came to the
front doors and prayed that they weren't locked.  He opened
the door and walked into the living room where he got the
biggest surprise of his life.

"SURPRISE!" everyone screamed.  The living room and dining
area were decorated with "Happy Birthday" banners and
everyone was wearing party hats and blowing noise makers.

Tears of joy flowed down Nicklas' face when he saw John
Miller in the center of the crowd, holding Barney.

"Happy Birthday, son," John said while hugging his special
boy.

Nicklas was so overwhelmed that he couldn't speak.  His
birthday hadn't been forgotten, and he couldn't believe
that the surprise party was for him.  He hugged John and
sobbed on his shoulder.

Kvetka announced that it was time to eat, and everyone ran
for the dining room where pizza was waiting.  Pizza was
Nicklas' favorite meal, and he was seated at the head of
the table with Barney on his lap.  During the meal, Nicklas
was given several gifts to open.  Many of the children
pooled their resources to buy small gifts for Nicklas, and
he thanked each person for remembering his birthday.

After everyone was stuffed with pizza, John leaned over and
said to Nicklas, "Mike and I have a special gift for you."

"Just having you here is the BEST gift I could ever get,"
Nicklas admitted.  He leaned over and whispered, "Make love
with me.  I don't need any other gift from you."

"Then you don't want to go with Mike, Jan, Yuri and Lodak
and me when we go to France and Germany?"

"WHAT?" Nicklas demanded.

"Mike has made all of the reservations and we'll spend two
weeks visiting our stores and staying in the places that
our company owns," John replied.  "If you want to stay
here, you can."

Nicklas knew that John was teasing him, and he couldn't
wait to travel with John and his friends to the foreign
countries.  More important than the trip, was spending some
intimate time with John in the bedroom.

Kvetka wheeled in a large serving cart with a huge sheet
cake on top.  "Happy Birthday Nicklas was written in white
frosting in both Czech and English on top of the chocolate
frosting.  She knew that Nicklas' favorite dessert was
chocolate cake with chocolate frosting, and she and the
cooks had made several cakes for the birthday celebration.

"Don't let Barney eat any chocolate," John warned.  "Dogs
can't digest chocolate and it could kill your puppy.  He
repeated the warnings to the other children holding the
puppies on their laps.  All eight of the puppies had been
given pizza during the birthday celebration, but all of the
children made sure that none of the puppies got near the
chocolate cake and chocolate frosting.

During the meal and dessert, Nicklas opened his gifts and
couldn't wait to go to John's bedroom for intimacy.  Barney
followed along and quickly jumped up on the bed, wagging
his tail and whining.

"I need you inside me," Nicklas admitted to John.  "I love
you and can't thank you enough for my surprise birthday
party."

John was ready to have sex with his young lover and wasted
no time in pulling down Nicky's jeans and swallowing his
boyhood.  The stark contrast between Nicky's white skin and
red pubic hairs was wonderful, and John took inventory of
the changes that puberty had created.  Nicky now had a nice
patch of red pubes that contrasted with his snow white
skin.  The soprano voice was gone and replaced with a very
deep voice that was wonderful for John to hear.  He
listened to the moans of his young lover and was quickly
rewarded with no less than eight blasts of cum.

Nicklas collapsed back on the bed and closed his eyes to
savor the sensations of a wonderful orgasm.  He felt Barney
licking his face and opened his eyes to gaze at his
wonderful lover.  "I tried to hold back, but I couldn't,"
Nicklas admitted to John.

"I love you and wanted to eat your juice," John replied.
Their intimacy was strange because Nicklas talked in
English until orgasm wracked his body, and John talked in
Czech.  They both wanted to develop their language skills
and had an agreement to help each other learn the other's
language.

"I need you deep inside me," Nicklas said.  "Please don't
make me wait."

Before the night was over, John and Nicklas had each blown
four loads of cum and were exhausted.

A helicopter arrived at the orphanage and carried John,
Nicklas, Jan, Yuri, Lodak and Mike to Prague for the
beginning of their special vacation together.  They toured
France, spent several days in Paris and at the villa owned
by the Sea & Jungle Company.  John took his friends to a
military cemetery where the valley was covered with white
crosses.

"Thousands of Americans paid the ultimate price to free
France from the German invaders during the Second World
War," John said to his friends.  "Without the sacrifices of
these men and women, the French people would be speaking
German right now.  I hate war and what it causes, but
sometimes war is necessary to keep people free.  We'll
visit some museums where you will learn how war tore this
country apart.  Many French citizens joined the Resistance,
and paid with their lives for trying to fight the German
invaders."

The children were shocked at the size of the military
cemeteries and how many people had died to fight for
freedom.

When they arrived in Germany, Nicklas saw a huge pile of
rubble near Cologne and asked what it was.

"The Allied forces bombed this entire country to end the
reign of the Nazis," John replied.  "That rubble is a
reminder for all Germans to remember the cost of waging
war.  When the war ended, it was women who cleared the
debris and started this country on the road to recovery.
For many years the country and the capitol, Berlin, were
divided between the Allied Countries of the United States,
Britain and France, and the Russians.  East Berlin looked
so bad because West Berlin looked so good.  President
Ronald Reagan challenged Soviet Premier Mikail Gorbachev to
tear down the Berlin Wall, and it finally happened."

"Why didn't the German people fight the Nazis?" Yuri asked.

"They couldn't," John replied.  "The Nazis controlled the
country and imprisoned or killed anyone who resisted.
Would you risk criticizing a government that would put you
and your family in prison or kill you?"

The children were shocked when they visited Bergen-Belsen,
one of the concentration camps on German soil.  The horrors
of mass execution and slavery were sobering for everyone.

"We can't live in the past, and neither can the German
people," John said to his shocked friends.  "Horrible
things happened, but the German people are wonderful allies
to the betterment of the world.  The U.S. space program
would have never been successful without the expertise of
many German engineers.  I love the Czech Republic and the
United States, and my next favorite country is Germany.
This is a wonderful country and the people help us fight
terrorism around the world."

"Germany started two World Wars," Nicklas challenged.

"Yes, but like I said before, we can't live in the past,"
John replied.  "The Soviet Union executed thousands of
people too, but now we try to work with them to control
nuclear weapons that could destroy all life on this planet.
China has immense power in the world and we all have to
ignore cultural differences to work together to avoid wars
that kill and maim innocent children.  China and Japan are
enemies, but they are learning to work together to avoid
wars that can ravage their people."

"Has the United States killed people too?" Nicklas asked.

"During the Second World War, the United States unleashed
the most terrible weapons in the world," John replied.
"Atomic bombs were dropped on Hiroshima and Nagasaki and
thousands of Japanese people died from the explosions and
radiation poisoning.  President Harry Truman authorized the
use of the atomic weapons to end the war between the U.S.
and Japan.  I hope that I never see nuclear weapons
released again!"

The group toured Germany and the children were thrilled to
visit the beer gardens where they were served German beer
and sausages.  The highlight of their visit to Germany came
when they were on the Autoban and traveling at over 100
miles an hour and a bright red sports car passed them like
they were standing still.

When they returned to Proud Les Domo, Nicklas, Jan, Yuri
and Lodak were excited to show the digital images of their
vacation to the other children.  Once again they had never
dreamed they would ever be taken on such a wonderful
vacation, but knew that they would have many school lessons
to complete to be current with the other children.

John was in the bar area of the orphanage when Kvetka came
in with the cordless phone.

"Helen wants to talk to you and she sounds very upset!"
Kvetka said excitedly.

John grabbed the cordless phone and was terrified that
something had happened to Johnny, Kirsty and Little John.

"John, you have to come home immediately!" Helen said
excitedly.


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