Date: Tue, 11 Mar 2014 13:07:16 +0000 From: Keith Francis Farrell Subject: Slave 165 ch 37 Good news and sad news. Slave 165 is coming to an ending within the next few chapters. I might write a few stories about people within the family as they will all continue to live on in my imagination. I have started a new story, chapter one has come back from my editor and will be added today, It is simply titled TOM. I have never been to America, so I know nothing about America apart from what I read. These stories are all made up. Hugs Slave 165 ch 37 Alex I had heard when daddy arrived home, but as I had just started playing this piece of music, I had to finish it. I have been practicing this piece for a long time to get it perfect for a Christmas show we are planning, so I just carried on playing. Out of the corner of my eye, I see daddy and the new boys come in. I hear my brothers and sister saying hello, and I would so like to be there. I cannot help it, I feel like I am being watched. Peeping again out of the corner of my eye, I can see this very handsome guy standing at the doorway and he is quietly watching me play. I can even see a smile playing on his lips. I have never been so happy to finish a piece of music and turning slowly; I smiled at him, and then invited him to come nearer. I told him that I am Alex and he told me his name is Carlos and he is very much a hottie. Carlos is asking me about the organ. This is my pride and I show him how everything works and feel happy as he sits next to me on the bench. Carlos This cute guy is so nice, and he is so friendly. He has explained to me how this organ works, which is a lot different than the little electric one we had at home. My brother taught me a little and I cannot play very big pieces of music, more like just some songs that I enjoyed hearing on the radio. Alex has told me to try playing, but this is not like what I have been playing. There are too many keyboards and things, but I play a Michael Jackson piece that we used to enjoy. I watch as Alex plays with the stops, as he calls them and hear the sound change. Then Alex started playing on the other keyboards and suddenly the little piece of music sounded great. Alex was filling in all the parts I did not know or could not play. Every now and then our arms or legs would touch and it was like little jolts of electricity and I found myself smiling more and more. When we finished he turned to me and told me that he is Alex and after I told him my name he asked me if I would like to sleep in his room. I was a little shocked, but he explained that there is an empty bed in his room and if I don't mind sharing he would be very happy. I think this guy is very nice, I don't want him to know how I am feeling because as soon as he finds out that I like guys he will hate me. I know that there are a lot of gay boys here but if he is not gay I will lose a friend and I would rather keep the friend. Alex This Carlos is so cute; I could sit next to him for the rest of my life and be happy. He seemed so scared when I asked him about sharing my room and I thought he was going to burst into tears. For a few moments I thought I had scared him away and I don't even know if he is gay yet. I think the best course of action will be to be his friend although I wonder if he would feel okay about me also being gay, like most of my brothers and if he is gay would he want to be my boyfriend? I know I am nothing special although Daddy hugs us all and tells us all that he loves us no matter what. I know Daddy will say take it slowly and get to know each other, it is just that I am scared. If I wait too long and he sees all my brothers and he is gay he might not want to be my boyfriend. I don't know what to do. I helped Carlos get his bags and showed him up to my room and I helped him unpack. I looked at his clothes and although they were nice and clean, he did not have any warm clothes. Most of what he had was meant for warmer places. Even his jacket is thin. I asked Carlos to sit down, so that we could talk in private. I started off by telling him that he is safe here and I will always be there for him to talk to. I thought about what I was needing to say and I stumbled a little, but told him that he would be safe here and be my friend, but I hoped that he would still want to be my friend knowing I am gay. As I told him this I saw tears running down his face and this started me crying too. Carlos What was I to do, he has just told me that he wants to be my friend, and he now tells me that he is also gay. How do I tell him that I am too, if I don't tell him I will lose him as a friend. Sobbing I told him not to cry because I am gay too. I have had sex with a girl, but I think of boys while having sex because if I just think of girls I go soft. Now we ended up clinging to each other. Ronald Everything seems to be okay and the new boys seem to be settling in. Anthony has taken JJ into his room and I am sure they will talk. I will just keep an eye on the two of them and with a little luck JJ will be able to relax and be himself. Carlos is a lost cause. He has fallen in love with Alex, and Alex is besotted with him. I could see from the way they looked at each other. I wish I could be a fly on the wall in their room as they sort out their feelings. I am sure that they will find their way. The Channel 3 News today had more on the slaves from America. The stories coming out were horrific, it seems that almost six hundred slaves have been rescued in the Middle East and the news is full of it. The doctors and police have seen so many people needing attention. The reports were saying that some of the boys have been so misused that they thought these boys would need lots of counseling and care. There were reports of young guys who had been enslaved while on holiday by a corrupt magistrate using `Shira Law'. This was so sickening and the pictures showed young men with animal heads fixed onto them, wounds that were still open and branding that in some cases had not even had chance to heal. All I could think about is that my boys are all safe. Even the slaves are safe and treated correctly. I still don't think slavery is a good idea, hopefully with all these changes that this outcry has caused, the ideas on slavery will change, and maybe there will be hope for all slaves. Watching all the children eating dinner gave me a lot of pleasure. Graeme was attentive and he kept checking on me, I could see he was not sure why I am being so quiet. Thank goodness the family have not see the news cast and I will make sure we all watch videos tonight. I don't want the children to see those awful pictures on the news. About eight the phone started ringing and Graeme went and answered the call. A short while later he was back and asked me to take the call, he suggested in my office or bedroom. I could see the worry lines on his face. I whispered to him that he should not worry, there is nothing wrong. Graeme gave a forced smile and said he would put the phone back on the hook as soon as I picked up. Melvin greeted me as soon as I answered and I know when it is Melvyn there is something up, some child that needs care, so I cut to the chase. Melvyn explained that he and the First Minister and the American President had been in conference calls all morning. They had even been discussing things with the Australian and South African governments. This was now starting to intrigue me. Melvyn gave me a brief breakdown of what was being suggested. Although I wanted to do things, I am already having problems having enough accommodations. The builders had just started doing the foundations for the extension and this Melvyn knew. He told me not to worry about that, it would all be taken care of. I told Melvyn that I would need to discuss the basics with my family. I am sure they would want to be involved, but I will ask them if they are happy to do what is needed. I was invited to a meeting in the First Minister's office, where we would have an online meeting with the others involved. Melvyn then giggled and said maybe it would be a good idea if I brought the person responsible for all of this with me. I knew that was asking for trouble, but agreed. I tried to set my mind at ease before going back into the family room and as soon as I entered the family room, the video was paused, Luke came up to me and asked me if everything was okay. I looked at him and said yes. His eyes darted towards Graeme and I could see that Graeme's cheeks were wet with tears. I went and hugged him and told him that everything is okay and he does not need to worry. I am going to tell everyone what Melvyn wanted to discuss. Everyone sat around and waited. Collecting my thoughts, I started off by explaining what had happened in the Middle East and how so many young slaves have been found. How some of the boys and young men had been kidnapped. How many of them were destroyed and would take many years to put back together. I did not know how many, but we have been asked if we would like to help. Everyone started talking at once, even Graeme's brothers. After a few minutes, they realised that none of them were getting answers from me, as I simply refused to talk over their voices. They all settled down and as one told me that they would do everything and anything to help and by this time I too had tears running down my face. I really could not tell them some of the things that I had seen in the earlier news casts. With lots of chatter, the video was resumed, but I don't think anyone was watching what was playing. After the film, the younger children all headed up for bed. They all came to me and Graeme and said their good nights and then went around to the older children doing the same. Graeme took the opportunity to take Trevor up to bed. He knew that Bossy boots will make sure he had tucked Trevor into bed before he went to bed. Giving Luke the news that he would have to go with me in the morning seemed to surprise him. He was very happy to miss a day of school, but unhappy when I told him he would have to make up the missed lessons and his home work that would all be brought home for him. Luke asked why he needed to be there, and I told him that it was him that started this, so in a sense he is the guilty one. I burst out laughing at seeing his face when I told him he was guilty. I had to explain that his talk to the American Houses had sparked this change. One of the boys went and got me a fresh coffee. The older children could see that there was more to the story but waited for me to tell them. When Graeme came back into the room, he told me that all was quiet upstairs. It seems that the younger children were exhausted, and they seemed to fall asleep as soon as their heads touched their pillows. I started by telling the boys about the news earlier during the day. I told them how those slaves had been treated. Some of them had animal heads sewn onto their heads, their eyes sewn closed, as their hair grew it locked the dead animals skull head onto their head, and they were used as beasts of burden. It was sickening. It seemed that a large Arab shop owner in England had been saying how all his crops were organic; he flew them into London ever couple of days. Some homeless from London had also gone out with the return flights, to work, and never being seen again, until now. While those wealthy people had been saying they only eat the best organic vegetables, what they did not know was that they were being grown using slave labour. This shop owner has disappeared, but we know he will turn up one day. No one can stay vanished forever. I told them that most of these young men have been castrated in a very crude manor. They had stones sewn into to give the effect of testes, but in many cases the stones were a lot bigger. All of them would have to undergo operations to have them removed and proper artificial ones put in. There are also a large number of very young guys who were sold by their parents as slaves that are in this group. Some of the parents have tried to claim they did not know what happened to their child, but the stories coming back from the children showed their parents did know. They had been sold because they were gay and their church said that gay people should be put in camps and killed and by this time there was not a dry eye in the room. I explained we might have to rough it for a few weeks as we do not have enough rooms. I expect we would know tomorrow just how many of these young people we would house. We all settled down to watch some of our favourite shows on TV and this seemed to lighten the mood. Graeme and his brothers disappeared during the one advertisement break and came back with trays of cake and fresh hot chocolate for everybody. Watching the way Graeme's brothers behaved told me they had already settled in. They were no longer trying to cover themselves all the time and they just went about doing what they had been told. They sat down sometimes on a chair, and sometimes on the carpeted section of the floor. A lot of the boys seemed to enjoy sitting on the floor. They would play cards or talk amongst themselves, completely ignoring what was on the TV. Sometimes the girls would join in or form their own games. Graeme When the phone rang, as normal I got up to answer the call and Melvyn greeted me. He then explains that he had something very important to discuss with my master and Melvyn never refers to him as `master', he always asks to speak to Ronald. I politely explained that I would let master know and advise him to take this call in his office. I told master, then went back to the phone and said that master was on his way. As soon as I heard master pick up, I put the phone down. I did not want to hear what master was discussing. All I could think of is that it has something to do with my brothers. Master had told me that my brothers were here under this new program, and as I was at the court, I knew that it was not supposed to be for a long time, only six months. Maybe the government had changed its mind and they were now going to be enslaved for five years. As I looked at my brothers, I could feel the tears running down my face. Luke came and sat next to me, he asked what was wrong, but I just said nothing. He asked me who was on the phone and I told him that I cannot say. Master will tell him if he wanted them to know. Luke told me that I must not cry and that he will make sure everything is okay and then he hugged me tight. Luke told me that I make his daddy happy and because of that I am loved and part of the family. His daddy would never allow me to be hurt because he knows his daddy loves me. This sort of slowed down my tears. Yes I had noticed a big changed in the way master treated me. He gives me as much pleasure as I give him. Some nights we can play for a couple of hours before master will give me what I crave. This made me feel a lot better and when master came back into the room; the first thing was that the film was stopped and then Luke went to master. I could see by the way Luke was standing he wanted the truth from master. As soon as master told everybody that there is nothing wrong and that none of them need to worry; the whole room relaxed and then master came to me and settled me down and telling me that he loved me. He has a way of settling me when I am stressed. Master explained the phone call and I could tell that he knew more than what he was telling us; as the younger children were also here, so master would not say anything that would give them a sleepless night. Master explained that many of these young people had been abused and had nowhere to live and of course we all agreed that they could all live with us. At the first bedtime, which was already later than normal, I herded the children up to their rooms, then went and changed Trevor. Trevor is growing so quickly; I think his weight has doubled, but maybe my arms are just tired today. I checked on all the young children. I had to switch off a few lights, but the gentle snoring told me they were already fast asleep. Master told us about the real horrors those young slaves had endured, many had been tricked and from what master was saying, most of the young men refused to go home to their families. They had only been able to get those that had not undergone any modifications to go home. All the others were in a private hospital being cared for and my heart went out to them. We would do what we could to rebuild them. I knew this was going to be a hard task, and that was why master had involved all of us in the decision. I cuddled up to master once we were in bed. I knew from the way he was laying that he was not in need of sex. Master needed to feel loved and just like me he also has his insecurities. I know that he needs me and fears that I would leave if set free, but I would never leave, he has given me reason to live. I have this large family, Trevor and my man.