Date: Sat, 8 Sep 2012 13:16:30 +0100 (BST)
From: ukwriter12@yahoo.com
Subject: Moonside Manor Part 1  - Chapter 9

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CHARACTER LIST
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Jared Exley --
Uncle Leon Exley -- Guardian of 13 year old Jared
Davy - Was Jared's partner, Diane's best friend
Dirk Tobias Matthews - Jared's partner

Peter Barrington -- Steven's cousin and partner in the law firm

CJ -- Jared's grandson / adopted son
Christopher Matthews -- Jared's adopted son
Mason -- Jared's grandson -- Myles and Ed's adopted son
Myles -- Peter's 19 year old son,
Ed -- Myles' lover

Mikey -- CJ's twin

Mary Gibson -- Matriarch of the family
Steven Gibson -- Mary's husband
Paul Gibson -- Mary's son and chief of police
Jake Gibson-- Mary's youngest son and police officer
Dr. Darren Cartwright -- Jake's partner and Jared's doctor.

Judge James Haroldson -- Mary's brother
Jennie -- Mary's sister
Diane Gibson -- Mary's sister -Exley HR Director - Steven's ex-wife.
Kathy -- Diane's partner
Stacy --Diane and Steven's daughter.
Tracy -- Peter's secretary

Sheila Miranda Easby -- Jared's Aunt
William Webster -- Jared's Grandfather
John McNicolls -- Sheila's adopted son

Mavis Pratt -- Stephen's wife
Bryan Patterson -- Exley and Webster Chief Operating Officer
Natalie Walters -- Exley and Webster Finance and Controls Director'

Cody James	- Overseer and ranch operation manager
Ella-Mae James -- Cody's wife -- Davy's friend.

Aunty Barb 	- President of the United States
Uncle Colin Williams -- Barb' own Uncle Leon
Tyler Charles (Chuck) -- Barbs adopted son
Devon Ray (Ray) - Barbs adopted son
Peter Jenkins - Barbs adopted son
Nathan Jenkins - Barbs adopted son

Carl Davidson -- Jared's security
Sean Pearson -- Jared's security
Mike Pearson -- Jared's security
Agent Steele -- Barbs security

There are various other ancillary characters, such as the Pratt family that
do not play a major part in the story and so are not listed above.

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An effort has been made to only hint at the area that it is set in so it
allows you to use your imagination... Chicago is mentioned, but then again
so is Gary Indiana so we know the area it is based in. Other than that we
simply know that it is based in a city and most cities have the basic
things in common.
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MOONSIDE MANOR


Chapter 9 -- Moving on...

As we entered the hospital room they looked so vulnerable that I don't
think there was a dry eye in the place. CJ was so innocent and beautiful he
walked up to Marty and sat next to him and just held his hand talking about
his time on the ranch and his new daddies.  Chris without saying a word did
the same with Bobby.

Time seemed to stand still over the next few days as we all stayed with the
boys. Each of us took turns at their bedside and also took turns resting at
the motel. Mary and her team of ladies kept the annex room well stocked
with food so that everyone was looked after including the nurses. Ella-Mae
ever the nurse kept on checking with the nurse on duty to make sure that
everything that could be was being done.

The story gradually came out as Paul liaised with the state troopers. The
boy's step father had refused their grandparents access when their mother
died and it was now suspected that she had been murdered because she had
never done drugs. The coroner had requested her body be exhumed to complete
the investigation and Arthur and Molly agreed to the request. After the
coroner had completed his investigation the diagnosis of overdose was
changed to that of murder.

The private investigator had come up trumps as well. The step father had
secretly married his school sweetheart and guess who the nurse was that had
been looking after Arthur and Molly? She had done a runner when she found
out that he was dead. The police now had a warrant for her arrest.

Now that they were not there anymore they were remarkably stronger than
they had been when we first met them. With Sheila's help they moved their
things into Moonside Manor so that they could be with their grandkids. They
now had more than two grandchildren as CJ and Chris were often found in
their laps fast asleep. I swear these kids are collecting family. Or am I
just trying to find a family myself? Who cares.

The kids had still not come out of the medical induced coma and on the
start of the second week we all gathered in their room, including Samson
who had healed remarkably quickly and was pining for his boys, waiting for
the two of them to wake up.

Samson moved to the side of Bobby and sure enough the baby started to
stir. It was hard to know what he was feeling, but Darren insisted that we
should nurse him just as we usually would so Dirk scooped him up into his
big arms and sat there with tears flowing down his face singing a lullaby
to him.

"Well hello there little one" The nurse handed Dirk a bottle to feed him
and Bobby grabbed his hands and held on as they shared their first moment
together.

"Well I'll be he's a natural" said Judge Haroldson as he walked into the
room. "Morning Molly, Arthur... I've completed the papers that you asked me
to. All that remains is my judgement. Are you sure?"

Arthur and Molly both said "We are ..."

"Then as notary for the state Mary can you witness these papers please. Ok
as Judge ...  Oh hell you all know what I am going to say so let's just cut
to the chase. Let me state first that this is a joint adoption at the
request of the legal guardians Martin, known as Marty King and Robert,
known as Bobby King. Dirk Tobias Exley-Gibson and Jared Ian Exley-Gibson I
have great pleasure in declaring you the proud fathers of Bobby Gordon
Exley-Gibson and Martin Stuart Exley-Gibson."

"Steven I want these kids protected in our wills, so whatever is needed get
it sorted.  If anything should happen to us Myles and Ed are to be their
guardians with you and Mary mentioned as well so that these boys are never
alone."

As we stood there talking Marty started coming too and CJ was soon at his
side followed by Jake. "Well hey there little man. How're you doing?" said
Jake.

He tried to talk, but just managed to croak. Jake soon put a couple of ice
chips to his lips and he sucked on them. As he did so he looked around the
room. "Grandpa?" He continued looking around, "Grandma? Am I dead? That man
told us that you were both dead and that we'd never see you again." Molly
just raced to his side and pulled him gently on to her lap. With a huge
smile he just lay there and hugged her. Content at last for the first time
in a long, long time. We all watched the scene as the magic of a mother
took over and she started singing to her boys. Dirk stopped and we all
listened as Molly sang to the two most precious little ones that she knew.

"We're so sorry for what you have been through Marty, but we will never
leave you again.  You and Bobby have been adopted by Dirk and Jared and
they will be your new daddies.  Myles, Ed, CJ and Chris are your brothers
and we will all be living in the same house" explained Arthur as he sat
next to them both.

Marty just looked at CJ. "It was you. You were the angel that came to us
just as I was dying. Tell me what happened to Connor?"

Darren stepped up to him, "Sweetheart he saved your life, but I am so sorry
he paid the price of a saint in doing so and he sits in the lap of Jesus
watching over you."

There were no tears Marty simply said, "At least he'll not have to have a
beating again from his uncle when he did something wrong. Is Jesus kind?"

"Oh yes little one, he is so, so kind." I whispered to him.

"That's good he'll like that" and with that he closed his eyes.

Samson nuzzled his hand that was on the bed and he sleepily looked down,
"You survived.  You saved my life as well. Will he be able to live with us
Papa? I think Connor would want him to?"

"He already has a bed in your room, just waiting for you both." I said.

Samson jumped and placed his front paws on the edge of the bed and just
laid his head on Marty's chest. "Samson we're going to be roommates. Now no
farting at night you hear?  Connor told me what you can be like." Samson
yapped as if saying yes and with that Marty fell asleep in Molly's arms.

Dirk had taken Bobby into the toilet area and found an area where we could
change Bobby.  Suddenly we just heard "Oh my God! What have you been eating
young man?" We all fell about, it may not have been his first time with a
nappy, but he sure wished it was his last. Eventually he walked back into
the bedroom area and sat next to me so that I got a chance to nurse Bobby
as well.

"Dada I wuvs you" Bobby shocked us all and Dirk and I had tears rolling
down our faces as we hugged him.

Life fell into a rather nice spiral after that and even though the family
was still getting to know each other we fitted together like a well made
glove.

It was another week before we were able to bring Marty and Bobby home. With
so many people around the house we decided that we'd not need a nanny. We
had coped with Mason and having two instead of one would not make that much
difference. Even Jake's men offered to do their time in looking after the
little ones.

We found ourselves wanting to return to Headland on a regular basis and
also Ella-Mae took to driving over to spend time with the kids at least
once a week. As it was not that far away, about thirty minutes in the car
The children loved it so much we travelled every Saturday so they could
ride the horses. We stayed the night, attended church together on the
Sunday and of course Ella-Mae insisted on cooking Sunday dinner for us
before we travelled back to the Manor in the evening.

As we were going to headland so often one Saturday the kids were bouncing
around as usual when they saw five new horses in a paddock. There were two
pure black horses and three palominos. Though at the moment two were mere
foals, they were young and Mason and Bobby would grow as they grew. Each
boy seemed to take to the horses easily and for some reason the horses
chose the boy not the other way around.

When I told the boys that these were their horses I also pointed to three
magnificent stallions for Myles and Ed and Jon who just took off at a run
to get to their horse.  Myles jumped on the pure white bareback and his boy
accepted him. He had obviously been on a horse before. The beautiful grey
was Ed's and fawn almost a white brown colour was Jon's. They both saddled
up and joined Myles as he rode over.

CJ looked at the black horse that was nuzzling his neck and decided she
looked like a dark night so he called her `Midnight Promise'. Chris looked
at his horse and called her `Eastern Promise' as she was a lovely tan
colour. Marty was totally in shock looking at his pony and since it was one
of the black ones he called it Black Beauty as we had been reading about
Black Beauty together at night. Mason and Bobby's horses were called
Quazzle as that we the sound that Mason made when we sat him on her and she
let him stroke her. It was strange because even when they were at college
he still called her Quazzle. Bobby looked at his pony and pointed and
shouted "Concon!"

Marty had tears running down his face, "That was what he called
Connor. Call him something else Bobby."

"Concon!"

"OK ... I guess he is your horse so Concon it is." Marty smiled and stroked
the foal and looked into his eyes in a very strange way, "Yes I guess
Concon's very fitting." His foal just pushed his head in to his chest and
they both at the moment looked extremely contented. That moment was
captured by CJ and would hang in Marty's bedroom even when he was full
grown.

Summer had flown and the boys were all starting school. Chris and CJ would
be going to the same school, which was good as CJ had last been to school
in England. When he had taken the entrance tests to get into the school
they had advanced him two years as he was at that level of knowledge and
would otherwise get bored very quickly. This meant that CJ and Chris were
in the same year, but were in different classes for everything but sport.

The older boys Myles, Ed and Jon had been able to work with Cody's friend
and with him using his influence had managed to get into the local
university; Myles elected veterinary medicine as he envied Dirk his talent
and ability with animals and Ed chose a Ranch management course. They were
both really excited about it.

Myles wanted to follow in what Dirk had done and could see how they could
use that talent in running the ranch. Ed was much more like Cody and was in
awe at how he managed the ranch operation, so his minor was in Business
Administration and he majored in Ranch Management.

Jon had worked with Cody and Sheila and was taking courses based on
Hospitality management and business administration. Sheila pointed out that
one day he would lead Easby Retail.

Poor CJ felt like a duck out of water as school was so different to what he
was used to.  English schools can be loud, old and stuffy. His new school
was spacious, airy and had lots of different definite areas. The first day
was hard as they met at the start of the day in the Michael Exley
Building. CJ just sat next to Chris and wept.

What happened that day though was a miracle as they both turned out to be
popular with their peers and with their teachers. Everyone wanted to be in
their friendship circle.  CJ did notice was that there was this boy in the
year ahead of them that no one had anything to do with and he kept to
himself.

He watched him in lunch and could see that he was wincing when he sat down
and then he saw the darker patches on the back of his shirt as he walked
past. It could only be blood. After seeing Marty he was sure of it. He sat
down with him after sending Chris to get his form tutor as he seemed to be
the most understanding teacher that he had met so far.

"Hi there, my names CJ what's yours?" He held his hand, but the boy did not
hear him or at least ignored him. "Well actually it is Christian Justin,
but I never liked it so they call me CJ. He put his arm around the boy's
shoulders and he cried out in pain.  "What's wrong? My dad is Jared
Exley-Gibson of the Uncle Leon Foundation. I'm sure he can help you if you
need it."

The boy just looked at him with that desperate look in his eyes. By now the
headmaster had joined them and so had the form tutor. When he saw the
headmaster he shuddered which CJ thought was odd. "They took him away and
told me if I said anything that they would hurt him. Then they beat me with
a whip to prove that they meant business and they ...  they did ... other
stuff to me as well."

CJ kept his arm around the boy, but looked up at Chris and mouthed `Call
Dad and Jake we need help'. Then he whispered, "Who do you mean?"

"I don't know who they are." He looked at the headmaster and it was as if
the headmaster breathed a sigh of relief, "Friends of dads I guess. Mom and
Dad divorced and she comes round, he won't let her see us. Then these men
came over and gave him some money and took Tyler with them."

The headmaster bristled now, "Tyler you mean your sixteen year old
brother?"

"Yes sir." He just stared at him and then stopped talking as if he was
thinking. "He looked real scared as well and was bleeding real bad. I could
tell as he walked out that he was limping and there was blood all over him,
but the worst it seemed to be running down his legs as he had shorts on and
you could see it." Again he starred at the headmaster.

Chris had walked to the front entrance to meet me and Jake and walked us
back to the lunch room. We had also called Paul on the way and he was
arriving as we met Chris.

Before going in to the school Chris stopped us. "Dad I'm not sure what is
going on, but I'm getting vibes from the kid like he does not want to talk
in front of the headmaster.  He seems on edge as well as if he is afraid
something is going to happen."

The headmaster was trying to move them all into a small classroom just off
the canteen, but Devon wouldn't move and I could tell CJ was stalling as
well.

"Daddy the head master wants us in that small room, but I think that
someone ought to sit with the head while you and Uncle Paul talk to Devon
by himself."

Devon looked with pleading eyes, "Can you come with me CJ. I trust you" and
he just started to sob.

"Chris you stay with Jake and the head. I also think that the deputy head
ought to be with you and no one makes any phone calls till we know what is
happening."

"It is not necessary to have everyone here, the deputy is busy."

"Uncle Paul stop him! I think they're involved and he could be calling
others involved."  CJ cried.

"Why you little cunt...!" He reached to grab CJ. Big mistake as Jake
floored him and handcuffed him in front of everyone.

Chris ran and showed Paul where the deputy headmaster's office was and sure
enough he was dialling the phone as we entered. "Put it down sir."

He did and then bristled said "What can I do for you this is a very busy
school."

"I am sure it is. Move away from the desk" As he did Chris pressed the last
number redial and was confused by the number that came up. Paul saw his
look and went over to him. It was his office, but extension 57675 one of
his deputies. He quickly picked up the phone and said that he needed backup
at the school as soon as possible.

"Now just why were you calling my office, especially Deputy Danvers?"

With that he marched him back to the canteen where we were waiting, "He was
calling my office, Deputy Danvers. Jake I may need your help with your team
when they all arrive as he will bring men that he can trust. That to my way
of thinking means that we cannot."

"You got it" and with that he called in his whole team.

We had moved everyone into a larger classroom, but had the Head and deputy
were handcuffed in a different room. "Devon ..." I said, no answer,
"Devon?"

CJ reached out and Devon screamed as he went to hold him. "Devon this is my
daddy and he'll help you if you let him."

I knelt down so I was at the child's level and reached out to hold and
shake Devon's hand. As I did he covered his face as if he was going to be
hit. "CJ call Uncle Darren and tell him `Emergency 401' at the school as
soon as possible. Ask him if he knows a counsellor and tell him to bring
HER with him." I accentuated the HER so CJ would know it should not be a
man.

After the call CJ said, "Devon, can you tell my daddy who did this to you?"

He started shaking and sobbing so much that he went into a fit and started
to convulse.  This was not unusual with extreme pressure and we made sure
that he was comfortable and in the relaxation position until he was alright
again.

In that time Darren had arrived and was taking care of him. We allowed no
one else in the room and Jake and his men cordoned off the school. No one
was allowed to enter or leave.

"It's too late." Devon sobbed, "It's too late!"

"Why son...? What's too late?" asked Darren.

"He'll know by now and they'll hurt Tyler because of me."

"Devon how will your father know?" asked Darren.

Devon looked up, "Because the headmaster and Mr Chalmers the deputy are the
men that did this to me. When you arrived Chalmers walked off to his
office. He will have called my father by now."

"Devon we caught him. We have arrested Chalmers and Mr Blakehurst before
any calls were made." He just looked at me.

"We all know you know. You have to look after yourself and to keep safe we
don't say anything." There was a long pause and he continued to sob,
"They've been doing it for years to boys that don't have a family, or just
one parent, or those that live in trailers. They make it sound like they're
worried about us and get us to stay behind and then...

"They sell boys to men who want to hurt them for fun... They have been
doing it for years. We all know about it. Remember Steven Roberts who was
found dead last year? That was the headmaster and he told us all that we'd
end up like little Stevie if we did not follow what they told us to do."

His sobbing grew and only CJ could get anywhere near him. "They ... hurt me
and hurt Tyler this morning. If you want proof the doctor can examine me,
I'm sure he will still be in me. Oh God CJ help me!" and he scream in
mental turmoil.

"I'm going to kill him," Jake jumped up and tried to leave, but Darren held
him as he broke down.

"I can tell you where they take the boys. I followed them once and I even
heard Chalmers bragging to people that it would be impossible for anyone to
get in unless they were invited." Devon was visibly getting weaker now.

"Where is it Devon? They told us nothing about what they do." Paul
said. Danvers had arrived by now and wanted to know where the headmaster
was.

"What do you know about the boys that go missing from here?" Paul asked.

"What do you mean...? I can't remember any reports about missing boys. Why
do you ask one of your own men such a question, I know nothing..."

"Wrong answer, we know that you have been covering for them for years."

When Devon heard them talking he looked up. Looking straight at Danvers he
said, "That's one of them that came to the house with two other police
officers. Dad sells us by the hour to them." Danvers made a dive for him
only to be gut punched by Jake and taken down.

Paul looked at Jake and his team and said, "He arrived with two others I
don't care what you do, but get information and get it now. If you can hurt
that bastard do it! Take him away."

Devon had whispered to CJ the address and the name of the person that lived
where they take the boys. Governor Watson and his mansion not that far away
from where we lived, but CJ looked confused. CJ also looked at him and
said, "It sounded like you were talking about two places. The address of
one and you described the other."

Devon nodded. CJ looked up, "Daddy the other address was Judge Peterson's
house which is next to the Governors. We saw him as we were cycling with
the guys the other day. I wonder if they are connected in some way."

"Devon where do they take the boys. Do you know?"

"Yes sir, to the Judges House first. To be cleaned and scrubbed and
Chalmers said. Then they log them in a stock ledger with a list of who uses
the slaves as they call us. Then they take us through the passage to the
Governor's mansion to be placed in cells behind a wall. To be used or sold
as they please. From what Chalmers was saying once you get that far you
never come out alive."

I called Judge Haroldson and explained what we had just been told and he
said that he would be there in as soon as possible but had to call in the
FBI and a few favours first.  Twenty minutes later he would arrive with the
FBI and a warrant to enter immediately and search both or all premises, but
he would need to be with us. I found out later why he had to be there and
it broke my heart.

I went to the headmaster while we were waiting for him, "If either of you
ever want to see daylight again I'd tell us where they keep the boys
otherwise we'll make sure everyone in you prison know exactly what type of
people you really are. They do not like child molesters in prison as a lot
of them have kids you know." Chalmers face turned white and it did not take
long for him to start singing answers out to us. He sang like a bird.

As the Judge arrived we were all ready to head out and Darren was getting
Devon into an ambulance, CJ and Chris refused to leave his side. He
promised to have a team of ambulances at our address so no-one would
connect it to the other addresses, in case the boys needed help. He also
arranged with Myles to meet him at the hospital so that he and Ed would
stay with CJ and Chris.

With Judge Haroldson, six men dressed in suits had arrived and so we were
off. On the way we filled them in on what Chalmers and Devon had said. The
main FBI man got on his phone filled in his boss with the details and it
was not long before we had two more cars following us.

Before approaching the Governor's mansion we gained entry to the Judges
house. We actually found him relaxing in bed with several under aged
boys. Strange how when someone thinks they have been caught hook line and
sinker they'll open and sing like a professional chorister. Judge Haroldson
had been a close friend for years was really hurt by what he saw as this
man had been an uncle to him as he grew and he went into law because of
him.

We soon had a list of wealthy clients that visited the operation and of the
police in several states that made sure a blind eye was turned when boys
went missing. Paul and the FBI now also had the ledger and it read like a
who's who. Not only of America but several international clients were
listed. It went back for years. It read like a history book.

Before anyone could organise contact with any of these, shall we say men in
the widest sense of the term, FBI Agents were sent with search warrants to
their addresses. The goal was to carry out thorough searches of their homes
and offices looking for the children listed. After the FBI had organised
this we were soon ready to approach the Governor's mansion.

What was worrying was that the Senator was also on the list and we knew
that he was at the Governor's tonight. We decided to enter via the
connection tunnel between the two houses to avoid interrupting any
`entertaining' that he was doing.

He was entertaining alright. A group of high profile government men had
been invited to taste the new stock before the boys were shipped to
buyers. Tyler was one of them and that really worried me. They were trying
to keep us at bay so that we were not in any line of fire or anything like
that, but Paul was the Chief of police in this area and they had to go
through him. He would not let the FBI just take over.

We had learned that the Governors wife was out of town. She was supposedly
shopping with the wife of the Senator. So we found out where they were and
the FBI were flying them back home to the mansion so they could see exactly
what their husbands did behind their backs.

It was obvious that he and the senator would get off, but both of their
wives would see it and they were the ones with the money. I dare say even
the senator's father in law may get involved as he is a famous lawyer that
the government often uses when they need to win a case. His name did not
appear on the list.

The FBI had contacted Madam President and got her full approval for the
operation. She was very much a family person and her sons always came
first. Being the first female president of the USA she had to make sure she
supported what she felt were the correct causes. This most definitely was
as far as she was concerned because it meant the safety of children.

Jake's men were first to enter the mansion. Oh what splendour they faced
when they did.  There were marble floors everywhere with swirling marble
staircases and opulence wherever you looked. Did I say splendour? We u
might add oh what corruption they also found. The place was filthy with
corruption. The whole mansion was just room after room of men in different
guises of hurting children. It might as well have been dripping with the
slime of humanity.

One by one they started entering rooms and forcibly removing the men then
with loving care Darren and his team entered the and removed the
children. One by one the men were led away to waiting police buses, the
buses soon filled with the top men of society.

We had to call for more ambulances as Darren had so far rescued fifteen
children and we were certain that there was a lot more. The police had also
arrested another twelve men as they drove up the drive towards the
mansion. In total that made over thirty men that were now on the bus. One
top notch lawyer was trying to make it sound that they had entrapped the
men. Only to be shown photographs that had been taken at the time that his
room was entered. He was in the throes of an orgasm cumming over very young
children.  Once he saw the proof that the FBI had he soon sat down and so
did the two judges that stood with him.

Darren now had top doctors working on the children at the hospital with a
team of three more on site for the children as they were found. Still no
Tyler though. It was fast getting out of control with not helpers. Shelia,
Jon, Mary and Steven were all assisting Darren and when I went out with
some of the children there was also Kathy and Diane with Stacy sat on the
ground nursing sobbing children until the doctors could get to them.

As we entered the main bedroom there was the Senator and Governor with
three very young and very hurt boys. Before one of boys passed out he
smiled at us and pointed to a wall.  As Paul and the FBI approached it they
noticed the picture looked odd and when they moved it the whole wall opened
to reveal cell after cell of boys that were tied and tethered like
animals. I was horrified.

There was also a cell with boys that had died that night as their bodies
were still warm.  As they were carrying out the bodies Kathy saw slight
movement and ran to take a pulse.  It was faint but it was there. She
screamed for help as she started CPR to try to get his pulse stronger. In
no time there was a team of nurses working on the boy.

Kathy would never leave his side and Diane contacted the judge to make sure
that is he had no one then the two of them would adopt Kathy's little
miracle. Eventually they had Simon Jared Gibson as their son who was a
beautiful fourteen year old blond haired boy.

Still no Tyler though and I was beginning to feel that we had failed Devon.

These cells were found to be holding boys for sale. Stock they did not want
to be damaged. This was stock that they had already got buyers for and did
not want damaged.  Paul walked over to the desk in the corner and found
another ledger with a list of buyers and names of the children that had
been sold. Most important though was there was a list of addresses. These
names were from all over the states and several other countries. The FBI
and other agencies were soon swooping on every one of the names in the
ledger including Scotland Yard in England.

As we went through the cells there in the final one was Tyler. He was
trying to help the person who was with him. It was supposedly the buyer,
but Tyler was trying to stop the bleeding where the man had been
shot. Tyler looked at Paul, "They shot him when they realised he was more
than he seemed. He was trying to save me."

There lay the Vice President of the United States. Tyler said that as they
had lain in the cell together they had talked. The man had learned about
the operation from his nephew who had been rescued and had tried to
infiltrate it as an interested buyer. He had top of the range surveillance
cameras on him and when he met Tyler he slipped up and gave himself away.

In total that night the operation saved over sixty children and arrested
over fifty men in just that one house. Across the country top organizations
were going to need new leadership in the morning. Families were going to be
fatherless and wives would be seeking divorce.

All these arrests and children that had been saved as a result of tonight's
operation.  All as a result of Devon one little boy that was brave enough
to ask for help. All as a result of CJ no willing to look on and turn the
other eye ignoring someone else's need.

Many an attorney would simply refuse to act for these men disgusted by what
he read in the evidence or at the pictures that he saw.

The operation across the states had been broken and many, many more arrests
had been made. These included people at the top of their careers and the
government. In total three governors, two senators and seven judges were
arrested with evidence that would put them in prison for a long time.

The two ledgers would be used to solve many missing children cases and we
called Jennie in to liaise with the CSA on behalf of the Uncle Leon
Foundation to ensure that any child is looked after and that the missing
children cases were followed up and relatives notified where possible. This
would affect many families dating years back.

The Senators and Governors wives finally arrived home as their husbands
were being led out naked and handcuffed covered in blood. The Governor's
wife was arrested as well. She was well aware of what was happening and
even helped run the organization. About the time she was being arrested
Darren's men rushed three children out on stretchers to the waiting
ambulances.

The Senator's wife ran to the side of one of them... "Your own son...?" She
looked at the Governor and his wife, "How could you? You sick perverted
bastards. I hope they rape all three of you over and over again in jail!"
she looked at her friend of years, "You knew?" she slapped her face hard,
"I hope you rot." and she just broke down and followed the little boy that
she had known all his life.

"Wait!" she screamed and turned, "Where the hell is his baby brother?" If
the police had not kept her at bay she would have killed the governor. "In
his nursery...but don't go up there Maddy."

With police in tow she ran as fast as she could to get the little boy. When
she entered the room there was blood everywhere. Testing for a pulse she
scooped him up and ran with the police following. The butler was coming
around the corner as she appeared near the door. "Arrest him he must have
known what was happening and all of the staff as well."

As she walked out she looked at the governor, "The baby is unharmed so
whose blood is it in the room?" the governor just looked at his son and
laughed.

As she reached the ambulance Darren took the baby and pulled her in to the
vehicle, "We have to get them to hospital now!"

The three of them that were left there standing watching what she had just
done were white with fear knowing because they knew that she was the one
that had the money. She was the one that had all of the contacts and would
make sure that they would never get their hands on any of it. The
organizations bank accounts had already been locked so that no-one could
use them for their defence. They were ruined.

In the past she had closed her eyes to all of this, but never again as far
as the foundation was concerned she would dedicate her family's money in
righting the wrongs that it had done. She would also adopt the governor's
three children and never allow anyone from his family access to them, for
they must have known what was happening.

I did note that there was an entry in one of the ledgers that read `That
Webster guy has moved back from England and yet again has started his fight
against what he knows to be happening to all of the homeless kids. Sales
have fallen and unless we can get rid of him we're ruined. If he does not
watch out his health will suffer."

It was clearly written by the Governor and I made sure that they had that
as evidence against him as it had always been felt that his heart attack
was no accident. When we looked into the papers of the time he had been
very successful as there were reports day after day of a new Webster boy
being rescued by my grandfather and given a life.

Devon and Tyler's father was arrested and as they were in hospital Jake,
myself and CJ visited their mother in Gary Indiana. I was surprised to find
out that she worked at Websters.

As we told her about the events that had happened and how Devon had made
all of this possible she asked if we could take her to the children as her
new husband was not home and she did not know where he was. CJ saw the
wedding picture and pointed it out to me.

We had to tell her that he was one of the men arrested in the raid. She
like the Governors wife was a lawyer and vowed that all of the children
would be protected and that those men would rot in hell for what they had
done.

We soon became firm friends and as we arrived at the hospital saw young
Devon bound off the bed and into his mother's waiting arms. As tears fell
from her face she looked at me and said "Thank you."

As Dirk, Steven the Judge and I walked through the hospital wards full to
overflowing with homeless children I looked at them. "You know that old
Milligan Hotel that has just closed down? Do you know the one that I mean?"

"Over on the west side..."

"That's it. What would you think about the foundation buying it and turning
it into a home for the children?"

The judge just laughed and I looked at him. "Jared, Steven and Mary donated
that building to the Foundation the other week and since you are not on the
board we never told you. It should be ready to house these little ones when
they're ready to be released. My friend it is about time that you sat back
and let the foundation do what you created it for.  You cannot save
everyone, even if you would like to. It is time for you and Dirk to enjoy
your lives with those children of yours."

"Well I'll be buggered. Maybe you are right. What do you think Dirk? Are
you ready to just be Mr Dad to me and the kids?"

"OH yes my sweet Cowboy. Yes!"

The foundation continued to interview all of the children and soon parents
had started to arrive. In total twenty five families were reunited and
there were tears all around when there were.

That left fifteen that had no parents and that broke our hearts. We also
were able to give closure to many more families whose children were still
missing, but were actually listed as deceased in the ledgers that they
kept.

By the end of the second week there was a disturbance that attracted Jake
to go see what was happening. "I tell you the kid is mine and I want to
collect him."

Jake stepped in and asked, "Who are you and which child are you talking
about?"

"I'm Reverend Peter Hodgson; the child that I have been told is here is
that sinner of a son of mine, Roger. Mind you I do not know why they told
me I sold... I mean gave up my parental rights because of his sinful ways."

"So why are you here then, if you have signed him away?" Jake was clearly
upset.

The judge had walked in at that moment to see me and heard what was
happening. Stepping up to the Reverend he said, "Last time I saw you in my
court you were warned not to go near your children ever again. If you are
saying you sold this one it was before our meeting so I assume it was Roger
that you told me was dead."

"Well he is to me."

"Jake, I want him off the premises and let him know what we do to people
who hurt children. People like him make me sick. Sicker than those men that
did all of this."

When Jake got back he went straight to the room that had Roger and took him
in his arms and let him cry. I looked at Darren, he read my mind. "Jake,
sweety...?" Jake turned round and looked at him. "The Judge is here today
because I asked him to come."

"Jake and Darren you have asked that you be allowed to adopt Roger and his
friend Jake.  Is this the case Jake?" Jake just looked at Darren and nodded
as tears flowed down his cheeks.

Very well then I am pleased say that from today Darren and Jake you are
proud fathers of Roger Michael Gibson and Jake Edward Gibson. Darren from
this day onward you will also be known as Darren Cartwright Gibson and will
be a family in the best sense of the word.  Love your kids they need all of
the love that they can get at the moment.

I looked and Darren was hugging Jake Jr. and Jake was hugging a now sobbing
Roger, who just kept saying "You won't want us when you know!" over and
over again.

I picked up what he was saying and walked over and whispered to him, "You
now have two daddies, why would they not love someone like you or me?" He
stopped looked at me and then at Jake.

"Are you two gay?"

Darren reached over, "Yes little one and very much in love."

"So you don't mind that Jake Jr and I love each other." Jake flinched in
Darren's arm expecting to be hit.

"Not at all little one, most of the family are in fact."

Jake Jr looked up and said, "You know that I was from England at one time,
but it seems so long ago."

My interest peaked. "Where were you from?"

"Mom and I lived in Yorkshire for years. Then she died and I was moved from
one relative to another till I ended up with someone called Susan and her
kids DJ and Ella. When they came over here the guy called DJ just up and
sold me."

Everyone around just watched as I cried with Jake now, "Why you crying
mister?"

"Who was your mother Jake? You see I am from Yorkshire and I wonder if I
knew her."

"Amanda..."

I finished it for him, "Amanda Dixon...Did you ever know your father?

"No she said he was a cousin or something..."

"They spent the summer together on the farm with Uncle Frank and by the end
of the summer she was feeling ill. I never knew what happened to her
because I was thrown out by my father soon after that time."

"How do you know all of this? My mommy told me only her best friend would
ever be able to tell anyone what happened." He looked at Roger and then
back at me, "Oh my... you can only be one person ... My Uncle Ian. Only
Uncle Ian would know what you just told me."

I was openly sobbing now into the Judge's arms. "Jared... what happened to
his mother?"

"We were left by our parents for the summer during the factory fortnight as
they called it over there. All of the factories closed and people went on
holiday. Well Mandy's and my parents went to Butlins' holiday camp in
Skegness for two weeks. They could never afford to take us so we spent that
time on the farm helping Uncle Frank. I was Ok and safe if you know what I
mean, but Amanda wasn't and every night after he had finished with her I
used to go in and hold her till she stopped crying. Well he wasn't as
clever as he thought and she got pregnant at thirteen.

"Her parents wouldn't accept it was Frank, but we never went there
again. Soon after that my mother died and I was on the streets and I never
saw Mandy again. While I was starving on the streets she must have been
pregnant with ... Hold on you're far too young. Who was your grandmother?
Was she Amanda as well?"

"Yes she was and my mother was twenty seven when she died last year."

"What happened to your grandmother?"

He looked into the distance and was quiet for some time, "I never knew her
sir as she killed herself soon after my mother was born." That was it I
just collapsed into the Judges arms completely. They had forced my Mandy's
daughter to go through the same thing as her mother had. When I came to
Jake just looked at me and said, "If you want to adopt Jake we'd
understand."

I looked at him and then looked at the spitting image of Amanda and said,
"No Jake, I cannot think of any one that would make a better daddy for my
nephew. Amanda would love the both of you."

Jake Jr wriggled out of Darren's arms and looked at me and said, "Since you
were the one person that Grandma Mandy held to when you were children and
when you went missing she could not cope anymore will you let me call you
Grand-dad?"

I picked him up and hugged him and said, "I would be so proud to be both
yours and Roger's grand-dad."

"That's good then coz Nana Mandy's watching us you know."

"I know darling ... I know."

I was getting worried because Devon and Tyler were with their mother, but
refused to leave the side of the Vice President. They also had taken under
their wing two little ones that no one could find anyone for, not even to
visit. We did not even know their names. Anyway we arranged that they all
be in the same ward and even the little ones share with the Vice
President. Mary and Stacy bought in clothes for all of the children, but
still they watched the Vice President as he remained in a coma.

Two weeks and they still remained with the man that had saved Tyler's
life. Into the third week he woke up and just lay there and smiled at the
boys and tears flowed for them all. "You're OK."

As Tyler went to speak the hospital seemed to have a buzz about it and as
Dirk and I headed to see what was happening I just looked at the now open
door and said, "It is a pleasure to meet you Madam President." The boys
spun around and were suddenly very nervous.

"Mr Exley-Gibson I take it. It is a pleasure to meet the man that made all
of this happen. Do you know how many lives your actions have saved?"

"Ma'am he would have done it even if his own life had been shed in doing
so. He cares about what happen to the kids of today." Dirk said, my kids
had heard what was happening and had all wandered in from visiting other
kids.

"Sir I would like you to attend a gala evening with your children, local
Police Chief who led the raid and your security who worked with the FBI and
the Doctor that organised the medical chaos. America needs to know that we
will not tolerate this in any form and that those who fight against
oppression will be honoured by this country."

There was a cough behind us and the man who was Vice President just smiled
and said, "Have you got a hug for an old man Barb. Jared I believe that you
had an Uncle Leon in your life. Well I was Uncle Leon to Barb when a
similar thing happened to her."

"Uncle Colin means the world to me Jared as I know Uncle Leon did to you. I
want the gala evening, which will be held in Chicago to be hosted by the
Uncle Leon Foundation."  We did not know this at the time, but we were to
become fast friends.

"Now boys Devon and Tyler I owe you more than life itself as you have given
me back mine and my children's Uncle Colin, but who are your friends?

The two little ones just cried and she knelt down and took them both in her
arms. "Hey no tears are allowed when Aunty Barb is around. What's your
names?"

The older of the two spoke up, "We don't know we were only ever yelled or
shouted at and then we ended up on the streets. We like their names and
they have been friends to us even though we're dumb."

"I will have none of that! What about we say your names are Devon and Tyler
then if you like them and then when I become your mum we can get you tutors
to make sure that when you grow up you are cleverer than Mr Jared over
there."

"Oh no that isn't possible mummy coz he's good to everyone."

"I agree. I would still like for you to come and live with us at the
Whitehouse and when we move for you to live with me as your mother. I have
spoken to my boys and told them that I may well come home with some little
ones. They would be here but are being looked after by their FBI agents
tonight. They are about your age and I think it would be wonderful to have
four kids instead of two."

Tyler looked over to Colin and just cried, "You won't want me, I'm damaged
and ..." He stopped and sobbed.

The President pulled up his chin and said, "Who said that? You want to know
a secret?"  He nodded and she whispered something in his ear.

"You are?"

"Yep I am and had been treated really badly when Colin found me. Now I can
be that person to other children. Nothing that you have done could make me
not love you. Do you understand?"

Tyler just hugged her and sobbed. "Agent Steele we're staying here this
weekend arrange for the children to be bought over so that they can spend
some time with everyone. Jared, I hate to ask but would you have to have a
spare room or possibly two where we can stay over the weekend while we
spend time with Uncle Colin and your family? I absolutely hate hotels and
how they fuss."

"Of course we have space whenever you want to come over. If you want a
holiday away from everything we have a horse ranch not too far away." Her
eyes lit up.

"We may just take you up on that. I never get time to ride these days." We
sat and visited with Barb and Colin and suddenly she said, "We need to make
an announcement about what's happened as the press has been speculating for
days. We'll keep it basic you know how many were arrested. How many
children's lives were saved? How many these men killed?  We need to get the
public on our side as so far all that they have seen is bosses and fathers
being arrested."

"Sounds like a good idea. My PA can set it all up for you at a local hotel
if you would like."

"That would be great. Let's get it as soon as possible I will get our
people to contact all of the press as soon as we have a venue. Would you,
the police chief and the doctor that saved all of the children be willing
to join me on the stand? My people will field all of the questions if you
would like. I think it will do America good to find out what really
happened here and to be told that children are our future. Come on wake up
and smell the roses."

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That's all for now folks ... They make the announcement, but chaos takes
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