Date: Wed, 22 Jul 2015 20:04:10 -0400 From: Jeremy Ellington Subject: Lessons From My Dad-19 NOTICE: This story contains scenes of a sexually graphic nature which may not be legal in your area. This story is completely fictional and written only for entertainment purposes. Any similarities to real life people or characters is coincidental. If you have trouble separating real life from fantasy or you are offended by such themes, stop reading now. There were way too many typos in Chapter 18 guys, please accept my apologies! I'm my own editor, and apparantly I need to speak to myself very sternly about my shortcummings...I mean my shortcomings (perish the thought of a 'short cum'!) Lessons From My Dad Chapter 19 Martin had a digital recorder between his legs. After I restocked everyone who wanted one with a cold beer I grabbed a bottled water for myself and sat back down on the floor in my earlier spot. I still didn't like him, but I guessed it would explain why he didn't have much to say during the discussions since he was recording everything and could formulate any questions he may have to ask later. It made me wonder if that was something I could use in a classroom situation next year went I moved into Junior High School. Everyone was saying how much more difficult the classes would be for us then, so maybe that would help me with taking notes. I tried not to let him see me looking at his recorder because knowing how he'd been acting all night he would just assume I was just staring at his crotch. I had to wonder what his qualifications were to get his job. I knew Dad wouldn't have hired him if he knew what a jerk he was, but he must have had good experience and gave a good interview to get his foot in the door and also be in a supervisory position. Maybe by recording meetings he was able to study them later and come in to work very well informed or something. Dad got up to collect the empties, making a comment on how he probably needed to cut everyone off so they could drive home safely after the meeting was over, and I absently watched him as he walked around the table. I noticed out of the corner of my eye that Martin put his hands on top of the recorder when Dad walked by. I thought that was strange, since I'm sure Dad was well aware that Martin taped their sessions...FUCK! No he wasn't! He hid it because he didn't WANT Dad to know what he was doing! What the hell? Suddenly I remembered Dad's comment that on the last bid the winner's rates were 'just under' Dad's rates and it dawned on me...maybe Martin was working for somebody else. Was he recording and then giving away the bidding information that Dad and his guys had been putting together? Could he be the reason they weren't getting any new jobs? My mind started to run in multiple directions at once so I'm sure my face was pretty blank when Dad nudged my foot with his toe, making me look up in alarm. From the look on his face he must have been talking to me and I had just spaced out. "Sean, are you okay? Do you want anything while I'm up?" I gave him a quick smile and shook my head. "I'm fine Dad, still working on this bottle of water here. Can I do anything for you," I asked quickly. He gave me a funny look but returned my smile. "No son, you've done plenty for me for one night. You just relax." "Okay Dad," I said. As soon as he stepped away I was looking right at Martin and Martin was looking at me. He smirked at me and licked his lips. He fucking Licked. His. Lips!! Normally I would have turned beet red and looked anywhere else, but this asshole made me MAD! I decided to give it right back to him, so I winked at him and licked my lips in return, opening my mouth wide while I licked to show him how much this cocksucker could take. He raised his eyebrows at me and HE blushed! I had to wonder if anyone had ever turned the tables on his arrogant self before. I just gave him a coy smile and lifted up my bottled water and swallowed the top and as much of the neck of it as I could. He reached down and adjusted something in his crotch and I smiled a little to myself as I looked away...I was giving him an erection! That was the first time I ever thought of myself as a sexual being. Sure Dad and I had sex, but it was full of passion and love. I didn't think this guy wanted any of that, he just wanted sex, and I had him all hot and bothered! I sat there on the floor for a little bit longer, contemplating my next move. After a few minutes I got up and stretched and glanced around the table. I took a mental tally of everyone who had a cell phone on them or near them, and was disappointed that Dad wasn't one of them. Right next to where he was seated though was Carl's phone. I hatched a plan. I casually strolled out of the room, hoping that Martin wouldn't have the nerve to follow me in my own father's house. All of the guys had gotten up to use the bathroom throughout the evening so I hoped that my doing so wouldn't attract any attention. I made my way to my bedroom, dug through my backpack to retrieve my cell phone, then went into the bathroom. I texted Carl, asking him to meet me in the bathroom and to not let anyone else see what I had texted. After my little nudist show earlier that evening I had no idea what Carl would think when he read my text, but I just had to hope he would read the thing and follow my instructions. Sure enough, a few minutes later he came around the corner. I grabbed him and pulled him into the bathroom and closed the door. "Sean, what's this all about...you're making me a little nervous here," Carl said, and I could tell by his worried expression he was very unsure what to do or what was happening. "Carl, I'm sorry for doing this like this but Dad doesn't have his cell phone with him and you guys have to know something! It's Martin. He has a small digital recorder on the chair between his legs and he's recording everything you guys are saying!" Carl looked at me blankly, either not processing what I was trying to tell him or still trying to comprehend why this young kid who was stark naked a few hours before had texted him to come into the bathroom with him. "Carl, don't you see? Martin is a mole! As soon as Dad got up and walked around towards his side of the table Martin hid the recorder so Dad couldn't see it. I think that's why you guys are being underbid all the time! Martin is telling your competitor what your prices are gonna be and they're using that to outbid you! Dad told me that he saw the last bid you guys lost and the prices were just barely under your bid...in other words, they knew exactly what Dad was going to bid and they came in just low enough to take the contract. He's working for the other guys Carl!" I could see the light in Carl's eyes as he processed what I said. Then he got mad. "That goddamn son of a bitch!! That makes perfect sense Sean, all of this started happening shortly after Martin was hired! Damn Sean, Aaron always brags about you and there is no doubt in my mind that you deserve every bit of praise he heaps on you. I'm gonna go out there right now and punch that fucking Martin!" I grabbed Carl's arm before he could move. "Hang on Carl, we have to get our hands on that recorder, or find some other way to prove it! If you just slug him he'll run for it and we'll have no proof!" Carl stopped and smiled at me. "Right again Sean. I'm gonna have to adopt you or something, you've got more smarts than I do. What's our next step then?" "We need to get Dad back here to talk to us, or at least to me if you think too many of you missing from the kitchen will alarm Martin. Tell you what. If you can find a way to distract Martin, I'll text Dad on your phone and tell him what you're doing and to come back to his bedroom. You just have to get Dad to read your phone. I'll send the text now so you can see what I'm telling him." Carl crowded over my shoulder in a way I knew he wouldn't have just a week or so ago, I was sure that right then he wasn't even thinking of earlier when he saw my dick dangling in front of him. I sent the text telling Dad that Carl was intentionally distracting Martin and that he had to come to his bedroom right away without saying anything to anyone. Carl suggested that I add that he knew everything I was going to tell Dad and it had to do with the bidding. We looked at each other and nodded so I hit the `send' button. We checked to be sure the text had arrived on his phone, then I reminded Carl he had to distract Martin AND get the phone to Dad. He said he understood and started to exit the bathroom. When Carl opened the bathroom door Rafe was standing there waiting to use the facilities. His eyes opened wide and Carl faltered. I'm sure Rafe thought there was some hanky-panky going on but I grabbed Rafe by the arm and dragged him in, which wasn't easy to do considering what a big guy Rafe was, and I quietly closed the door. "Rafe, I know this looks strange but you need to help Carl. He's going to distract Martin so he can't see what's going on and we need you to give Carl's cell phone to my Dad so he can read what I've texted on there. Martin is hiding a digital recorder on his chair, and we're pretty sure he's working for the competitor who is winning all the bids and I need to let Dad know. Are you in?" Rae blinked a few times, looked at Carl, then back at me, and then a big grin appeared on his face. "This is espionage! This is gonna be so cool...of course I'm in. But everything has to be put on hold for a minute guys, I gotta piss like a racehorse and I'm not lying! Carl, you head back to get yourself set up, and Sherlock Holmes here and I'll hang in the bathroom until I'm done. I'll hand your phone to the boss and we'll get our secret agent code names figured out later," he chuckled. Carl took a deep breath and left the bathroom. I was looking at the closing door when I heard a zipper being pulled down. I wanted soooo much to look at Rafe taking a piss and I could feel myself starting to get hard when the scent of his beerpiss started to fill the room, but I just cleared my throat and stayed facing the door. I heard Rafe chuckle which was surprising because his piss stream was loudly attacking the toilet like Niagara Falls. "Oh man that feels good, I've been holding that one way too long. Little dude you are so polite not watching me but I don't mind, it's just us dudes here. Hell I got 4 brothers, and between them and my father it was rare to have the bathroom to yourself in my house. Hell, my mom had one bathroom all to herself just so she could have some piece and quiet" I just gave a nervous giggle. "That's okay Rafe, I've seen my Dad piss...I guess once you've seen one adult pissing I guess you've seen them all!" "Yeah, you probably got that right Sean. Let's just hope nobody else is waiting behind that door when we come out. Big black dude, little white dude...could be trouble for both of us," he chuckled, flushing the toilet and zipping up. He washed his hands, dried them off then put out his big hand for the phone. "Let's see if we can pull this off Agent Sean." I handed him Carl's phone and chuckled in spite of the situation. He slipped out of the bathroom and thankfully there were no other wannabe pissers there waiting. I counted to five then made my way down the hall to dad's room where I turned on his bedside lamp and sat on his bed to wait. I heard some sort of commotion in the kitchen about spilled pie, a couple of curse words, then within a minute dad appeared in the doorway with a very perplexed look on his face and Carl's phone in his hand. "Sean, I don't know what's going on but is there any way this can wait until later," he asked. "No dad it can't," I whispered. "Martin has a digital recorder in his lap that I think he's using to record all of the prices you're going to quote tomorrow so the other company knows exactly how much lower they have to be to underbid you. Carl told me that this underbidding stuff all started happening right after Martin was hired. I think he's a company spy Dad, and not only that, he's an over-sexed, aggressive jackass too!" Dad just stood there for a moment absorbing what I said, his eyebrows narrowed down at me. Then his face cleared, he turned and quietly closed his bedroom door then he came and sat next to me. "Shit, piss fuck Sean! It makes perfect sense. We did start losing out on our bids right after Martin started working for me and he never adds any input to any of our group discussions on pricing. You saw a recorder? Where do you say it was?" "It's sitting on the chair between his legs Dad, I could see it perfectly from my spot on the floor while I was eating. At first I just thought it was a cell phone...an odd place to put one, but he's odd to begin with. I wandered around on my last empty beer bottle pickup and intentionally glanced down and sure enough, it wasn't a cell phone but there was a little light blinking. When you got up that last time to collect the empties he covered it with his hands to hide it from you. That's when I knew what he was doing, and it's also why you thought I was in 'la la land' for a moment there when you were talking to me. I was trying to process what I saw. You didn't have your cell phone with you so I went into the bathroom and texted Carl, then after he and I decided how to get you a message Rafe showed up to pee, and that made it even easier for Carl to distract Martin while Rafe slipped you the phone." "So that's what Rafe meant when he whispered to me that I had a message from 007 on Carl's phone. I thought he was just joking around like he always does. Shit, what do I do now? If we play this right I might be able to get to those clients who turned us down and show them we're the better company, especially if I can prove corporate espionage." "That's what Rafe called it too. He called me Sherlock and Agent Sean when he and I were in the bathroom," I giggled. Dad's head whipped around to look at me. "You were alone in the bathroom with Rafe?" "Yeah dad, he said we wouldn't do anything until he pissed, so Carl went out to start working on distracting Martin and I stayed in the bathroom with Rafe. Don't worry Dad, I didn't even look at him while he was peeing, I stared at the bathroom door the whole time and we talked about hid brothers. He did make a comment that he hoped nobody else was waiting to pee though, something about a big black man and a little white boy. I didn't really get it." Dad rubbed his hand over his face and sighed. "I'll explain it to you later son. Thank you for preserving the modesty of the situation." "Oh I didn't say I wasn't tempted Dad. After all, yours is the only adult dick I've ever seen in the flesh." Dad sighed again. "Let's keep it that way for awhile, okay Sean?" "Sure thing Dad. Anyway, I think I know what to do, at least about the upcoming bid." He looked at me and nodded for me to continue. "I think you should go back in there and act all disgusted and tell everyone you're raising your prices back to where they were originally, that it isn't worth it to lose money on lowballed bids. In fact, raise them a little higher." "Sean, then we'll lose the contract for sure, and they won't even need Martin's stolen data." "That's just it Dad, they can't be making much profit either, so they'll be happy to raise the prices on their bid when they hear his recording, but after everyone leaves tonight Carl and I can help you update your spreadsheet and lower your rates back. When the other company makes their somewhat higher bid based on your 'recorded higher prices', you'll come out lower than they will because you lowered your rates back down! That will either cause Martin to lose his job with them or he'll get desperate and show his hand. Regardless, you will have won the contract and he ends up with egg on his face." Dad gave me a huge grin then grabbed me and hugged me into his chest. "How the fuck did I end up with a genius for a son?!? That's a great idea Sean! It doesn't get us out of the whole situation with the already lost business, but it gets us a new contract so I don't have to lay off any staff." "That's just step one Dad. Can you afford to hire a private investigator?" "I actually know one Sean. I went to college with him, we were on the football and wrestling teams together and we've kept in touch over the years. In fact, he and I played around off and on in his dorm room cuz he didn't have a roommate his senior year." "Well if you can bring him on board and do some snooping about Martin and this other company that I'm pretty sure he works for, you may just get enough information to bring them all down but also get all those contracts you lost. I would bet that most companies aren't gonna want to work with a dishonest contractor, especially if he's up to his neck in legal bills trying to defend being involved in corporate espionage." "I'll call him tomorrow, I'm sure he'd be willing to help us out at a fair price. I'll be sure to tell him it was your idea! So, now I need to go out there and figure out how to raise our rates again without anyone getting suspicious." "C'mon Dad, you just need to get your Academy Award-winning performance nailed down. Go out and spend 15 minutes or so discussing, then maybe 10 minutes starting to get more and more irate, then finally lose your cool and tell everyone it's just not worth going out of business slowly, you just want to get it over with...or something like that...then raise your rates enough that you still have room to lower them back and still make a profit. If you end up winning this contract based on this little plan of ours you can at least get guys onto a job site, then hopefully your P.I. friend can get some dirt on these clowns and then you'll have more work than you know what to do with!" He chuckled and winked at me. "Well, I did take some drama classes in college Sean. After all, that's where some of the other gay guys hung out...well, that and the locker room. I managed to find some everywhere back in those days!" I rolled my eyes at him and he laughed. "Okay Dad, those are probably some of your past sexual exploits I'm not old enough to hear about yet. I'm not even sure I ever want to hear about them. Now I'll go back out after you and distract Martin a little so he isn't really paying attention to your mood change and won't have any reason to be suspicious. Go get `em Dad!" He gave me another big hug and a few kisses, then left his room. I counted to 5 again then went into my room and changed out of my nice shorts to an old pair that were too short but otherwise baggy. I also switched out my shirt for a tank top then I sauntered back out to the kitchen, humming a little tune and pretending to be distracted on my cell phone. I looked up and said to nobody in particular "Aren't you guys hot?" then grabbed another water from the fridge and walked the long way around the table, brushing up against Martin as I passed him. I walked back to my spot along the wall and slowly slid down to the floor, making sure to open up the legs of my shorts so they wouldn't bunch up on me. Martin was really the only one who could see me clearly. Once I was seated I glanced up to see Martin's eyes boring into me. I blinked my eyes at him a couple of times and gave him a slight smile then looked back down to my phone. I kept looking at him under my eyelashes to see where he was focusing his eyes, waiting to make my move. Jimmy handed me my chance when he got up to go the bathroom and passed between us, momentarily blocking the line of sight. I quickly reached down and pulled one of my balls down just enough so it could be seen through the leg of my shorts from Martin's vantage point. I waited until his eyes came back to look at me, and out of the corner of my eye I say his eyes widen. Bingo! I casually reached down and scratched the exposed testicle then lifted my finger up to my nose and sniffed it. I gave a small smile and sigh then pretended to go back to the `game' on my phone. I peeked up under my eyelashes again and Martin was slowly rubbing his crotch with a couple of fingers. I wondered how far I could have gotten into this fake seduction, but I knew I had to hit the brakes before it went too far. I texted Carl to let him know that I had Martin distracted and Dad could make his move. I saw Carl lean slightly to the side past Dad to see what I was up to as he casually showed his cell to my father, who very slightly nodded his head in acknowledgement. Dad did an awesome job of slowly getting angry without actually losing his cool, and even though a couple of the guys started to disagree with him about the rates they were gonna quote, Carl and Rafe both backed him up and all that was left after the smoke cleared was determining how high the new rates would be. I kept glancing at Martin as each billed amount was debated, and he could barely contain the glee on his face. He had stopped paying any attention to me and actually made a few notes on some papers in front of him. If he was aroused at all at this point I was sure it had nothing to do with me and all to do with the bonus he thought he was going to get when he provided his recording to the other company. Dad made a point of asking Carl to stay a little later to help him type up the bid and the other guys started to gather their things to leave for the night. Martin went to the bathroom, carrying his recorder with him but leaving his notes behind. I jumped up and casually took a couple of pictures of his notes with my cell phone, then began cleaning up the kitchen. There really wasn't much left to do since I had been tidying up all evening but I still made a big show of it to explain why I was still hovering around their meeting. All of the guys shook my hand and thanked me for the meal, even Martin, who did not flirt or anything. I figured that at this point he was already thinking about heading over to wherever it was that he met the competitor, and had other things on his mind besides making the moves on a little gay boy. Rafe hung around after the others just long enough to pat me on the back and tell me he hoped he would have a smart son like me one day. Dad and Carl both thanked him for his part in our `spy game', and he joked about having t-shirts made up with our secret agent names as he walked out the door. Dad, Carl and I walked into the living room and collapsed on the furniture. "Fuck I hope this works," Dad said. I must have gotten a look on my face because he patted his lap and motioned for me to join him in his chair. I was kinda worried that he had forgotten about Carl being there and seeing a 13-year old siting in his Daddy's lap so I hesitated. "Shit, can I sit on your knee too Aaron? I think I'm actually shaking a little from all of this," Carl laughed. I quickly shot up from the couch and practically threw myself into Dad's lap. "Dibs!" I yelled. They both laughed and Carl pretended to pout, but I could see that he did indeed look a little worse for wear. Dad hugged me into his chest. "If this doesn't work it won't be because it was a bad idea Sean, and I want to thank you again for being so observant and coming up with the plan when all I could do was just sit in shock that this kind of thing was happening to us." "You've got a remarkable son there Aaron," Carl said, nodding at what Dad had said. "I told him earlier I was gonna adopt him, so you better watch yourself and treat him well, cuz I'll be watching for my chance." "You'll never get that chance Carl, I'm keeping this one. Hell, somebody will need to pay for my stay in the Old Folk's Home, and I'm counting on Sean here to be a millionaire before he's 25." Dad's hand was rubbing my back, and although it was innocent enough to anyone watching...namely Carl...I started to get a woodie so I put my hands in my lap. I heard Dad chuckle under his breath. He knew exactly where my mind was. Suddenly he stopped rubbing my back and snapped the waist of my shorts. "Hey! When did you change clothes?" I laughed out loud. "Um gee, Dad, only about an hour ago or something. It was all part of my plan to distract Martin so you could begin your award-winning performance." I felt his whole body tense up beneath me. "Sean...what do you mean `distract' him?" He leaned back to get a better look at what I was wearing then ran his finger along the bottom of my shorts and lifted up the material, exposing my dick and balls to the whole room. Yeah, that would be the same dick that was almost completely hard as a result of sitting in his lap with his hand rubbing my back. I heard Carl's quick intake of breath and quickly pushed Dad's hand away and covered myself up. "Sean, these shorts are practically obscene...what the hell...?" I knew I was blushing, probably a glow-in-the dark deep pink blush. "Dad...what the hell indeed!! I'm sorry Carl, I didn't know Dad was gonna flash my stuff at you like that!" "He's already seen your equipment Sean, or have you forgotten your little nudie show when he and I first walked into the house tonight?" "Not in THAT condition he hasn't. Fuck Dad!" He looked at me very surprised that I'd hauled out the `F' word and not quite sure what caused it to come out of my mouth. Then he glanced down at my hands covering my crotch and it dawned on him what he had done. His face lost some of its color for a moment. "Oh...yeah, `fuck' is right...christ I'm sorry son, I wasn't even thinking about Carl sitting over there. I'm sorry about that Carl, and I'm REALLY sorry Sean...you're right, that was a definite `Fuck Dad' moment. Please buddy, believe me I really didn't mean to do that." Carl just nervously cleared his throat and was trying to look anywhere but at me. I was pretty sure that any other guy who had been at the house tonight would have just laughed and joked about it well, except Martin of course, but I knew more about Carl than Dad did, at least I was pretty sure I did. I could tell Carl was uncomfortable, I was uncomfortable and Dad...I don't think Dad knew what to do or say next either. I decided to just skip past it for now and get this evening over with. "Anyway...do you remember the words I said to you when you met me in your bedroom after Carl showed you the text I sent to his cell phone?" He nodded that he did, but I just stared at him, and he finally realized that I was waiting on him to repeat them. He cleared his throat. "You said that Martin was recording our dinner conversation and that he was working for someone else to underbid us." I nodded to him and waited to see if the rest of what I told him had even sunk in. He thought for a moment, then his eyes opened wide. "You also said he was an over-sexed jackass. I'll admit that didn't make any sense with the rest of what you told me, but I just thought you were remarking on how smarmy he was." "No Dad.....I guess I could have been clearer. From the moment he walked in the door tonight he was looking at me like I was a side of beef, or a toy or something. He held my hand too long when I was shaking his; I finally had to yank mine away from him. Every time I did anything remotely `servant like' around the table, like dishing out food or refreshing everyone's beer, he smirked at me. The last time I gave him a bottle of beer he ran his finger up and down my hand and licked his lips at me. It got to the point where I didn't want to get anywhere near him, that's why I kinda plopped one of the pies and the dishes in front of you to handle. I saw you give me a look, but I just didn't want to run the risk of him touching me again. There was no doubt in my mind that he thought I was just your queer little slave boy and he wanted some of me for himself." Dad looked at Carl with his eyes wide open and eyebrows raised. I glanced over at Carl and saw almost a mirror expression on his face. "Sean...why didn't you say something to me earlier son?!? That son of a bitch...I was mad at him before but now I'm royally pissed! Carl, would you mind staying with Sean why I go find that fucker and beat the shit out of him?" He started to get up but I shoved his shoulders back in the chair. "Dad, calm down, please! He didn't hurt me, and he'll get what's coming to him. Besides, he's probably meeting with the other company right now to spill your secrets so you wouldn't find him anyway. I used his arrogance to keep him from paying too much attention when you were moving into your `we're gonna raise our rates' mode at the table. I didn't intend to do anything too obvious, I just changed my clothes into something I thought would distract him enough for him to lose his focus...and...okay, I may have scratched my balls a little to keep his eyes occupied. It worked cuz he started rubbing himself, but as soon as he realized you were increasing your bid he lost all interest in me and I swear, he looked like he was gonna start jumping up and down with happiness at the turn of events. I'd bet anything he gets some kind of extra payoff every time he hands over his recordings" "Sean...shit on a cracker, that went well beyond what was necessary. Son, you already know what kind of man he is as far as business is concerned. He's unscrupulous, untrustworthy...he's just scum son. Now add that he may be a child molester or something on top of that. Sean you're such an intelligent boy, whatever made you think it was a good idea to bait a potential child molester. He knows where you live Sean, he knows what hours I work which means he knows when you're alone in the house. Shit Sean, you have no idea what he's capable of. Letting a molester see you acting like that...it's like throwing raw meat to a lion!" I couldn't look at Carl and I couldn't look at Dad. I didn't look at Carl because I knew that he had, at least one time in his life, tried to play with a little boy in a park bathroom, and I couldn't look at Dad because I knew he was right and I was very embarrassed. I started to crawl out of his lap. He tried to hold me by my arm but I wrenched it free. "Sean....." He almost whispered. "I'm gonna go get out of these clothes. They're too small...and I feel really stupid and foolish in them now," I said as I walked away from them towards my room. I closed my door quietly, pulled off the clothes and replaced them with a pair of long sweats and a thick t-shirt. I crawled onto my bed and sat there, thinking about the events of the entire evening. I wasn't kidding when I told them I felt foolish. Dad was right; Martin knew too much about me for me to feel safe just walking to and from school now, and it could be days, weeks or months before anything happened to him as far as being put in jail. If he figured out I had anything to do with exposing him...hell, even if he didn't and was just horny...I could be in big trouble. The tears started to fall and I just didn't feel like stopping them. I could hear Dad's and Carl's voices in the kitchen, and then I could tell they had gotten closer to my room which meant they were on the computer and were working on the bidding spreadsheet to update the numbers. I opened up my book and tried to read, but after a while I realized I had only read about six pages but hadn't absorbed anything. I flipped back a couple of pages and had no memory of reading what was written there. I sighed and placed my bookmark back where it was before I'd attempted to read, knowing I would just need to read those pages again later. I grabbed my cell phone and started to play a game. I chose the simplest game I had; all you had to do was get three or more of the same color dots in a row in order for that row to disappear, but I wasn't even doing a good job with that! I kept timing out before I'd even cleared a couple of rows. It made me mad at myself that I couldn't do even this simple diversion but I kept trying. I didn't know how long I'd spent fussing over it when I heard a soft knock. Dad opened the door just enough to poke his head in. "Sean...honey...Carl is leaving." I just nodded but didn't look away from my phone. "Please tell him goodbye for me. He should take home some of that second pie we bought if he wants," I replied, my voice barely above a whisper. He paused for a moment and I heard him let out a breath. "Okay son, I'll let him know." Dad closed the door. I could hear them talking again, then the front door opened and closed, the lock and deadbolt siding into place afterwards. Dad knocked on my door again and came in. He stood there for a moment and looked at me but I didn't look up, pretending to be immersed in the stupid game. The tears started to fall again but I ignored them. He walked over and got on the bed, sitting right next to me, sides touching. He watched me play the game for a few minutes and could easily see how poorly I was playing. He slowly reached over and took the phone from me, shut off the game, and then put his arm around me and drew me into him. The floodgates opened up and I started sobbing into his chest. "My baby boy," he whispered, reaching up and softly stroking the hair on my head. "Sweetheart, tell me what's going through your head right now. I know it's been a rough evening for all of us but especially for you. I'm just...well...I'm just not sure if it's one thing or many that has you so upset, and I want to help you through it, whatever it is." I tried to catch my breath so I could stop sobbing. I noticed I was clutching and unclutching his shirt in my hands, and the oddest thought crossed my mind about how I would have to iron that for him, before I reasoned that it was going in the laundry to be washed anyway. Even if he hadn't worn it all day, between my snot and my tears and now the new wrinkles, it wasn't going to go back into the closet until some detergent and water had hit it. Strangely enough thinking of such bizarre things helped me get control of myself. I still couldn't look up at him though. "Fot starters...I just can't believe you flicked out my hardon for Carl to see like that! I know it was an accident, but...fuck Dad, I don't kow what's worse: him seeing my hardon, or him wondering why I would have had one in the first place!" "Damn buddy, that's twice you've said `fuck' in one night. Now I really know you're upset." I know he said that just to try to lighten the mood, and it did a little, but I still wasn't ready to calm down all the way. "Yeah, well...then you started in on child molesters...you just don't understand Dad!" I think he was a little startled by the abrupt change in the subject matter so he was quiet for a moment. "Sean, I'm sorry if I scared you about Martin. No, you know what, I'm glad if I scared you! You don't know how worried I get that you walk to school every day Sean. You already experienced being bullied when there was no one else around to help protect you. You're a great-looking guy Sean, and yeah, you've got a slight build and to some that makes you an easy target. It's not just bullies you have to think about Sean, there are some bad people out there who would love to get their hands on a cute guy like you. I know you were doing what you thought would help me tonight, and I can't tell you how much I appreciate everything, but...I just don't think you thought that last part all the way through son." "I know that now Dad, and you're right, I should have talked that over with you before I did it. I think I half-expected the police to swoop in later tonight and lock him away so it wouldn't matter what I did. I know now that it could take a long time for him to be brought up on charges, if he ever is. You called it Dad, I just didn't think it all the way through. I just wanted to help you, but that wasn't the right way to do it." "I get it Sean, I really do. You always go above and beyond in your schoolwork and you're way more sexually advanced than I was at your age. I get why you took this seduction idea of yours by the horns and ran with it. But what did you mean when you said I `just didn't understand'? It didn't seem like this is what you were talking about." Oh for that magic wand you could wave to go back in time before you did or said something you regretted. Based on this evening I would have been waving that thing in the air frantically, trying to fix a few things I'd messed up. It had been weighing heavily on my mind that I never told Dad what I saw that day at the park though, and I feared the longer I waited the angrier he might get with me for the delay when I finally did tell him. It was time to fess up. "Dad...okay I didn't say anything about his because...well...I just didn't know HOW to say or if I SHOULD ever say it." I stopped and sighed, trying to get my thoughts in order. I finally decided it was time I looked at his face instead of his chest. When I did he had a very concerned look. "Sean...honey, come on you're scaring me now. Are you okay, is there something wrong? Did someone bully you again...do your ribs hurt again......?" "No Dad, it really isn't about me so much. Okay. Remember a few months ago when we picked up drive-thru chicken and went to the park?" "Yeah Sean...you and Carl and I." "Yes, that day. Well, you remember I had to go visit the restroom so I left you at the picnic table sorting out the food while I went to pee. When I came back you asked me if I saw Carl while I was walking to and from the restroom...and...well, I lied to you Dad. I did see him. Well, I didn't actually `see' him, so I tried to convince myself that it wasn't really a lie. But I did know where he was." "Sean...I have no idea where you're going with this, but you know better than to use the strict meaning of a word to weasel out of telling the truth. You sound like a politician now. A lie of omission is still a lie." "I know Dad and I'm sorry. I just didn't know how to handle this one. I did `hear' Carl, even though I didn't see him." "There you go Sean, see you omitted telling me what you knew even though you did know I was asking about Carl's whereabouts. That wasn't the right thing to do son." "I know Dad, I know...just let me get finish this okay, you can punish me later if you want but I have to get through this." I looked at him and waited until he nodded for me to go ahead. "Okay. I heard Carl in one of the bathroom stalls...and he wasn't alone." I watched Dad for a reaction and I thought I saw an actual smirk start to form on his lips before the expression on my face made him rethink it. It suddenly occurred to me that Dad must have though Carl was hooking up with another guy in there...an adult guy. "I know what you're thinking Dad, but the person in the stall with Carl...he was one of the little league players. I'd be surprised if he was even 10 years old yet." Dad's eyes flew wide open as did his mouth. He stared at me for a moment, then he must have realized his mouth was open because he shut it so fast I heard his lips shut. "Sean...son...that's a big accusation...I mean...look you've never been one to tell stories but....." "Dad I heard the boy and an older man talking, to quietly for me to hear what they were saying so I couldn't tell what the man said to the boy, but the boy yelled `No!' then ran out of the stall and out of the restroom. I saw the boy, Dad. In fact I saw him again later sitting back with the rest of his baseball team, he looked nervous as hell. I was a little surprised at what happened in that stall but I just assumed it was the boy's father or older brother in there with him. But then I heard some grumbling then the man yelled out `Fuck!'...yeah Dad, that's number three `F' words for me tonight...and it was Carl, Dad. I recognized his voice with just that one word. I was shocked and all I wanted to do was get out there. I wasn't thinking though and just out of habit I flushed the urinal. I heard Carl ask if anyone was out there...I just ran Dad. I zipped up as I was running and I didn't stop running until I was almost back to you. And then when Carl came wandering over to the table later and you wondered out loud how it was that we hadn't seen each other when we both used the restroom...he looked at me...and he *knew* Dad. He knew it was me in the restroom with him. The only thing he didn't know was how much I heard, but heck, you know how long it takes someone to pee. As far as Carl was concerned whoever flushed that urinal had to have been standing there for at least 30 to 60 seconds." Dad just stared at me, then he slowly closed his eyes and took a deep breath. I almost thought he was going to yell at me, call me a liar, anything like that. Instead he opened his eyes, turned a little so we were facing each other, and took both of my hands in his. "Sean...first of all, none of this conversation ever leaves this room unless you and I both talk about it and agree to it. Is that understood?" I don't think he ever put anything to me quite that way before, but I did get the seriousness of all of this. I started to just nod but I caught myself. "Yes Dad, I understand." "Okay. When we were in our teens and Carl and I started to mess around, he used to comment on how cute he thought some of the younger neighborhood kids were. And I do mean younger Sean...just like that 10-year old little leaguer young. I joked with him about it at first. I didn't think he was serious, I mean this was us being all nervous and giddy and everything, playing with our dicks and afraid of getting caught. There was a lot going on in my head and I just thought he was trying to keep it just silly enough that we didn't freak out over what we were doing. The older we got though...well he didn't stop making those comments and I started to think he wasn't joking so much anymore. I finally told him to knock it off, that if he ever touched any of those kids I'd beat the shit out of him. I mean these were kids who hadn't the slightest idea about sex, they hadn't seen any changes in their bodies yet...they still thought girls had cooties. Maybe it's ironic that I can say that now when...you and me...you were just 12 Sean...oh shit," he moaned, rubbing his face with his hands. I knew exactly what he was thinking. He was comparing me to those little kids and he was worrying that I was no different than them. I had to stop that line of thinking before he got any further with it. "Dad, c'mon you just said it yourself. Yeah I was `only' 12, but I was just about to turn 13, and I WAS thinking all the time about sex, I HAD noticed changes in my body, I mean I was getting pubes and stiffies and everything! If I had closer guy friends I would have started messing around with them like you and Carl did, if not by then, certainly now that I can cum. I was just one of the lucky ones who had a father who would teach me the right way. Don't even think for a moment you `did' anything to me Dad, I wanted to learn and you've been teaching me...you're the best Dad ever! But Dad I have to confess...I'm afraid I still think girls have cooties." He busted up when he heard that, and I could tell I'd put a stop to the "I molested my little boy' thoughts he was having. "Okay Sean, thanks. I'm really wondering if you can read my mind sometimes. Anyway, Carl stopped talking about the young boys after that, but every once in a while...every so often I would see him staring at the kids. After we got into college though he was dating and getting it on with guys our age, so I thought he'd gotten past that. I guess he hasn't. And now...now I have to worry about leaving you alone with him and about what he's doing when I'm not around to watch him." I started to say something but Dad held his hand up to stop me, a stunned look on his face. "Okay...now I really get it Sean. I lifted up the leg of your shorts and showed your hardon to a guy who likes young boys. No wonder you freaked! I am such a fucking moron!!" "NO Dad, don't you ever say that. Nobody talks about my Dad like that...not even my Dad!! And you're combing two different reactions I had into one Dad. Yeah, I was embarrassed that Carl saw my woodie, but I would have been embarrassed if ANYONE had seen my woodie. His past, and maybe present, sexuality had nothing to do with it." He looked at me funny, and I could tell I'd lost him on that explanation, so I soldiered onward. "After the `woodie flashing' you then went on to talk about child molesters...as in Martin...right there in front of Carl. I'm not saying Carl has ever molested a child...the event in the park restroom was a failure after all...but geez Dad, I know you had no idea what the effect was you were having on Carl, but I can only imagine what he must have been thinking." "Oh fuck me, I see it now. Sorry Sean, but I think I need to do a U-turn back to my earlier comment about being a moron. I put both feet in my mouth tonight!" I leaned up and kissed him then snuggled my head under his chin. He hugged me and we sat there for a few minutes. "What are you going to do Dad? Will you say anything to Carl about his personal life? I wouldn't have any idea how you would bring something like that up in the conversation, but I know you. Carl is a good friend and your chief engineer. I hate to think like this, and to be honest it's the first time I have thought about it, but what he does could affect your business and its reputation. I'll help in any way I can Dad...but I'll wait on you to call the shots this time, I've stuck my neck out enough already." He sighed and shook his head. "I don't know how I'll approach this with him Sean. I'll have to think this over for a while. You're right though. If he ever got caught doing something...well yeah it could affect the reputation of my business, but it would also be a horrible thing for one of my best friends and for the child. I can't think of a way you can help right off the top of my head but if I do I'll let you know." "Well you know Dad, you guys haven't gone to the Tavern in ages; maybe that would be something you could do. I'm not saying to get drunk, just go to relax, find a quiet corner...if they have those there...and talk. I'll even make us all some dinner first before you head out if you want." "It has been a while since we went out for drinks. I think the last time was for my birthday, but that got so out of hand I haven't been in any hurry to repeat it. I'm not even talking about what happened between us here at the house Sean, there was just no excuse for me to get so sloshed that night, even if it was my birthday. And thanks for the dinner offer buddy but I'm thinking it might be a better idea that Carl not see you beforehand, especially if I feel it necessary to mention what you saw at the park. I hate like hell to drag you in on this Sean, but if I'm gonna talk about this with him I can't just start asking him questions about it without having a basis for doing so." "I understand Dad, I kinda knew I'd be involved one way or the other. I just hope he doesn't get mad at me for telling on him. He and I had a pretty rough time getting along before I was beaten up, but we've gotten closer and I hope he considers me his friend now. I'd hate to go back to where we were before, or worse. I really didn't feel the slightest bit uncomfortable standing naked around him when you guys surprised me tonight, I just hope he didn't think I was...I don't know, not coming on to him exactly but...rubbing his face in it maybe? I mean once he for sure knows that I did hear him in that restroom I don't want him to think I'm skittish around him, cuz I'm really not. I don't think he'd ever try anything with me. To be honest I didn't mind being naked around him one bit, heck he could even join us if he comes to have dinner with us sometimes...although maybe I'm the only one who thinks that's appropriate right now." He gave me a big grin and shook his head. I noticed he'd been doing a lot of head shaking around me lately. I decided I had to see what kept bringing on that reaction from him. "Sean, you're a force to be reckoned with. Truthfully I don't see Carl as the `sitting around naked with other people' type, even if none of the rest of this was happening. Besides, as open-minded as I am, right now I'm a little anxious about the idea of my naked 13-year old around him, and I am rather ashamed to admit that Sean. I'm always ready to give most folks the benefit of the doubt, but it suddenly seems a little different when it's my own son factored into the equation. I hope that doesn't change your opinion of me son." I hugged him to me as tightly as I could. "You never have to worry about that Dad. I understand the conflict, I just hope this doesn't mess up your friendship with Carl. Be careful Dad, but don't worry about me." He caressed my head then kissed me on top. "I'll always worry about you Sean. It's part of the whole `Aaron-`n-Sean deal' I signed up for baby boy, and that is an ironclad contract." I grinned up at him. "Hey, I don't remember signing any contract!" He smirked back at me. "It was a verbal agreement Sean. You `signed' it the first time you cried out in the delivery room. That was it for me son...signed, sealed and...you'll pardon the pun...delivered." Damn this man made me so happy to be his son. I just snuggled into him tighter and smiled. 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