Date: Wed, 21 Apr 2010 11:02:10 -0600
From: brian <suddar40@telus.net>
Subject: Sandpiper 16

Disclaimer: This story is fiction. It deals with interaction between males,
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gay content.

Chapter 16

I looked out the window and saw that it was snowing very hard.

"That boys is snow."

I hit the intercom.

"How bad is this snow? Is this just local or more than that?" I asked the
Driver.

"Actually Sir, this was forecast. There's a big warm front moving across
southern Washington, extending into central Oregon. Heavy wet snow has been
forecast for a few days. Roads will be okay."

"Okay thanks." I sat back and watched my four gawking out the window at the
snow. If this was in Eugene too, they would get a real good taste of it
when we got home. Then I thought about the house. I had the heat set to
about 68 when I left, just to keep everything from freezing. House was
going to be cold. Well I figured I had four hot blankets to keep me warm.

My house in Eugene was in a gated community of 16 big houses. The
management company that was contracted for both security and maintenance,
kept everything safe and the walks and driveways cleaned in any
snowstorm. Even though I had been away for over 3 months, my driveway was
cleared by the time the limo arrived. The driver helped us inside with our
bags. I flipped on the central heating and set the temperature for 80. The
house itself had been built around the turn of the last century. My dad had
bought it in 1955 and extensively renovated it on the inside. When my
parents died and I inherited it, I had modernized even more. It still
looked like the same house on the outside, but inside was every modern
convenience you could ever need. Especially for a confirmed bachelor like
me.

My boys walked around and just looked. I went into the big Den and started
a fire in the fire place. Then headed for the kitchen. I knew I had nothing
to make for dinner, so I figured I would get the boys another American
favorite, Pizza.

I made a large jug of OJ for the boys and opened a bottle of white wine for
me. Telephoned my favorite pizza joint and ordered three extra large deluxe
pizza's.

I took the OJ and wine into the Den. All four boys were sitting watching
the fire.

"Well, what do you think of my home guys?"

"You have all this just for you Ed?" Sal asked.

"Well it was all just for me, but now it is your home too. Everything I own
boys is yours too."

I was about to sit down when the door bell rang. I knew damn well it could
not be Pizza already. When answered a security officer from the Community
handed me two stacks of mail. One was junk mail and the other envelopes. I
thanked him and walked back into the Den and sat down. I handed the stack
of junk mail to the boys and then started to sort my other mail.

"Look through the flyers boys and see if you find anything you would
like. When your done just fire them in the fireplace."

Out of that huge stack of mail was only 6 letters I knew I would have to
handle. The rest I just threw in the fire. Two letters from my ex-company,
two from the County Assessors office, one from State Tax Department and one
from Uncle Sam. I wondered at that point if I could sell the house to the
Corporation and let them pay the taxes. As for my taxes I was going to let
my accountant handle them. The two from my company were just checks. Fairly
large checks I saw. I knew I was going to take the boys down later to my
ex-companies offices so I would deal with the checks later. The boys were
engrossed in a flyer from Best Buy. I was about to join them on the floor,
when my door bell rang again. The Pizza, I figured. I walked to the
door. It was delivered by one of the guys I had been to bed with in the
past.

"Hello David, how are you?"

"Fine Ed. Haven't seen you for a while."

"Been away." The smell of the Pizzas attracted my four like magnets.

David's mouth dropped open when he saw the four good looking boys. I handed
the pizzas to Singh and Sal and told Simon and Siam to get plates and
napkins from the kitchen. They were gone in a flash.

"Wow! Good looking boys Ed."

"You want to come back later and check them out closer?" I smiled.

"Wow, yeah sure. I'll be off early tonight. Too much snow not enough
business to keep a full crew working."

"Okay David, drop by when your done. Oh yeah could you pick me up some
beer." I handed him two fifties and told him to keep the change.

"Yes Sir. Thank you."

I went back into the Den. My four were sitting staring at the pizza
boxes. I opened all three, grabbed a plate, picked up a couple of slices
and put them on my plate. Then bit into one.

"Dig in boys, while there hot."

I would have thought that three extra large pizzas would have lasted
longer, but as usual my boys almost inhaled them. They all sat back with
satisfied grins, when they were done.

Simon was the first to bring up the subject.

"Father, he was very good looking."

"You mean you actually noticed? I thought the food was they only thing on
your mind."

"Well it was kind of hard not to notice. His jeans were pretty tight." Siam
said.

"Well, he is coming later to bring me some beer. You want me to invite him
to stay for a while?"

"But how do you know he would be interested?" Singh asked.

"Well to be honest love, David has been here before. He likes to do
everything you boys like, plus a few more."

"Cool." Siam said.

"So what other stuff does he like?" Simon asked.

"Well, he is into pain too. He likes to get his butt whipped. He also likes
golden showers, that is where you piss on him. He told me, for a price he
would do anything I wanted or I could do anything I wanted to him. To be
honest, I'm not into that kind of stuff, but if any of you boys want to try
something, I'll make sure he is well paid. If all you want to do is fuck
and suck, all of you will need to wear condoms. He told me he is HIV
positive, so I don't want you guys catching anything."

"Oh, wow and he is so good looking." Siam said.

"Look boys, I am not going to tell you how or what to do with him. If you
want to fuck him or have him fuck you, use a condom. You want to suck him
off, fine. The odds of you catching HIV from sucking him off is almost
nil. If you want whip his ass, its fine with me. All I ask is you be
careful. I know that none of you have anything that will effect your
health. Remember the blood test I had you take on Timatu, well everything
came back perfect. That's how I want it to stay."

(Authors Note: I never mentioned the blood tests, but take it as a given
for my boys and all my crew. Sal my last boy, I had tested while we were
still in Fiji. They came back negative too. Being Gay, I have done most of
the things written in my stories. Some I enjoyed, others I didn't. I also
have myself tested every year when I get my annual check up.)

The boys all came up and gave me a very loving kiss.

"Okay my loves, you have been in those clothes for over twenty hours, why
don't you take your bags upstairs and change and shower. Come on, I'll show
you."

I showed them the spare bedroom first, showed them where they could put
there stuff in drawers and the closet. Both upstairs bedrooms had there own
big bathroom, complete with multi-head showers. I took them to my room. I
had a double sized king bed, special order, Hot tub and massive
shower. There was also an outside balcony.

The house had warmed up real nice and after their showers they just put on
shorts. I showered and also just wore shorts. I could tell none of them had
underwear on.

David showed up about 9:30, still dressed in his tight jeans. I also noted
the wide studded belt he had on. That part was not lost on my four loves. I
could not believe how fast they got his clothes off. Soon he was standing
with nothing more on than a jock strap. The two boys who were paying the
most attention to David were Singh and Siam. I knew both boys had been call
boys, or boy toys at one point in their young lives. Both had experienced
what David liked. I wondered if it was going to be payback time for them.

I was worried both Singh and Siam might get carried away. I called them
both into the kitchen for a word.

"Look boys, I know what you both have had to endure while you were boy
toys. Most of the stuff you had to do, David enjoys done to him. Just don't
go overboard. You can do anything he asks, but don't compromise his
life. David knows he is under a death sentence. The drugs he is taking will
only prolong his life for so long, they won't cure him. If he asked you to
do something that might make his end come sooner, don't do it."

"We will be careful Ed. We both promise."

I kissed both.

I went back and asked David to come and talk with me. I told him the boys
would do anything he asked unless it was something that might hurry his
ultimate end. I also told him in the morning or when ever he wanted to
leave, I would make sure he never needed to work if he did not want
to. When he asked how, I told him.

"Holy fuck Ed, you're a multi-millionaire."

"Besides David, I like how you taste. You have a very nice load down here."
I grabbed his big balls.

While talking to him I had cracked a can of beer. I took a big swig as he I
talked. When I grabbed his balls.

"Jesus Ed, I'm ready to blow right now."

I knelt in front of him, pulled down his jock and took his thick 7 inch
cock into my mouth. Almost instantly I tasted his tangy, salty load. I had
never had a problem with sucking guys off, even guys HIV positive. My
Doctor here in Eugene had told me often that you could never catch HIV from
sucking or even swallowing because the Virus that caused Aids was so
fragile it could not survive in the stomach. If you had an open sore in
your mouth it might be possible, but even then the odds were 1 in several
million. David really did taste good.

"Thanks Ed, I really needed that. Those two boys of yours are such a turn
on."

"Hope your ready for a night of pain David. Both were required to do what
you love, so they might just make you not want what they could do."

"Bring them on." He laughed.

We both walked out to my living room. Singh and Siam were both standing
with my other two boys. Singh I noticed had a big roll of duct tape. I
wondered where he had got it.

I see you found it." David said.

Without a word, Singh and Siam led David out of the living room. I walked
over to two other boys and pulled both into an embrace.

"What's going on?" Sal asked.

"Love, David likes to be abused, very much like Singh and Siam were abused
when they were toys."

"They won't hurt him, will they?"

"No son, at least not unless he wants it. Look boys, some guys like to be
hurt. Everyone is different. I love to have both of you guys fuck me at the
same time. It hurts, but to me it is a good hurt. It just makes me love you
more."

"Father, I don't think both me and Sal could get it in your ass at the same
time. Sal is way too big."

"Yeah, you are probably right." I laughed.

"So what were all of you looking at in that flyer?"

Sal ran over and picked it up and showed me. Fuck, game consoles, not just
one but three. Playing games on the flight over had them hooked.

"Okay. Tomorrow I'll go buy them. Just give me a list of games you want."

Both boys, just wrapped there arms around me. God I loved them, I loved
them all.

We were sitting on the big, thick rug in front of the fireplace.

"So what do you boys want to do now?" A dumb question, I knew what they
wanted.

It did not take them long to get my shorts off and theirs. Soon after that
I had Sal's plump balls hanging over my nose. I pulled him down a little
and sucked first one and then the other into my mouth. As he slipped
forward his balls were pulled from my mouth, that left his other wonderful
spot open to me. I spread his cute brown cheeks and ran my tongue up his
crack to his pretty pink rosebud. As soon as my tongue touched it I felt
his hot mouth engulf my cock with a deep groan. Simon had not been idle
either, I could feel his tongue worrying my butt hole. Almost as soon as
Sal started to suck me Simon's cock slid into my ass. What a rush. Sal
bobbed up and down on my cock for a few minutes. All of a sudden he jumped
off me and turned, knelt and fed his thick cock into my mouth. He pushed in
very hard and the first shot from his cock I think went right into my
stomach. The rest filled my mouth. He let long groan as he came. As he
pulled out he slid down and sat on my cock. Simon kept up a steady pounding
in my ass as Sal started to bounce up and down on my cock. With Simon
hitting my love button almost every stroke it did not take long before my
balls started to boil. Sal sat down hard on my cock as I started to
blow. That made my ass clamp tight on Simons cock. I felt his hot sperm
filling my ass as I filled Sal. Both boys just collapsed.

"Lets go up to the bed boys." I whispered.

We headed upstairs, we all heard a muffled groan as we passed the other
bedroom door. Once inside my bedroom, the boys went back after me. This
time it was Simon's cock hanging over my face, dripping with his cumm and
my ass juices. I pulled it down into my mouth. The rush of tasting him and
me started to get me hard again, helped by Sal's mouth on my cock. A few
minutes later the biggest rush came when Sal's big cock slid into my ass. A
few minutes later Simon sat down on my cock. Now it was just the reverse as
Sal pounded my ass and Simon bounced up and down on mine. I just closed my
eyes enjoying the mixed feelings. It took quite awhile before I was ready
to come a second time. Both boys must have been taking lessons, because as
I finally blew, Sal blew in my ass and Simon's second load shot out and
over my chin and nose. He leaned down and started to lick my face clean. My
soft cock slid out of his ass. A short time later I had both boys cuddled
up close to me. Now sated for at least a while we went to sleep.

A few hours later I woke with a very stiff piss hard on. I carefully
untangled myself from the two sleeping boys and went and drained my very
full bladder. Before climbing back into bed I went to check on my other two
boys and David. When I opened the door both boys were sleeping with their
heads on David's chest. David was still tied to the bed, his arms out
stretched. I flipped the lights off and went back to my bed. Carefully
crawled between my boys and was back in dreamland very quickly.

I woke up to the wonderful smell of fresh coffee. I wondered where it was
coming from, because I knew I had no coffee in the house. I got up had a
quick pee. Put on shorts and t-shirt and walked down stairs. All my boys
and David were sitting at the table. Simon and Sal were naked, but the
David and my other boys were dressed.

"Where did the coffee come from?" I asked.

"David and us went out and bought some. We knew you like coffee first thing
so we went and got some." Singh said.

Simon brought me a cup as I sat down.

"How was your night David?"

"Real fun, I'm still a little sore, but feel great. It was great to finally
have someone do some of the things I like."

"I meant what I said last night David. You can stay as long as you
like. I'm sure my boys can keep you entertained and before we leave, I will
set up a drawing account for you at my bank."

"Well, I'd like to go to my apartment and pick up a few things if I am
going to stay here."

"That's okay, I have to take these brats shopping today and also buy a ton
of food to keep them fed."

"Were not brats." Siam said.

"Sure you are, I never even got a good morning kiss."

All four came quickly and gave me a hug and kiss.

"I guess your not brats now." I laughed.

David already had the gate code, so I gave him a house key.

A little later after my other two boys got dressed we all headed out
together. David drove to his apartment while I took the boys shopping. They
settled on an X-BOX and Nintendo Game system and about 10 games for
each. Came to over a grand. I bought two flat screen TV's so they could
play both at the same time. Then went grocery shopping. I got four carts,
told the boys to go pick out what they wanted. I headed for the meat
section. After grabbing a large selection of meat for my freezer, I grabbed
two one gallon jugs of milk, 2 1 gallon, cartons of Ice Cream and finished
off with butter and bread. By the time I was done I had my four following
me in the store, like a train. The check out girl was shocked when I told
her all four carts were mine. Thank god for bank cards. It took us nearly
an hour to finally load and then unload everything at home. The boys helped
put everything away and then Singh and Siam said they would make some
lunch. I took the other two down to my basement rumpus room and set up the
two game consoles. By the time Singh had lunch ready, the games were ready
to go. David arrived back with a backpack and a small suitcase.

"I don't have much to pack anymore. Just seems a waste to bother buying
stuff anymore." David said.

I saw tear making its way down his face. He had told me how he had become
infected. His boyfriend, who he had been with almost five years, played
around on him one night. Unknowingly his boyfriend had contracted the virus
and then gave it to David. His boyfriend got full blown Aids within months
and had died soon after. Now David was waiting for the end. I felt very,
very sorry for the young man.

After lunch they went all downstairs to play video games. I headed for my
at home office. Had a long talk with my ex-boss and asked him if they were
still interested in investors. I told him I could probably invest a couple
of million with his company if he wanted it. I set up a date the following
week to come in and talk.

While I was reading over the papers from my accountant David came in with a
couple of beers. He handed me one and sat down on my leather couch. I
closed the folder and turned to him.

"Bored of games already?" I asked.

"Your boys are just too good for me."

"David, I'm of two minds weather to bring this up, but have you thought
about later in life. Do you have a place in mind when and if you get the
full blown aids?"

"Not really yet and don't worry about talking about it. I have long talks
with my doctor and he knows my wishes."

"Well, I know of two places, one in Sri Lanka and the other in the Marshall
Islands that have boys who are HIV positive. Both have hostels set up for
the boys. If you want I could get you to either one."

"I don't think I can get a passport Ed. There's some new rules under WHO,
that could prevent me from travelling abroad because I am HIV Positive."

"If I could arrange to get you to either, would you like to go? You would
still be getting what ever drugs you need and I know it won't be a free
ride. Both places you would be expected to work until you are unable too."

"I'll give it serious thought, but I'm sure the US won't issue me a
passport."

"You let me worry about that. I have some very surprising friends, some I
didn't even know I had."

David came over and gave me a kiss on the cheek. He would never kiss anyone
again on the lips. He was always careful not to spread what he had. That
made him in my eyes a very special young man. I had heard that a man or
women now could be charged in a lot of countries for having unprotected
sex, when they knew they were HIV positive. David told me he would never do
that to anyone.

"Think about what I said to you David. I really don't think you should be
alone. Everyone needs friends close by."

"Thanks Ed. I will think seriously about it."

"Good, now lets go see how my boys are doing."

David had been right, my four were very good at the games they got. The
only game I won and I think they let me, was a race car game. We played for
almost 4 hours until Sal said he was getting hungry. That prompted Siam and
Singh to head for the kitchen to start supper. I went up and started a fire
in the big fireplace. David set the table for the boys, while Sal and Simon
kibitzed.

The next few days were almost a carbon copy. The snow stopped and the sun
finally came out. All my boys had fun with David, both in bed and out. They
were becoming very attached to the young man. Over the next weekend I
called the limo service that had brought us home and had him take us to
Seattle. David was definite help, he knew more than I did about some of the
attractions in the city. We had a wonderful four days in the city.

I wired Bern to transfer $250,000 into my account in Eugene. I did not want
David to need anything. I got him a card so he could draw on it as he
needed it. After a long talk with my old company, I finally invested 2
million dollars into it. It gave me a mere 10%, but my accountant and
Credit Swiss, both liked it. Western Computer Solutions was a young and up
coming company with a lot of potential. The 2 million investment meant more
programmers and more development and manufacturing space.

After almost three weeks I decided to take the boys on a tour, well short
tour of the US. South to California and Disneyland, then Texas, Florida and
finally Washington DC. David I told could use the house as long as he
needed it. I gave him both my cell number and Satellite phone number. He
had decided that if I could get him a passport he would very much like to
go to either Sri Lanka or the Marshalls.

I knew my boys were very much in love with David, not just a plural love
but one of deep feelings for the young man who didn't have much more
left. They all knew his fate. That made me just love them so much more.

Disneyland was almost my undoing. We spent from 10 in the morning until
almost midnight. I'm sure they went on every ride in the place and ate
almost a ton of food. We left after the fireworks and all I could do was
drag myself back to our hotel. The next day was Magic Mountain and then
Paramount Studios. Where they got there energy from was beyond me. I was
very happy when we finally left for San Antonio in Texas. After Texas we
spent a weekend fishing off Florida. We never caught anything, but the boys
loved it.

I figured we would spend at least 10 days in Washington DC. It was the one
place in the United States I really liked to travel to. There was so much
to see and do that the possibilities were almost endless. The weird part
that I always found was that the people who lived and worked in Washington,
hated it, but the people who visited loved it. Well I loved it. While I was
in Washington, I also had to see if I could get David a passport to travel
outside the US.

We arrived in Washington in early May, to bright sunshine filled days. I
booked us in to the Washington Biltmore Hotel. I like the Biltmore because
it was easy walking distance to a lot of attractions, most notably the
Smithsonian.

The first day I told my four young lovers I had to go to the State
Department to see if I could get David a passport. I would drop them at the
Smithsonian, the tour there was almost 2 hours long, and if I wasn't back
when they were done to walk back to the hotel. If they had problems I told
them to ask a policeman for help. Tourists in Washington were very well
received and the police had always been helpful to me.

I left them at the museum and walked to State. I had a card that was given
to me by the DEA guy in Thailand. He told me if I ever had a problem, talk
to this guy and he would help. Getting to his office was easy. Getting in
to see him took almost an hour.

 "Secretary Stevens will see you now, Mr. Somers."

Secretary Stevens, Jesus, the Secretary of State, that I was not expecting.

As I entered his office, he came around the desk and shook my hand.

"Mr. Somers, so glad to meet you in person. You are very well travelled Sir
and your reputation in our eyes is very well liked. How may I be of service
to you?"

"To be honest Sir, I did not know it was the Secretary of State that I was
meeting."

"Well Mr. Somers, your help in Thailand, Sri Lanka and Marshalls is very
well known. The Thai Government is very pleased with what you did. The US
Navy had very high praise for you and even the Australians seem to like you
too. Some of the other things you have done recently have had a direct
bearing on my department and Homeland Security."

"Thank you Sir."

"Now, as for the passport for David Winkler, he can pick it up in our
office in Portland. He has been granted an exception under the new WHO
travel bans."  "How did you know I was here about a passport for him?"

"Mr. Somers, in your travels aboard your Yacht Sandpiper, you have made
some very powerful friends. Regrettably you have also made some very
powerful enemies. At the insistence of the Swiss Government, where you now
have a Registered International Corporation, with assts over the 500 dollar
million mark, You are and have been under the protection of Homeland
Security since your arrival. Even those four young men now visiting the
Smithsonian have a protection detail ordered by the President."

"Jesus Sir, I'm not that important."

"Mr. Somers, to the United States and to several other countries you are
very important."

I was dumbfounded. Well lets see how far they would go.

"I have been told by my lawyer that I can't adopt my four young men. I
would like to have their last name changed to mine and also have US
passports issued in their new names and have them granted US citizenship."

He laughed long and loud.

"We could do that Mr. Somers. Do they all speak and read English?"

"Plus several languages that I can't even understand."

"I'll have it done for you Sir. Now I have a lot of work to do. A detail
will escort you back to your boys. Enjoy your stay in Washington."

I left the office and headed for the Smithsonian. I was intercepted by four
very big men and placed in a limo. They took me to the Smithsonian, where
my boys were just coming out of the building. I didn't see anyone that I
thought was their escort. But all four were intercepted and brought to the
limo I was in and we headed back to my hotel.

The boys never even thought about how we were escorted or even thought
about it at all. All they talked about was what they had seen. They asked
if we could go to the Aerospace museum next.

"So you guys liked it?"

"Father it was fantastic. They had all sorts of stuff. Wow, it was great."

"Well tomorrow after we visit where my brother is remembered we can go to
the Aerospace Museum."

"You had a brother Ed? We didn't know that."

"He was adopted by my mom and dad before I was born. He was killed before I
was born. Don't really know, except for a picture, what he looked like.

WE had dinner in the dining room of the Biltmore and all my boys ordered
Cheese burgers. Another thing they were hooked on. I had a steak
sandwich. After dinner I couldn't keep them at bay, and spent a long night
of making love with all four. It was nearly ten before we were all up and
they were ready to leave. ME I would just of preferred to sleep.

After a very big breakfast, my boys could eat me out of house and home I
was sure, we headed out to see more of Washington. I ignored the limo
waiting at the entrance and took my boys to the memorial park. I showed
them the World War 1 memorial and then the Marine Memorial. They asked, I
figured a thousand questions. I answered as best I could. We went and
watched as the guard was changed on the tomb of the Unknown Soldier.

I then headed for the memorial that drew me to Washington year after year.

I knew my brother was buried in the family plot in Portland, along side my
mom and dad, but here he was remembered.

Since we had been in Washington, my four young lovers talked almost
continuously. When I led all four up the slight slope to that long marble
wall they became very quiet.

I knew the exact spot on this wall where my brother was listed. When I
started to walk I looked back. All four of my boys stood still.

(Authors Note: Although I spent some time in the US Navy, my two best
friends from my hometown joined the US Army. Both died in Viet Nam and
their names are on the wall of honor. I visit the site as often as I can.

I stood and waited for them. All four got very close as we walked.

"It's almost spooky." Singh whispered.

"Who are all these names Father?" Simon asked.

"All these men died in Viet Nam, during the War there."

"Oh wow, there are so many." Sal said.

I found my brothers name and just stood for a while. I pointed it out to my
boys. They all reached up and ran their fingers along the name.

When we left the Memorial we walked out toward the mall. A limo was waiting
at the curb. We just got in and it took us the Aerospace Museum. We spent
almost three hours inside and then were driven back to our hotel. A message
awaited me. I was asked to bring my four boys to the Executive Annex. After
a good lunch we were again driven to the Annex. We were ushered into an
office where a young man handed each of the boys a sheet of paper. They
were asked to read together the words written on the paper. After they were
finger printed and had their pictures taken. Then we left and went back to
our hotel. I had not said a word during the whole process.

"What was that all about Ed?" Siam asked.

"You will have to wait and see I guess."  The following days were very
similar, my four ran me ragged around Washington. I thought about the
wisdom of bringing four very smart and very curious boys to the
Capital. Some of their antics were very funny and even after going full
bore all day, they still had energy left to keep me very happy in bed. One
very warm evening we all sat on the balcony drinking beer, unusual for my
boys, they didn't usually drink very much beer. It only took 3 or 4 and
they were pretty tipsy. As we were getting ready for bed I finally did what
I had planned on doing. As each came in to pee before bed, I drank
theirs. They had been doing it for me for ages and I finally returned the
favor. To be honest I thought they all tasted just fine and I have no idea
why I had balked at doing it before. I vowed from then on, that whenever
they did it for me I was going to do the same for them.

I got a call from David telling me he now had his passport. I told him to
pack and I would book him a flight to Washington. Once we were together, I
booked a flight to England. I still had about two weeks before I needed to
be in Bern, so I figured a tour of England before heading to Bern would be
good.

Two days before we were scheduled to leave I was again asked to come to the
State building. This time there was no waiting as we all were ushered into
the Secretary of States office. The Secretary of State asked each of my
four boys to step forward. He asked them for their passports and then shook
their hand and handed them a brand new US Passport, congratulating them on
their becoming US citizens. When he had done all four, all of them looked
at me.

"What does this mean Ed?" Singh asked.

"Just exactly what he said. You are all now officially US Citizens."

Simon opened his passport and looked at it. Then as it dawned on him he
threw himself at me crying.

"Is this really my name now Father?"

"Yes son, you are all now part of my family too."

Very soon I had four crying boys around me.

After they had got it out of their systems they very cordially thanked the
Secretary of State.

"Well I can see Mr. Somers, you have four very fine young men. They do you
proud Sir."

"Thank you Mr. Secretary."

"So what are your plans now?"

"Well I don't need to be in Bern for another two weeks, so I'm taking the
boys to England for a tour."

"I'll notify Scotland Yard of your arrival."

"Sir, are me and boys in any real danger?"

"I don't honestly think so, but I would rather be safe than sorry Sir. The
prime enemy you made was associated with the LINK Corporation. Some of
their so called subsidiaries have been linked to both narcotic and slave
trading. However from what we have been able to ascertain their Hotel and
Resort chain is all very much above board."

Two days later we boarded a flight for England.

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