Date: Mon, 4 Nov 2019 20:03:35 -0600 From: Eric Murphey Subject: Accidental Paradise Chapter 14 Hi Everyone. I do apologize for not posting sooner. Its official. I am now a New Yorker. yay go me I can hear the cheers. Anyway. Moving is always rough and difficult. But, at least i have a great friend that is helping me out. It may snow Friday yay I missed snow. Anyway I hope you enjoy the story. I question if anyone is reading. I am getting very few emails since it switched to Bi. But, I like the story. SO email or not I am going to continue on. But, it is nice to know if people are reading. Hey since nifty is in New York and I am in New York you should DONATE to nifty. OK it makes no sense. But, hey they provide a great service. Look at your credit card statement. Oh yeah its free. Help them out Eric Accidental Paradise Chapter 14 The Next morning after a fun day of games and sex between them all Eric woke up, with Benji snuggled next to him. As seems to always be the case his morning wood was between his legs. Eric slowly slipped out of bed to go take care of his morning issue we all have. On the way he stopped and put the water on to boil for coffee. He went to pee and made the coffee on the way back. He grabbed the carafe and filled it and got three cups for himself and the ladies. Eric sits down on the lounger and sips his coffee thinking. I sure wish this could last. I know that they like it here. But, pretty sure that they will head back to the city as soon as the opportunity arises. But, that's OK he will enjoy having them around while they are here anyway. He sip sis coffee and when he is done with a cup he heads out to check the chickens. He collects the eggs for Benji and puts them away. He gets another half a dozen of fine looking eggs to put in the incubator. He glances to make certain all the settings and readings are correct to make the chickens hatch. Indeed everything is in order and he heads over to the new field and checks to see if there is any possibility they can work on it today. Just a quick glance of the puddles says not a chance. Thats fine he thinks he can work on the room additions. He really does enjoy the hard work. People nowadays don't realize the positive feeling of accomplishment when you have worked so hard and your body is worn out from a hard days work. The sleep you get from that is simply amazing. No need for any sleeping pills here. Eric sits back on the porch and pours another cup of coffee for himself and a few minutes later Maria walks out. Looks at Eric and smiles. "Good morning studly man." She says giggling. "Yeah whatever." Eric says laughing back at her. Maria gets herself some coffee and sits down. "Think we can work the field today?" She asks. "No its still way to wet. I figure I would work on the addition. So that way we can have a bit more room to spread out. I am certain the kids would like to have their own areas to claim and be by themselves." "Only if you are in it." "Why do you say that?" "My goodness Eric you don't see that they are all totally in love with you. Hell l think we are all in love with you." "Pshaw." "No Eric really you cant see for some reason that you are a great man." "I am just a normal guy trying to get by." "No you really aren't normal you are unique that's for sure." "I just do what I can to help people." They sit together for a while and enjoy the peace around them. After a while Benji pops out the door and starts running towards the chickens. "I got that already buddy." Eric shouts after him. Benji looks over his shoulder and starts walking back to the porch. "I guess when Mr. Santiago comes I wont take any money." He says looking Eric in the eyes. "Why wouldn't you take the money?" "Because you have done the work the last two days." "That may be but, you would have had I not. SO I think you need rewarded for that anyway." "No I didn't earn it I don't want it." "I am giving it to you buddy that was our deal. Besides in the next few weeks when they new ones start hatching I don't think I will be able to do it by myself." Benji smiles at him. "Yeah you can. But, thanks for making me feel good anyway." "Come here." Eric says holding out his arms. Benji walks over and enjoys Eric's embrace and kisses him on the cheek. "I love you Benji." "I love you too." Benji climbs up on his lap. Eric wraps his arms around him and settles back. Maria is just watching and smiles at the interaction between them. "Eric I got an idea." Benji pipes up. "OK sure what it is buddy I like ideas." "Well. I don't think I really earned the egg money this week. So I want to give It to you to help get the sidewalks in for Danny to get around easier." "You know what. I really like that idea my young friend. I think that's a great idea." "Do you think we should start the sidewalks first or finish the rooms?" Benji thinks about it for a few minutes. "I think that we should finish the rooms first. Because we will all benefit from the new rooms. SO more people will benefit from that then the sidewalks. But, Danny is important and we still need to do that. I think that's how we should do it." "I cant disagree with you at that." After a bit everyone had gotten out of bed and then had breakfast. They were all working way on the room and they all cocked their heads. "Santiago's coming." Benji says. "Yepper." Eric says. "Eric do you mind if Maria and I go to town today?" Zoe asks. "No I don't mind. Why are you asking me you are grown women you can always come and go as you please." "I know that its just we would be leaving all the kids with you and wanted to make sure its OK." "These kids are never a problem. They are better behaved then most adults for that matter." "That is true. I just wanted to make sure." "Sure go ahead go get dressed." Benji went over when Santiago arrived and got the egg business taken care off. True to his word he gave the money to Eric. "Santiago can you get us some lumber?" Then explained what it was for. Eric said he would go get more money for the rest. Santiago wouldn't hear of it. Seeing as it was for Danny's benefit. For that matter he gave the money back to Eric. In turn he gave the money back to Benji. "You know my wife never ceases to amaze me." Santiago says. "Yeah how so?" Asks Eric. "Crazy old woman. I got home last night and there she is in the kitchen making dinner buck naked. So I asked her what shes doing. She said it seemed like a fun idea to roam around nude like you all do at the farm. I tell you to be honest it was rather nice to hang out. Literally." "Yepper. I know what you mean." "We made love last night like we were teenagers too. It was amazing. She told me after that I wasn't allowed to wear clothes in the house anymore." He says laughing a hearty laugh. "Thats great you two are enjoying the freedom of clothing. I had to be a closet nudist in the states. Because everyone just thinks its about sex. Its is so not about that. Its about feeling free. Not having clothing on feels great." "So true my friend." "The ladies want to go to town today. You OK with that?" "Sure I have no problem with that. You know I never do." As Eric says the both of them walk out wearing some really cute sundresses. Benji runs over to his mom and says something Eric cant hear and then hands her the cash in his hand. She nods and then puts the money in her pocket. Maria bends down and hugs him and they all take off in the truck. Eric and the kids all get back to work and work hard until dinner time. They got a lot accomplished. They have everything sealed in the roof on and Have the new siding on the side of the house. Tomorrow all they need to get done is the electric and the drywall up. They go in to make dinner. Eric is going to heat up one of the many frozen lasagnas he has pre made ages ago and the garlic bread as well. But, he thinks he would rather have some fresh made bread. It just always tastes more delicious that way. Not to mention the heavenly smells it creates. "Danny why dont you make some bread. For us." Eric says. "I cant make bread Eric remember I am blind." "I call bullshit." "I cant do it." "Sure you can. I will help you the first time. But, after that you can do it on your own." "I will try but, I will probably ruin it." "Again Bullshit. I will teach you I have thought about this. I think you can do nearly anything you want to. Its just a new way to learn doing it so it works for you." "OK He we go." All the kids had gathered around to see how Eric was going to teach him how to do it. "OK buddy first feel this container?" He puts the flour container in his hand. "You feel this container how it feels." "Yeah." "See how its bigger then the others?" "Yeah." "Now feel the flour how its feels?" Eric says putting some in his hand. "Yeah. Its kind of silky I think." "Exactly. Now here is the measuring cup feel right here." Eric says putting it in his hand. "If you feel right here you can feel the size of the cup. Can you feel the numbers on it with your finger?" "Yeah I can." Danny says smiling. "OK so here is the bread maker. Feel the button here to open it?" "Yeah." "OK push it." As Danny pushes the button he hears it pop open. "Cool." "OK lets see here you put 4 cups in so measure four cups." So Eric goes through the process and even counts how many beeps it is to set the timer so it will cook to the right time. So the bread is cooking and Eric Pops the lasagna in the oven and gets it ready. The kids all get the table set and they all go in and watch some silly TV show and laugh and have a good time. About that time they hear the truck coming up the lane. The ladies come in carrying a few things they got and smell. "Oh my its smells wonderful in here." Zoe says. "Yeah and its almost ready too. Maybe five more minutes." Just then the bread times bings that its done. "Come on Danny lets go get your bread out." Eric says. Eric hands the oven mitts to Danny and then he guides him to pull out the bread and pop it out of the bread pan. Eric has figured out how Danny can cut the bread. But, needs to create a little miter box for lack of a better term for it. Basically a box with slats on it for Danny to have it slice evenly. Eric cuts a slice off the end and hands it to Danny. Danny takes a bite and smiles. "See buddy its just learning a way to do things. You cn do anything if we can figure out how you can do it." Danny reaches over and feels for Eric and then pulls himself to him and gives him a hug. "Thank you so much Eric. I was feelin pretty useless around here. Honestly pretty useless in life. I know you are all working and doing stuff while I just sit her and play my guitar." Danny starts crying, because he is so happy about it. "I am so glad that you are happy buddy." "Whats all this about?" Zoe asks. "Eric taught me how to make bread." "Fantastic. We are so proud of you." "Eric said its just we have to figure out a way for me to do it." "Exactly." Zoe says and hugs him. They all sit down and get their plates ready. "Wait. I need to get what Benji asked me to get." She gets a bag and out she pulls some coca cola. "I thought it would be a nice treat for us." Benji says. "What a good idea Benji." Eric says. "Thanks Benji." all the kids chorus. They enjoy the the food and soda then sit down after the clean up and enjoy a relaxing evening on the porch listening to Danny play the guitar. In a few short days he is getting really good. He starts playing an old folk song and Zoe starts singing along. It is an amazing combination. Her voice is simply fantastic and so is his playing. They all slept well that night and Benji again slept alone with Eric. The ladies and girls slept together and the boys slept in the living room Eric could hear them all enjoying each other but, he and Benji kust snuggled and tlked about their hopes and dreams for the future. It was a nice intimate time for them. Just sharing and cuddling learning more about each other and increasing their love of each other. Thye next morning Benji was up first and slipped out of bed. When he got up he made the coffee and put it on the porch for Eric and the ladies. He then went out and took care of the chickens. Eric woke up a little while later because he didnt feel Benji with him. He went to pee and saw the carafe was gone so he figured one of the ladies was up. He went to an empty porch and saw that the carafe and three cups were there. He could hear Benji singing a song to the chickens. Eric smiled and laughed at this. Zoe came out later and sat down next to him. She poured herself a cup of coffee and took a sip. "What is bothering you hunny bunny? I saw something was up with you last night. But, didnt want to bring it up in case it was personal. "I have a dilema. I dont know what I should do." "Why dont you share it with me. Maybe I can help and if not then maybe we can work it out together." "Juan is dead." "Oh my I am so sorry to hear that." "Honestly its kind of a blessing. He was a cruel man and I only stayed with him because I knew if I left he would hunt me down. Apparently he was killed in a bar fight. He was running his mouth as always and he never was a good fighter. I guess he said something to the wrong man and he followed him outside and stabbed him multiple times. The bartender was a friend of mine and he got everything from Juans body. He had this around his neck." She says holding up a key. "Looks like a key to a safe deposit box." "Hmm I didnt really know what it was for. I see there is a number on it and a bank name as well." "So what is the dilema?" "I dont know if I should tell the children. I know honestly they didnt really care for him. But, should I tell them?" "Yes. I cant stress enough that you should." "But, why he was a vile human being." "I didnt really know him that well but from what I saw I didnt care very much for him. However, he was their father and they certainly have a right to know hes dead." "I just dont want to upset them." "That is neither here nor there. They should know hes dead. I will tell them if you dont. That is how strongly I feel about it." "OK I will tell them after breakfast." "I think thats a good choice. I also think you should go into town today and see wht was in the box. It could be nothing or something valuable." "I am certain with him it is nothing. He was truly worthless. The only good thing he did in his life is to give me Lucia and Tomas." Eric smiles. "Yes they are truly wonderful children thats for sure." "I know you love them." "Yes I do." "I think that they both have great potential they are both truly very intelligent. Especially Lucia. I am thinking that we need to start school classes for them. I worry that being out here they will fall behind and not learn anything and I couldnt live with myself if that happned." "What did you do in America?" "I was a teacher. I loved teaching the kids. It was a great joy. But, it was truly ruined by all the fucking testing. I understand the reasons behind it. But, it just became so overwhelming it felt like all we ever really did was teach them how to take a fucking test so that our school district would get good numbers. Because our funding depended on those numbers. A truly ridiculooous idea. The schools that truly needed more got less because they tested poorly. Yet another ridiculous idea that was came up with by politicians. Of whom I am sure got their pockets lined for the ideas." "was America that bad?" "America really isnt bad. Its the people that run it that are bad. They dont help the people they are more slef serving then anything. Its truly a sad day when the president pulls troops out of Syria and doesnt mention the 120,000 people displaced by his decision of which 80.000 were children. I wish we truly had a kingmaker like in the story I told you to read called The Call." "Yeah I liked that story. It was super exciting the way they change the world to make it a better place." "Yeah it is pretty far out there a person thats rich helping poor people. But, It makes sense because of the fact he started poor. Not with a small million dollar loan from his father. Which was a lie in the first place." "I am going to go start breakfast. I know the smell of bacon will wake everyone. Well, except you because you are weird and dont like it." "Yepper me and well, me are the only people int eh world I think that dislike it." "I just want to get this over with." "Are you going in to town today to check the box?" "Yeah I think I will. Do you want to go with me?" "I think its probably better you take Maria in case you need some emotional support. She has been through this with her husband. I think she would be better for you." "You are probably right." After breakfast Eric speaks up at the table. "Ok everyone lets clean up. Zoe needs to talk about something with Lucia and Tomas. Its not a secret but, they need some time alone." "OK sure." They all agree to clean up and allow then to go out on the porch and talk. Once they get out there Zoe starts out. "I dont know how you are going to take this. But, I found out yesterday that your father has died." Lucia and Tomas look at her, as if she told them the sky is blue. They simply didnt react, "How do you guys feel about that." "I think its bad he is dead. I wish he wasnt. But, he was mean to you a lot so I dont really care." Tomas says. "Yeah I agree with Tomas." Lucia says. "He may have been our father. But, in the short time we have known Eric hes been a better dad then he ever was. So I dont think I will miss him. He was just mean and lazy." Zoe gathers them in her arms and holds them close. "I wish he was a better man to you children. Well, to me. Well, just completely. I am sorry I stayed with him when I knew he was hurting you guys. I just didn't have any options at the time." "We understand mom and we love you no matter what." Lucia says and kisses her cheek." "Yeah mom we love you." After this they all go inside and the others tell them they are sorry for their loss. "He wasnt any loss to us. He was a mean man. But, I do thank you for your concern." Lucia says. After that the ladies when to town riding in with Santiago. Once they got to the bank they got the manager and they got to the box. "What do you think is in it?" Maria asks. "I dont have a clue. With Juan it could be anything." When she opens the box and looks in the ladies both gasp.