Date: Wed, 8 Jan 2020 12:05:30 -0500 From: Eric Murphey Subject: Accidental Paradise Chapter 17 bi adult youth I want to say thank you all for your patience this move has had sooo many bumps in it. However, it is smoothing out rather nicely. I am so sorry again abut not posting on this story. I was extremely focused on Transitions First Christmas. I wanted it to be good. I think i did fine on it. Here is the next installment of Accidental Paradise. I hope you enjoy it. I wish you sll peace love and happiness as Always. I hope you all have a fantastic new year and hopefully we dont have a new war. In te meantime send a donation to nifty. They do this for us so we can share our stories and our ideas for free. Accidental Paradise Chapter 17 Eric woke the next morning feeling fantastic. He slept amazingly well for sure. It was pretty warm last night and both boys have kicked off the top sheet. He looks down and sees the beautiful morning glories they are showing to the world. He smiles and slips out of bed not wanting to wake them. He heads to the kitchen and starts some water to boiling and heads to take care of his morning needs in the restroom. He decides to shave this morning for no reason in particular. He just feels like he should once in a while. May as well just grow a big old beard he thinks. Nah so he sharpens the razor on the razor strap and gets to work. While he is shaving Benji walks in led by his morning wood. "Mornin buddy." Eric says. "Mornin Eric." Benji mumbles. Once his stream is done he walks out, and Eric takes the final swipe at the pesky whiskers he has. He thinks to when he was Benji's age how he longed for whiskers. Now that they are here he wishes they never came. He washes off his face with cold water because he learned a long time ago its the best way to prevent razor burn. For some reason hot water doesn't stop it but, cold does. Odd fact but true he thinks. He walks out to the kitchen and gets the French press ready and he makes the coffee. He hears some moaning coming from the ladies room and is kind of curious. But, not enough to go investigate. He would rather have his coffee this morning. What a difference 20 years makes he would have been in there 20 years ago joining whatever was going on. Now not as often but sure sometimes. He pours his cup and sits down and watches Benji working with the chickens. What a great boy he thinks. As he is thinking this Tomas comes out and sits on his lap. "Can I have some of your coffee?" Eric hands him the mug. He takes a sip. "Eww its bitter." "Yeah you are probably used to your moms. She puts sugar in hers. Sometimes I do sometimes not. Today not." Eric is gently rubbing Tomas's tummy slowly as he is leaning against him. Its a nice feeling being skin to skin with a boy sitting on your lap and just enjoying each others touch. Not in a sexual way but an intimate way. "I need a job like Benji has." Tomas says. "You have a job buddy. Helping around the farm is a big job, and an important job." "Yeah but, Benji gets paid." "You know I never really thought about that. That's not really fair to you guys is it?" "I'm not complaining Eric I like helping. I just want to have a few Pesos sometimes. Not for anything other then maybe get something I want." "I understand. I will rectify my oversight soon. Everyone will get some money every week from now on." "You dont have to do that." "Yeah I think I do. Its not fair that you all work your cute little butts off and dont get any money. I have to figure out what we can afford. So that way its good for everyone. Then when you see a toy or something you want you can buy it or know you have to save for it." "Cool." He says smiling. "Yeah cool." Eric says. They sit a few minutes and Benji gets done and walks to the porch and snuggles up with them. A few minutes after that Danny and Maria come waling out. Danny's cock is red from use. "Well good morning studly boy. Heard you were rocking someones world this morning." Danny grins. "Well, I woke up and she was sucking my cock so I had to make love to her." "I understand my friend. If I wake up and someone is sucking me off. I would want to make love to them too." Maria blushes. "It wasn't like that." "Really what was it like?" Eric says goading her. "I woke up and he had his hand on my boob and I was wet and he was hard so I just kind of took matters into my own hands." "What? Hows that you took matters into your own mouth?" Eric says. "Shut up." She says giggling like a teen aged girl. "No you shut up." He says laughing at her. Zoe walks out with Mateo trailing behind and his cock is red too. "Hm I live with a bunch of sex maniacs." Eric says. "You started it." Maria says. "Yeah its good to be a leader." He says joking. "I think you ladies should ride into town with Santiago today and find the van before someone decides to steal it or the cops tow it." "He doesnt come by today." Maria says. "I will text him and see if he will." "How are you going to do that you dont have a phone?" "On the computer silly." "Oh I didnt know you could do that." "Yepper. Let me up guys so I can go ask him." Eric goes in and sure enough Santiago is good with it. He says he will be by in an hour or so. Eric goes and lets the ladies know. "So who all is going to town then?" Eric asks. The girls immediately say they want to go. Danny is keen on the idea. Mateo decides he wants to go. Benji and Tomas decide they want to stay. Eric goes in to his room and grabs out some money. He walks back out to the porch. With a small wad of money. "Now Tomas said earlier he wanted a job like Benji that pays. I thought a second and thought you all work hard and everyone deserves something. So every week I'm going to give each of you $300 Pesos. (about $5 American) I know its not very much. But, we dont really go to town as often as we have been lately. So pretty quick you cn save and when we do go to town then you can really get something you want. Eric hands everyone their little bit of money for them to get some stuff. Candy or whatever their hearts desire. Eric asks Tomas and Benji again if they want to go into town after he hands out the allowance for each child. "No I want to stay with you Eric." Benji says. "Yeah me too." Tomas says. After this happens all the kids go to play fut ball and are talking, laughing, and generally having a good time. After a while they all stop and listen a second and race to the house. Then Eric hears it. Young ears are certainly better. They come out of the house as Santiago is pulling in all dressed like they have been for hours. Lucia and Camilla lift their sun dresses to Eric showing him they havent any panties on. He just smiles at them. He gives all the kids and the ladies hugs and kisses as they leave. Once they take off Eric starts working on the addition. He is putting the shingles on the roof and the two boys are running them up to them. They can only carry a few at a time as a whole bundle is too heavy for them. Which works out pretty well for them because Eric is done with what one brings when the other shows up with new. They get the roof shingled in a couple hours. Then he sets in the windows he got so it can be breezy in the house. After that the boys and him go inside and finish the wiring for the rooms. He has already set in the plumbing for the new bathroom and they go ahead and set in the new bath tub and shower. Eric was thinking he may have to wait for the ladies to get back because they were struggling as its heavy. But, they finally got it set in. He then puts in the toilet and the sink. He hangs the drywall in the bathroom and the boys look at it. "Eric I think it looks pretty good already." Tomas says. "Yeah we still have to sand and paint and put in the tile on the floor. But, yeah it does look pretty damn good." He says and hugs the boys. He then puts the light up and wires in the switch. They then hang all the drywall in the new bedrooms and that takes a good while. Its starting to get dark by this time and Eric is starting to get worried because the others arent back yet. "Shit guys. Why didnt you tell me I forgot lunch?" "We didnt want to stop." Benji says. "Yeah me neither I guess. We better get something made for the crew when they get back. I doubt they ate in town the ladies are like me when it comes to that. Too cheap I guess. But, thats a good thing why waste money when you dont have too." Eric and the boys look at all they have gotten accomplished and are pretty damn proud and rightfully so. They did the work of a full crew today with just a man and two boys. "Lets go get something cooking guys." "They go and get out some chicken from the fridge and cut it in strips Eric tosses it in a skillet with some onions and bell peppers and fries it up nice in some orange juice. The boys are making tortillas they are having fun using the press. They hand them to Eric and he fries them up nice. Eric makes some rice as well and adds some tomatoes and other spices to make it oh so tasty as the ladies taught him. Once they are done they all three grab a bottle of Coke and go sit on the porch for a while and wait. The sun has set and Eric is really getting kind of worried now. They all just sit and sip cokes and listen to the beginning of night sounds. After about an hour Eric is a bundle of nerves and says to the boys. "I guess we better eat since we missed lunch." He is trying to hide his fears from the boys. He thinks hes doing a pretty good job of it until they go in to eat. "Eric your worried huh?" Benji says. Not wanting to lie he says. "Why would you say that?" "Because your brow is all furrowed and I can see the worry in your face." Benji responds. "Yeah Im worried. But, its probably nothing to be worried about. I just expected them back earlier is all. They may be staying the night in town. At least I hope so. I hate to see them driving these narrow dirt roads at night." "Why dont to check the computer and see if Santiago texted you anything?" Tomas suggests. "You are such a smart boy. I hadnt even thought about that." Eric says rubbing the top of his head. Eric fires up the laptop and sure enough. Eric the ladies wanted me to let you know that they are staying the night and not to worry. Eric tells the boys and they all kind of sigh relief. Eric sends a message back. Thanks my friend. I was getting worried. Tomas the smart little guy he is the one that told me to check. It didnt even cross my mind. Also let the butcher know whenever he wants to pick up the cows is fine. A moment later he gets a ping on the computer. Kids are smart. I never can remember anything Danny always says Google it. I just dont think to do things like that. I guess they are used to the new gadgets and we are still getting used to them. I talked to the butcher before I sent this. He says he will be by tomorrow and will bring the truck. Eric reads this and responds. Thanks my friend. I owe you a lot. He gets back a poop emoji Fine I will send you all the chicken shit you want. To this he gets a laughing emoji with tears. Fucking emojis Eric thinks. "Well boys I guess we got more then enough to eat for just us. I guess we should have checked. I guess we can have it for lunch tomorrow if they arent back yet." They all just make their plates and sit down at the table to eat. Eric gets the boys another coke and gets himself a coffee. The boys smile at the new coke when he sits it in front of them. Unlike American kids a coke here is a treat. Especially when you live so far from everything. "Boys I think tomorrow morning we will have a quick breakfast and then put on the siding and maybe mud the drywall so it will be nearly done when they get back." "Cool." Tomas says between bites. "Guys I am sorry I forgot lunch. I can tell you are both hungry the way you are eating." "Its OK if we were that worried about it we would have told you. Besides before we got here we missed lots of meals." Benji says. "That may be. But, dont let me forget again. Its important you boys eat regularly. Your still growing. Me I'm not growing anymore." Tomas starts giggling. "Eric you grow all the time." This makes Benji and Eric laugh. "Yeah there I grow a lot for sure." He says smiling. "Can we try out the new bathtub tonight?" Tomas asks. "Sure. I dont see why not. Should be us to try it out first we put it in right?" "Yepper." Benji says. Once they are done with dinner Eric and the boys clean there dishes and put them up. Eric puts the leftovers in containers and puts them in the fridge for tomorrow. He and the boys go sit on the porch to let dinner settle, both boys as usual snuggle up with him. "We got a lot of work done today. I'm really proud of you two. You know you work harder then most men?" With this they just smile. He kisses the tops of their heads and they just relax a bit. "Can we watch a movie tonight?" Tomas asks. "Sure buddy why dont you two go in and pick one out. I will be inside in a few minutes." "Cool." Tomas says. When Eric goes back in he sees they chose a classic he brought. Chitty Chitty Bang Bang. "Oh I love that movie guys." "We never seen it and it looks fun cuz the car is flying." Tomas says. "It is a fun movie I think you will both like it." "Lets makes some popcorn tonight. I think that we deserve a little treat for all the work we did." "Yeah!!" They both say. Eric pulls out the bag of popcorn and puts a bit of oil in the bottom of a pot and turns it on. He nearly forgot the lid. What a mess that could have made. He waits patiently for it to pop then adds a ton of butter and some salt to it. He puts all the fresh popcorn in a big bowl and they sit down and watch the film together. Once they are watching it Benji says. "Eric you kind of look like that guy." Referring to Dick Van Dyke. "Somehow we are related. I think his mom and my grandpa were cousins or something. No his mom was my grandpas aunt I think." "Cool did you ever meet him?" Tomas asks. "No never have. But, it would be kind of neat to." They settle in and watch the rest of the movie. Its funny to Eric because afterwards the boys are singing Chitty Chitty bang bang. Its amusing because he used to do the same thing when he was a boy. Its a catchy tune. Hell he is now along with the boys. "Lets go get our bath and head to bed boys." Eric says. They all go in and Eric turns on the hot water and fills up the tub. He brought some dish soap to make some bubbles. Because, well bubbles are fun dammit. They all get in and just lean back on each other. Eric in back leaning against the tub. Then Benji against Eric and Tomas against Benji. They just all sit and relax and talk a while enjoying the hot water relaxing their tired muscles. As the water begins to cool Eric suggests they get washed up before the water turns to ice. The boys giggle at that and they all wash pretty quickly. Eric washes the boys hair and the boys in turn wash his. Its just nice to have others wash your hair. Its a pleasant and relaxing feeling. Once they are done Eric realizes he didnt think to grab towels. He races to the other bathroom to grab three and trails water through the house. They all get dried off and hang their towels on the rack to dry. "Glad mom isnt here. She would tan your hide tracking water through the house." Benji says. "You are right about that." Eric says and grabs the mop and cleans up the water he trailed. No reason to get a tongue lashing he thinks. Its pretty late and they all head to bed. They are all beat. The bath relaxed them enough that they all just drift off to sleep as they cuddle up to Eric. In the morning Eric wakes as usual before the sun is up and he goes to pee. He goes in to boil some water to make coffee and sits at the table to wait. He thinks it was kind of nice with just him and the boys at home last night. He got to know them a little better and they got a hell of a lot of work done. Finally the kettle lets out a whistle its ready and he pours the water into the French press. He starts to get three cups and the tray and conks himself in the forehead. He fills his cup and adds a bit of sugar this morning. He fills the carafe and carries it out to the porch. He sits and sips on his coffee and listens to the morning sounds. This truly is paradise he thinks. I dont think I could be any happier with my life then it is right now. I have a great "family" of sorts. The kids are all great and sexy as hell. The ladies are fantastic as well. We are growing the place like gang busters. He is convinced that after next harvest they should be able to buy the other 30 acres. If things keep going as well as he hopes he will be able to buy the tract of land on the other side of the road which is 200 acres. The man that owns it doesnt even farm it and offered it to Eric to lease. Now that they have the tractor that is a viable option. He will have to talk to the ladies about it though. If they get that they cant plant melons on all of it because its too labor intensive. But, corn sure. Maybe some wheat. He will have to see what its best suited for. Cotton? Can you grow cotton here? As he is thinking this Tomas comes out and sits on his lap and doesnt say anything. He just snuggles in for morning cuddles. Eric takes a sip of coffee and after his sip Tomas gets the cup from him and takes a sip. He smiles after he does. "You put sugar in it this morning." Eric kisses the top of his head. "Yeah because I figured some little boy might want a sip or two." "So you did it for me then?" "Yeah. I stopped putting sugar in my coffee when I moved here because sugar is heavy and its a lot to carry back. I used to ride the bus into town and its a several mile walk to get to it. Now I just ride in with Santiago." "Pretty soon we can just drive in whenever we want. Now that Mommy got the van, and you are getting a truck." "Oh yeah the butcher is coming to get the cows today sometime. So if you dont want him to see your sexy little body you better put some clothes on." "Nah its not worth all that. Besides we will probably be working and he wont see me anyway." "Well, buddy Benji is sleeping late today. I guess he needs the extra sleep. Why dont you go feed the bunnies and I will take care of the chickens for him." "Can I get one out to pet?" "Thats up to you buddy. Personally I dont like to get too close to the animals because when you go to slaughter them to eat it hurts to much." "Nah Im not going to get close I just like to touch them because they are soft is all." "That they are. But to answer your question yes you may get one out to pet. Just makes sure yo lock the cage back when your done." "Sure I will." They walk over and Eric starts tossing out the cracked corn for the chickens and he gathers the eggs. He puts the eggs up for Santiago. He checks the incubator and everything is good. He sees its full now and Benji has used tape to mark which ones should hatch first. Benji is going to be thrilled when he sees his first batch of chicks. Eric remembers his first. He cried for days when he had to slaughter one. Thats why yo dont get too attached to your critters. He walks over and looks at the cows who are so tame they walk over to him. He pets them a minute. "Well, cows its been really nice having you here. Youve been good cows and thankfully never got sick. I appreciate you and your life. However, your life will sustain mine and many others. Im sorry we have to slaughter you. But, thats just the way it is." He says rubbing the cows ear. Tomas steps up next to him. "Your sad we are selling the cows arent you?" "Yeah a little. See cows to me are kind of like big dogs. See how they always come over to me when I walk near them. They like being petted too. Here you try." Tomas sticks his hand up next to the ig beast. "Hey there soft." "Yeah feel his nose its super soft." "Yeah it is." "Now feel right here on the cheek. You feel all that muscle from the cow chewing?" "Yeah." "Thats my favorite part of the cow to eat. You make Barbacoa from that." "Really?" "Yeah buddy." Eric walks along the side of the cow showing Tomas where the different cuts of meat are all the way to the tail. `Cow we sure are going to miss you over here. But you sure do taste good." Eric starts laughing. "Yeah buddy they sure do." "Eric can we get a pig?" "I suppose so but do you just want one or should we get a couple?" "How many will we eat?" "With all of us probably just one a year. Especially with the beef we will have soon and then the chickens." "So if we get a few then we make money right?" "Thats would be correct." "How much room do pigs need?" "Actually Tomas pigs dont really need much room at all. They need about 2 and a half meters squared per pig. So say we got 10 pigs we would need around 25 square meters for the pen. Also we would have to build a small building which really only needs three sides on it. So that way the pigs have protection from the weather." "I think ten pigs would be good to start." "OK. So I say we put the pen over here at the far end of the pasture. Because well pigs kind of stink. But, their poop is really good fertilizer for the fields. As is the cows." They walk to the end of the pasture and Eric is walking off 25 meters. He looks and its a decent amount of land. Not huge but pretty big. He walks over to the edge of the woods and gets some sticks. He walks off the steps and puts a stick in the ground. Then turns at a right angle and does the same. After a few minutes he has the pen area marked off. Tomas is next to him the whole time. "Are we really getting pigs then?" "Yes pigs are good money makers. Not to mention little boys like you love to eat them." Eric says rustling Tomas's hair. "Yeah I do." "So when the butcher gets here I will order say twelve piglets so in case a couple dont make it. If they do then we have more. After we get the rest done on the additions we will get started on building the pen for the pigs. Because the butcher he doesnt waste time. If I tell him I want 12 piglets they will be here tomorrow, unless I say a different time." "Am I going to be in charge of the pigs?" "I think you can do that. I will teach you everything I know about them. Then we will have to go to the internet if we need nay more information." "Cool. How long until pigs are ready to eat?" "It depends. But, usually it takes a pig about 6 months to reach its target weight of 110 to 115 kilograms. So they get pretty big. That and they eat a lot. You figure it will eat around 3 kilograms of food a day. Some more, especially if we get a sow thats pregnant they will eat more. But, they usually have around 10 piglets when they give birth. So I think we will try to go that way when we get them instead of buying them every time." "Wow they get huge." "Yeah seeing as how you are about 25 kg and I am around 75 yeah they get pretty big. Now lets go get breakfast started so we can get fat as pigs." Eric says and starts snorting like a pig at Tomas. Who in turns starts giggling and snorting back. When they get back up to the house they calm down because if Benji is still sleeping he obviously needs his rest. Eric frys up some eggs and charizo and then heats up the tortillas in the skillet. They sit down to eat when Benji finally walks out and is rubbing sleep from his eyes. "Sorry I slept so long Eric. Did you take care of the chickens?" "Yes I did and dont worry about it. You must have been pretty tired." "Guess what Benji?" "What Tomas?" "Were gonna get pigs and Eric says I will be in charge of them." "Cool when are we getting them?" "Probably tomorrow he thinks. So we got to build a pen for them today when we get done with the work we have left in the addition." "Cool. I like pigs." "Me too they taste good huh?" "Yeah they do." Benji answers. Benji sits down at the table and helps himself to some breakfast. When they get done they clean up the kitchen and head in to work on the addition. They start putting the joint compound on and thw work goes very quickly. Then they head outside and Eric is trimming the pieces of siding and the boys are screwing it on. They are doing a great job at it too. Once they get as high as they can reach they switch jobs and Eric starts putting the pieces on. They complete that task by lunch and go have some lunch of the leftovers of last nights dinner. They enjoy it and then head out to the new pig pen area. Eric drags out some wood from the barn/shed. He really needs to make it bigger he thinks. If for nothing else to keep the tractor out of the weather. Not to mention since they are getting pigs they will need to grow a lot more corn and have somewhere to store it. So Eric puts that on the rapidly growing long list of things to do. As Eric is digging the post holes the butcher shows up. Eric brought out a pair of shorts for just this reason. He slips them on and the truck pulls in a few minutes after he hears it. The butcher has a big truck with a trailer on the back for the cows. A minute or so later an old truck comes pulling in behind him. By this time Eric has made it over to the butcher. "Hey pardna." Eric says smiling. "I had my boy drive over the truck for you. I really hate to get rid of her shes a good truck. Had her a long time. But, the wife put her foot down and you know happy wife, happy life." "Ive heard that. I dont have a wife. But, I have two women staying out here now. I imagine its about the same. God forbid I leave a dirty dish in the sink. I would hear about it for days." The butcher just chuckles. "So I am going to butcher one for you. Half pays for the butchering and I am buying the other half is that correct?" "Yes sir thats right." "OK I will weigh them when we get back and send you a check is that OK?" "Thats fine. I was talking to Tomas over there hes the littler one." Eric says pointing. "He says we need some pigs. So I reckon we want an even dozen to start with." "You want feed for them too?" "Yeah I figure about 60 days worth Im going to plant some corn that should help. I was also going to see if I can get some banana peels from the plant down the way. I know pigs like them and I can probably get them cheap or free." "Yeah free is what they are. But, you got to take all they got every time if you take them." "How much do they got?" "A lot more then 12 pigs will eat." "How many pigs would you guess it would feed?" "Just a guess but probably around 50 or so easily." "I didnt plan on 50. Seems like a lot to take on at once." "More pigs more money." "Well shit." Eric says and rubs his eyes to think. He looks out over the field and measures with his eyes how much of it will be required for 50 pigs. Almost a forth of it. He runs the numbers in his head. "No I cant afford $180,000 Pesos right now. Lets stick with a dozen for now. But I do want a breeder. Will half a cow cover everything? Say with 60 days of food with it?" The butcher does some quick math in his head. "No I think I may need a few thousand extra. But, thats just a guess because I dont know the actual weight of the cows yet. But, I think at most 2000 extra." "OK I dont have that much cash on hand today. Can I pay you in a week or so?" "Sure my friend. I know your word is good. Santiago has told me what you did for his nephew. I am certain I can trust you. Why dont you do this. When you get the money just save yourself a trip and send it with Santiago. I will just pop the piglets in his truck when he leaves my place and then have him bring them over next time he comes. I think we will slaughter your cows in a day or two. When I get them done I will bring over the meat for you then." "That sounds perfect." Eric says and extends his hand. They shake on it and the men load the cows into the trailer and then the butcher gives Eric all the paperwork and the keys to the truck. When he leaves Eric walks back over to the boys who never stopped working. Eric goes back to digging post holes and the boys are setting them in and then tamping the dirt around the posts like Eric showed them. Concrete is a waste of money, if you do things right, the ground is just as strong. Concrete is for lazy people or people who dont know better. After Eric digs the last hole and sits it in both boys cock their heads. "Yeah I hear it too. I wonder if its everyone coming home." "Maybe." Benji says. "I sure missed everyone. Not that I didnt enjoy being with just you two guys. I enjoyed it a lot but," "We understand we missed them too." Tomas says. "But, we had fun here too." Benji says. "Fun? All we did is work." Eric responds. "Yeah but, working with you is fun. Cuz you like to sing silly songs lot while we work. It makes it more fun." Tomas says. "I believe it was you two who were singing the entire soundtrack to Chitty Chitty Bang Bang earlier." He says smiling. "Yeah but its a fun movie. I want to see it again." Tomas says. "It is a fun movie for sure. However, we need to get this fence up today. Lets get back to it guys, until they are back in a few minutes." "Your the one leaning on his shovel." Benji says as he is tamping dirt in the hole." "Point taken." Eric goes up to the barn with Tomas behind him. He starts grabbing lumber for the fence and Tomas says. "Why dont you put it in the truck we can take more down and not have to waste time walking back and forth?" "Because it makes sense." Eric says laughing. "Actually buddy I didnt even think about it. Your a clever boy." Eric hands Tomas the keys. "Go get it and bring it over here." "You mean I can drive?" "Well, do you know which pedal to hit to go and stop?" "Yeah." "Can yo turn the wheel to steer it?" "Yeah." "So times a wasting go get the truck." Tomas is so excited to drive he runs to the truck and slips in the grass and falls. Hes back up in a second and he puts the key in and turns it over. Eric kind of watches out of the corner of his eye to makes sure hes OK. So Eric learns Tomas drives slower then a blue haired Grandma. He idles the truck over to where Eric is and he steps on the brake a bit too hard making the truck jerk to a stop. But, its OK nothings hurt. He puts the truck back in park and turns it off. "That was so cool!" "Glad you liked it." Eric starts putting lumber in the back as Tomas chatters on about driving. They get the truck pretty well loaded down and Eric gets in the drivers seat and Tomas sits on his lap. Eric uses the pedals and Tomas steers down to where they are working. Eric stops the truck in the pasture making sure they dont fence it in and they get out. As they do the ladies pull in the farm in the van. "Can we stop working for a while and go see them?" Benji asks. "Sure buddy. You guys go ahead Im going to keep working though." Eric sees them all waving at them as they pull in. He lifts his hand and waves back. He starts nailing up the first board as the boys tear off a cross the field to welcome everyone home. The work is going pretty quickly and Eric in half an hours time has about a third of the work done on the fence. The ladies come strolling down. "Arent you coming up?" Maria asks. "Cant have to get this done by morning. We got a dozen pigs coming tomorrow we have to be ready for." "We are getting pigs?" Zoe asks. "Yeah Tomas thought it would be a good idea. I couldn't disagree so we are getting a dozen. I am going to teach him all about them and then its his job to take care of them." "Eric hes only 8?" Zoe says. "He may only be 8 but, he is a good boy and a good worker. Besides pigs are super easy to take care of. You feed them twice a day and leave them alone and they are happy. Besides if he cant handle it alone I will help. I wouldn't let him fail." "I know. Its just that you seem to think kids can do anything." "Why cant they. The only reason they cant is that adults dont believe in them." Eric says and grabs another board to nail into place. "Yeah I suppose your right." Zoe says. "I will be up in a while. Probably take me another hour to finish. You and the kids relax and have fun. Me and those two boys got the room additions nearly done. Just sanding and painting left now." "Excellent we got paint for them." Maria says. "You know Eric, Danny was talking on the way here and what he said made a lot of sense. He was saying that since we keep adding people and we probably will keep adding people that we should build like a communal kitchen so that way if we build new houses then we can save the money of having to put a kitchen in each one. That and if we do that we can make the living room a lot bigger or make part of it another bedroom." "Hmph. That is clever. Danny is a very bright boy. I dont know if we will add more people or not. But, I guess we probably will. Seems like every time we go to town we find someone new to take care of. So it does make sense to me." "Thats what we thought as well." Maria says. Eric hasnt stopped working and the ladies while talking with him started to help as well. "If we helped I bet we could be done in twenty minutes. Besides the kids are all excited to see you. Because..." Maria says. "Dont you tell him the kids will kill you." Zoe says. "Tell me what?" "I'm not saying another word." Maria says and nails a board into place. "Fine." Eric says with a grin and they do indeed get the job done quickly. Eric drives the truck up to the barn/shed to put up the left over lumber then he heads over to the house. Once he gets there he is mobbed by all the kids who not surprisingly are all naked. What they've been home ten minutes. Camilla and Luisa shout. "We got you a present." Over the other kids. "Oh you didnt have to do that." Eric says embarrassed not really ever getting many presents. "We know but, we all wanted too. All us kids chipped in for it." Danny says. "C'mom sit down." Mateo says grabbing Erics arm and leading him to a lounger. Eric sits down and Lucia races in the house and comes back out in seconds carrying a box with a string around it. On the outside is a card. Eric opens the card. It reads. With lots of love from all your kids. Then everyone of them signed it. Even Benji and Tomas. They must have done it while he was finishing the work. A tear escapes Erics eye. "Why you crying?" Lucia asks. "Its just that I think of you all as my kids even though your really not. But, I love you like your mine and its just touching that you all feel the same way." "Course we do Eric. Your like a dad to all of us. Like you said the other day you think of the ladies as our moms." Danny says. Eric pulls the twine that holds the box closed and he opens it and takes out a plaque. It reads. Accidental Paradise Family Farm Est. 2017. Eric just looks at it a second trying not to just bawl. "Its the most beautiful thing Ive ever gotten. Thank you guys." Eric says and starts giving hugs to everyone. "I am going to hang it right above the door right here." He says holding it up above the door. "See it fits perfectly." Benji go grab me the screw gun and a couple screws." He asks Benji. In a flash Benji is gone and back. Eric screws the plaque above the door smiling the entire time.