Date: Mon, 16 Jul 2018 07:54:31 -0400 From: dan Subject: Into the Heartlands chapter 2 Into the heartlands Chapter Two New House and Guests Remember to keep nifty as a free site by donating to the cause. The link is on the main page. As per normal my email is darkluvr (at) protonmail (dot) com. This is not a true story and any relation to real people is a coincidence. Enjoy. (Sean M 31, Kweli M10, Kareem M8) I pulled up in the car park and followed the officer into the hospital and into a family room. Once in there Kareem ran across the room and launched himself into my arms. The poor boy was wearing his pjs and it had blood on them. I caught him as he jumped and he sobbed into my shoulder. "Can someone tell me what's going on please and where is Innocence and Kweli?" I asked the officer and a lady that was in the room with Kareem. "I am Caroline foster from child welfare and that's what we are here to find out." The lady said "We arrested the dad at the home after a call of domestic abuse and found Innocence and one boy unconscious on the floor badly beaten. However, the father is claiming he caught Innocence sexually abusing the boys. The elder boy was naked at the scene of the crime." The officer replied "Appap mok ni reennaw ammam eid eilo po sno saalpeg teh soos taw yj eseg teh ne etgels eman et meon. Eot reeborp Kweli moh nav eid ruum ioog ein ne nigeb poks ne naals koo. Sean teh ammam ne Kweli roomrev. Feilbessa, taal elluh ein naagdood ein ne eineom ym taal naag mo guret et naag ein." Kareem sobbed into my chest and I noticed both the other adults write stuff down. "Ok do anyone know what is going on with Innocence and Kweli?" I asked. Seeing a shake of the head from both of them I sighed, handed over my phone to Caroline, "Kareem sweetie you stay here and I will find out what's going on. Caroline call your office and get me temporarily placed as their guardian. My property name is `New Heaven'." I heard them both gasp as I walked out the door. Upon reaching the nurses desk I spoke to the nurse in charge. "I am Sean Cooper and I the employer of Innocence Okoko, I will be the paying for her treatment and that of Kweli Okoko as well. Hopefully I will be the temporary guardians of Kweli and Kareem until their mother is back on her feet. Can you please get me the person who can let me know what is going on with them both. I have an officer and someone from child welfare with Kareem who thinks they are dead so please can I find out what is going on." After a doctor from Paediatrics and trauma came and let me know what was going on with both the people I returned to the room with everyone in it. "Kareem both your mom and Kweli is going to be ok." I said to the boy who broke down crying in relief. "What did you both write down and what is the news about temporary guardianship?" I spoke to the two of them. "I don't know about that officer but I was writing down the fact that the boy said his dad beat up his mom and his brother and he thinks they were dead all because she was rubbing oil on the eldest. Also that he does not want to go back there. As for the forms they are on their way here. What can you tell us?" Caroline said to me and the officer was nodding in response to what she was saying. I was a little dumbfounded that Kareem thought they were dead as I made that up to get some reaction from the staff. I look a deep breath and said, "Firstly the boy is called Kareem so you can use his name, secondly tell the person coming to buy some clothes for both boys as I am guessing the officer wants Kareem's clothes for evidence and Kweli is already naked. I will pay for the clothes when they arrive." I saw the officer nodding his accent to this and continued with, "As for Kweli he has a femur fracture that they have placed in a 1 and a half spica cast, a arm fracture, 2 broken ribs and a black eye. He is ok to be released today. As for Innocence she will be in a week at least. She has 5 broken ribs, a collapsed lung, her arm needs surgery to correct and set, 2 black eyes and a broken nose. She has also got a facial laceration that required 25 stitches. When she is released she will be accompanying me to my home to finish their recovery. I know that you both want to speak to them and this little guy wants to see them. Also it does not surprise me that it was their dad that has done this but I will explain that later." I finished. We waited a few minutes until Caroline completed the call to her colleague and started to make our way to innocence's room. On the way the officer questioned me "Are you the Sean Cooper that had the college students build your house?" I was a little shocked that he knew about that as I wanted it to be kept quiet. "Yes I am but I don't want it to be a big deal." I answered. "No it's not that. My son is one of the guys that built your house and it has give him so much confidence and experience. It has changed him so thank you." The officer said. "My nephew was one that looked at the electrical computer thing and he said he never enjoyed the university course and the planning the class went through to do it. He said it's give him lots of ideas and experience for the future, so thank you too." Caroline continued the thank you dialogue. "Your both welcome and that's why I did it for life experience for the students. But here we are at Innocence's room. Now Kareem your mom will not look good and might have blood and tubes in her but she is ok and you can touch her but be gentle. Oh will you go ask that nurse there for a gown for you as your clothes are evidence please and come back into the room." I said to them. As Kareem scuttled off to get the gown and I led the other two into the room. "Hi Innocence this officer needs to take a statement from you and this is Caroline from child welfare." I saw the fear pass through her eyes at the mention of child welfare. "She has agreed with your permission to grant me temporary guardianship of the boys until this is all over and your back to yourself. Also I will be paying your medical bills and you are now on sick leave. Also when released your coming back to my house. Kweli will be released into my custody today and despite some breaks will be ok and heal. So I just want you to relax and heal." It was now Kareem come in and froze in the doorway at seeing his mom in the bed. "Kareem, kareem, me you and the officer will pop into the bathroom and you can get changed to give your mom and Caroline a quick moment to talk." I said directing us into the bathroom. I took the shocked boy into the bathroom and the officer followed us into it. "Kareem if you face away from us and take off your clothes and pass them backwards to the officer and then put that gown on and everything will be ok." I directed him to do. As expected he undressed in a robotic manor and I saw the officer's eyes raise at the scars down his back and upper legs. I mouthed to him `I'll explain later' and was pleased to see him nod. Once he had the boys clothes he left us to finish in the bathroom. "Kareem," I said getting his attention, "I know your scared and worried about your mom and how she looks but I promise you she is ok. Come with me" I said directing him to the door which I opened so he could see the bed. As the others where occupied I pointed out all that was going on with his mom and what each one was doing and how it was helping her. I could feel the tension drain from him and I then took him into the room and placed his hand in his mom. Watching the room go quiet as the professionals was not sure how to move forward with Kareem in the room with us. So I decided to take charge of the situation. "Caroline I take it that Innocence has given me temporary guardianship?" I said, having seen both women nod I continued, "how about you me and Kareem go to see Kweli and you can do what u need to as the officer interviews the mom then you can both swap if you need to speak to Innocence again. If not then he can come to Kweli's room and do what he needs with the boys and you can get back home. Then the boys can visit their mom and then I can take them back to my new home." I suggested. Having seen all the adults agree I took Kareem's hand and we went to see Kweli. We walked into the room to see Kweli sitting on the bed with a sheet covering his lower half but you could see the cast covering one leg and half the other leg going all the way up to his mid chest. His arm resting on a pillow was also in a cast up to close to his elbow and a nice black eye. I picked Kareem up and put him on the bed next to his brother. The questioning of the boys went pretty quickly up to the point where the abuse came up. Listening to it in silence I slowly began to understand what went on with them and their dad. It was at this point I signalled to Caroline I wanted to add something. "Caroline maybe I can clear something's up. When the boys came over to mine for a swim one day I noticed scarring on both the boys backs and got them some bio oil. It is believed that bio oil can reduce the effects of scars and it has to be massaged into the skin. The area of scar tissue is the full back, buttocks, and upper legs." I explained to her. This allowed the conversation to flow a lot more freely and afterwards the second child welfare person turned up with the clothes and the paperwork. I signed them and give the money for the clothes. As she was finished with everything they took their leave. I sent Kareem into the bathroom to get dressed and put the clothes on Kweli. Luckily enough the person brought some basketball shorts and a vest style top and this made it easier to put them on him. Once dressed the officer turned up. We went through the same questions with the officer and I informed him of the same things that I had informed Caroline over and the questioning took pretty much the same direction with them as they did before. Once we were finished I followed the officer out of the door. "Officer is he going to be released from custody because I want to remove Innocence and the boys belongings from the house before he gets back there." I asked. "To be honest I don't know that question Mr. Cooper but currently the house is a crime scene and he won't be allowed back until that happens. But nothing can be removed until they they finish with it either." He spoke with compassion. "If I give you my number can you let me know when I can get their stuff away from him." He agreed and I handed over my number to him. I then went and checked Kweli out of the hospital as well as buying him a wheelchair to use. I also took possession of some pain medication for him and went back into his room with them. I loaded Kweli into the wheelchair and said "Well boys let's get this rodeo started" they looked at me funny and giggled. We started off by going to see Innocence. I took the boys to see their mom and we spent a few hours with her and thankfully seeing and talking to their mom put both boys at ease and they were able to relax and not worry about mom not coming home. Before leaving I asked Innocence to write down everything from her house that she wanted to keep and that I would collect it from her when I needed it. On the way back to my home I took the boys to a place to eat. I have never been a one for fancy restaurants and thankfully the boys agreed with me and we headed to the closest burger joint. I will tell you now a white guy with 2 black boys one in a wheelchair attracts a lot of attention especially in an African country. I was so tempted to stand on the table and shout "Wakanda Forever" but I really thought despite being funny it wouldn't go down very well. The next stop was the house I was renting and I went in and loaded up the car with my stuff that I was gonna be transporting to the new house. I also grabbed the box of IWatches and took 2 out of the box. Back in the car I give one to each boy and synced them using a program on my computer to allow them to be used efficiently. I told the boys not to loose them but also let them go if they get robbed. I told them that these watches are my door keys and so they need them to move around the house. I pulled up at the house and having not seen it complete the boys just said wow. To be honest I knew how they felt. The teams I chose did such a good job on the house itself. I popped Kweli into his wheels that he will be using for the 3 months whilst he heals. Wheeling him up to the house I decided to have a bit of fun with the boys. I leant over Kweli and said "watch this" then in a louder voice said "Kareem go open the door please. It will unlock when the watch is close enough." I could see the pride in Kareem's face as I give him the task and he skipped ahead then froze in surprise as he got near and the door opened automatically for him. That set Kweli off laughing and that unfroze the poor boy. But I knew it would get worse as we crossed the threshold of the house an auto voice greeted us individually to the house in effect welcoming us home. I took them into the TV room and got Kweli settled on the sofa and the boys had tons of questions about the automated services of the house. So I decided to tell them some. "Ok boys in each room the computer knows where you are and can direct you using arrows on your watch to any room or person in the house. It will automatically open all doors as you get to them. It can be used as tannoy system talking to anyone in any room. It will display any movie in my vast library of movies and TV shows on the TV and each room has speakers all over to listen to the TV and music. Also each room is totally soundproof so if the door is closed you cannot hear anything. Also the doors can be locked from everyone else except me who had the master controller chip implanted in me." I told them. They looked at me in wonder. It was then I decided a demonstration was required and asked the boys if they wanted a drink whilst we watched a movie and they agreed so I whispered to Kareem some commands. "AL directions to the kitchen" Kareem said out loud. He then gasped as an arrow appeared on his watch. With a nudge from me he was off towards the kitchen. I actually had Innocence stock it 2 days ago in preparation to move in. Once the door was closed I give a direction to Kweli. "AL play `howl' by `biffy clyro'" and to his amazement it come on. We both had fun shouting louder to see how loud it could go. We were laughing with our eyes and ears nearly bleeding when the door opened and Kareem jumped out of his skin almost dropping the drinks as the wall of sound hit him. "AL cancel music" I shouted and the music stopped but me and Kweli's ears where still ringing from the loud noises. "Oh my god I couldn't hear anything outside, I nearly died when the door opened, this is so cool." Kareem said in one breath. We all were laughing as we got ready to watch a movie. After a very quick discussion we settled down to watch the Incredibles as we all wanted to have a good laugh. I was sitting on the sofa next to Kweli and Kareem was sitting on the single seat with his legs draped over the edge of the chair totally relaxed. More so than I've ever seen him. I was watching the movie but also watching Kweli for signs of discomfort when something shocked me happened. It was the time when Dash the TVs family eldest son came on the TV in the new red superhero costume and softly under his breath "wow he is so hot" I pretended not to hear him and knew it's something I would need to fetch up in the future. All too soon the movie come to an end and the boys were starting to lag and getting tired. After what they went through I was not surprised. I sent Kareem to the bathroom with orders to have a shower and then I would show him to the room I wanted him to use. I decided to put both boys in rooms near me in case of nightmares. Kareem scooted off and Kweli looked at me, "Sean how am I meant to shower with this" he asked indicating the casts. "Well Kweli I was going to fetch this up tomorrow as I thought today you would just wanna rest and relax but you have a few options. 1. I can do it for you until your mom can take over, 2. I can teach Kareem to do it for you, 3. I can do it for you. I know you will hate having it done as your old enough to do it yourself but you have to have what's called bed baths." I told him. "But let's get you to bed" I followed up picking up his casted body and carrying him upstairs. Once upstairs I put Kweli on the bed and made him comfortable. I decided to put him in the bedroom next to mine as he was more likely to have nightmares and I would leave our doors open so I can hear him if there is a issue. "Sean I think I would rather have you bath me as I can't let my mom see me and I can't be washed by my little brother that's just wrong." He said quietly. "I understand Kweli and don't worry I'll help you out. Do you want one tonight or tomorrow?" I asked "Today please" He said blushing. "Ok I'll be right back" I said then left the room. Outside I met Kareem and showed him his and my room I also told him how to contact me if he needed to with the doors closed. I watched his towel covered butt disappear into his room and went to get what I needed to give Kweli his bed bath and I went back to him. I propped him up with lots of towels under him and used pillows to lift him off the bed itself. I then started with his legs and toes. To keep his cast dry I was drying him off as I was going. Next I did his back then his arms. Next I moved onto his chest and face. Next was his hair and the hardest part. This I feel was done without fuss or injury. The last thing was the most embarrassing part for him and that was his groin. "Kweli no matter what happens next is natural and is ok. So don't worry." I started off by washing around the outside and over his 2 and a half inch shaft and as I was washing his nugget sized scrotum I noticed he was beginning to get hard. I finished washing under his foreskin which left him at his full 4 inches. I then rinsed him off before moving to his butt and anus. I then dried him off before getting the towels off the bed and getting him comfortable in bed. I decided that raising him up off the mattress should give a more comfortable sleep. I left him to sleep and went to check on Kareem, I found him sound asleep in bed and placed his clothes for the next day on the chair next to the bed. I closed the door and went to watch TV. After a few programs I was tired and decided it was time for me to get to bed myself. I had been asleep for a few hours when I was woken to one almighty scream. I shot up and ran naked to Kweli who I found sobbing on his bed. I picked him outta bed and settled him on my knee not before noticing that he had peed the bed. I could only reassure him and hug him as he cried it out of himself. I told him not to worry and everything was ok. I also told him that it will get better and he is now safe. I moved Kweli into my bed and raised him up again before popping the bedding into the wash and climbing back in myself. We both fell asleep me having one of Kweli's hands in my own. I woke the next morning to find Kareem had climbed into my bed too. I got out of bed and noticed that Kweli was awake too and moved him to the loo. I also went to the toilet in the other room before washing me and Kweli and then putting clothes on him. I then carried him downstairs and popped him in the wheelchair. This give him a bit of mobility and we went to the kitchen for breakfast. Just before it was cooked I had AL play loud music into the bedroom and then tell him to get dressed and hit the kitchen. I reassured Kweli it was all ok and we ate before leaving to the hospital. After placing the boys in the car my phone rang and it was the officer saying I could go and collect stuff from the house. I thanked the officer and arranged to meet him at the house in a hour. I then took the boys to the hospital and left them with their mom but not before picking up a list of stuff she wanted from her house. I arrived at a house I would only describe as a shanty town bungalow. I sat outside in the car and waited a few minutes until the officer turned up in his squad car. He handed me over Innocence keys for the house and car and told me to take what I needed. I walked in and was shocked to see the rundown state of the house and how dirty it was. I went and got the stuff on the list. I left bedding and got the clothes for the boys and Innocence. As well as family pictures and treasures. I got the toiletries and seeing the bath I was not surprised if they got out dirtier than they went in. I left the house feeling dirty and went to give the keys back to the officer and he refused them saying they were Innocence keys and her husband has his own set of keys to get into the house and was being released the next day. I turned around and pushed the keys through the letterbox. The officer raised an eyebrow and I replied "They are not coming back here or to him." I said and saw him starting to smile. I went back to my home and put some clothes in the wash for the boys and take a shower. The next stop was to real estate and I left doubling the size of my estate. Then I went to the college as I wanted minor changes to my house and was setting up a secret project. My next stop was to a car shop and I had a new car being delivered later that day. I then went back to the hospital a lot happier than I left Innocence's house. Before going into the room I stopped at the nurses station. After a few minutes and a exchange of money one of the nurses followed me in with a wheelchair and after transferring Kweli over to the hospital chair and a ok by me took both boys away. "I have your stuff Innocence and took them back to my place." I said looking at her. "The officer also give me your keys to the house and car." "Ok Sean, thank you for what you have done. Can I have the keys and I will have Angelo pick them up tomorrow." She said very dejected holding her arm out for the keys. "Innocence" I said laughing "do you really think after seeing that house I will let you 3 back there? And seeing what he did to you and the scars on the boys back never mind what he did to Kweli. You 3 are never going back to him. If you want to be you are free of him." "I don't know what to say Sean. I have no idea of what to do or how I can afford to live without him. If I could do it I would leave him" She said sobbing. "Innocence do you think I would not help you out and make it possible" I asked taking her hand. "I was hoping you would say that as I left your keys at the house and I am not gonna let u drive that car. I have also told the hospital that he is not to contact you. If he calls the hospital is to say your not here. Finally when you are discharged you will be moving into my house until you are back on your feet." I said. Innocence threw herself into my arms and was crying when the boys come back into the room. Kweli zooming around on an electric wheelchair. We burst out laughing when we saw him able to move himself and laughing. "Boys do you want to go back to your dad or do you want to stay with Sean?" Innocence asked hopefully. "Sean" they said without delay then dropped their heads in shame. "Eiknad dog" Innocence said in tears. As it was getting late in the day I said "Boys say bye to your mom, we are going home. Innocent that wheelchair is mine and is for your use. I want you to relax and start to recover. Everything will be taken care of. Me and the boys will be late in tomorrow. I have something to do first." We left and went home. The night followed the same routine as the day before and before long we were all in bed asleep.