Date: Wed, 06 Sep 2017 12:18:29 -0400 From: Youngjonboy1 Subject: LOGAN'S JOURNEY WEST CHAPTER 14 Adult/Youth LOGAN'S JOURNEY WEST CHAPTER 14 When the three boys got up from wrestling they walked over to Miles and Logan. Logan introduced the boys to Miles and they exchanged fist bumps. "I have heard so many great things about you guys from Logan" Miles said "Yeah, we heard some things about you too" Timmy said with a grin on his face. "Is it really true what Logan said about you" Hunter asked "Well, what did he say" "Logan said that you came out here on a bus with him and that you..... ahhh... that you did stuff Miles looked at the boys and smiled " Does that bother you, if we did "stuff?" Hunter and Timmy looked at each other and shook their head. "No it's cool with us" " Logan told me about the nudist magazine and the fun YOU guys had" Miles said laughing Hunter's face began to turn red and Timmy looked down at the sand, not sure what he should say. "To be honest with you guys, I enjoy having that kind of fun with boys too" Miles said. Everyone sat on the sand and Derrick started telling Hunter and Timmy what Miles was going to do to help him get out of foster care. The boys listened intently to Derrick's story. While he was telling his story, Miles became deep in thought. Miles knew that he was going to have to talk with Derrick's foster mother. In order to get Derrick away from her, he would probably have to arrange to give her money. He hoped that by giving her "hush " money, she would not inform the foster system that Derrick was in another state. If she could just take the money he wanted to give her and skip town, it would be very hard to find her. Miles was prepared to make a substantial withdrawal from his bank to make her an offer. He had inherited quite a bit of money from his parents and could afford to use that money for what he considered to be a noble cause. He decided that he would offer $5,000 to Derrick's foster mom to take the money and run to live with boyfriend. He also knew that he would have to find someone to forge papers in order to give Derrick a new identity. That would take more money but he was all in on providing a home for Derrick. Miles had read in the L.A. Times that people could go to MacArthur Park and find people who specialized in creating fake identities for a fee. He knew that he needed to get a fake birth certificate for Derrick. Derrick was too young to have a Social Security card so that would not be a problem. Miles decided that he would tell Derrick's foster mom that he was Logan's father and that they were getting ready to return to Georgia. He would offer her the money if she would allow Derrick to live with Logan and himself. Miles would tell her that Derrick had told him that he would be returned to foster care soon and he could provide Derrick with a loving home, thus avoiding foster care. Miles turned to Hunter and Timmy " You guys have got to PROMISE that you will never say anything to anyone about Derrick coming to live with us. IF you do, he will be sent back to foster care." Hunter and Timmy promised they would never say a word. The last thing they wanted was to see Derrick wind up with people that did not love him. "Boy's, come on with me. We're going to the bank" Miles told Derrick and Logan. He told Hunter and Timmy that they had business to tend to and would be back in an hour or two. Hunter and Timmy decided to go to Hunter's house as it was not good beach weather. Miles told the boys he would bring Logan and Derrick to their house when they completed their business. As Miles and the boys were leaving, Miles turned towards Hunter and Timmy "When we get back, would you like to show me that magazine?" Hunter put his fingers up and gave the OK sign. Before arriving at the bank, they stopped at a restaurant and grabbed something to eat. Miles was nervous and wanted to have some food in his stomach before speaking with Derrick's foster mom. After a quick lunch they drove to the bank. When he arrived at the bank, Miles asked Derrick and Logan to wait in the car while he went into the bank. Miles withdrew $5,000 from his checking account and asked for just $100 bills. He put the money into a bank plastic pouch and returned to his rental car. Miles tossed the pouch to the boys so they could see the fifty one hundred dollar bills. Logan opened the bag up and ran his fingers over the banded money. He had never seen this much money in his life and could not take his eyes off the money. Derrick looked at the money and his mouth opened wide. "You're going to give her all this money for me?" He asked "Don't you think that you're worth every penny of that money?" Miles asked Derrick reached over to give Miles a kiss and a huge hug. Derrick gave Miles instructions on how to get to his house and it only took them 15 minutes to get there. Miles parked his car and sat for several seconds wondering if this was the right thing to do. " Fuck it" he said to himself as he opened his door. Miles and the boys walked across the front lawn and approached the door, Miles stomach was churning as Derrick opened the front door and went inside to find his foster mother. Derrick told her that someone was at the front door and needed to speak with her. She was dressed like a hooker waiting for her john to arrive. Miles thought to himself that if he had to sleep with something like this, it would make him gag. Miles introduced himself .. He claimed that he was Logan's father and that Derrick and Logan were good friends and that Derrick had told them about his situation. Miles went on to explain to her that perhaps he could solve Derrick's problem as well as hers. Miles opened the money bag and told her that if she would take the money and allow Derrick to live with him and his son, Logan, Derrick would have a loving home as well as a "brother". She pulled the money out of the pouch and asked how much was there. Miles told her that there was $5,000. She thumbed through the money and turned her eyes to Derrick. "I don't know what Derrick told you but I am going to go live with my boyfriend in Utah next week. . I would have to send Derrick back to foster care. Are you sure that you want to do this? I could sure use that money and I know that my boyfriend would never open his trap about Derrick . I guess it would be nice to let Derrick go with you and not have to go back into that awful foster system. I was a foster child myself and it screwed up life up. They will probably think that I just took Derrick and moved somewhere. I'll just disappear and I won't say anything about Derrick to anyone. In fact, we are getting married and I'll change my last name to my boyfriends . They won't have a clue on how to find me. " "We want Derrick to have a loving home and we can provide that for him. Miles said "This money will help you do what you have to do. We just have to keep this between us. I'll arrange to get some papers for Derrick so that he has my last name and people will think that Derrick is my son.. But you MUST not make contact with foster care at all." "Let me make a phone call" She said Miles looked at the boys wondering who she was about to call. Miles could hear the conversation and he knew that she was talking to her boyfriend. She was asking him what she should do. After several minutes, she returned to Miles and put her hand out. Miles handed her the money pouch. She looked at Derrick and smiled "Good luck kid. I hope that you enjoy your new home" " Get in there and take what you want to take" Derrick ran into his bedroom and gathered his clothes and toys . Logan helped him carry out what he had collected. The boys walked to the car and put everything into the trunk. " OK he's all yours..." She smiled and closed the door. Miles just stared at the door finding it hard to believe that a woman like that could have been given a child to raise. " Fucking bitch " he uttered to himself. Miles walked to the car wondering if he had just made the biggest mistake of his life. He got into the drivers seat and sat for several seconds before starting the car. Logan was on the passenger side window and Derrick was in the middle . When he turned the ignition on Derrick reached up and put his arms around Miles neck and kissed him on the cheek. " Thank you DADDY" Miles realized that it was NOT the biggest mistake he had ever made , it was the GREATEST thing that he had ever done. Miles and the boys drove to a travel agency and booked two airline tickets to Atlanta. The agent found the seat that Logan had been assigned on the flight and changed it so they could all sit in the same row. Derrick was as excited as a young boy on Christmas morning. He knew that he now had a dad to take care of him and Logan would be like the brother that he had always wanted . "So we have a little more than a week until we depart" Miles said. " Let's go tell Hunter and Timmy the good news" Derrick suggested.