Date: Fri, 28 Jan 2022 19:04:13 +0000 (UTC) From: "fritz819@yahoo.com" Subject: Welcome to Gayberry 63 Welcome to Gayberry – 63 Feel free to address any comments on this story to fritz819@yahoo.com. This is a work of fiction and is based on no real persons, living or dead. If you enjoy this or any of the wonderful stories here, I hope you will consider a donation to the Nifty Archive to keep the site going. It is a treasure!!! http://donate.nifty.org/ 63 Randy jumped in his car and headed for the bank. He was there in under four minutes and walked inside to find Mr. Hunt with his hands cuffed behind him . The deputy had his gun out, holding it on him and a woman who, as it turned out, was not his wife, but Preacher Smith's wife. This was the same woman Mr. Hunt had been having an affair with prior to his circumcision and castration. "Get that gun off me or I'll shove it up your ass" the man was shouting at the deputy. "He attacked me" the deputy said excitedly. "When I cuffed him, he threw a punch right into my gut. If the bank security guy hadn't been here I think he might have got away." "Mr. Hunt, unfortunately you are under arrest" the sheriff said. "I told you that you were under house arrest and you could not leave your home. You are going to jail. You are going directly to jail. You will not be passin' go and you will not collect motherfuckin' two hundred dollars, asshole. And what are you doing with your slut instead of your wife?" "My wife is still out having her hair and her nails done" the man said angrily. "It always takes the bitch a half a day to get that shit done. She spends a goddamn fortune and she's never hit a lick at a fuckin' snake." "Now, what are you doing here?" Randy asked Mrs. Smith. "I figured youda' been out frantically searching for that worthless husband of yours." "Well, Michael called and told me he wanted to see me" the woman said. "He said his wife would be gone the rest of the day and he needed me to drive him here and then home again. He said he's still on pain medications for the pain where his nuts used to be. He said he would make me feel good if I'd do it." "How is he supposed to make you feel good?" the sheriff asked. "He don't even have any nuts." "He says he can still get it hard but that ain't what I'm interested in" the woman said. "He does some great things with his tongue. He does for me what that sorry assed husband of mine never would." "If I'm going to jail, can I at least get my bag out of my car?" the man asked. "What the fuck are you doing with a packed bag?" Mrs. Smith asked him. "You said we were just coming here then we'd go back to your house and you'd do me." "You stupid slut!" he said. "I just needed a ride to the fuckin' bank. Now that I'm going to jail, I don't care if you or my wife know. I was going to ditch you and take off. I wanted to get as far away from this shithole town as I could." "Get his bag out of his car and give Mrs. Smith his car keys. She ain't violated no laws that I know of so she can leave." "You can't give her my car!" he said. "I ordered that car special just for me. It even has an engraved brass plate with my name on it attached to the dashboard!" "Tough shit, Mr. Hunt," the sheriff said. "You won't be needin' no car sittin' your ass in a jail cell." The deputy retrieved the man's large suitcase and they walked him to the jail where Abe was busily working the phones. They put Mr. Hunt into the empty cell beside the one where the mayor's wife was still being held. "What about my safe deposit box?" Mr. Hunt asked angrily. "There was over a hundred thousand in cash in that." "That's not yours any more" the sheriff said. "Not a dime of it. Everything you had is now the property of your son, Phillip. Your father-in-law has signed all the necessary paperwork to turn management of your assets over to Mr. Howard Vague. I told the bank manager that Mr. Vague will have the paperwork to him by the end of the business day transferring everything you or your wife previously owned to your son with Mr. Vague managing things until Phillip reaches a legal age.I had planned to come to your home later today when I brought the doctor to check on you, in order to tell you and your wife you have thirty days to vacate the premises." "Where are we supposed to live?" the man asked. "How are we supposed to buy food?" "That's not my problem" the sheriff said. "You won't need a place to live any time soon cause your ass will be sittin' right there in that cell. You should have thought about that when you were holdin' your son down on that table while them assholes carved up his dick." The sheriff walked away as the man began to sob. He walked over to his desk where the governor's top aide, Abe Levin was working. When the man finished his phone call, the sheriff asked him how things had gone. "Beautifully, just beautifully" Abe said with a bright smile. "We have press coming in an hour from Mount Airy, Mount Pilot, Charlotte, and Raleigh for the news conference. I think we have all the ducks in a row and we should be ready to make an announcement that will rock the state." "That's great!" the sheriff said. As Mrs. Smith headed out to retrieve Mr. Hunt's car, the sheriff warned her that the car was now the property of Mr. Hunt's son. "If I go out to that house to check on things and that car ain't there, I'll be lookin' to arrest you and put you in a cell with that asshole." "Fuck you, sheriff," she said as she stomped out of the building. "Deputy, I need you to grab me a couple of them orange jumpsuits out of the back and a pair of scissors. The deputy shortly returned with the jumpsuits and the scissors. The sheriff proceeded to cut the sleeves off the jumpsuits right at the shoulder level. He then cut the legs off the garments right at the crotch level. "Randy, what in the world are you doing with them?" the deputy asked. "I'm fixin' outfits for Aunt Flea and Mrs. Bedford to wear tonight to choir practice" the sheriff said. "Randy, you've got to be kiddin'" the deputy said. "They're two of the most respected ladies in this town. You can't possibly send them out in public like that. Especially to church on choir practice night." "I most certainly am, deputy" Randy said. "I think I ought to try one of these on somebody to see how the cuts hit. These are both the ladies' size so I know I can't get my ass into one. That leaves you." "No, sheriff, I just couldn't..." the deputy protested. "Strip them goddamned clothes off right now or take off that badge for good" the sheriff ordered. "Get out of that mothrfuckin' uniform and be quick about it!" Abe snickered as the rail-thin deputy began to disrobe. The mayor's wife was snickering in her cell and Mr. Hunt had stopped sobbing to watch in amusement as the sheriff humiliated the deputy. When Arney was down to only his full white boxer shorts, he hoped that would be enough. "Get them boxers off!" the sheriff ordered. "I can't tell if I cut them too short if you've got your bloomers on. Strip now." The deputy's face was red as a beet as he slowly took off his boxer shorts, leaving him only in his brown socks which reached almost to his knees. "Now bring me one of them goddamned jumpsuits I cut up and make it fast or you'll be wearing one of these to work." Arney walked over to Randy's desk and handed one of the jumpsuits to the sheriff. Randy had the deputy lift each of his legs up to step into the jumpsuit. The man's tiny uncut cock was shriveled even smaller than usual. Randy could hear Abe snickering at the deputy's tiny meat. The sheriff held the deputy's diminutive prick between his two fingers as he zipped the jumpsuit up. Arney breathed a sigh of relief that his privates were no longer visible t everyone in the room. The amusing thing was that, although the deputy's dick was tiny, his meat and his nuts still hung below the spot where the sheriff had cut the jumpsuits. "Randy, they can't wear these" Arney said. "Why, their undergarments will hang out from under the jumpsuits." "They ain't wear no undergarments, deputy," the sheriff said. "Just the jumpsuits. I think it'll be kinda funny Ant Flea's fat buttcheeks and pussymeat hangin' out for the world to see. Now take that off and take them up to my house. Give them to Eliza and tell her the women are not to wear anything else but these. That means no panties, no brassieres, no girdles, no stockings, and no shoes." "I can't say them things to a female, sheriff" the deputy whined. "I'll die of embarrassment." "You better fuckin' do it and do it now" the sheriff snapped." Get out of that jumpsuit, get your ass dressed, and get them jumpsuits to them bitches!" He quickly stripped again and was dressed in his deputy's uniform in no time flat. Randy walked over to his desk where Abe was still working. "Damn, that poor deputy's got almost no dick at all" Abe said with a chuckle."I'm not the most hung guy in the world but my little Jewboy cock makes about five of his little green bean." "I ain't seen your cock on a hard, buddy, but I hear you sure know how to make Walt happy" the sheriff said. "His eyes really lit up when you walked in. Jeffy seemed pretty happy to see you too. " "They're both amazing g kids" Abe said. "I think we'll always have a connection because I was the first adult to give either one of those boys an adult cock. That Walt is a firecracker. Just a finger on that big clit of his and he goes off like a rocket. Not to mention what a tongue does to him. That first night we were together, I couldn't believe the grip that boy's pussy had on my cock. And just as I was about to shoot inside that sweet pussy, I felt Jeffy's tongue on my asshole. It was something I'll never forget. That whole group is the sexiest and sweetest little group of boys ever. They're all so uninhibited and willing to try anything. Has your boy Dopie managed to get your big piece of meat stuffed in him yet?" "Why, no, Abe," the sheriff answered with a surprised expression. "I think he's very happy with the governor's cock taking care of him. I saw how happy he made my boy and I'm grateful for it. I ain't actually put my cock in a one of `em. I'm a little on the large side and that ain't always a blessing." "I know you've got a big dick, sheriff," Abe responded. "I've seen it in the pool and in the hot tub and, although I've never seen it hard, I know that's a substantial piece of meat you're packing. But the boys are all wanting to see which one of them gets it inside their tiny holes first." "Are you kidding?" the sheriff asked. "I'm positive" Abe said with a smile. "You have no idea how those boys talk. They're all kind of betting that Billy Paul will be the first boy to get some sheriff dick because he was able to take Eamon's cock. That Billy Paul loves to bottom. I got a little sample of that last night before his brother got there and it is some fine boyhole. He moans like crazy when a hard one gets within a foot of his hole." "We better cool down this conversation before my meat tears out of my pants" the sheriff chuckled. "Did you think to call the mayor to invite him to be a part of the press conference?" "No, I didn't" Abe replied. "The governor specifically told me not to do that unless you instructed. We are aware of some difficulties with the incompetent ass and Jeremy felt those decisions should be in your hands." "You are aware that is the mayor's wife in the cell over there?" Randy asked. "I knew I recognized the face but I couldn't place it" Abe said. "What is she locked up for?" "I caught her breaking into my home, opening the safe and planning to make off with a wad of cash. It looks like she was following the instructions of Tara Bedford. I also learned that she molested an unwilling underage boy. She's another vile Gayberry bitch." "Sounds like it" Abe said. "Hasn't the mayor tried to get her out?" "Not really" Randy answered. "He's made some half-hearted attempts but I think he's perfectly happy having her out of the house so he can get some of his young daughter's puss." "Nothing in the world is more dangerous than young puss" Abe said. "Believe me, I know about that. I almost ruined myself and would have if Jeremy hadn't had a come to Jesus with me. I used to chase it. My wife caught me and it ruined our already shitty marriage. But it could have ruined my career except for a good lesson from Jeremy. My wife and I are still legally married but I haven't seen her or talked to her in several months. We get together for pictures on the holidays so the public won't know anything. I owe my career and very possibly my life to Jeremy. I almost flushed it down the toilet." "You have great admiration for that man" Randy said. "I can certainly see why." "I guess you could say we're soul mates or something" Abe said. "We became lovers in college but neither of us wanted the stigma of being homosexual so we both married. I kept trying to prove how straight I was by cavorting with women and mostly girls. It was a thirteen year old girl that almost brought me down. And I never touched the girl. I'd been fucking her mother but ditched her when she started threatening to tell my wife. When I didn't play ball, she made a false accusation that she'd caught me in bed with her thirteen year old brat. I was circling the drain when Jeremy insisted the girl undergo a medical examination. Thank God the girl's hymen was intact so we disproved the accusations." "It's really nice to have a lover who is also a friend" the sheriff said. "I've never had that until William came along and I couldn't have understood what you're even talking about until I met that man. We really seem to get along and enjoy each other with no games and no jealousy. Is that kind of what you and the governor have?" "Yetp, it sure is" Abe said. "His wife doesn't actually live in the governor's mansion. They get along really well and luckily his wife has found she actually enjoys the company of other women for sexual purposes. Their kids know nothing about that. They've been told they are with their mother in another home because of security concerns and they haven't questioned it at all. I actually share the bedroom with Jeremy in the governor's mansion and we enjoy welcoming other guests as often as we like. It works for us and for everyone concerned. My wife is considering marriage again. She met a really nice guy and I'm happy for her. She knew not to make a ruckus because I provide her with the kind of lifestyle she has come to expect." "Get this pervert out of the cell next to me!" Mrs. Dykes was screaming suddenly. The cells in the jail were separated only by iron bars and what went on in one cell was clearly visible to anyone occupying the other cell. "He's a fucking pervert and I am a fine Christian woman" the mayor's wife was saying very loudly. "I will not be disrespected like this." Abe and Randy walked over to the cell. "What's got you so stirred up, ma'am?" the sheriff asked. "That fuckin' pervert in that cell beside me. He was trying to hide but I saw him when he changed clothes." "You saw what, Mrs. Dykes?" the sheriff asked. "I saw him take off his clothes and put on that white bathrobe" she said. "The deputy gave him the robe when the prisoner asked if he could take a shower. But when he undressed, I saw him put on a pair of women's panties. It ain't right. It's sick and it's perverted. Men don't wear women's underwear." "I don't know what that crazy bitch is talking about" Mr. Hunt said innocently. "I'm the one who should be worried, put into a cell next to a raving lunatic." "Then you do not have on women's lingerie under the robe?" the sheriff asked. "I instructed the deputy to provide the robe for Mr. Hunt, ma'am. The man has sutures in his private area and he must be bathed often in order to keep the sutures clean and prevent infection. I think you must be mistaken." "I most certainly am not mistaken" the woman said. "I know lacy panties when I see them and I saw that pervert put on a pair of lacy panties. I know I did." "Deputy, take the prisoner to the back room now" Randy ordered. "You should've done a body caviry search on him when he came in. He could be hidin' weapons on his body. He's a sneaky one." "But , sheriff, we ain't never done a body cavity search on prisoners when..." the deputy tried to reply. "Do it and do it now, deputy," Randy barked. "And then go out front and make sure they have that stage set up properly and all the bunting is in place. It won't be long before the governor gets here." The deputy knew he meant business and immediately got the prisoner, his hands behind him and led him to the back room of the jail. "The governor is in town?" Mrs. Dykes asked, her ears perking up. "I didn't know the governor was coming to town. Is my husband aware? I wonder if perhaps Franklin notified him regarding what has gone on here and the governor has come to free me from this jail. It certainly wouldn't be proper for a state official to visit a town without notifying the mayor." "I can't answer that, Mrs. Dykes," the sheriff said. "But maybe Mr. Levin can. He is the governor's top assistant. He remembered you from the pageant the other night." "Oh, of course" the woman said. "I'm sorry I didn't recognize you, Mr. Levin. It was just such a busy time for all of us with the pageant and everything." "Of course it was" Abe said graciously. "I can't tell you whether Mayor Dykes was contacted regarding the visit. That is outside my purview. Now if you'll excuse me, I must join the sheriff." As Randy guided Abe to the back room of the jail, he reminded him that Mr. Hunt was the father of Phillip and what the man had done to his son. "That fuckin' bastard!" Mr. Levin said quietly but threateningly. They walked into the back room of the jail where Mr. Hunt was on his back on the bed, one of his wrists handcuffed to the iron headboard. "Get that fuckn' robe off and do it quick" the sheriff barked at the prisoner. Mr. Hunt attempted to comply but was unable to get the sleeve off his arm where he was cuffed. Randy took out his knife and quickly cut the sleeve from the robe, leaving the man dressed only in a pair of lacy women's panties. "What the fuck is this all about, asshole?" the sheriff asked him. "Well, I didn't know anyone would be seeing me like this, sheriff," the man said. "I've had a thing for women's lingerie most of my life and no one has ever found out about it except for my wife. She doesn't like it but she's always agreed to look the other way as long as I supported her lifestyle. There's just something about the feel of a pair of sheer panties feels on my privates." "Mr. Levin, I suppose I need to bring you up to date" the sheriff said. "Mr. Hunt was kidnapped by a couple of black klansmen a few days ago, according to his story. He was taken from his office to a location unknown to him where a circumcision and castration were performed on him without anesthesia. He was then dumped in his own car in his own driveway and was found to have his girlfriend naked in the trunk of the car. Mr. Hunt is married and was under house arrest for a sexuall assault on his son as well as for embezzlement of funds from the company he was running. Mr. Hunt was one of the most respected businessmen in this town until now and while he was under house arrest, he violated that and was found at the Gayberry Bank this morning, attempting to clean out thousands of dollars of embezzled money from his safe deposit box, accompanied by his girlfriend." "Damn!" Abe exclaimed. "Sounds like this son of a bitch will be going away to prison maybe for the rest of his fucking life. This administration takes crime and corruption very seriously and it sounds as if this fine sheriff has you dead to rights." The sheriff and Abe looked over Mr. Hunt's body. He was an attractive man with a nicely haired chest and bushy pits. He had a nice patch of brown hair on his tummy, thickening as it disappeared into the sheer panties. His legs were nicely muscled and moderately hairy. He had obviously taken care of his body until this tragedy had happened to him. "The doctor says that Mr. Hunt is pretty much done for sexually without his nuts" the sheriff said. "Apparently he has some testosterone left in his body but that will give out soon enough if it ain't already. He might be able to get a half-assed erection for a little longer but he'll never have another throbbing hard on like we men love to have. He can have some kind of rod inserted in that pecker, but it won't give him any sensation and would just be somethin' for a woman to ride on. The doctor thinks his best bet might be to see if he's eligible for one of them experimental surgeries where they'd change him into a woman. He says they can take that pecker of his and cut it down into a clit so he could have a little fun with it. He can also get good feelins getting' things in his hole to stimulate him but the doctor says the chances of him ever actually havin' another real climax are slim to none. Of course none of this can be addressed until them dressins' come off of his privates. He's got gauze over where he got circumcised and over the sutures where he was stitched up after they took his nuts. They took pretty much all of his nut sac too, accordin' to the doc." "Should we have a look to make sure there are no signs of infection?" Abe asked. "We certainly wouldn't want that because that might narrow his options considerably." "Please, please, no" the man began to beg. "Please don't touch me. I'm fine. Just please leave me alone. Any time I'm touched it just hurts more than I can take. I'm really fine." "I ain't so sure" the sheriff said. "I think we need to have a look. You want to help me spread his legs, Abe?" "Of course, sheriff," Abe answered. "I really respect how you look after your prisoners. This town is so lucky to have you to protect them – even the bad apples." They each got one of the man's hairy legs and pulled them apart, each stroking one of the hairy, muscled extremities. "This sure seems a waste of a very nice male body" Abe said as he and the sheriff slid the lacy panties down the man's thighs and off his ankles, leaving him totally exposed. As Abe reached in to touch the sutures where his nuts once were, the man kicked, striking Abe's head with his foot. "Why you little son of a bitch prick!" the sheriff said angrily. "You have now added a charge of assaulting an officer of the state!" Abe said he was fine but Randy's handling of the man became rough. The sheriff pulled the man's limp cock out of the way and began to press on the sutured area where the nut sac had once been. He was pressing painfully and the man began to wail. Please don't!" the man screamed. "Don't fucking touch me! That hurts! I can't stand it!" "Open your legs!" the sheriff ordered, explaining to Abe that the man had been raped repeatedly and the doctor had found his anus to be very irritated. The man spread his legs as wide as he could and Randy and Abe each took a leg, flexed it at the knee and lifted it up so that the man's legs were now over his head and his hole exposed. "I don't think the doc put any sutures inside his hole, but you might want to feel up in there and make sure things feel all right." "My pleasure" Abe said with a smile as he spit on the index and middle fingers of his right hand and began to circle Mr. Hunt's hole. Abe then inserted two fingers all the way into the man as he gasped loudly. "This fucker has a big old prostate gland" Abe said. "I bet that thing could give him a lot of pleasure. Too bad it's just going to dry up and wither away." Mr. Hunt was moaning softly now as Abe massaged his prostate gland. He was also cooing each time the man removed his fingers. "You like that don't you, asshole?" Abe asked. "Please, it feels so good" the man said softly. He lay with his eyes closed as Abe inserted and removed his fingers from the hole. "Beg for it, asshole," Abe ordered. "Please don't stop" the man begged. "It feels so good." "You going to suck my dick if I keep this up?" Abe asked. "Yes, sir," the man said. "Just please don't stop. Please." "Beg for it" Abe said. "Beg for my dick." "Please" the man said. "Please let me suck your dick." "You nasty little faggot!" Abe said, removing his hand roughly as the man started to sob. "I won't ever do anything to give a man like you pleasure" Abe said. "You hurt boys and you don't deserve another second of pleasure as long as you live!' Randy was laughing as the man begged for something to be put in his hole. He promised to suck anyone they wanted him to suck if only they would put something in his hole. "I think we better check your circumcision before the press gets here" the sheriff said as he began to unwrap the gauze from the man's bloody cock. "Oh no!" he begged. "Please! Please! Please don't do that! It's healing just fine. I swear to God! Please don't do that!" Randy roughly removed the gauze from the man's wounded penis as he screamed in agony as the crusty gauze was jerked away. "It ain't hurtin' nothin' now compared to when we pour this alcohol on it" the sheriff laughed. "Abe, you want to do the honors?" "Of course" Abe said, taking the bottle of rubbing alcohol and pouring it on the tip of the man's now-bleeding penis. Mr. Hunt began to scream as the two men just laughed at him. They left Mr. Hunt screaming and writhing on the alcohol-soaked bed as they went out and closed the door. "What were you doing to that poor man back there?" Mrs. Dykes wanted to know. "Will you make up your mind, bitch?" Randy asked. "One minute he's a perv you want removed from your sight and the next minute you're accusing us of mistreating him. I'm beginning to see why your husband is letting you sit and rot in this jail cell. He'd probably leave you here even if he wasn't getting' all the young puss he wants from your daughter and her good buddy, Sarah." "You lying, evil son of a bitch!" Mrs. Dykes screamed at the sheriff. "I demand to speak with the governor when he gets here. I demand it as the wife of the Gayberry mayor." "I will relay your request to the governor" Abe said nonchalantly as he returned to the desk. As Mrs. Dykes sat in her cell fuming, William, Howard, and the governor walked in the door. After exchanging greetings and hugs, the governor appeared unable to contain his excitement. "It's all come together!" the governor said. "Gayberry will be the model for the rest of the state. Mr. Blount and Mr. Churchill have donated a hundred acres of beautiful land for our project. Abe has secured funding to provide loans for homes with no down payments for those who sustained a loss in the burning of the colony. He also has commitments from others who will build in the new community and one of the state's leading architects has house plans ready to start building. Bedford Construction is moving as we speak to grate the roads we will need to show off the home lots. We can start taking reservations for lots as early as tomorrow morning!" "That's really amazing! the sheriff said. "Congratulations to all of you and to all of us. Do the Bentley brothers know about this? This will enable every single person who lived in the colony to have a new, grand home in a beautiful new community." "Oh yes, they know, sheriff," the governor said. "They are on their way here with Mr. Churchill and Mr. Blount. We have enough chairs on the dais for all of us." "I believe I'll skip the dais and just mingle in the crowd" the sheriff said. "Oh no" the governor said. "If you hadn't put all of us together this wouldn't be happening" the governor said. "Besides, you're the titular head of Bedford Construction. Abe has talked to Mr. House while he was still in the Honduras and he has agreed to take over as co-owner of the business with you as you and Abe discussed. He is very thrilled to have the opportunity and is chomping at the bit to get back here and get to work." "Well, okay, if you insist but I'd rather not have to talk" Randy said. "I ain't much of a public speaker." "That is not a problem" the governor said. "William, Gerome Bentley and I can do most of the talking and we have handouts for the press so there shouldn't be many questions." "I appreciate that, governor," the sheriff chuckled. Mayor Dykes walked in the door at that moment, looking mad as a wet hen. "What is going on here?" the mayor huffed. "The governor is in town and I, the mayor of this town, am not notified? Unacceptable. Just unacceptable. Sheriff, I will have your badge for this. You have usurped my authority one time too many and you will be gone." "Simmer down, mayor," said the governor. "It was not the sheriff's responsibility to notify you that I'd be here for a visit. It was the responsibility of my office and I gave Abe specific instructions that you were not to be notified. You have a reputation for having a blabber mouth and an out of control family. We had negotiations in progress which could have been spoiled if any word of this leaked. It was too important to take a chance on letting an immoral imbecile know a single thing." "Governor," the mayor said angrily, "I have about had enough of you and the sheriff colluding to undermine my authority!" "If you say another word, Mayor Dykes, I will have the sheriff lock you in that empty cell!" "You'll do no such thing!" the mayor said, getting angrier by the minute. "Not another word, mayor," the governor said, "unless you want everyone in this town to know what a mess you made of the new clinic that went to ruin. Yes, I know how you totally mishandled that and made terrible decisions that cost t his town thousands and thousands of dollars and put the health of each and every citizen in this town at risk. There appears to be substantial evidence that you pocketed a shitload of money through bribes and overcharges. If you want this town to know that you are dallying with teenage girls, including getting puss from your own underage daughter, just fuck with me, Mayor Dykes!" "Why, you son of a bitch!" the mayor shouted, heading for the governor with a clenched fist. Randy immediately grabbed the mayor before he reached the governor and wrenched his arm behind him. The mayor was still struggling but was unable to reach the governor. "Lock his fat ass up, please, sheriff, until this is over" the governor said quietly. "You do not attack the governor of this state with impunity. You'll pay for this fuckup, Franklin." "You piece of shit!" the mayor bellowed. "I'll have your ass for this! I supported you and you carried this town. Well, you need to know that this is my town and my voters and you can bet they'll always do exactly what I tell them to!" The mayor was still bellowing as the governor and the other men walked out of the building to the gathered reporters and a cheering crowd. The press conference went very well, just as it had been planned. The governor made the announcement about the new real estate developments as well as announcing that Dr. Foster had agreed to come out of retirement to take over management and operations at the clinic, which would be opened very soon. The governor went a bit farther to let the citizens know that the entire expensive clinic project had been mismanaged and that the whole fiasco had occurred on the watch of the previous administration in Raleigh and the current administration in Gayberry. When the governor brought Dr. Foster up to acknowledge his contributions, the doctor introduced Rafe and Kurt. Rafe was beaming when all of the press began snapping photos with the governor's arm around the boy. The governor also introduced Howard Vague to the town and explained he would be a citizen of Gayberry for the time being to administer the plan as well as to work with William's task force on corruption. The man was welcomed enthusiastically. Following the ceremony, Randy heard several whispers about the mayor not being present. He pretended to ignore the whispers, smiling his way through. When it was over, Mr. Vague left to run by his room where Eliza was preparing lunch for him. He agreed to check on the jumpsuits Randy had sent earlier and expressed his desire to join the group for choir practice later in the evening. Randy assured him he would be a welcome addition to the group The governor, Abe, William, Johnny, and Randy went back into the courthouse where the mayor was still raising hell about being locked up. Mr. Hunt could also be heard in the back room screaming about how he was demanding to be released. "Sheriff, you deserve an award for living in this goddamned zoo!" the governor said. "The boys here are the most mannerly, most polite individuals I have ever had the pleasure of knowing but the adults are another story indeed I will feel terrible about leaving you in this mess without offering a bit of help. Abe, do we have the brown bag in the car?" "Yes, sir, I'm sure it's there" Abe said. "We never travel without it." "Sheriff, I don't want to get in your way, but I do feel our presence here has caused at least part of this problem and I'd feel terrible leaving without at least offering some assistance if you would permit." "Why, governor, I am always appreciative of any help I can get" the sheriff said. "What do you have in mind?" "I think a little discipline for the mayor and that screaming man in the back might be in order. Is the man in the back the one who cut that beautiful Phillip I met last evening?" "Yes, sir," the sheriff said. "It's Mr. Mike Hunt who was caught earlier trying to raid his safe deposit box and leave town with thousands of dollars which are not his property. He's already been cut and castrated but I guess some people take more discipline than others." "Indeed they do" the governor said. "I've been knowing it would come to this with the mayor since the day I met him but I had hoped I was wrong. I don't know how you've put up with the incompetent ass for as long as you have. When Abe and William brought me Mr. Vague's analysis of the financials on that clinic fiasco, I knew he had to go. He pocketed thousands of dollars and left this town with a white elephant which was empty and crumbling." "I didn't know about the financial mismanagement, but Dr. Foster will have it whipped into a facility the town can be proud of in no time." "He sure will" said Johnny. "I was there helping out a little with the doctor, Rafe, and Kurt this morning. It will be a prime example of what a medical facility should be in a town this size. Doctor Foster knows what he's doing and it's really pretty amazing. So are the boys helping him. Both those kids graduated high school at sixteen and have sharp minds. Dad and the sheriff are bringing them to Raleigh next weekend to look at the campus in hope of getting them inspired to attend college. I think they're both ready and the doctor has agreed to work with them to prepare them to klep all of the freshman courses so both can enter the university as sophomores." "That's exciting to hear" the governor said. "Both of those boys were victims of that goddamned holiness group weren't they? "Yes, sir," William said. "Kurt was the one whose uncle ran the church. The uncle and the boy's own dad held him down and circumcised him with no sedation or anesthesia in front of the group of men they called elders. Rafe didn't get cut because we arrested the preacher on the day they were going to cut the boy that evening. His mom was a single mother and was letting the whole thing happen. Thankfully she left town and won't be coming back. We will take care of the boy and make sure he gets everything he needs." "I guess I'll never understand how anyone could do things like that to a sweet, innocent young boy" the governor said. William went to the back room and got the still buck naked Michael Hunt out of the back room. The man looked pretty rough, the tip of his cock was not visible due to the drying blood from the gauze being ripped off roughly. Randy escorted the fully dressed mayor over toward the huge desk, his hands still cuffed behind him. The mayor was still threatening all of the men as the governor instructed both men to bend over the desk and extend their arms to the other side. The mayor stood erect, refusing to move. "You don't have the authority to do this" he spat. "I am the mayor in this town." "And I am the governor in this state and you will do exactly as I say" the governor said sharply. "Otherwise I will pick up the phone to Eamon Biden,t he warden of the state prison in Statesville, and have him come here, pick you up, and incarcerate your ass there as long as I feel appropriate. I can have William Walker or Sheriff Gaylor sign off. Their positions as head of the task forces I have established give them a huge amount of power which has never been in play in this state before. Now get those fucking clothes off and bend over that desk." The mayor looked frightened now. He knew about the horrors of Statesville and that was the last place he wanted to be, especially now that he had two teenage girls at his beck and call at home and his wife out of the way in a jail cell. He undressed except for his boxer shorts and continued to stand beside the desk, glaring at the sheriff ad William. "Did I tell you to keep those shorts on, mayor?" the governor asked. "Get those goddamned things off right now!" "But I don't like being naked in front of other men" the mayor objected. "And I don't give one tiny shit what you like or don't like!" the governor barked. "Get those fucking shorts off now! I'm sure all of us men here have seen stubby little monkey dicks before." All of the men laughed which made the mayor even more angry. Mrs. Dykes had been watching the whole thing with an amused expression. She now joined the rest of the men in laughing out loud. Mr. Hunt was already bent over the desk with his arms outstretched. The man was hopeful he would get some more assplay out of this as it was the only pleasure he had after being castrated. The mayor joined him in assuming the position, exposing his hairy, overweight and meaty butt cheeks. "What do you want first, governor," Abe asked. "I think a couple of the leather straps to start with" the governor said. "Johnny, would you like to join me in going first?" "Why of course, governor," the boy said enthusiastically. The governor got behind the mayor and Johnny got behind Mr. Hunt, holding the wide leather straps. The men yelped as the leather strap burned their flesh on the first lick. The mayor stood and the governor instructed Abe to get on the other side of the desk and hold him down. Johnny and the governor unleashed a torrent of painful licks with the leather and shortly both men were begging them to stop. It was pointless as they continued for several minutes until both men were begging and sobbing in pain. Their cheeks were becoming quite red when the governor said it was time for William and Randy to take the straps. "No, please, I can't take it" Mr. Hunt said. "Is that what your own son was saying when you were carving his little cock like a Halloween pumpkin?" the governor asked. Mr. Hunt did not reply as he continued to sob. "Take a few deep breaths, boys," the sheriff said. "Me and William got fresh arms." They unleashed a torrent of even harder licks than the governor and Johnny had administered. The men were squirming and trying to get away from the leather straps but Abe and the governor held them down, with Johnny assisting. After a bit, the governor and Johnny took over again but with wooden paddles. These seemed to do more damage as there were several spots of bruising on each man and it looked as if they might start to bleed at any moment. Both men were sobbing and begging them to stop but they continued as if they didn't hear a word. William and the sheriff took another round and shortly after they began, both men had a couple of spots oozing blood. "Maybe we need a little break" the governor said. "Abe, will you get the alcohol?" Mr. Hunt started to shriek, knowing how the alcohol would burn on the open wounds but the mayor had no idea. He just continued to curse as he sobbed. Both men screamed as Abe applied the rubbing alcohol to their open wounds. All the men and the mayor's wife laughed, enjoying the sight. The men were allowed to stand erect and it became apparent the mayor had a stiffie sticking out from his thick bush. "Oh, lookie here" Abe said. "The mayor's got a stiffie. He must like getting his ass beat in front of his wife." "Why, you son of a bitch!" the mayor said, turning suddenly and clenching a fist. "Whoa, asshole," Johnny said, jumping between the men to protect the governor. "You do that and we'll start this all over from the beginning" the governor said. "We could take the flesh off your bones the way owners used to do to their slaves. It was awful for them and we can make it awful for you. Does Mr. Hunt like to suck cock?" the governor asked. "He says he doesn't but he sure loves having a finger in his manhole" the sheriff chuckled. "Get down there and suck the mayor's cock" Abe ordered the stunned man. "I've never done that" the man said. "I never will put my mouth on..." His words were interrupted as Abe grabbed a fistful of his hair and forced him to his knees. He was refusing to open his mouth and the mayor simply stood there, his thick, stubby cock sticking straight out from his thick pubic patch. Mr. Hunt, I'm giving you five seconds to get that little cock in your mouth all the way of I will personally beat the flesh off your bones" Abe said roughly. Abe said it quietly but there was no doubt he meant business. Mr. Hunt opened his mouth and took the mayor's cock into his mouth and began to suck, even as he was gagging violently. "You're going to keep sucking that dick till it gives you his nasty load so it's up to you how long this goes on." "He'd be much happier if he could get it in his hole" Randy chuckled as the men all laughed, watching the mayor get his cock sucked by the straight man with no nuts. "It won't take him long" Mrs. Dykes added, as the men continued to laugh. "He usually couldn't even get it inside before he shot his stuff on my thigh." The men laughed even louder as it was apparent the mayor was cumming as he grabbed Mr. Hunt's head and held him onto his cock, feeding him his load. "Well that was a disappointment, wasn't it" Abe said. "How do you think I've felt all my life?" Mrs. Dykes asked bitterly. "It's always been about him alone and nobody else." "I know you men have worked up an appetite" the sheriff said. "Abe told me you were planning to eat on the road but I hope you'll let me feed you at my house. Mr. Vague went ahead just a short time ago. There is always plenty at my house and it will be good. I'll call Eliza and tell her we're on her way." "Oh joy!" Johnny exclaimed. "I'll get to meet Mrs. Bedford. When dad and Abe told me about the Miss Gayberry Pageant I swore I just had to meet her on my first visit. Now I'll get to." William ruffled his son's thick curls and put an arm around him. "You will indeed get to meet the infamous Mrs. Tara Bedford. She rivals your mother for the title of bitch of the south." They all enjoyed a good laugh as Randy put the naked mayor and the naked Mr. Hunt in a cell together, the mayor's wife watching disgustedly from the next cell. Randy called Eliza who was thrilled to be having the governor for lunch and she said they had plenty of good food to feed everyone. The men loaded into the governor's limo and made their way the short distance to Randy's former residence. "What a charming home!" the governor exclaimed. "It must have been hard to leave it." "It was a bit hard to leave" the sheriff said. "I've enjoyed this house as it belonged to my parents. But what I have now is so much better. There wouldn't have been room in this house for William and his boys and the doc and the sweet boys we have living with us now. I know I made the right decision and I have not a single regret. I feel like William and I have kind of established a whole new family. It may not be to ever'one's tastes, but I don't really give a fuck what nobody else thinks." "Hear, hear" the governor said as they all entered the home. Eliza had the table set beautifully with fresh flowers and the best china. Randy could smell roast beef and he saw Mrs. Bedford and Aunt Flea bringing out bowls of mashed potatoes with brown gravy and English peas. He could also smell fresh rolls right out of the oven. All of the men went upstairs to wash up and then took seats at the table. Randy had introduced all of them to Eliza and he now asked Eliza to bring Aunt Flea and Mrs. Bedford out to meet the guests. The women had been in the kitchen since they arrived and Mrs. Bedford's eyes widened when she saw the governor. She had entertained several governors as guest in her own beautiful home and now she was reduced to serving them in the ridiculous, revealing and ill-fitted maid costume she was forced to wear because of the sheriff. "If this meal even comes close to tasting as delicious as it smells, I might have to steal both of you ladies and take you to Raleigh" the governor said. "We don't often get such delicious home-cooked meals up in Raleigh" Abe said. "It's something I do miss." "Governor, I'm sure you remember that I held a fund raiser in my beautiful home here in Gayberry shortly after you announced your candidacy" Mrs. Bedford said haughtily. "As a matter of fact I do remember" the governor said. "I had forgotten it until last night when we were guests in the home. It is so different now with the sounds of children playing. It's almost unrecognizable from the museum you lived in. I also remember that Abe overheard a conversation between you and one of your friendsi n which yous aid you held those events for all candidates. I believe you told the gentleman he shouldn't even bother writing a check to me and that you were strongly supporting my opponent. And I have instructed Abe to look up all the donations we received that evening at your home. We will be making a donation of equal value to the NAACP. It is our policy not to accept donations from the KKK and other white supremacist groups and, in retrospect, I believe the funds we received that night were likely tainted by racism." "Why , you nigger-lovin' son of a..." Mrs. Bedford grabbed a fork and started for the governor suddenly. Everyone was caught unawares except for Howard Vague who calmly stood and grabbed the fork out of her hand, wrenching her arm painfully behind her and spinning her around. "That's quite enough of that, Mrs. Bedford" the man said calmly and quietly. "You will now excuse yourself from this dining room and we will deal with this once we have enjoyed our meal. Our compliments to you and Miss Flea for preparing an excellent meal. Leave now." The woman looked frightened. "I certainly apologize to you for that but we all know servants can be difficult" the man said with a soft chuckle. Randy has put these two women in the charge of Eliza and myself and I'm afraid they don't yet quite understand what servitude means. I assue you it will be dealt with after our meal and I invite all of you to participate." The men told Howard about what had happened at the jail with the mayor and Mr. Hunt but assured him they still had plenty of fire power left. Lunch was delicious and the men enjoyed one another's company. Johnny, seated between his father and the sheriff, seemed particularly happy and Randy felt himself feeling attracted to the boy and feeling even more respect for his father for having raised such a fine young human even under deplorable circumstances. The talk turned to the events earlier at the jail. "William, I had no idea you could wield a paddle like that" Abe said. "You must have had some experience. I hope it wasn't with those sweet boys of yours." "Oh no" William said. "I experimented with some alternative stuff in college. I've been really open with Johnny about that. I've only raised my hand to him once in all these years but I remember it well." "So do I, dad," the boy said. "I don't think I'll ever forget it. I had been throwing my new basketball around in the house and you had told me not to do that. You told me to take the basketball outside. I didn't listen and ended up breaking one of mom's treasured pieces of Lladro. She was furious and you weren't happy with me either. You took me up to my bedroom, made me pull my pants and underwear off and you lit into my little butt. I remember it hurt and I cried but you were very stern, explaining that there were rules to be followed. I remember how I felt when you left the room. I thought you hated me and would never forgive me. But then later you came back to my room. You got in bed with me and told me that it was the most painful thing you had ever had to do. You held me and we cried together. That was the night I knew without a doubt how very much you loved me and I made a decision to never let you down again." "And you haven't, you beautiful boy!" William said, putting his arm around the boy. "I think punishment is important" the governor said. "Youngsters have to learn respect. If they don't respect the rules they aren't likely to be good citizens. Have you ever spanked Dopie, sheriff?" "Not that often" the sheriff said. "He's generally a well-behaved boy. I did have to get him about riding his bike on the sidewalk and almost knocking down an old lady with groceries. That was after a warning and I wore him out good in front of my deputy. I made him stand in the corner of the jail for an hour afterward with his pants still at his ankles, his butt bared to everyone coming in and out of the courthouse. He has never done that again and he remembers it to this day. He knows that I mean what I say and there is a price to be paid for not minding and respecting rules." "He's a very respectful and loving boy" the governor said. "I don't have to tell you that I'm crazy about him. I was looking very closely last night and he's starting to get a very thick growth of almost invisible light blonde fuzz over his cocklet. His nuts have started to drop. I think he's about to burst into puberty. While I love touching and loving on his hairless body, I can hardly wait to see him sprout what I think will be a fiery red bush and chest pelt that may even be thicker than his own father's. That's not unusual in boys who get a little bit of a late start. What about you, Howard? Did your dad ever take you to the woodshed?" "Oh no!" the man said quietly. "My mother would never have allowed it. Unfortunately, my father and I never had a relationship at all. We weren't allowed to. Mother always wanted to be the center of attention in both of our lives. I think it may have been a bit of a relief to her when he had the massive heart attack. I had just begun to hit puberty and was considering standing up to mother and insisting she let me have some time with just my dad. I never got that time because he was gone in an instant. I am still totally intimidated by her and wrapped around her finger. I realize that yet I can't seem to do anything about it. I have been happier in these few days that I've been here than I've ever been. I know that is why I am able to be such a stern disciplinarian with Miss Flea and Mrs. Bedford. The things I do to them are most certainly things I would enjoy telling to my mother and doing to my mother but I have been totally incapable of doing so." "So you and your father had no relationship at all?" Abe asked. "That's correct" Howard said. "I remember him being a very polite, well-mannered man – always a gentleman. He could never say no to my mother and I think that was probably his downfall. She seemed to have some hold over him. I was never allowed to see him naked and I don't remember him ever seeing me in the nude. Mommy either. She insisted we always be clothed or behind locked doors in our home. It is, I am sure, why I never let anyone see me any way other than fully dressed. I think I would like to break out of this rigidity but I have, so far, been simply unable to do so. I think it has made me a stronger, more focused man but I think at times there must be more to life. All of you know what I do up at the service station and here with the Alabama boys. I'm not ashamed of that at all. I just find it impossible to use coarse language or to let another person see me without clothing." "You seem happy in spite of all that" Johnny remarked. "I am a very happy man" Howard said. "I love the work I am doing and I really am enjoying the new people I am meeting here. I am by no means unhappy. There are just a couple of areas of my life I have, so far, been unable to change. My mother is pushing me to find my own place so she can move here with me. So far, I have resisted, although I don't know how much longer I can do that. I don't even know whether I want to resist it." "I kind of understand the part about not being naked in front of other family members" the sheriff said. "I was raised that way too though not to the extreme like Howard. But I had never let Dopie even get a glimpse of my pecker until William came into our lives. He's taught me to be more open with my boy, although there are some things I think Dopie still wants to do that get me all embarrassed." "You're coming right along, sheriff" the governor said. "And you're right. There are things Dopie wants to do with you. He's talked to me about them. And I brought him a gift this week. I'll leave it with him whether or not to share what I've said with you but I don't think you'll have a problem with it. Those boys talk all the time and much of it is about sex. There's not a thing any of them has done that the others don't know about. And that's not a bad thing. That group of boys has a tighter bond than many brothers I've met over the years." "Are you gentlemen ready for some home-made apple pie?" Eliza asked, entering the room with a pie fresh out of the oven. "Who could resist?" asked the governor. "I don't know about you guys, but I could use a break before I dive into dessert. Howard, did you want our assistance in disciplining Mrs. Bedford?" "I would very much appreciate that" he said. "She is very headstrong and very difficult. This is a woman, much like my own mother, who has always gotten her own way. She has run roughshod over others and can't quite comprehend that those days are over. I will share with you that she responds very negatively to a man's hand or digits getting close to her private regions. If I had not been told she had mothered three sons, I would suspect that a man had never been allowed to have any kind of relations with her. I am told by the sheriff and Eliza that she prefers relations with other women to any sexual relationship with a man." "I ain't so sure she ever did have relations,a s you say, with a man" Randy said. "The doctor is slowly finding some of her husband's writings in his guesthouse. Apparently, Mrs. Bedford never allowed her husband to live in the main house with her and her sons. There appears to be some evidence that he arranged quiet adoptions of the three boys or that he may have fathered them with another woman without Mrs. Bedford's knowledge. It is a hard trail to follow but there is also some evidence that she may have had a hand in her husband's demise." "Wow!" the governor and Abe said. "I thought nothing couldstop the story about her catching fire at the pageant and climbing buck naked back onto the stage but there's a whole lot more than that" Johnny said. All the men laughed as they agreed the governor would start. It was agreed that Aunt Flea would stand by and watch as Mrs. Bedford was being disciplined for her racist remark just prior to lunch. The men all took seats on the sofa and chairs in the living room and Mrs. Bedford and Flea were brought in by Eliza. Mr. Vague handed the paddle to the governor. It was the pingpong paddle Randy had used on the women previously. "If you prefer your other utensils, please feel free" Howard said politely. "Mrs. Bedford, you need to remove your garments and undergarments and get over the governor's knee, please" Howard said quietly. "And what if I don't?" the woman asked defiantly. "Oh you will" Mr. Vague said. "You can either do it on your own of Abe and I will hold you down while he punishes you." "I don't want either of your nasty hands on my body!" she spat. "Then you better move fast" Howard said as she began to disrobe. She was glaring at all of the men as if she would love nothing more than strangling each of them. But she quickly disrobed as if she didn't want to be touched. She had once had a voluptuous body but now her titties were thin and sagged almost to her waist. There was barely any hair on her pubes and what was left was mostly gray and singed. Her ass was thin and saggy but all of the men were anxious to have a turn punishing her racist ass. She bent across the governor's lap and he began with swats using his open hand. The slaps were loud and hard but it was obvious she didn't want his hand touching her. After eight slaps with his hand he took the ping pong paddle and gave a series of twenty hard, noisy swats. She remained silent, although the punishment was painful. The governor handed the paddle back to Howard and pushed the woman off his lap. "Who's next?" Howard asked cheerily. "Johnny, would you like a turn?" "I think I would" Johnny said. "I've never spanked a woman but I don't imagine it's much different." "This is not the firm, young, muscled ass you spank on your fraternity brothers" his father chuckled. All the men joined in the laugh as the woman bent over the handsome young man's knees. "Don't be afraid to touch her if you want to, son" William said. "We don't mind if you are curious about a woman's cunt, even if it isn't a quality one." Again the men all laughed and the woman glared furiously. Aunt Flea seemed to be getting angry as well, glaring at the men now with hatred in her eyes. Johnny rubbed the soft, flabby ass a bit with his fingers, parting her cheeks to see her brown, almost hairless hole. "Umm, I don't think I want to put my finger in there" he chuckled as all the men again laughed. The boy's fingers were now drifting down toward the puss and Mrs. Bedford appeared more uncomfortable. "Randy, you should put a stop to this!" Aunt Flea said angrily. "It is unseemly for a woman to be treated in this manner by a young man." "What was unseemly was for your friend to use racist language and to attempt to strike a governor" the sheriff said. "What is equally unseemly is for you to defend and enable her when she does it. Get them clothes off and get across my fucking knee right this minute." The woman heard the anger in her nephew's voice and hastily stripped naked and spread herself over her nephew's knees as he began slapping her flabby butt cheeks with his big, open palm. Both women were sobbing and wailing now. This continued as Abe and William took turns with the woman. The women both had very red butts now with some spots slightly bleeding. "Good job, men," Howard said as they dumped the women onto the floor. The two women had given up on trying to hide their titties or their cunts with their hands and now just lay in the floor sobbing. "I hope you have learned something today" Howard said in his quiet, even voice. "Although at your ages, if you haven't learned by now I realize it is unlikely that you ever will. Eliza, please take them upstairs, apply some alcohol to their wounds and get them bathed. It won't be long before choir practice." "Randy, did you retrieve us some clothes to wear to church tonight?" Aund Flea asked between her sobs. "The deputy has brought clothing for both of you" the sheriff replied. "Eliza has it and will help you both dress for the evening. And don't think about misbehaving. Howard is joining the choir and William and I may attend as well." Eliza led the naked women up the stairs as the men returned to the table to enjoy freshly baked apple pie. They could hear the women screaming as Eliza poured alcohol onto their fresh wounds. "You have your hands full with those two, Howard" the governor said. "Good luck with that." "I just realized something today" Howard said. "I am enjoying their punishment so much because it is exactly the kind of thing I would dearly love to do to my own overbearing mother." "I think you should consider that, Howard," Abe said. "Move her in here and treat her the way these women are being treated. It sounds like she has some lessons she never learned" he added as all of the men enjoyed the pie and their pie and their new friendships. "I would love a nap after that" the governor said, but I suspect Abe is going to tell me we have to hit the road." "That's right, guv" his assistant said as the men exchanged hugs. "Although something tells me it won't be long before you find some excuse to head back to Gayberry." "You are welcome here any time" Randy said. "William and me will be headin' your way at some point next weekend with Kurt and Rafe to see the university." "We will keep some time open so we can get together"5the governor said. "I'd really enjoy that a lot!" Randy exchanged a warm, long embrace with Johnny just before he got into the limo. "I really am glad my dad found you" the boy said. "He's happier than I've ever seen him and it's real clear to me why that is. He's a good man and he deserves some happiness. Thank you." They exchanged a kiss on the lips as the boy got into the car and the men stood together as the limo disappeared down the street.