Ah, home. Saturday morning in my own bed, the trip was nice, but it is nice to be home.
I glanced at the clock to see it was right at six. I was on the outside with Sue's back to me. Mercy and Sue were bracketing Juanita. I was still amazed that the two girls were so enamored with a lady old enough to be their mother. Juanita didn't look her age, and since she has been around the girls, she sure hasn't acted it.
There were noises in the kitchen, so I slid from bed, showered, and dressed quickly to go out to the kitchen. Glenda was preparing several large coffee cakes that had been rising overnight. The dough was filled with brown sugar, raisins, and cinnamon. We went to the patio to have some coffee and chat for a few minutes.
Martin came over, saying that he was very happy for us to be home. He wanted me to work with Charlie, the park manager, to hire another Mr. Fixit for the park. "Steve, Charlie got a guy to do the grass and grounds upkeep but there are just too many little things to constantly fix. I'll help all the folks that can't afford to have professionals help them, but the park needs to find someone to take care of the other things. The laundry buildings need painting, the mail kiosk needs some roof work and paint. The rec center needs exterior paint, plus I think it's probably due for some roof work. I can't do some of the work, and I can't do all the fixit jobs there is any more."
"I'll talk to Charlie this morning, Martin. I'm sure he doesn't understand the scope of the problem. Have you been discussing the work that needs done?"
Martin looked a little sheepish, "I guess not enough. I sort of mention things to him, but I don't outright tell him or write it down."
When Charlie and Matty came for morning coffee and breakfast, I got Charlie off to the side with Martin. "Charlie, Martin is going to need help with all the fixit jobs. He says he'll still do the little jobs for the older folks that can't afford to hire it done, but he isn't able to do all the other upkeep work that needs to be done."
"Yeah, you're right, Martin," Charlie said. "I know there is too much for you to do. I've just been putting off hiring someone. It's hard to find someone who wants to do the variety of things that need done around a place like this. I can contract out the painting, but I can't sub out all the little repair jobs like at the mail kiosk or the laundry buildings."
Martin said, "There's a young couple with a little one that just moved into a rental back by Juanita. I heard he just got laid off from an apartment complex that was bought out by a large conglomerate. He was a maintenance guy for the complex, so he should have experience with everything we need here. He won't be able to do the roof of the rec center, but I'll bet he can do everything else."
Charlie nodded, "Let's go talk to him right now. He should be up and around by now, especially if he's trying to find a part time job on weekends."
I went with them in Charlie's cart. The man we were looking for was sitting outside his trailer, pouring over the classified ads. Charlie asked, "You Jim Samuels?"
The guy said, "Yes," as he stood looking at the three of us. He nodded at Martin and said, "Good morning, Martin, what's up?"
Martin pointed at us and said, "You know Charlie the park manager and this is Steve Sharp one of the park owners. I'll let Steve or Charlie do the talking."
While we were standing there, a slim lady in her twenties came to the door to see who Jim was talking to. A little boy about three came to stand by her, looking out at us.
I nodded to Charlie and he began, "I need a park maintenance person. Martin does some stuff for us but he is to the point that he needs to retire and only help some of the older folks with some repairs. The park needs a full time guy to do carpentry, some light plumbing things, some electrical occasionally, painting, and just general maintenance. You don't have to do landscaping except to help when trailers move out. I understand that you might be out of work so I'm here to offer you a job if you're looking."
Jim smiled, "I'm looking all right and what you have is about what I was doing, except this is more outside work than the apartment complex. I have some tools, but not everything I would need to do maintenance in a large place like this."
I interrupted, "Jim, any tools you need would be supplied by us. I think we can probably use that big storage room in the new rec building for your workshop and office. We could put a phone in there with an answering machine, as well as a workbench and large tool chest. I'll have Abe come help you get set up."
The lady and little boy came out of the house. She stood by Jim and asked, "Jim, find out if these people pay more than minimum wage. You don't want to get tied down like you were before."
Charlie said, "Steve has me start people at the same money he starts folks at his factory. That is about two and half times what minimum is. Did you have medical with your last job?"
Jim just shook his head negatively.
"We have medical here after 90 days," Charlie stated. "It covers your family as well. What do you think, do you want to try out for the job?"
Jim was smiling while standing with his arm around his wife's shoulder. "Gentlemen, this is my wife Kate and my son Carson. I'd like to try out for the job and will show you what I'm worth. If you need me to start today, I can do that or I can start Monday. We go to church on Sunday, but I could work afterwards."
Kate, Jim's wife asked while looking at me, "You're the guy that lives in the big house with that huge patio aren't you?"
I smiled, "That I am, Ma'am."
"I'm no ma'am, just Kate. The lady that lives in that home over there," she pointed at Juanita's trailer, "works down there helping with the big house and all those kids. Do they need more help?"
"You'd have to ask my wife Sue, or Glenda, Martin's wife. I stay out of what goes on around the house."
Jim smiled, "We men know when to stay out of things."
Charlie said, "Jim, if you have a few minutes, how about riding down to the office with me so I can get an application from you and sign you up. I'll get you one of these carts for work, and we can go see the storage room Steve was talking about."
I turned to Kate, "If you want, you and Carson can come with us, and you can talk to Sue."
Kate became flustered and said, "I need to clean up before I go looking for a job and I have to find a babysitter for Carson."
"You look fine and you would be bringing Carson with you everyday until he goes to school anyway. So just bring him along now. Come on, come with us."
Kate looked at Jim and he shrugged his shoulders. Kate went inside got her keys and shoes for Carson, then locked the trailer. Charlie had the big passenger cart so we all rode back to the office with him. Martin took Kate and Carson and walked down to the patio to meet Sue.
When we were done at the office, we rode down to the new rec building where we looked into the bare storage room. It did have a window, a roll up door for equipment, and good lighting, so it would be perfect for a workshop. There was a thermostat in the room that Charlie explained was a zone off the building's office air.
Back at the patio, we caught Abe and Alice before they left to go home. I introduced Jim to Abe and asked Abe if he could get a workbench for Jim and see that he had all the tools he would need to perform maintenance around the park.
Crystal was listening to the conversations and asked, "Can I use him over at my buildings too? I have a bunch of little nagging things that need to be taken care of. The cart shop has a guy, but he doesn't know how to do everything." Crystal stood up, giving Jim his first look at the giant lady. "Honey, you come over and fix me up and I'll treat you real nice."
Kate had been sitting with Sue when Crystal said that and stood up, "You leave my husband alone. He's mine. I don't rent him out and he doesn't trade out any favors. Hear me?"
The situation was sort of funny, as Crystal is about six three and Kate is about five two. Kate wasn't put off though, as she went right up to Crystal.
Crystal put her hands up palms out to gesture "stop" to Kate, "I'm sorry, Honey. That's just the way I talk. I didn't mean I would do anything improper with your man. Ask that guy right there," Crystal motioned toward Kevin, "he works for me, he'll tell you I don't mess with my employees that way."
Susan was with Kevin and said, "Don't worry, Kate. Crystal is just a big flirt and blowhard. She won't try to take your man away."
Kate was red in the face now and said, "I'm sorry. I thought it was going to be like those damn apartments where some of those girls want to experiment with every guy they see."
Sue took Kate's hand and said, "Let's get a Coke and some juice for Carson. We have to work out when you can work."
Jim began to apologize for his wife, but I stopped him, "Don't worry about it, Jim. You guys will have to be around us a little to know us but we're all friends and are all just a little nuts. If your wife starts coming during the day, you'll see. She'll lighten up quick."
As it got close to noon, Glenda and Juanita began getting some lunch ready. Sue brought Kate and Carson back out and had them sit at the table. She motioned Jim over, introduced herself, and had him sit. Several people from our crew who were in the park began showing up. The women were going in and out of the house, bringing trays of sandwich makings and bowls for Saturday chili. Bear came out of the kitchen carrying a huge pot.
Bear exclaimed, "I made the chili this week, so you know it's going to be good. Who's first?"
He went up and down the tables, ladling out chili into bowls. He leaned down to Carson and said, "My chili isn't that hot, so you'll probably like it too."
When Bear got to Crystal he said, "Heard you were causin' a ruckus again. Were you flirtin' or just bein' your usual obnoxious self?"
"Hush, Bear. I already apologized. You know the way I talk. I didn't mean to upset anyone."
Kate looked up and said, "Sorry, Crystal, I've just been so nervous since Jimmy got laid off. I was scared to death we were going to be homeless and hungry."
Crystal smiled and said, "You'll never be homeless and hungry around here if you're willing to work. Steve and Sue have a place for everyone. If you don't know what to do, they'll teach you."
Our new family ate their lunch with smiles on their faces. Abe and Martin had left and came back with one of the carts that was like a little pickup truck. Abe walked over to Jim and said, "Here's the keys to that green cart truck out there. Use that to get around the park. I'll get with you Monday morning to get you set up with a bench and tools. Make a list this weekend of what you think you'll need, and we'll work on it Monday."
Jim was smiling. The elusive job he had been looking for was now real.
When I went inside to see the kids, Sue, Mercy, and Juanita all followed me in. As I was picking up Liz, Sue asked, "How many women does it take to keep this place up?"
Juanita said, "There won't be anything for me to do."
When I looked puzzled, Sue said, "We have Glenda that needed help, so we brought Juanita in. Then because Juanita was gone a lot, Glenda has Maggie here most everyday. Now you want me to have Kate here too? They won't have enough to do to keep them busy."
Mercy was the only one not saying anything to me about the problem. She was standing there with her arms folded smirking at me.
"You didn't have to hire her if you didn't need her. I thought you would just talk to her about being a friend and coming down to visit during the day."
Sue grimaced, "You know I can't let someone go if they need a job and want to work. Those kids are probably on their last nickel, and I can't let them be hungry with a little boy and all."
"I don't think they're stone cold broke yet because he just got laid off yesterday," I said, in defense.
Juanita took up the baton, "Yeah, he got laid off a minimum wage job. Matty said that they are making payments for the deposit on the trailer they're renting."
"Well, now he's making more and they'll be able to make ends meet. Even without Kate working over here."
Mercy now spoke, "They see how warm and friendly it is here. You know they'll want to be a part of us. They will want to contribute, so Sue had to hire her so she wouldn't have to feel like she isn't contributing."
"Why are you ganging up on me? What'd I do wrong?"
Sue gave me a hug then said, "You're just so bad. Every person that even thinks they need help you're dragging them over here, feeding them, giving them a job. We're not mad or ganging up on you. We just need to find out how to use all the extra help."
Hanna came in the door and said to Sue, "Do you really need another girl here, or could I interest her in working at the daycare in the park. I could use two more people right now, and we have the people of the department of Children and Families coming out Monday for training. Since she's a mom, she would probably be good. Can I steal her?"
I smiled at the girls, and said as I headed out the door, "Case closed."
Jim was getting ready to leave, so I told him to hang around a few minutes more as Hanna wanted to talk to Kate. I took him to the bar and explained, "We have beer on tap right here along with just about anything else you might want to drink. We have a little nip in the evenings before supper. You, Kate, and Carson are welcome to come have supper with us and be a part of our big family here. We have some strange folks, along with some regular folks. All are welcome."
Tiny and Ruth, with Ryan and Michelle, came in for some late lunch and I introduced Jim to them. I think he was getting the idea that we were a pretty big group.
Kate came out of the house with Hanna almost running up to Jim. "I've been offered a job at the daycare center over in the business park. Can you believe it? All that training, and I'm finally going to be able to use it. Hanna said that I could be the head instructor and lead person for the daycare center. Sue, the owner, said that she was excited that I could work for her. Can you believe it? We've both got jobs that pay well. We're on our way, Honey, we have found our lucky place."
Ruth spoke up, while putting her arm around my waist, "I don't know you kids yet, but if you just met Steve and Sue then that explains your luck. Everyone who meets them and becomes friends with them gets lucky. You're right though, Honey, It is your lucky place."
Ryan and Tiny held up mugs of beer saying "Here, here."
The family walked toward the door to go home and contemplate their fortune. Before they could get to the door, Juanita came out of the house and said, "We're having wings and ribs tonight. Be here round five, five-thirty."
Jim and Kate looked back at all of us and just grinned. They waved as they went out to the green cart Abe had brought over.
Tiny handed me a frosty mug, saying, "Well, you've helped your quota for the day, Steve. Time to have a beer and celebrate."
Sue came out of the house saying, "Hanna saved your bacon on that one. Glad you brought her over here. That little girl has a degree in child psychology and daycare management. Wonder why the two were having a problem?"
"You know how it is, Sue," I said. "People get down and they don't know how to look up. They just don't see how they can get on their feet. It just takes a little push and most people take off on their own."
The kids were all down for a nap, so we guys turned on the TV for some Saturday college football. The girls were organizing something, so we knew we should just sit back to see what they had in store for us.
Tiny was telling me about having picked up four little Cessna 152s for trainers and student rentals for flight time. He commented that the Aero Park owner had approached him about setting up a central database for new students. "Funny he should ask. The system we put in out there for our students and rentals has everything he needs in it. We'll just have to enter his information and it will be done. We hook him up as a user off our server so he can have access, but not modify student info. We'll allow him scheduling access for some of the rentals and give the park a commission for the rental. That way he can make a buck too."
"Good idea, Tiny, you're really tying up a lot of loose ends picking up money from all sorts of places."
Tiny smiled, "That's my job. I don't let us leave any change on the table. If there's any gold in them thar hills, I'm gonna find it."
I took some time to get my bikes out and clean them up. I was almost ashamed to find dust on both bikes. I'll have to do better than that. When Hap got off duty, he and Marge came over and joined Bear, who was sitting back drinking a beer, while watching me detail the shovel. Hap asked, "You going to be up for a ride this evening? I'm past ready. Bear here is itching all over to ride too."
Bear said, "If I don't give Crystal a ride soon, she's going to go out and find another guy with a bike. She's been bugging me to death."
Sandy and Mandy came over and said almost the exact same thing. Sandy asked, "Can I ride along when you go out, Mandy and I are dying to ride."
Mickey came home from work and said, "I'll bring my bike over so we can leave after supper. I haven't been out in three or four weeks. Mind if I trail along?"
My two main ladies came out of the house with Sue saying, "I hope you cleaned up the big bike. Mercy and I want a ride. You need to figure out how to ride Juanita, too. I think she wants to go along."
Then it was Jim, Hank, and Charlie. They said their ole' ladies were dying to ride.
I knew something was up when just before we ate, I saw Sue and Mercy huddled with Juanita, Sandy, and Mandy. As we sat down to eat, Sue said, "We have the babysitting thing taken care of. Kate, Susan, and Ruth are going to watch the kids. Mercy and I are going to ride with Sandy and Mandy, and Juanita can ride with you. See, we took care of the problem."
I'm a good husband and mate, so I do what my mates ask, but I still felt a little strange about Juanita. Here's a fifty something year old Cuban lady going through her second childhood with my family as playmates. After supper, the girls came out in jeans and T-shirts. Mercy and Sue had some show off tops under their T-shirts, so I figured they had an idea we were going to the clubhouse first.
The herd of bikes left the park around seven and went straight down to Hap's clubhouse. Hap had cleared the way for the girl bikers so we were all welcome. We all did the backslapping, bullshitting, and beer drinking then headed to Big Jim's. We all got a hug from Double D and some glad handing from a lot of the folks, then went with a even larger contingency to the Vanishing Point.
Amazing, but this time there were lots of unattached women mixing at the bar. One of the guys who had come with us from Big Jim's, called back to Jim's to advise some of the guys out hunting, of the game available here. When we left the Vanishing Point, all of the guys that had trailed along with us stayed there, so it was just our group that blasted over to St. Pete to go to the clubhouse bar in the shopping center. The place was rocking tonight, with booze flowing for all. As soon as Sue was spotted, she was brought a rum and Coke. When the folks there saw me standing with my three ladies, they brought Mercy and Juanita rum and Cokes too.
After a little visit and another beer, we took off to go up to the Crab Shack for onion rings. The little shack was jammed with bikes on both sides of the street for the whole block. Hap said it looked like anyone with a bike was out tonight.
Bear asked me if we could ride up to New Port Richey to stop in at his old clubhouse. They were supposed to have finished building their new main building, and he wanted to see it.
We rode up to Bear's clubhouse where he had to clear it with the current prez for our lady riders to come in. Bear told me later, that since the girls were friends of mine, that got them in the gate. We were treated very nice. The new clubhouse was large. It looked as if they were planning to make it two floors in the future, in order to have a bunkhouse within the main building. They had converted their old building into the cook shack, so the grounds were really growing.
We decided to head home and rode back to the park a lot slower than we had ridden anywhere else this evening. Once back at the park, there was some discussion of a hot tub party, but most of us just wanted to have a nightcap and veg. Jim was with Kate and Carson while she was watching the kids. Jim asked Charlie, "Is it true what we heard goes on up there at the hot tub at night?"
Charlie smiled and asked, "Depends. What did you hear goes on up there?"
Jim answered, "Kate said that she heard there were orgies and stuff in the hot tub. She said that even some of the older couples did stuff there."
Shawna was sitting on Charlie's lap and commented, "Does that mean that Kate wants to join in, or do you guys just want to watch?"
Jim's face turned red. He was trying to think of an answer when Kate rescued him. "I want to watch. We might even want to try some of the playing too. It really sounds exciting."
Hanna was sitting close to Jim and Kate. She nudged Kate and said, "Just imagine, you get to see how many of these guys you can get off in one night. Some of these guys go off like cannons, others hold back all night. One thing for sure, you can get all you've ever wanted before you go home. Then you get your guy one last time. Makes it all nice."
Now it was Kate's turn to turn red.
Juanita was sitting next to me. She said, "I think I should go with you guys the next time you go up there. I'm getting excited just thinking about it. My oh, my, I am becoming a loose woman."
Mercy gave Juanita a hug, "You could never be a loose woman, Nita. If we get you up there, we'll attack that luscious Latin body of yours and make you sing."
"You guys already make me sing," Juanita sighed. "I think it would be naughty fun to find out what all these others feel like."
Charlie stood up and said to Shawna, "Let's get the kids and go home. I'm ready to do some wife exploring. Wanna be explored?"
As Charlie and Shawna left, Hank and Debbie gathered up their little girl and left, along with Hanna and Jim getting Robbie and leaving. Crystal grabbed Bear's hand and pulled him up saying, "Let's do a little exploring of our own, big guy. Take me home."
Hap and Marge got up to go home, leaving only Jim, Kate, and Glenda. Jim said, "I guess it's time, sweet thing. I'll get Carson and we'll go on home."
Kate made the rounds, giving everyone a hug. "All of you have made Jim and me happier than we've been in a long time. This all happened so quick. Jim got laid off and we were so far down we didn't know where or what to do. We just moved here and don't know anyone. Of course, we didn't know anyone at that crummy apartment complex either. Now we have friends everywhere, people that actually care about us. This has been an amazing experience."
Sue said to Kate, "Come for breakfast, but if you're put off by ladies showing off a little, you might want to come by and check us out first, before you decide to have breakfast with us."
Kate looked at Glenda questioningly. Glenda smiled, "Some of the ladies wear very scandalous nighties and robes on Sunday morning. They just like to show off and get the guys excited. You don't have to participate. Just come for breakfast. Sunday is always a good breakfast."
Jim carried Carson out to his green cart and the family traveled back up to the northwest corner of the park.
Juanita was saying, "I need to go to my place soon. It's going to need dusting and airing out after not being there for a while. There's going to be some things in the fridge that will be green with mold. But if you don't mind, I want to stay here with you-all tonight."
Mercy said, "You are a part of us, Juanita. I'm not sure how it came about, but I feel like you are a part of the family."
Sue stood and hugged Juanita, "You've just wormed your way into our hearts. As soon as Stevie began chanting 'NeeNeeNeeNee, ' you were part of our family."
Mercy came over and pulled me up, "Come on, Husband, come play with your harem. We all want you."
It took a long time to play with all the harem girls this night. I think they continued after I collapsed from fatigue.
Funny how, when you wake up it takes a couple of seconds for the brain to boot up and recognize what's going on. I was on the outside of the three girls, who had Juanita next to me and Sue in the middle. I smiled, thinking how it seemed they took turns being in the middle.
The clock said six fifteen, so I got up, showered, and dressed, then went to the kitchen to see if anyone was outside yet. I made coffee inside and went out to check the big pot. It was done, waiting for me to have a cup. While I was drawing that first cup, Glenda and Martin came across the yard. No sooner than they were inside lining up at the coffeepot, Tiny and Ruth came through the back door. Ruth was wearing one of her transparent robes, showing the world that her chest was glorious to behold.
Just as we were sitting down, Henry and Nancy came in with Susan and Kevin. Nancy and Susan both had on a duplicate of Ruth's robe, totally transparent. I couldn't help checking out the major bounty of Nancy's full body, but was embarrassed to note that Susan was showing a bare beaver. It is tough to get used to seeing your sister dressed like that and realize that she wants to be checked out.
I looked up to see my three ladies with the little ones. The ladies were all dressed, or undressed, in more transparent robes. Theirs were just a little cloudier, but you could see everything without much effort.
Seeing the three with the kids was a revelation. It wasn't that they were provocatively dressed, but it was who had what kid. Sue held Mike, Mercy had Stevie, and Juanita was cuddling little Lizzy. They were all three mothers to the three kids. There was no distinction between which one was whose mother. The three ladies loved all three kids the same, and the kids each loved all three ladies. Were they lucky or confused? I was thinking that they were lucky. Sue came and handed me Mike, saying she was going to let me feed him his cereal this morning, and she was going to help make breakfast.
As she leaned over to put Mike on my lap, her robe was loose and fell open, inviting my hand to slip inside to cup one of her glorious breasts. Sue gasped, then smiled, "Keep that up, Mister, and you'll be having a different kind of breakfast."
As I took Mike, Crystal sat next to me, in one of Sue's company's sheer robes. Crystal leaned up against me and rubbed an erect nipple on my arm, looked down at my swollen crotch and asked, "Is that because you're happy to see me, or left over from that hussy wife of yours."
Juanita came up with the bowl of gruel for Mike. She was outstanding in the light pink sheer gown that displayed her beautiful bronze body. Her large, pendulous, breasts sagged sexily, showing the appeal of a mature figure. Crystal noticed and said, "I don't know which of them gets to you the most. Now you're poking out for your Cuban beauty."
Juanita leaned over to me and kissed me softly saying quietly to Crystal and me, "We all get to him, Crystal, every chance we get."
Feeding Mike can be a mess, but he was hungry this morning and didn't get too much food in his hair or on me. Crystal did have a tiny handprint of cream of wheat on her breast, where Mike had reached out to get at what he thought was more food. The girls had just about weaned Mike and Lizzy but neither one of the kids wanted to be weaned. Heck, Stevie was still getting at an available breast whenever he could. Can you blame him?
Jim and Kate did show up with Carson and mixed in with the crowd well. The view was almost too much for Jim. He spent the first half hour adjusting his jeans, until he and Kate disappeared for about five minutes. When they reappeared, he was looking considerably more relaxed and she was licking her lips.
Mike was soon replaced with Liz, who enjoyed sitting on my lap watching people and jabbering. She would look at me, say something unintelligible, then look at someone, then turn back to me and jabber more. I'm sure she was telling me something about each of the people she was watching.
Mercy came over, picked up Lizzy, and sat on my lap holding her. "How about taking a boat out a while today? We could go out to Caledesi Island or one of the other little islands. We could fish, swim, or just sun. What do you think?"
"The sailboat wouldn't be very good for something like that, it's too big to maneuver around those islands and its draft is too deep," I said, thinking she meant for us to take the sailboat.
"No, let's take the Hatteras. Tiny says he's not going to use it today, and we haven't been out on it since we brought it up here. The kids can all come with us and I think Jim and Kate would enjoy coming along. Susan and Kevin want to come too. Denis and Tina are both still at friends' houses."
Mercy turned to Crystal, "Go get your bikini and you and Bear can come along." She then turned to Hap and Margie, "You guys need some sun, get your swimsuits, shorts, deck shoes, and let's go out on the big Hatteras."
Mercy carried Lizzy over to Glenda and said, "Today, you and Martin are coming with us out on the big boat. We'll do some fishing, some swimming, and some sunbathing. We all want you to come with us. You don't get seasick do you?"
Glenda looked apprehensive, "I get airsick, seasick, carsick, just about everything sick. That's why I don't go anywhere. I'll pass, take Martin, but I should stay home."
"Nope, Glenda, today we're taking you with us. I have some special pills that I use for when we fly and when I've started to get sick on the boat. You're going with us, period. Go get your swimsuit, we're going to get some sun."
Glenda finally agreed and went with Martin to get ready to go.
Tiny told me to be sure to take the inflatable boat with the little engine so we could get into shore if we didn't want to dock at the main dock at the island. He also said that there were cold cuts in the fridge, along with plenty of drinks, soda, beer and water.
Once over at the yacht club, Mercy and I went over the boat to make sure we still knew how to handle it. We vented the engine and turned on the fans, while the ladies checked that we had enough food for the day. The little ones were all put into life jackets so they could be on deck. Carson was the oldest of the little ones and was a decent example as he wouldn't get too close to the railing. Stevie wanted to lean over the rail so we had to watch him constantly.
Mercy handed Glenda a tiny white pill and a glass of water saying that this prevented motion sickness. She should take it now so she could enjoy the ride.
When I hollered that we were ready and to release the lines, Juanita and Sue went fore and aft, while Mercy jumped onto the dock and pulled the lines free. While I slowly pulled out from the dock the girls were coiling lines the same as they did on the sailboat. I don't think anyone had done that on this boat since it had been up here.
Once out in the gulf, I picked up speed to see how it felt to run a big power boat. The general consensus was to just ride out into the gulf a while then come back into some islands later. I made the suggestion that we visit Caledesi early so kids wouldn't be napping. They agreed, so I used the GPS to guide us to the channel that led to their docking area.
We tied up then walked to the beach. Glenda mentioned that the pill worked great because she didn't feel funny at all on the boat. Once at the beach the women spread lotion on everyone with some heavy sun block on the little ones.
We played in the sand, hunted shells, and splashed in the water. As it got close to noon we decided to go back to the boat for lunch in the air conditioned main lounge.
We left the dock area and made our way out to the gulf, heading northwest. We enjoyed sandwiches and various beverages, then put the kids in a stateroom to nap.
I had gone up to the flying bridge to handle the boat as I had never done that before. As we powered through the waters, the girls began laying out on the broad bow of the boat. My three were instantly naked, enjoying the all over sun. Sister Susan was obviously not bashful as she was bare-assed, laying next to Mercy in a second. Surprisingly, Kate was the first guest to be nude, followed by Crystal, Margie, and Glenda.
Bear and Hap came up to get the feel of the flying bridge and looked down. Hap groaned, "Jesus, that is a wet dream if there ever was one. Damn, would you look at that."
Bear made the comment, "Your three ladies are all about as brown as island women. They've been sunning like this a lot haven't they? And look at your sister; she doesn't have any tan lines either."
"I'm trying not to look at my sister, Hap. But there is something about the open water than makes women want to get naked. If you're going to go without a shirt, be sure to put some sunscreen on. That sun will burn you quick."
We rode out about forty minutes then headed back toward land a ways. We put out some lines on outriggers and trolled slowly, using some shad that we netted for bait. We hooked up to a four foot nurse shark and were able to get it loose without gaffing it.
I had some numbers for locations of sunken craft nearby so I found the first location, sounded the depth then we let line out to try for a grouper, or maybe a dolphin fish. Martin was the first lucky fisherman. He pulled up a grouper that was about twenty pounds. Bear was next with a nice grouper close to the same weight.
We went to the next set of numbers and repeated the process. Juanita had put her swimsuit back on and was excitedly fishing. She caught a beautiful dolphin fish, close to thirty pounds. Hap caught a big sea bass, but since it was a big double belly female, we convinced him to let it go so it could re-supply the gulf with sea bass.
The women all had enough sun and came in to get the kids up. I came down to drive the boat from the air conditioned lounge. This boat was nice. It had three different places to steer from so you could always be a part of the action.
We decided to head in, so I used the GPS to find the yacht club basin then backed the big boat into its stall. We cleaned up the boat so it was ready for the next bunch to go out on it. The yacht club attendant said he would refuel, fill the water, and flush the holding tank for us. That sure makes having a boat easy.
At home, CJ, Robbie, and Tia instantly began playing with Stevie and Carson when they got there. Carson was the biggest, but he seemed to get along well with the four younger kids. Kate couldn't get over the way the four younger kids could carry on conversations. Sue explained that Susan and Beth had been responsible for the early learning. We all just kept adding to it by continuing to talk to them normally instead of using poor grammar, as in baby talk. Kate said she wanted Susan and Beth to teach her how they did it so she could use it at the daycare.
Sunday evening can be laid back. Tonight was just that. We had pizza, wings, and ribs delivered. We all ate our fill, played some games, some pool, watched TV, and just mentally got ready for the new week.
Mickey and Samantha were having a major discussion this evening. No hot words just a continuous discussion. Finally Mickey got everyone's attention. "Sam here wants to go to school for something other than photojournalism. She thinks she wants to be a CSI tech like me. I think she should finish this coming semester and get her first degree, then if she wants to do the CSI thing, she can take classes in law enforcement and finish another degree. She knows we wouldn't probably get to work together, but she wants to do it anyway. How about a little help to convince her to finish her journalism degree first?"
Poor Samantha, everyone ganged up on her, saying that she should finish her degree first. She finally agreed after Mickey said she would help her be a volunteer officer on the CSI team. That way she could get a taste of what it was like before she committed to more schooling.'
The evening wound down till it was just Sue, Mercy, Juanita, and me sitting on the patio, having a drink. I asked Mercy what kind of pill she gave Glenda.
"That was a sugar pill. Glenda worries too much. Martin told me that someone said she would get carsick, so she did. He said she would airsick, so she did. She assumed she was going to get seasick, so I gave her a pill. She believed in the pill and she was fine. We'll take her up in the little plane and give her a pill so she'll know she can do it. She'll be fine."
Sue looked at Mercy and said, "You going to tell him or are you going to let it become obvious?"
Mercy was grinning, "I'm going to have another baby. The problem is I think it is two babies, both girls. I feel funny though, like that may not be all."
I looked at Mercy and said, "That may not be all? Can you explain that?"
Mercy twisted her mouth, then said, "There may be three of them in there. I feel like I have a little boy too."
"Oh, shit. Three?" I said this looking up at the ceiling of the patio, wondering what to say in answer to the surprise.
"You're going to have to take care of yourself if you're going to have triplets. I didn't think that triplets came in mixed sexes."
Sue said, "They are usually not fraternal. Mercy has maternal girls and the fraternal little boy. It's amazing this happened the way we all three share you. I wouldn't think we had that much chance, but I guess we do. You're doing a hell of a job, Stud. If you give us three more, that might be enough to hold us for a while."
"Wow, six kids. When do you think the glorious event happened, Mercy," I asked, trying to remember a special time for us.
"It was probably when we were going through the canal. Remember, we had all that extra time when the boat was being pulled and I wanted you to come below deck to play."
"But Sue came with us one time, and Juanita came with us another."
Mercy smiled, "And then nap time the next day, while we were anchored out in the lake, you did me again. I think you filled me up five or six times while we were in the canal. I'm sure that did it."
Sue said, "You were a horny critter while we were on the sailboat. You were constantly after one of us the whole trip. Mercy just so happened to be in the midst of a fertility crisis."
"I thought you guys were going to take something to keep it from happening?" I looked at Sue and said, "Are you taking anything?"
Mercy said, "I wanted another baby, and since we were enjoying ourselves it was a perfect time to conceive one. You just filled me up too good, and now I have a triple in the oven."
Sue looked at me, "If I wanted another baby, would you be mad?"
"Of course not! I love our babies and more will be just that much more fun. Do you want to make another?"
Sue smiled, "We'll just practice. I'm not sure I want more or not. I think I should wait till Mercy has hers, then see what I think. I'm starting to be at the end of the time I should be having babies."
I motioned for Mercy to get on my lap. I petted her tummy through her clothes and said, "So our magic woman may have a triple. You're sure about the twins, huh?"
Mercy snuggled with her head on my chest. "Definitely two girls, the little boy is a maybe. I'll know in a day or so."
"Should we take you to the doc? Should you be checked?" I asked, knowing prenatal care would be super important with a multiple birth.
Sue said, "Juanita and I need to start lactating so we can help feed these little buggers when they pop out. Little Mercy's not going to be able to feed them all."
Mercy grinned at Sue, "So you need to get pregnant so you can help feed mine too. You make enough milk to feed half the population out here."
"True, but I think you might get help from Hanna. She's been acting funny lately. I'd bet she's pregnant. Debbie might be too, did you see how her shorts didn't fit over her swimsuit. She couldn't button her shorts."
"I guess we'll know soon," I said then asked, "Wasn't Debbie the one that got so sick last time?"
Juanita had been quiet for entire conversation. Sue patted her hand. "I wish you were younger so you could give us some kids too. You'll just have to share ours with us. We all love you so much, Juanita, you're a part of us. When it happened, who knows, but you have become another wife to Steve. I feel it and enjoy knowing it's true. Mercy enjoys it as well."
Juanita squirmed around, "I know it's crazy, but I haven't used any birth control from the first day with Steve. I still have my menses, but I think I 'm too old to have a baby. Ladies that are in their fifties don't have babies. I wish I could, but it won't happen."
I must have looked shocked, as Juanita added, "Don't worry, Senor Steve, I won't have a baby. I'm too old. You can take me to bed and pretend if you would. I like to pretend that we are making babies."
Sue took my hand to pull me up, "Come on, you and I need to practice to make sure I don't forget how."
Mercy took my other arm, hugging it. "You'll be a great dad."
Sleep was a while coming, considering Mercy wanted to be made love to in her pregnant state. Juanita wanted to play like we were making babies, and Sue wanted to practice. I must have done a good job, as we all went to sleep at the same time. I was in the middle between Sue and Mercy.