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 Day 29 (Monday 21st June)

   We awakened around 7:30am and the bed really smelled of us, actually the
whole room smelled of us but the first priority was a shower then
breakfast. I thought `Oh, yes we have a party today' better get a move on,
I could feel movement from the other side of the bed and rolled over and
went to cuddle her and I got a "Oh no you don't, we smell and need a shower
and you have things planned for today, so no time buster" I reluctantly got
out of bed and walked into the bathroom and did my ablutions while Ellen
started the shower, then it was her turn while I stepped into the large
cubicle, we just cleaned each other, no `hanky panky' this morning, then we
dressed.  We hung up all the stuff from the bags, Ellen said she would
press things and remove labels at another time.  I just nodded as any right
minded husband would.  We had porridge this morning, not the good stuff
that Ellen makes in Scotland but it was porridge and I had time to enjoy my
coffee before Charley made her entrance, I ignored her as if it was a
normal day, I could see her in the corner of my eye trying to see if there
was something going on and then she pouted but I could see a smile in it. I
turned and gave her such a grin, she giggled and I said loudly "Happy 16th
Birthday Charley" I got out a card that Libby, Ellen and I had signed and
gave it to her, I crouched beside her chair and gave her a hug then moved
my hand up to caress her face and chin, then I kissed her, open mouthed and
slipped my tongue out and licked her lips then touched her teeth and she
opened her mouth and I duelled with her tongue.  I broke it off and she
blushed when she looked at me, I said quietly "I love you Charley" She
stuttered "Oh..oh..oh..thank you daddy, I love you" "Get you're breakfast
first then things are going to start happening" Everyone else came down and
she got the rest of her cards, I asked her where she wanted to show off her
cards and she said in the `Indian Lounge' We all finished our breakfast and
at 10am there was the sound of a doorbell, I asked Charley to open the
gates for whoever was there, I had already opened the front door so she
went out onto the tarmac and pressed the remote and a large van came up the
driveway with a mobility name on the side, a man got out of the van and
said to her "I presume you are Charley Wyatt?" She said she was and he said
"I have a delivery for you" He went round to the back of his van and put
down some ramps, got into the back and came down the ramp backwards in an
electric wheelchair, It seemed quite narrow but robust and he rode it over
the tarmac to Charley, she was crying and laughing all at the same time and
clapping her hands.  The man said to her "I'll help you from that into this
then I'll show you all the controls, okay?" She managed to calm down enough
to say yes.  He got her out of the chair and lifted Charley up and onto the
new chair, he started by showing her the forward and reverse and how to
turn it, she tried it herself and she was getting on fine, then he showed
her the control for raising herself up so she could be served in shops or
at an ATM, he told her not to travel in this position as it might topple
over, he said there are lights just to let people know you're there at
night not for you to see with, then he went into the back of the van and
brought out a cover for her to use it when it was raining, he also said
there was a device underneath in case there was a raised kerb.  He said
that there were a couple of other features and that she would get to know
them as she got more confident with it.  She put her arms out to the man
and kissed him on his cheek and thanked him.  I had been watching just
inside the doorway and came out and everyone came out behind me.  I went to
the van driver and helped him get out the charging unit and put it and the
information booklet inside the front door he also got out the delivery note
and I signed and thanked him, he got packed up ready to go, he walked over
to Charley and said "Happy Birthday Charley, its been nice meeting you" He
turned and got into his van turned it and was gone, I walked over to see
her showing everyone her new chair.  She saw me and she beamed a smile at
me.  There was a beep of a car horn and I could see George Wilson driving
in his BMW.  He drew to a halt and all the doors opened and his family got
out and came round to greet me, I knew his wife Greta, a tall red headed
Scandinavian woman from Stockholm, Sweden, her slightly accented English
was wonderful to listen to, I had never met their daughters Sarah and Jane
but had heard they were well behaved and not at all snobbish, I don't think
their grand parents would like that.  They did hold back a little, probably
a little shy on first meeting.  I walked over to George and shook his hand
warmly and his wife put her hand out and I shook hers and said "Hello Greta
and at a guess these two beauties are you're daughters?  Which is Sarah and
which is Jane?" They were both quite tall, one redheaded and the other took
after the dark headed George.  Greta said "The red head is Sarah" I went
and introduced myself to them and they both shook my hand, I said "Come on
girls and I'll introduce you to my soon to become daughter and her friend
who's birthday it is" I took them over to the throng and pointed to Libby
and said "Sarah and Jane this is Libby my soon to be daughter and the girl
who is enjoying her new toy is our Birthday Girl Charley" The girls moved
forward and asked the two of them how old they were and Libby said that her
16th birthday had been just over two weeks previous and Charley said hers
was today.  Jane asked what groups they were into and that was it, `friends
for life'.  No one else could get a word in edgeways.  I said to George
"I'll open up the garage and you can put you're car in there for today" I
told everyone to go inside to the American lounge and relax, Greta got out
a couple of birthday cards and record/cd tokens for a major store and
handed them to Charley and said "I don't know what girls like nowadays and
this was safest" Charley thanked her very much and apart from George we all
went inside.  I wheeled Charlie's old chair in, Stella came up to me with
tears in her eyes "Ken you devil, I love you with most of my heart, you
surprise me every day but you've topped it today" She gave me a scorcher of
a kiss and moved off to be with Charley and Shirley.  I went and opened up
the garage door and George drove his in and got out and admired my hired
Bentley and we moved into the lounge after I had closed the garage up.  I
moved George and Greta around and introduced them to everybody.  It was
coming up to noon by that time and I went over to Charley and said quietly
"Something else is going to happen shortly and we are going out for a meal,
are you going to be using you're new chair or you're old one?" "Can I use
my new one?" "You can use it if you feel confident enough with it, I want
to see you using it maybe we should go outside onto the drive and see" She
agreed and started slowly to make her way through the doors to outside, she
negotiated her way as if she had been using it forever and she was so
engrossed with showing off her skills she never noticed the brightly
coloured sparkling limo arrive, I said "Watch out Charley there's someone
trying to get in" She looked up and saw it and her mouth just dropped open
and she screamed, everyone heard her and came running out and the girls all
saw it and screamed as well.  The uniformed chauffeur came out and I put
out my hand, he took it and I said "My name is Ken Richards and between us
we have made a girl very happy" "Which one?" "The one in the wheelchair,
that's Charley and it's her birthday, do you know where we are going?"
"Yes, to the McDonalds in Eastbourne, but first a tour of the town and you
are paying me to hang around to take you all back here again" "That's great
but there have been a few extra people invited since I ordered this so how
many will it take?" "It's licensed to carry 10 passengers" "That's great as
that's just the amount here" He said that there were some seats inside to
be unfolded from the floor then we could load up, I asked if there was
enough room for the chair and he said that he would make damned sure there
was and pardon if he had sweared.  I liked him already, he got things ready
and I went over to Charley who was talking to Libby, Sarah and Jane and I
spoke to them and said "The limo is going to take us all the way through to
the McDonalds in Eastbourne, that's about 12 miles from here, we'll go
along the sea front slowly so you can see the sights then it'll take us to
the venue, I've ordered three tables to be put together for this so
there'll be plenty of room, they also have room upstairs and a lift and
enough room for you're new chair Charley, I've checked, so are you ready"
There was a chorus of yeses and they all climbed in, I got Charley in and
buckled up and the driver and I got her chair in, it fitted.  I locked up
the house and gave Libby the remote and we moved off and down the drive and
as soon as we passed through the gates Libby pressed the button and the
gates closed behind us.  We got to Eastbourne in about 20 minutes and did a
small tour of the town with the girls waving and shouting out the windows,
I'd remembered my camera so plenty of photo's were taken.  We eventually
arrived at the cafe and piled out, the driver and myself got Charlie's
chair out, I thought to myself he has earned himself a good tip, however I
walked into the cafe and told them who I was and the manageress came out
and said that everything was ready and to just go up, Libby went up with
Charley in the lift.  A good time was had by all I just don't know where
they put all that food!  Then I had called the limo guy and he was back
there within 10 minutes, we all climbed into the limo again and after
another tour of the town the driver headed us back home and Libby opened
the gates as we approached and up to the house, I unlocked the house and
helped get Charley out of the limo.  She came round to the driver without
me saying anything and thanked him for his time and patience with her and
he made her blush as he said "I only do that service for gorgeous girls" He
bent and kissed her and said "Have a great birthday Charley" He leaned into
his drivers' seat and came out with a silk red rose in a clear plastic
wrapper and handed it to her.  She really blushed then and I went over to
him and thanked him for a great time, I handed him the agreed amount and
half as much again and he could see there was much more than asked for, he
looked up at me and I said "You have helped make her feel special today,
you deserve that" He thanked me, climbed into the limo and was off with a
wave and a blast on the horn.  Charley turned to me as she was waving him
off "What other surprises have you got up you're sleeve Daddy?" "None but
if you wait about half an hour, I think it'll be safe for you all to go
into the pool, I told the others to bring costumes, so you can arrange to
tell everyone about that, okay?" "I love you daddy, can I tell them now? 
There is something else I want to say, I am getting on fine with this
chair, but I won't spoil it, I'll keep it for outside.  Thank you again
daddy it's really super" She turned it and we went inside, Ellen and
Shirley had dished out drinks to all that wanted them, watered down wine
for the girls and everyone else apart from George had a glass, he had a
coffee.  He said to me that he was in court in the morning so wouldn't be
drinking even if he was at home, I asked him if he would like for his girls
to stay an overnight as we had a spare room and I could deliver them back
to his home in the morning as we were going out early to go to London for
the day, he spoke to Greta and she asked the girls and then there was a lot
of squealing and giggling.  I guess I got my answer.  Greta asked me to
show her where the car was as she wanted to get the girls costumes and
towels, I showed her and she gave the girls them.  Libby and Charley made
their way up to their bedroom and showed Sarah and Jane the spare room so
they could get changed.  I went out to the pool and made sure the pumps
were working and that the hot tub was at the right temperature as I knew
there would be somebody going into it.  All sorted and by the time I got
back into the lounge the girls were back down.  Wow, four gorgeous girls in
bikinis.  Ellen said to me "Down boy" They all laughed and I led them out
to the pool, I lifted Charley off of her chair and sat her at the edge of
the pool, everyone was spaced out around the poolside watching the girls
enjoying themselves, they could all swim and only Charley was sitting at
the edge, I asked her if she was all right, she said she was and then just
pushed herself into and under the water and I held my breath until I saw
her emerge and start to swim, my goodness could she swim, she had some
speed too, then she dived down to the bottom and I could see her swimming
under the water, she was like a mermaid the way she was moving her legs
together, I hadn't seen anything like it before, I was mesmerised.  Stella
came up to me and said "I thought you would be surprised Ken.  I taught her
to swim and when she ceased walking that was all she wanted to do as she
knew that in the water she could move better than most other people" "I am
gobsmacked Stella, she is a beautiful mermaid" Charley came up for air and
everyone clapped, even the girls who had stopped to watch her and they all
crowded round her and chatted about her swimming.  I threw in a ball that
had been at the edge, about the size of a football but smooth and light,
the girls had great fun throwing it up in the air and trying to dive down
with it and all too soon I saw them get a little weary and come to the side
and talk, they got out and Sarah and Jane held one of Charlie's arms and
Libby held her legs and they manoeuvred Charley into the hot tub, I thought
`that was really nice of them to do that' and so there they were chatting
away as if they had known each other all their lives, I went over to Greta
and George and congratulated them on the friendliness of the girls, they
said between them that that was how their parents had brought them up to
mix.  I asked how they had met and was told that Greta had been to college
here to learn proper English and she thought that after finishing her
course she would like to test herself and had applied for a job as a
trainee legal secretary at the office where George was just after finishing
law school and he asked her out the very first day she started, he said "I
had to ask her out, I thought that if I didn't take the chance one of the
other guys would snatch her away from me and I thought she was gorgeous,
still do and we have been married for 10 years now and yes, they were our
bridesmaids" Greta giggled and I said "I would love to see your wedding
album, George.  Three gorgeous girls but I can beat you I have a harem
going on here, five of them" "I'm going to get changed into a costume, if
you want to have a swim or get into the hot tub, I'll show you to the spare
room that your daughters are going to be using" Both Greta and George said
they wouldn't be going in today but hoped they would get the chance on
another occasion and I said that there would be plenty of those coming.  I
went up to our bedroom and changed into my bathing costume, picked up a
large towel and went downstairs.  I looked into the lounge and saw the
others and told them I was going to chaperone the girls in the pool and hot
tub.  Then I went and jumped into the pool.  The girls saw what I was doing
and I could see them chatting together and then they got Charley out of the
tub and brought her to the edge of the pool and they all got into the pool,
that's when I got surrounded with girls and they started tickling me.  Well
I tried to give back what I was getting but I was fighting a losing battle
so I dived away, but Charley followed, well they all followed but Charley
was the most agile.  I rose out of the water, took a lungful of air and
went down again, once at the bottom I held onto the grilles for the filters
by my fingertips and had my bum on the bottom and because I don't have a
problem with being under water and keeping my eyes open, I watched the
antics of those trying to get at me, most of them gave up but Charley, she
was like a fish, she just came down and put her arms under mine, sat on my
lap and stared into my eyes, smiled and kissed me.  I gave up and let go of
the grille made a grab for her but she was too slippery for me and fast.  I
went to the surface and looked for her, she seemed to take ages to come up
and burst into giggles as soon as she broke surface and she came into my
arms for a hug and a little tickle.  Then they were all there looking for
cuddles even Sarah and Jane.  I heard clapping and saw all the grown-ups
watching.  I loved having all that female attention even if they were only
16 year olds.  I saw some of their fingers starting to have that rippled
effect and said it was time they got out or they would stay like it, all I
got was giggles but I got out and it wasn't long before they all got out
and dried themselves off.  After they had dried and dressed and came back
down I said "I have made arrangements for us all to have dinner at The
Smiddy, for those that don't know, it's the pub in the village.  I ordered
it for 6:30 so that gives us a half hour to get sorted and get down there"
The girls were over the moon with excitement at going out again and Sarah
and Jane as they were going to a pub, even if they would only be getting
watered drinks.  We arrived on time and a banner had been put up to
celebrate Charlie's birthday and three big tables had been put together in
a row with crackers and candles on the tables.  I walked up to the bar and
shook Mikes hand and thanked him for the effort of putting up the banner
and laying out the tables and he said "It was Jean you have to thank for
the ideas I just put it up.  Jean is quite taken with the girl cause of
Jean's early life, she wants' to know when you arrive, so I'll just go and
tell her" Away he went out through the back and returned with Jean, she
came up to me and said "I have made a cake for her and I'll bring it out at
the end of your meal after everyone's had their deserts" Jean walked over
through the throng and said to Charley "The Smiddy welcomes the birthday
girl" She gave Charley a hug and a kiss.  Charley thanked Jean for the
decorations and proceeded to show her chair and what it could do Jean was
very impressed and said so.  Charley also told Jean about all the other
presents she'd got, these two seemed to get on like a house on fire, I was
gobsmacked that two so different people could do that (Jean was about 50
and almost a midget because of her early years and Charley, well you know
about Charley).  Jean said to Charley "Now I have to get you all fed, so
I'll go and get my stove fired up while Mike takes you're orders, I'll come
back later" She walked into the back and Mike came over with his order book
and the specials board.  We all had a mixture of dishes some of us used the
specials board, much to Mikes amusement.  Then we all had ice cream for
after.  We had just had the last of the dishes cleared away when Jean came
through with a food trolley and on it was a birthday cake, hard iced and
with pink decorations on and Charlie's name on it, I took a couple of
pictures of it and a couple with Charley cutting it with a big knife, she
was highly delighted and had hugged Jean and thanked her for it and they
were both so reduced to tears I had to break them up and they both giggled.
The evening was a great success but we eventually had to leave, we left a
good third of the cake behind for any of Mike and Jean's customers and the
rest was wrapped by Jean and I carried it back to the house.  We were too
full of food to even consider the hot tub to relax in so us grown ups sat
and relaxed with brandies or coffees and chatted away, the girls all went
upstairs to watch a satellite TV modern records programme along with a few
cans of fizzy drinks.  About midnight George and Greta said they were
leaving and through the megaphone I got the girls to come downstairs to say
their goodbyes.  There was a lot of giggling about the megaphone, by the
end of the evening everyone knew about Ellen and me and our love making
session in the office.  George and Greta left, the girls reluctantly went
to their own beds and so did the rest of us, it had been a long day we just
slept.