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   Chapter 2: Discoveries and Assets



   Tom woke up at seven when the morning sun peeked through the window and
the sound of Abby crying in her crib.  He crawled up off the floor, his
back and neck aching from the hard night's sleep.  He picked Abby up from
her crib and carried her to the bathroom, after changing her he took her
downstairs to the kitchen to get her morning bottle.  After he checked on
Tim, who was sleeping in the living room, he then headed to the guest room
to wake up Joe.  He quietly opened the door and poked his head in, Joe was
sprawled on the bed half under the covers loudly snoring.

   Tom crept into the room and quietly closed the door behind him.  He
stood and watched his cousin sleep for a few minutes and then decided it
was as good a time as ever to test his suspicions.  He stared at Joe and
willed him to scratch his nose.  At first nothing happened, and then Joe's
left hand lifted off the bed and gently scratched at his nose.  Tom smiled
and then willed Joe to scratch his ass.  Again after a few seconds Joe's
left hand rose from the bed, he pushed the covers aside and started
scratching his ass over his underwear.

   Tom's head started to hurt, so he decided it was time to stop having fun
and deal with last night's events.  He walked over to the bed and shook Joe
awake.  "Joe, Joe.  You need to wake up."

   Joe grabbed a pillow and covered his head as he rolled over onto his
side facing away from Tom.  "Oghh... Not so loud Tom, geese, it's too early
let me sleep in, my head is pounding."

   Tom grabbed the pillow and pulled it off of Joe's head.  "Joe you need
to get up, there was a problem last night and you two shit for brains
friends got into trouble."

   Joe rolled over and looked up at Tom.  "What do you mean they got in
trouble?  What kind of trouble?" He groaned as he stared at Tom his eyes
heavy with sleep.

   Tom sat on the side of the bed and frowned at his cousin.  "They rapped
my babysitter last night while Tim and I were getting you in bed.  Charles
is in jail and Bubba had a heart attack.  Shit Joe, he tried to kill the
girl when he found out she was not my wife."

   Joe sat up from the bed, suddenly wide awake, however the sudden
position change did not go over well with his head and stomach, he turned
pale as a ghost and then covered his mouth with his hands and made a
beeline out the room towards the downstairs guest bathroom.

   Tom followed him out and could here Joe emptying his stomach of what
little it contained.  After a few more heaves, Joe stumbled out of the
bathroom.  "Shit, my head is killing me.  Is the girl ok, is Bubba ok?" Joe
asked

   Tom shook his head.  "No on both counts, Tammy is in the hospital with
her parents and Bubba is dead."

   Joe paled "Dead, what do you mean dead?"

   "I mean exactly that.  The shit for brains had a heart attack and died."

   "C'mon Tom, have some respect..." Joe started.

   "Have some respect!" Tom yelled at his cousin as Joe groaned and covered
his ears.  "The fuck rapped and then tried to kill my 14 year old
babysitter, after he got us kicked out of the club because he would not
stop treating the girls like shit and threatening to knock `em up.  I have
no respect for that pile of shit and I for one am glad he is dead, it saved
the tax payers a shit ton of money trying to prosecute his fat ass!"

   Tim wandered into the hall, blurry eyed and tired from the night's
activities, seeing Joe and Tom in the hall he quickly turned around and
headed for the kitchen.  "I'm going to check on Abby, you two let me know
when you're done and the bathroom is clear.

   Joe pushed his way past his cousin as he headed for the guest room. 
"Let me get my shit together, we need to head over to see Carol and Andrea.
I am in no condition to drive and you can explain what happened."

   "Carol and Andrea, who the fuck are they?" Tom asked as he followed Joe
to the guest room.

   "Carol was Bubbas wife, and Andrea is Charles's wife.  I need to make
sure they are ok.  Shit I can't believe this is happening now, so much for
a nice quick wedding and honeymoon."

   Tom nodded.  "That's right I remember now Bubba had mentioned them last
night when he was talking about coming over here in the first place.  Fine
grab your shit, I am going to get Abby ready to go.

   Tom headed up stairs to his daughters room.  He stopped by to talk with
the officer watching the door to the master bedroom.  "We are heading out
now, can I grab some clothes for me and my wife?"

   The officer nodded and watched Tom as he grabbed s few days clothes for
himself and Alex.  He then headed down the hall to Abby's room, grabbed
some toys and some clothes and the diaper bag.

   By the time Tom had gotten downstairs Tim and Joe had their stuff packed
up and Tim was getting Abby set up in her car seat.  Joe grabbed Tim and
his bags and followed Tom out to the car.  Tom popped the trunk and tossed
his and Abby's stuff inside, then got into the front seat of the car and
started the engine.  Joe put Tim and his bags in and closed the trunk
before hoping into the front seat.  Tom looked over at his cousin.  "Where
too?"

   Joe directed them to Carols house, as they pulled up several police cars
were already out front and a pretty blond teen and three young blond haired
girls were standing in the front yard alongside a tall red haired woman
with two other young red haired girls..  The teen stood with her arms
crossed in front of her glaring at the officers, talking with the red
haired woman who looked almost in tears.  The five girls were trying their
best to hide behind the two older females.

   Joe got out of the car and headed over to the group as Tim helped Tom
get Abby out of the back seat.  As Tom and Tim approached the group Joe
turned to face them.  "Guys this is Carol and her daughters, Amy, Anna, and
Ashley," He said pointing to the blonds.  "And this is Andrea, and her
Daughters Kelly and Kim."

   Tom shook hands with the two women, as he mentally reassessed the age of
the blond woman.  She definitely did not look any older than fifteen, but
considering her oldest daughter Amy could not have been any younger than
ten or eleven then she had to be from twenty-five to twenty-eight.  "I am
sorry for your loss." He said to Carol as he shook her hand.

   Carol scowled at Tom for a second before replying.  "Not much of a
loss," She said as she glanced at Joe and Andrea.  "He was a womanizing,
pile of donkey shit.  The only reason I married to him was because my Pa
said I had too.  The only reason I stuck with him for the last ten years
was for the girls and `cuz I had no other way of tak'in care of me or
them."

   Andrea simply shook her head as she turned to watch the officers
standing around the front of the house.  "Charles was not much better."

   Tom was shocked at the women's response; he was expecting to find a
grieving widow.  He looked at the two and felt his head spin as he told
them to tell him everything.

   Carol started the story first, and Andrea added bits from time to time.
As the two women spoke, Tom grew to hate Bubba and Charles more and more
and Joe simply stood there in dumbfounded silence until the end when he too
grew angry.

   Bubba had meet Carol eleven years ago when she was a freshman in high
school and he was just starting at the local junior college to learn to be
a truck driver.  They meet at a party being put on by a mutual friend.  He
was typical Bubba and Carol found she could not bring herself to tell him
no.  They dated for a few months until she found out she was pregnant. 
When she told Bubba, he just laughed and told her she was not the first
bitch he had knocked up and would not be the last.  Her father however saw
it differently and in no uncertain terms informed Bubba either he marry
Carol and do right by her and his child or Bubba would disappear into an
unmarked grave in the woods.  They were married a week later in a rushed
ceremony and her father set them up in a nice trailer in the park he
managed.

   Being married did not slow Bubba down one bit, he told Carol He only
married her because he had too and that he was going to keep fucking anyone
he wanted too, if she did not like it she was free to leave.  Having
nowhere to go, Carol stayed with him and eventually was forced to
participate in several of Bubbas extramarital affairs.

   After getting his trucking license they moved back here and Bubba
started Driving a Truck for a local company doing Cross country deliveries.
Every time he came back from one of his trips he would tell Carol all about
all the women and girls he had fucked.  To Bubba all that was required was
a hole, a heartbeat and token approval.  He did not care if she was
underage, married or anything else, if he wanted to fuck her he did.  If
any of his affairs ever showed up wanting child support he simply told them
to go away, that if they came back he would kill them and the kid.  This
continued until one fourteen year old girl called him on his bluff and
pressed charges against him.  He then got together with Charles who was
working on his law degree.  With Charles's help he successfully fought her
law suit and many others.

   Bubba and Charles continued this relationship for a year, before Bubba
began to include Charles in his extracurricular activities as a thank you
for his help in fighting the law suits, by tossing him his left overs or
cast offs.  It was not long until Bubba brow beat Charles into a three way
with Andrea.  Andrea refused at first, but Bubba proved to be very
persuasive and she eventually caved in.  Bubba however was never one to
share and eventually through bullying and manipulation Charles was
forbidden from Andrea's bed.  Bubba would continue to include Charles in
his other affairs and would occasionally toss Charles a bone and allow him
to have a pretty girl.  By this time Bubba had physically, mentally and
emotionally browbeat Andrea, Carol and Charles into complete submission. 
Andrea knew that there was no way Bubba was not Kim's father, and Bubba
loved to rub into Charles face that Bubba had knocked up his wife.

   Recently Bubba had reestablished his friendship with Joe when Bubba had
meet Joe and Kelly at the supermarket.  Bubba took a liking to Kelly
immediately and his plan was to get close to Joe and give them their
honeymoon before working on Kelly and Joe in his brutal but effective
manner to add Kelly to his harem and use Joe for whatever he could.

   Joe stared at the two women, his face red with rage as they completed
their story.  "I can't believe that son of a... and you two... you were
going to help him, to allow him to try and take my wife from me?!" He
growled.

   Carol started to cry as Joe yelled at the two.  "I am sorry Joe, I
really am, we did not have a choice.  Bubba would have hurt us if we tried
to stop him.  He beat me so badly last time I tried to stop him.  He was
starting to look at Amy's friends in a way that made me uncomfortable.  He
overheard me telling Amy to try and go to their houses instead of bringing
them here.  He almost killed me that night and the things he said to Amy, I
can't repeat them they are too foul."

   Tom grimaced and then took Carol in his arms.  She flinched at first but
when she realized Tom was not going to hurt her she just started to cry. 
"Why did you not tell someone, go to the police?" Tom asked.

   "I couldn't," Carol cried.  "He would have hurt me more.  You should
have seen what he did to one girl who did.  He has become a master of
hurting you without leaving any marks, no evidence of any kind.  Without
evidence the police won't do anything."

   As Tom comforted Carol, he heard his wife's voice behind him.  "You have
to help them Tom.  We have to help them."

   Tom turned to look at his wife.  "How long have you been standing
there?" he asked.

   Alex smiled as she joined Tom and Carol in their hug.  "Shortly after
she started her story, she is not equipped to take care of herself or her
children, neither one of them are.  Not emotionally they aren't."

   Carol backed out of the group hug and wiped her eyes.  "Forgive me, I
really should not be reacting like this, not in public.  Bubba would..."
She started to say.

   "Bubba is not here dear," Alex interrupted "And no one here is going to
hurt you."

   "There is another problem." Andrea said "Charles and Bubba had worked
out a plan that if anything happened to one, the other would get all our
assets and in a sense us.  They set up living trusts and made themselves
trusties of each other's trust.  There is a clause in the trusts that
states if neither one is able to accept the trust then the trust will go to
the first man who kisses us.  All of our assets and custody of the children
are given to the trustee.  Carol and I were forced to sign away our rights
to anything.  Charles made sure it was all legal.  With Charles in Jail and
Bubba dead, they are not in any condition to take over the trust, we have
no idea who they planned to do so, but knowing Bubba I am sure they had
someone... Someone neither me nor Carol will like."

   "Oh my god." Joe whispered.

   As they stood there staring at each other a uniformed officer walked up.
"Andrea Collins?" He inquired.

   Andrea looked up at the officer.  "I am Andrea Collins." She replied.

   "Can I talk to you for a second Ma'am?" He asked

   "Sure." Andrea replied as she walked away from the group, following the
officer.

   A few seconds later she started shaking her head and then fell to the
grass crying.  Tom found himself running up to the distraught woman and
kneeling next to her.  Andrea looked into Tom's eyes, tears streaming down
her face.  "Charles hung himself in jail.  He is dead.  What are we going
to do now?"

   As Tom held the distraught woman he knew what he had to do.  Whatever it
took to save them from Bubba and the future he had planned for them.

   Alex walked up and took Tom by the hand, slowly she lead him away from
the others.  "You need to help them Tom, you can't let them and their girls
fall into the hands of someone those animals would trust."

   "What do you want me to do?  I agree that I need to do something.  But
what can I do?" He asked her.

   Alex smiled up at her husband as she brushed her fingers across his
face. "Be there for them, go with them to the reading of the trust, and
when the time comes be the man that kisses them first."

   "What!" Tom exclaimed.  "You want me to take everything from them?"

   "No," Alex replied with a smile.  "I want you to take them and their
girls and add them to our family.  I love you Tom and I have never minded
sharing you, especially if it helped others.  They need you.  Tim can't do
it, Amber does not know them and is having a hard enough time adjusting to
a monogamist lifestyle and Joe and Kelly have a honeymoon to worry about."

   Tom shook his head as he looked into his wife's eyes.  "What makes you
think they would go for it?  It is asking them to go from one form of
slavery to another."

   "They don't have much choice in the matter, and besides you can use your
gifts to ensure they are happy with it." She whispered in his ear as she
leaned into him and rubbed his cock.

   Tom pulled back and looked at his wife.  "My gifts?" He asked.

   Alex looked shocked.  "You can't mean you didn't know after all these
years.  Didn't you think it was strange that you always got what you
wanted? You had to have known, why do you think my older sister Jane calls
you Toy Master all the time.  You have a knack or gift that lets you affect
other people, and get what you want.  You play with people like they are
toys on a string.  You use that magic on the two of them and they will be
eating out of your hands by the end of the day."

   Tom shook his head and started to walk away from Alex.  "I can't do
that, it would be wrong."

   Alex grabbed him by the arm to stop him from walking away.  "What would
be wrong, Thomas Aaron Reynolds, would be leaving those two women and their
children to whatever fate that monster has in store for them.  You have the
ability to help them and I am willing to share you with them if it need be.
Please Tom, help them.  I know what it is like to grow up in an abusive
household.  My father was a monster when he was not at the parties.  The
only thing that kept him from forcing himself on us was that he would not
be allowed to go to the parties if it ever came out.  He ruled my mother
with an Iron fist and my sisters and I were terrified of him.  Please help
them."

   Tom nodded his head as Alex let go of his arm.  He walked up to the
group.  "Carol, Andrea, I know neither one of you knows me from Adam, but I
am offering you any help I can give you.  If you will let me, I will go
with you to the reading of the trusts and help you get control of your
assets..."

   Andrea looked as if she was about to cry as Tom offered his assistance.
"The only way you could do that Tom was to kiss us and accept the
responsibility of taking care of the trusts and the children, you cannot
give anything to us or you lose it all."

   Tom nodded.  "Then, with your approval I am offering to do just that, I
promise I will take care of you and your children as is needed..." Tom
started to say.

   His proclamation was interrupted by Carol wrapping her arms around his
neck and kissing him passionately.  "I accept your offer, Master." She
whispered as she laid her head on his chest.

   Andrea walked up to Tom and lightly kissed his lips.  "I too accept your
offer master."

   Tom paled at their choice of words, however Alex simply smiled behind
him and whispered "Toy Master."

   Tom noticed two things as he wrapped his arms around the two women.  No
one seemed to be upset about any of it especially about the women calling
him master and second, his head was once again hurting.

   The next few months were a whirlwind of activity with a wedding to
finalize and two funerals to plan.  Tom was annoyed to find out that the
assets of Bubba and Charles estates had been frozen and Carol and Andrea
had no way for taking care of themselves or their families let alone plan
and pay for the funerals.  On two separate occasions friends of Bubbas had
come forward and offered to assist Carol or Andrea with their financial
difficulties.  Both men were sleazy and dirty looking men who looked at
both women and their daughters with blatant lust in their eyes.  In both
cases Tom had to intervene to keep the men from bullying one of the widows
into accepting their offers.  They both commented as they left at seeing
them at the reading of the trust.  He was sure they both knew what was in
the trust and were trying to get ahold of the money and the families for
their own personal reasons.

   After Tom and Charles were buried, both as cheaply as Tom could arrange,
they were finally contacted by the firm Charles worked for about the
reading of the trust.  Tom, Andrea and Carol arrived at the legal office
thirty minutes before the reading and things began to go wrong almost as
soon as they walked through the door.  At first the secretary attempted to
prevent Tom from entering the office and only allowed him after Carol and
Andrea refused to continue without him.  It was obvious that it was
important for the two widows to be present.  As they entered the office
both of the men who had offered their assistance were already waiting and
the office had been set up with one chair next to each of the men.  Tom had
Andrea go back into the waiting room and grab another chair while he moved
the two sitting next to the two men behind them.  When Andrea brought in
the third chair he set it next to the other two and then took the middle
seat, directing Andrea and Carol to sit on either side of him.  The two
sleazeballs glared at Tom but did nothing to stop him.

   When the lawyer walked in he stopped short.  "Sir this is a private
reading, I am going to have to ask you to wait in the waiting room." He
said as the two men smiled his way with knowing grins.

   Tom simply looked at the lawyer, "I will be staying thank you, I'm here
to provide the grieving widows with moral support." She said as he
concentrated his will on the lawyer.

   The smiles on the two sleazeballs faces turned to frowns as the lawyer
replied.  "Very well but don't interfere with the reading."

   Tom simply nodded and then put one arm around each of the widows.  As
the lawyer took his seat the other two raised their objections.  The trust
specifically stated who was to be invited to the reading under these
circumstances.  The lawyer shook his head as he replied.  "Yes it says who
is to be invited and you two and Ms.  Collins and Ms.  Kincaid are the only
names on the list however it does not forbid anyone from bringing a guest."


   The lawyer then began to read the trusts, they were very simple and to
the point.  In the case of the death of either Bubba or Charles the
entirety of their assets and the custody of the children would go to the
other.  However if something were to happen that made it so the recipient
was not able to take custody of the children or the assets of the other
then the entirety of the trust would be given to the first man who kissed
their wives after the reading was completed.  The kiss had to be in the
presence of the lawyer administering the trust and the new recipient had to
take care of the children and the children's mother for as long as they
lived.  No money from the trust could be given to either Carol or Andrea or
all assets would be liquidated and given to charity and the children would
be placed into foster care until appropriate adoptive parents could be
found.  As the lawyer finished his reading he looked up at the gathered
group and asked if anyone had any questions.  Neither one of the
sleazeballs spoke they simply stood up and headed for the two widows. 
Before they could reach their intended target Tom leaned in and kissed
first Carol and then Andrea gently on their lips.

   The lawyer smiled as Tom kissed the two widows.  "Ok then I guess that
wraps everything up, Sir I will need some information from you so I can set
up the transferring of the trust into your name."

   The two sleazeballs stopped their approach and turned on the lawyer. 
"He can't do that, that did not count, you told him he could not interfere.
It is obvious by who was invited to the reading that Charles and Bubba
intended us to take over for them after they were gone!" The smaller of the
two yelled.

   The lawyer started putting his papers in order as he looked up at the
two stunned men.  "Quite the contrary the trust was quite clear.  The first
man to kiss either one got everything.  I told him not to interfere with
the reading and he did not.  If Bubba or Charles wanted you to specifically
get everything they would have named you as the new trusties.  Now
gentleman if you will excuse me, this gentleman here and I have some
business to discuss that does not involve you.
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