Now This Is the Army

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Now This Is The Army! - Chapter 14

Jen had flown back to Arizona the week before Christmas. We decided that we didn't want to have Christmas this year. We celebrated, if you could really use that word, just the seven of us.

It was Monday night before Aaron and Parker were to leave for Korea, Daryl spent the night with them in their room. They were all down, but they had talked and said that they weren't going to be sad, they were going to try and be happy that Aaron and Parker were about to embark on a new adventure. And it was a year, but with a month back home and the vacation for a month planned to Korea, it would only be a few months in between everyone being together.

Aaron and Daryl were kissing and Parker had a hold of both of his lover's cocks, stroking them. Parker would alternately take each cock in his mouth and suck the precum out of each, plus giving his hand more lubrication to slide up and down their now stiff shafts. As the sexual pleasure increased in the three of them, the speed of Parker's stroking did too. He soon looked like a two cylinder engine, both hands pumping furiously. Daryl knew he was getting close, so he reached down and stopped Parker's motion. He moved around, grabbing the lube from the bedside table and lubed up Parker's hole. Parker took Daryl's spot, rolling Aaron on his back and then laying on him, kissing him. Daryl slid in behind Parker and pushed his cockhead up against Parker's hole. He continued to push with an even pressure and was rewarded with a sudden release of the ring and slipped in his hole. Parker let out a gasp, but was instantly working with Daryl for maximum pleasure. Daryl looked down and watched his cock slide in and out of Parker's hole, completely disappearing and then completely reappearing. Daryl was poking through Parker's ring every stroke, adding to both men's pleasure. Daryl's strokes became faster and harder forward thrusts, each one making Parker grunt into Aaron's mouth. After another minute or so, Daryl sucked in a big breath and then slammed one last time into Parker, unleashing his white, creamy load deep into his lover. He pumped and he gave a few mini thrusts into Parker, hoping to find a little more depth into him somewhere. Daryl pulled back and up on Parker's hips and told Aaron it was his turn.

Parker moved over and Daryl moved Parker to above Aaron's head, handing him Aaron's ankles in the process. This pulled Aaron's ass up off the bed and gave Daryl easy access. Parker put his forearms on Aaron's calves, getting Aaron's knees back near his own ears. Daryl slapped a little lube on Aaron's ass and some more on his cock. He was still rock hard and moved into Aaron's ass, sliding in without much resistance. It wasn't long before Daryl was pounding into Aaron with reckless abandon. He grabbed Aaron's nipples, kneading them and twisting them while he used his hips to really thrust into Aaron. He released one of Aaron's nipples and grabbed his cock, stroking it fast and hard. Parker had his cock just resting on Aaron's face, taking in the show that Daryl was giving. He was getting hard again, watching Daryl take charge like this. Normally, Daryl was happy to just go with the flow and let the others dictate the things that happened, but tonight he wanted to make love to his two friends and lovers. Daryl started to tense up and slammed down into Aaron and then pushed harder. He started depositing his load into Aaron, feeling Aaron's ring pulse back against his cock. When he was done, he laid down on the bed next to Aaron, his cock still rock hard standing straight up away from him.

"Daryl, that was incredible," Aaron said.

"I agree," said Parker.

"Well, you guys decide which one wants to mount my shaft now," Daryl said.

"How can you still be hard?" Parker asked.

"I tried a little blue pill. It evidently works," Daryl said.

"Holy crap, Daryl," Aaron said. "Why'd you do that?"

"I don't know when I'll see you guys next. I wanted tonight to be memorable."

Parker had moved around and was sliding down onto Daryl's shaft. He didn't have to be told twice. He loved Daryl invading him. Daryl grabbed Parker's nipples and Parker bounced up and down on Daryl's raging hardon. They did this for fifteen minutes and then Parker started shooting all over Daryl's chest. Parker didn't finish cumming until he had completely covered Daryl. The guys agreed that they had never seen one orgasm that big in their lives. Parker had a proud smile on his face. He moved off Daryl and Aaron took his spot on Daryl's still rock hard cock. Aaron's nipples were being manipulated by Daryl as Aaron rose and dropped on his cock. Aaron had his fingers on Daryl's nipples, too. The problem was that there was so much of Parker's cum on them, he couldn't grab them, his grip kept slipping off. But that must have been even more of a stimulant for Daryl as he was pushing up into Aaron as hard as he could. Aaron couldn't hold on any longer and started adding his load to Parker's on Daryl's chest. When Aaron was done, he moved off Daryl's cock and laid down next to him, opposite of Parker. Both Parker and Aaron leaned in and kissed Daryl, telling him how special he made their night.

In the other bedroom, things weren't going as well. When Micah and I crawled into bed, I had tears in my eyes. Micah asked me what was wrong and I told him that missed Sarah and I already missed Aaron and Parker. I was trying to be strong, but it just all caught up with me and I couldn't hold it together. Micah held me close, telling me he missed Sarah more than life itself and that he was just thinking about a few months from now when we get to go see Parker and Aaron in Korea. It helped me gather myself, but then the next thing I knew the alarm was going off. I felt like I didn't get any rest at all.

I got up, showered, took care of Madison, and then gave Rachel a bath, took them downstairs and fed them. We were sitting on the floor, playing fetch with Buttons. Rachel would burst out laughing every time he would bring the ball back, drop it, and growl. I was just sitting in a daze, wondering how and why life changes so quickly. Soon, Rachel was off playing with some of her Christmas toys and Buttons just came and laid down on my lap, looking at me. I knew he knew that I was sad and he was trying to show me that it would all be okay. I wondered when DeeDee and Kyle moved here if Buttons would want to go live with them, he always went crazy happy when they showed up. Then I thought about when he would be gone and I just cried some more, thinking that I'd lose another part of Sarah. I hoped that this was a phase of the grieving period I was moving through. I was petting him when the guys came downstairs with their travel bags and Army duffle bags.

I got up still holding Buttons. I was in a mood where I just wanted him to be with me. I had rented a limo and we were taking the guys to Kansas City for their international flight. I heard a knock on the door and it was the driver. He helped us carry the bags to the car and we went by the HQ office so they could sign out. They said their good-byes to the CO and Top and we then headed for Kansas City. It was about a two hour drive to the airport. We were all pretty quiet and it was just small talk all the way there. We had Rachel, Madison, and Buttons with us, too.

When we got to the airport, we helped the guys through check in. We got up to the security gate and said our goodbyes. I think Parker and Aaron cried the most saying bye to Rachel. They really did love her as their own daughter. We watched until we couldn't see them anymore walking down the concourse. I was proud of myself, I didn't cry at the airport, I only had really wet eyes!

We left the airport and ate before we headed home. As we got on the road, Rachel and Madison both fell asleep. Daryl and I were sitting on the back seat. Micah closed the privacy screen between us and the driver and crawled back to in front of us. He immediately started undoing Daryl's pants. Before I really knew what was happening, Micah was sucking Daryl all the way down his throat. I lost my pants instantly and went around behind Micah. I undid his pants and pulled his pants and underwear off in one move. I buried my face deep in his crack, instantly licking and flicking his hole. Micah knows to expect the unexpected from me, but I think I outdid myself this time as he almost came off the floor of the limo! I reached between his legs with both hands and grabbed his cock, stroking up and down as far as the skin on it would go in both directions. As I did that, I worked my tongue as deep into his hole as I could. He was going crazy! I smiled into his ass thinking that I got one over on him. He was thinking that he was going to surprise us with a couple blowjobs, but I went a step further. His hole was twitching so I moved up and slid my cock into it, stopping the twitch immediately! He moaned into Daryl's cock as I filled him up. Micah and Daryl adjusted so that my thrusts pushed Daryl's cock deep down Micah's throat. Between the shock of what we were doing and the vibration from the road, I started shooting a huge load into Micah. He felt it and elevated his work on Daryl and soon was accepting another load, only swallowing this one. When he was done cleaning up Daryl, I turned him around and took his rock hard cock down my throat on a bed of saliva. The throat muscle work was short-lived as Micah started pounding my throat with his load. I gulped and gulped his load, not losing a drop.

We composed ourselves and just then my phone rang. I answered it and it was Top. He asked where we were and wanted to know if we could stop by the office on our way home. I used to love going to Top's office as Sarah would be there. Now, I was getting to where I hated going there because it seemed so empty because she wasn't there. I know it had to be difficult for Top and the CO, too.

I asked what was up and he said that there was a new project for us if we were interested.

We got to the office, Micah carried Madison and Rachel grabbed onto Daryl's hand. Top greeted us and we all sat down.

He started, "I knew that you guys were famous in Washington, but you're famous somewhere else, too."

"Where's that Top?" Micah asked.

"Cape Canaveral, NASA," he said. "They are sure that you can help them do two things, save money and get more accomplished faster. They will have a representative here Friday."

"Top, I'm not sure I want to work on anything right now," I said to him.

"I understand completely," Top said, "I don't want to come to work much anymore either. Sarah really made working here a complete joy. Now, it's just a job. It almost sucks. DA just sent your best friends and two of my best soldiers to Korea. If it weren't for the other people in this unit, I'd be gone. It'd be a no brainer."

I looked at him stunned. "Top, I've never heard you talk like this."

"Sorry guys, but I've just been depressed lately. I just needed to say a few things to feel better."

"Top, come over for dinner tonight. Bring your wife if you want or you can come by yourself. I think we need to talk, also," I said.

Top continued, "Sounds good, I think I'll bring the wife unless you think that the conversations will be less personal with her there."

"Top, we trust your wife and she may have a different perspective that will help us see things differently. I'd like to see her again," I said.

"Thanks Trey. I have one other thing. The General called and next week they want you two in Washington to see your program in action and to testify. NASA will then fly you to Florida to get an idea of what they are dealing with now and what they would like to get out of their program."

"Well, it has been a while since we've been anywhere," Micah said.

"Oh, and I finally have some awesome, great news! I almost forgot, being in the state of mind I've been in, but this is huge. The government has told me that all the payments for the Inventory project are being marked as tax free."

"Wow! That's awesome," I said, "Do you mean over the ten years?"

"That's what they indicated."

"Holy crap. That's close to thirty million dollars each for us, maybe more. Now I really can retire when I get out and work on some charitable projects. Thanks for that news, Top. Man, a little good news is sure welcome!"

We left and I tipped Martin, the limo driver, when he delivered us home. I tipped him five hundred dollars because I wanted him to know I appreciated him giving us his whole day. I also told him that the next time I hired his company, I would request him.

He sincerely thanked me and then said with a smile on his face that if there was any mess in the back of the limo that we may have made, he'd make sure it was taken care of.

I looked at him and then asked, "How do you know, is there a camera in the back?"

"No camera," he said, "That would be an invasion of privacy. But when you have driven for as long as I have, you know what movements of the car come from the road and which ones come from inside the car. And you can tell what those movements are being caused from. Don't worry, it's not a problem."

With that, he shook my hand, then looked at his hand and shook it like there was something on it. We laughed and I told him that was pretty funny. I closed the door, thinking that Martin has a sensitive ass and a great sense of humor! He wasn't all that old, either. He was probably mid-thirties and I'd guess prior military. He was a very handsome black man, about 5 feet 10 inches tall, probably 165 pounds. I filed away a tidbit to get to know Martin a little better on our next trip.

We were going easy on the supper with Top and his wife, Laura. We had spaghetti and meatballs, garlic toast, corn, fruit salad, and pumpkin pie with whipped cream for dessert.

The conversations that night helped all of us with all the things we were coping with. We talked about Sarah and what she meant to us and told some of our favorite stories. We talked about Aaron and Parker leaving for Korea, we talked about the upcoming meeting with NASA and our trip to DC. But the majority was about Sarah. We talked about the things that were bothering us along with the funny and happy memories we had. We talked about all the things that were important to her and the things that she wanted to accomplish in her life. We talked about the things that we would tell Rachel and Madison when they were older about how amazing their Mom was.

Laura recounted the morning she saw the bank account balance and we had a good laugh. She said they still laugh about the porn star movie check story. She had come over a few days after the funeral to thank us as she said that saying something at the funeral would have been inappropriate. We never thought anything of it as we had so much else going on at the time.

Top offered to go to DC with us if we thought we would either want or need his support. We told him we hadn't decided what we were going to do yet. We wanted to talk to Daryl to see if he wanted to stay here with the girls, if Alicia would be back from Georgia, or should we take the kids and Daryl with us where he would only have to watch the kids when we were busy and we could take over in the evenings. But then we told Top it didn't matter, we would love to have him along.

Laura said that she could take time off work and help out.

"Thank you so much Laura," I said. "If we decide that Daryl and the kids stay here, we might take you up on the offer. That's very generous."

She laughed, "You get us a million dollars and we're generous. You were right Jim, he is funny!"

We laughed and I liked Laura more and more by the minute.

We said our goodbyes and we all agreed that it was a good night for all. Top was in a much better frame of mind and we were, too. After they left, we cleaned up and threw the dishes in the dishwasher. We were smart and ran the dishwasher with the pots and pans while we were eating, so the work was nearly done when they left.

We went into the den and sat down. We started talking about the trip the following week. Daryl said he would watch the kids at the house. I could see he wasn't totally confident in his abilities, so I asked him. "What concerns do you have Daryl?"

"None. Well, some. I can take care of them when you guys are here, but I've never been alone to take care of them. I mean I took my turns with Rachel, but you guys were a few miles away on post. Being a thousand miles away is an entirely different story."

"So, it's just a confidence issue?" I asked.

Daryl said, "Yeah, I guess. I mean, if something happened to one of them, I would never be able to live with myself. I could never look either of you in the eyes again without thinking that I'm not worthy to even be on the same planet as you."

"Daryl, I completely understand your feelings. Personally, I have no problems with someone that my daughter calls Drool to watch her for a week." I said smiling.

The three of us smiled.

I continued, "I have complete confidence in you, Daryl. I know that if something did happen, you would do everything possible to make sure the kids are okay. But, I'm not going to force you to do something you're not comfortable doing. Your love and friendship means more to me than anything else."

"I agree," said Micah, "I have no worries leaving Madison and Rachel here with you, but you have to be comfortable with it. I don't think we would suggest it if we had any doubts about you being just fine."

"I have an idea," I said like a light bulb went on in my head. "What if DeeDee can come back down and she helps you?"

"I would feel a lot better if she were here!" Daryl lit up.

I got on the phone and talked with DeeDee. She was so excited that we would ask her to come down and babysit. I couldn't wait until it was just a few minute drive for her to come over after they moved here. I gave her my credit card number and told her that if Kyle wanted to come, that'd be great and to also get first class tickets for the flights. I told her I'd be checking! I also told her when she landed, to look for the driver with her name and he would bring her to the house. I thanked her, told her I loved her, and looked forward to seeing her in a few days. I reminded her to let me know her flight information so I could have a car at the airport. Then she chastised me in a fun way that I didn't have to thank her for watching her wonderful grandchildren. When I hung up I was so thankful that DeeDee had grandchildren. It was easy to see how much they meant ot her.

It was settled and I texted Top to let him know. He said he'd plan on going with us. I was excited that we'd have a friendly face in strange places.

We went to bed that night and the house seemed eerily empty. Rachel was in the room next door and the three of us were in the master bedroom with Madison in our room in her crib.

Micah was in the middle. He turned and laid his head on Daryl's chest, snuggling up next to him and grabbing his cock. Daryl was rubbing Micah's back lightly with his fingernails. I snuggled up behind Micah and pulled up on his ass cheek, giving my cock a home. I was getting hard just laying there. Daryl was hard, Micah stroking him leisurely. I reached around and grabbed Micah's cock, finding it nice and hard. It wasn't long in this position and we were all craving more. Daryl had Micah on all fours and was on his knees behind him. Daryl lubed up with his and Micah's precum and slid into his hole. I used my own lube and stood up behind Daryl with my feet outside of Micah's legs. I positioned my cock behind Daryl and when he felt me there, he stopped pounding Micah. I entered Daryl and he started moving back and forth, either impaling Micah or getting impaled by me depending on the direction of his stroke. Daryl and I took turns, he would pound Micah for a while and then I would pound him long and hard while he just stayed buried in Micah. I was getting close and I reached down, grabbing Micah's waist and tried to pull him right through Daryl into me. I shot my hot load deep into Daryl and then I heard him moan. He was shooting his load deep in Micah and I could feel him squeezing my cock as he pumped. I made it a point that the next time, I wanted to still be rock hard when he pulsed against my cock.

We disengaged, wiped off with a towel, and fell asleep, giving goodnight kisses all around.

The next morning at breakfast, I told the guys I didn't believe in ghosts. Daryl immediately asked what made me say that.

"I had a dream last night. It seemed so real, it almost has me questioning if it was real or not."

Micah looked at me nervously, "It wasn't about Sarah, was it?"

"Um, yes it was," I said almost quizzically how he knew.

"I had one about her too," Daryl said slowly.

I said, "Mine was mainly like she was here and I could feel her skin again. Her skin was such a perfect texture. I touched her and then I saw her smile."

"In my dream, she was telling me why I was so important to her and what I meant to her. She said that she was excited to have our child," Micah said.

"In my dream, she was telling me how much she enjoyed talking to me because she always knew that I would either make her laugh or get her to think about something," Daryl said. "It was one of my favorite things about her."

"Wow," I said, "Two of my favorite things about her was her skin and her smile."

"We all dreamed about the things that we loved the most about Sarah. I think that is scarier than if we all dreamed the same thing," Daryl observed.

"It isn't the first time that I thought I have felt she was here. I hope she is happy and just looking down on us. I wasn't going to say this, but I heard a noise coming from Rachel's room last night and I got up. When I got in her room, she was talking in her sleep. She just kept saying Momma," I said.

Daryl said, "I believe her spirit was here and telling us that everything is okay."

"It sounds like a lot of evidence that something was going on last night," I said. "But it isn't possible. It was just a coincidence. C'mon Daryl, we have to get to work." We dismissed it as coincidence, but I filed it away in the really creepy department of my memory.

Friday morning in Top's office, the NASA representative was excited to meet us. He said, "We were told by our lobbyists in Washington that if we used you guys for our projects, that funding would be much easier to procure. We have a pretty aggressive plan for the next fifteen to twenty years and we need all the help that we can get. What we need is an inventory system similar to what you built for the Pentagon. We are having a very difficult time with having the items on hand that we need. We also have so many of some items on hand that we'll never use all of them."

"Doesn't sound unreasonable," Micah stated, "Please get us the details and we can let you know if we are interested or not."

"Here's the folder with all the specifications. We are not above any ideas that you may have along the way for improvements to the database."

"Thank you," Micah said, "We should have an answer for you Monday."

"That's fine or you can give us an answer later when you take the tour. Either way whether you decide you can help us or not, we want you to come take a private tour of our facilities."

We shook hands and went to the office. Micah and I had decided on the ride in that we would talk compensation after we saw what the job entailed and if we were even going to take the job. Compensation at this point would be one hundred percent charity or invested in research. I had it on my to do list to learn more about aneurysms and if any research or studies were being done.

That evening when we got home, Rachel came running when she heard us come in the door. "Gamma here!" she screamed at me as I picked her up.

"Really?" I said smiling, "We love Gamma."

Rachel squirmed to get down and she took off to tell Gamma she loved her. What would I do if I didn't have my little part of Sarah still here?

Micah and I went into the kitchen and hugged DeeDee. She told us that Kyle stayed in Montana as they had an offer on the house. That was great news! She said that the house seemed empty with Sarah, Aaron, and Parker gone. We couldn't do anything but agree. She also said getting picked up and riding in a limo for such a long ways was a lot of fun. "I felt rich and important."

Supper was delicious as I had asked DeeDee to fix Sarah's favorite, Chicken Cordon Bleu. DeeDee talked a lot about Sarah and her childhood. Many of the stories Sarah had told us, some were new. Either way it didn't matter, anything about Sarah we wanted to hear. We told her about the other night when we all had dreams and Rachel was saying Momma in her sleep. She thought that it sounded like more than a coincidence, too. She agreed that if there was any way to make contact from the other side though, Sarah would find a way to do it. We also talked that Daryl could help DeeDee look for some houses in the area as they had decided that they didn't want to build a new one if there was a perfectly good house already built. I told Dee if she found a house she loved, call me and I'd buy it so that it wasn't bought out from under her.

Since it was Friday, we didn't have to get up too early the next morning, so we sat in the den with Dee and lit the fireplace. We talked and talked and I was so happy Dee was here! Any part of Sarah or anything associated to Sarah was a blessing to me right now. I felt closer to Dee and Kyle than I did my own parents. Not to say my parents were bad people, we just had entirely different outlooks on life. Kyle and Dee were positive and rolled with the punches that life dealt. That's more how I wanted to be.

That night when we were laying in bed, I rolled over on top of Micah. Our cocks were between us and I kissed him passionately. Daryl laid next to us and was massaging my back with one of his hands. He would routinely run down over my ass and it was a nice extra stimulant to kissing Micah. I could feel both Micah and I were hard now, our cocks still next to each other between us, and they were getting us wet.

It seemed like it had been forever since Micah and I had kissed and explored each other's mouths. We flicked in and out with our tongues, trying to elevate the arousal level of the other. I know he was doing a good job of raising my arousal level! I was moving my hips, sliding my rod back and forth on his stomach in our slick fluid.

Daryl got in behind us and put his tongue right on my hole! He didn't give me any warning or work up to it, he just went all in immediately and started power tonguing my hole. I almost went through the ceiling, but I reacted by spreading my legs for him! I lifted up and Micah immediately slid out from under me, turned around, and slid back in under me so we could sixty nine. I was taking Micah down my throat with a vigor I hadn't had in a while. Daryl playing with my hole and rimming me had a lot to do with it, I'm sure! Daryl moved up and put the head of his cock at my entrance. He pushed in and Micah took his hands and grabbed my nipples. I thought that if he's doing that, he is completely relying on me to not choke him with my cock by holding me up out of his throat. Daryl was working in and out of me and as he completely pulled out of me, I would move up so that I knew Micah was getting air, because as Daryl rammed into me, it would force me clear down Micah's throat. I loved having him work my nipples though, it was extra stimulation that was sending me into orbit! I felt myself building and I tried to hold off as long as possible, but finally I released. I pumped my load into Micah, the flexing and squeezing of my ring sending Daryl over the edge. I could feel the warm liquid he was depositing. I loved that feeling of pure man juice deep in me. Micah started filling my mouth with his load and I drank and drank and drank. The taste of Micah's cum was such a delicacy. I made sure that I got as much of his juice on as many taste buds as I could. When he was done, I took his cock and with the bit of his load that I squeezed out of it I sucked into my nostrils, insuring that I got as much of the aroma of Micah's cum as possible. I started giggling. I was snorting cock! Oh my God, I need so much help with the things I think about! Thankfully the guys didn't ask me to explain my giggling.

I got up and fed Madison Saturday morning. She was sleeping five to six hours a night and I think there were only two nights since we brought her home that we were up more than twice. I carried her into Rachel's room and I was greeted by my sweet little girl standing in her crib.

"Good morning Rachel. You're up early, Sweetie."

"Gamma here?"

"Yes! Gamma's here," I said smiling.

Rachel started jumping up and down. I laughed and put Madison down in Rachel's crib and picked Rachel up. She tried to take off for Grandma's room but I was able to catch her and tell her we needed to go to the bathroom first. She didn't fight me on it as she was pretty much potty trained. She ran into the bathroom and did her business. I helped her finish up and then sent her on her way. I knew from previous visits that Dee would always welcome Rachel in her room any time of day or night.

I went downstairs carrying Madison and realized it was just after six. Geez, why am I up? Oh well, I fixed some tea and started some coffee then fed Madison. It wasn't long and here comes Rachel with Dee. "Look who found me," Dee said.

"When I went in her room, she was standing up and first thing she asked was Gamma here," I said smiling. "She loves her Grandma."

I got Dee a cup of coffee and Rachel snuggled up on Dee's lap. I got Rachel some juice then sat back down.

"Thank you for being here Dee," I started, "Not so much for the kids, but for me. It's been really tough at times. I know as time goes by, it should get easier, but I just feel jilted out of so many years with Sarah. She was so amazing. I miss her smile, I miss her voice, her touch, her wisdom and advice. The Drone project I don't know if I would have figured it out without her. It's because of her that we are where we are today and have what we have."

"The last time I talked to her," Dee said, "She told me she didn't know how she could be happier. She was so happy here with you boys. She felt protected and secure."

"But I couldn't protect her," I said.

"Trey, sometimes life just stinks. It almost never works the way we want it to and it certainly isn't without its heartaches along the way. You had a couple really good years and those are what you want to remember."

"Thanks Dee," I said. "Can I tell you something personal?"

"Sure Trey, anything."

"The last project that Micah and I worked on they paid us more money than we'll ever be able to spend. I want to give you and Kyle enough money so that you guys can enjoy life, go do whatever you want to do. They paid us ten million dollars each tax free, and then for the next ten years we'll get between four and six million tax free each year. We saved the Pentagon they are estimating over a hundred billion dollars in the ten year period. They originally thought a billion dollars over ten years, but the program has fixed so many flaws that they are making huge gains in fraud, waste, and abuse. I thought the billion number was pretty low from the beginning, but a hundred billion, that's almost some money! They were going to pay us ten percent, but we told them to keep it at the original numbers and use the rest toward helping the veterans."

"Oh my Trey, that's wonderful! I knew that you had been paid a lot, but never in my wildest dreams ..."

"Welcome to my dreamland, Dee. I am still in shock. I know that we can sit down with Kyle, but I want to do this for you. Sarah would be so proud to be able to help you guys out and to see you happy. I want to give you guys four million dollars, plus the house."

"No Trey, you're not going to do that. I won't stand for that."

"Dee, please. Just think about it. My investments are solid and already making enough money for me to live on the rest of my life. I have Rachel's college fund with half a million dollars in it. Please just think about it, it would mean so much to me. It would help me in my healing process to know that Sarah would be so proud that you guys can enjoy the rest of your lives. Just remember, she'd be more insistent than I am about this!"

Dee laughed. "You're right about that. I will talk with Kyle and get his take on it. He might surprise me. He thinks the world of you, you know."

"Thank you so much. You'd make your son-in-law a very happy man!"

"Trey, I'm so glad my daughter fell in love with you. She loved the best man on earth."

Just then Micah and Daryl walked into the kitchen. I jumped up and started breakfast. Dee and Rachel helped, too. We had some large metal cookie cutter shapes and I put them on the grill and then helped Rachel pour pancake mix in them so we had all different shaped pancakes. She was so excited to eat her pancake Christmas tree! As we were eating, we were trying to think of what we wanted to do for New Years. We couldn't think of anywhere we wanted to go. Micah and I needed to look at our next project for a little bit this morning. "Is there anything on the agenda for the day?" I asked, hoping we'd have something to do.

No one could think of anything and with it being New Year's Eve Day, we decided we were happy to just stay in at the house. We did decide to drive around and see how many for sale signs we saw in the neighborhoods close by in the afternoon.

Micah and I looked at the requirements that NASA had put in their spec folder and we didn't see a lot of difference in it from the Pentagon database. I looked at Micah, "We could knock this out in a couple months if we take the Pentagon database and modify it. We could even make them compatible if we wanted. Would they ever need that?"

"I wouldn't think so, but we could call and ask."

We drove around that afternoon and saw several houses that Dee wanted to look at. That evening we spent having finger foods, other snacks, and playing games. We all went to bed before midnight as we were tired.

Dee knew we didn't go to church much, but we did this Sunday at her request. It was a good sermon and we saw some people we hadn't seen since the funeral.

We decided to eat lunch in town and went to one of the restaurants that I knew really supported us. They gave quite a bit of money when we first found out the Army was expanding at Manly. When the owner found out who we were, he tried to seat us ahead of some other people that had gotten there before us and were waiting to be seated. I told him that we would wait our turn, it wasn't a big deal. He looked at me as if I were crazy! He was really going to look funny later as Micah leaned over and said, "Those people he tried to put us in front of, I'm buying their meal. In fact, I'm buying everyone's meal that is in here right now."

I smiled at Micah, "I love it!"

When our waitress came over, Micah told her what he wanted to do and gave her a hundred dollar bill just for doing it for him. HE told her just to collect the bills for everyone when they went to pay and tell them that they were already taken care of. When we finished our meal, Micah paid the bill with cash to save the owner credit card processing fees. He then gave each waitress five hundred dollars for a tip and our waitress a thousand dollar tip. I was so excited just watching the reactions of all the patrons and employees. He went back to the kitchen and gave the three cooks five hundred dollars each, too. Our waitress hugged Micah and gave him a kiss, I think he has a new girl friend! Oh, and our service was perfect, too! It is so fun to be able to put smiles on peoples' faces like that. All the people came up to us and said thank you and they really appreciated it. Every single person said that they were going to do something nice for someone else now. That's what we wanted to hear!

When we were in the car, Dee said how nice it was of Micah to do that for all those people, not just for the waitress, but for the other families and employees, too. We told her it was fun and we were happy we were in a position that we could do it. Micah must have been planning it to have been carrying that much cash.

On Monday, Top took care of everything. We were picked up at our house by a shuttle that took us to the airfield on post. An Air Force jet was waiting to take us to Washington. We landed at Andrews Air Force Base and met by the three star general that we handed the project to in Top's office, Lieutenant General Paul Carlson. He greeted us heartily and we were off, heading to the Pentagon. The General asked us how things were going and we told him about Sarah, Madison, and NASA. He was truly saddened to hear about Sarah and said he really liked her, that she carried herself well and that she was an excellent soldier from what he had heard.

We got to the Pentagon and as soon as the security saw the General, we were whisked right through. He had a parking spot inside the Pentagon and we didn't even see the outside until late afternoon when we were taken to our VIP military housing. In the Pentagon, the General had a Specialist and a Sergeant show us a few ways they were using the database. It was working flawlessly, anything they wanted as far as information, they had it within seconds. They shook our hands and told us how much easier their jobs were. We thanked them and I asked them if there was anything missing or any function that they can't do that they would like to do. They said no, that everything they wanted or needed, they could do. They said the ease of use and training new personnel is a snap. I gave them each a business card and told them if they ever had an idea to make the program better or if they needed a procedure for other information, call us and we'll get with the General to see if we can make it happen for them. We thanked them and they thanked us again and we were off to the General's office. It was pretty big, two couches, several chairs, a huge bookcase along one wall.

"So this is how the shiny people work," I said smiling.

"Ha! SSG Hardy, you have a lot more money than I have. I may be asking you for a loan soon," the General said laughing.

I thanked him for the money he sent to the CO and to Top. I also thanked him for the tax free break on the money. I told him it was motivators like that that kept us interested in working for him!

"Trey," he started handing me a glass of wine, "I can almost guarantee that your Country will need your help again in the future. What you and Micah have done for us has changed history, literally. You have taken a giant broken machine called the US Federal Government and gotten parts of it working. That's something no one ever thought would ever happen, at least not in our lifetimes. Now, a lot of people in this town are starting to see hope and to relook at the mission statements for their departments. It's really miraculous, if you ask me."

"Thank you very much, Sir," I said, "And the wine is delicious."

"Call me Paul," he said, "We're off duty now. But before I forget, my driver will pick you up at 0900 tomorrow morning and get you down to where the trial is going on. All you will have to do is answer a few questions about how and why you built the Locator program. If the lawyer tries to get you to divulge any information you do not know if you should divulge, just look at the judge and tell him that. He will help guide you through the maze of legal mumbo jumbo."

"Thank you Paul," Micah said. "Paul, can I ask you something?"

"Sure, what is it?"

"Why did SSG Parnell and SSG Mills have to go to Korea, wasn't there anyone else that could have gone and done the job?"

"Good questions, Micah. We need them to straighten out a mess over there. We could have sent someone else, but with them there I know that the problem will get fixed. There is an issue with security of sensitive information and I had to have two people that I could trust. I wish I could have sent someone else, but I couldn't take the chance, I needed soldiers that are uncompromising. I hope that there isn't something more serious than the initial assessment, but if there is, they will let me know."

What the General said made me feel better, but I was a little confused, too. He sent Aaron and Parker over to Korea because he had to have people that he could trust, but they would let him know of any problems?

"Paul," I asked, "Have you had direct contact with them?"

"This is strictly classified and does not leave this room," he stated. "Yes, but they weren't supposed to tell anyone. The situation in Korea could be extremely delicate and possibly a serious breach of National security. I had to have them there. I'm sorry that I couldn't let them tell you."

"We're planning a trip there in late March or early April, will that be okay?" Micah asked.

"Yes, I think so. I'll know by then if it is also a dangerous situation."

"What? Dangerous?" I said with disbelief in my voice.

"We believe that the North Koreans are looking at any way to infiltrate our systems. They may have a sympathizer working for them in the personnel office in Seoul. They are there to find out."

"Sir," I stated, "I wish you would have trusted us with this information sooner. I think we have more than proven our loyalty to the United States and our ability to keep information confidential."

"Listen guys, you have, but I take orders, too. Please accept my apologies on this one." Then the General changed the subject. "Jim, I wasn't expecting you to come to Washington with the boys, but since you're here, I'm going to ask you if you are ready for the position down the hall I told you about a while back."

I looked at Top and I saw him fidget and he looked very uncomfortable.

"Sir, I know that the day is coming that you will need an answer, but I feel I still have some work to do at the unit."

"How much longer do you think that you need at the unit?"

"Fifteen months or so."

"That's a lot of time that we're losing not having you here. I have some important work that I and the Country need done. We may have to take a look at that," the General said.

We completed our tour around part of the Pentagon and headed to our quarters. I had hundreds of thoughts running through my head from Korea to Top. I had this feeling that things were never as cut and dried as they seemed to appear. Nor as clean.

At supper, I asked Top why the fifteen month timeframe.

"That's when you ETS, Trey," he said. "I want to be here until you get out of the Army."

"Top, do you want this job here?" I asked.

"Trey, to be honest, I don't know. I loved being at the unit until ... well you know. I still enjoy it, but I don't know if Laura and I want to move to DC. We like where we're at."

I did know. He meant Sarah dying. "It's not forever, Top," I said. "But if you don't think you will like the job, don't take it. Unless you are the best person for the job and will help our Country, then you need to reassess. We have a commitment to our Country, too."

"That's why it's so hard to decide. A year or so ago, it was pretty certain that I'd be here in DC. I thought that was what I wanted, now I'm just not sure."

"I wish I could help, Top," I said, "but it is a decision that you and Laura have to make. I will tell you this, please don't worry about me. I can't imagine a First Sergeant taking your place, but it is how life works. We do the job at hand the best we can and when it's time to move on, we do that job to the best of our ability. I sense that the era of the bukkake party is coming to an end, though. Of course, that would be interesting to see how that works out. And the work of breaking in another First Sergeant...." I let that trail off.

We laughed at my last remark and then I sat there thinking about the ramifications of a homophobe 1SG. I smiled just imagining him walking in on a party!

The next morning Micah and I were in our Class A dress uniform. The three of us were picked up right on time and were at the military courtroom in about ten minutes. We were led to the witness waiting room and had a seat to wait until they were ready for us. I told Top and Micah I felt like a dot on an I or a cross on a T in this deal.

They chuckled and agreed that it was just about that. I wasn't nervous now, I knew all I had to do was tell the truth and I'd be done. Soon an assistant to the prosecutor came in and spoke with us. He told us to just answer the questions that we're asked.

"What if we're asked a question that may have confidential information in the answer?" I asked.

"Then just tell the judge that you want to answer, but to answer correctly, you would have to divulge some confidential, secret, or classified information. He'll instruct you on what to do. Any other questions?"

We shook our heads no and he smiled and left. It was about another ten minutes and they called Micah to go testify.

"Top, I meant what I said last night. Please don't worry about me, take care of yourself and your family. Of course, I am looking for a good man to mow my yard and shovel snow."

He looked at me and we laughed. "I might take you up on that," he said.

About twenty minutes later, Micah came back into the room. He looked to be in shock and as white as a ghost. The man that escorted him in told me it was my turn.

"You okay Micah?" I asked him.

"You can't talk to him until you're done," the guy said to me.

Top was getting Micah a bottle of water and sat him down.

I walked into the courtroom and there were only about twenty people there, the jury, both teams of lawyers, the judge, court reporter, and baliff. I was sworn in and the prosecutor started asking me questions. Everything was going really well and then he said, "It appears that there is a question about your sexuality and that you are in the military under a fraudulent enlistment."

I just sat there, I didn't hear a question anywhere.

"Are you a homosexual?" the prosecutor asked.

I replied, "Now, I would say yes. When I joined the Army, I did not know. I believe that I answered all the questions on my enlistment honestly and truthfully." I shifted in my seat.

"No further questions."

The defense attorney jumped up like a firecracker went off under his chair. "SSG Hardy, correct? So if you're a homosexual, why are you in the Army, isn't it against Army policy for gays to be in the military?"

"Sir, like I said, when I joined I had never had any experiences with either sex and I did not fully understand or know what my sexuality was."

"Once you found out that you were gay, why did you not tell someone so that you were not breaking Army regulations?"

"No one asked and I didn't think it was anyone's business, either. I was doing a lot of great things for the Army and our Country and sexual preference had nothing to do with the job I was doing."

"But now that you know, you should be forced out of the Army. I move that my client be dismissed of all charges."

The judge got a wry smile on his face. "I don't think that's going to happen."

The prosecutor stood back up and said, "SSG Hardy, is there anything you would like to add?"

"Yes Sir, I would. The Post Locator program was the first program that SFC Donnelly and I wrote for the government. It has paid for itself and is now saving the Department of the Army money. We had no desire for the Locator project to do anything but work and work better than what was currently in place. SFC Donnelly and I have worked on two projects since, one was for the Drone fleet. Estimates are that it has saved the government money, but more importantly, over twenty thousand lives worldwide. When my wife died last October, yes I married after joining the Army, the project was named after her at my request because she helped me with a critical part of the project to get it to work. We also worked on another project that we just completed that is going to save the Pentagon, at last estimate, ten billion dollars a year. Without SFC Donnelly and me, there would be thousands of people dead right now and billions of dollars continually being wasted."

I took a large breath. "And what my sexual preference has to do with someone that the Army entrusted to do his job that is evidently straight who allegedly implanted lines of code in a program he wrote to do harm to the United Stated of America, I don't know. If it's to try and discredit me, you are barking up the wrong tree. I have started scholarships at Kansas State University to help student athletes, I just wrote a check for five hundred thousand dollars to aid in aneurysm research, which is what killed my wife last October. I don't care what my sexual preference is and I don't know why anyone else would either. The people in my unit that know don't care, they know that I am concerned about getting the job done and getting it done well. One last thing, if I am not supposed to be in the Army because of being me, then that's fine, we can deal with that later. But today, there is a man that tried to do harm to our Country and that I take way more offense to than someone's sexual preferences. If you care about our Country, you should maybe look at taking that point of view, also." I was staring directly at the defense lawyer when I finished my statement.

The judge looked at me and said, "SSG, thank you for coming today and testifying. I would also like to thank you for your service to our great Country. You can be proud that the work you have done has saved a lot of money, but I think you are more proud of the lives that have been saved. Thank you for your work, your contributions, and your service."

"Thank you, Your Honor."

"You're dismissed. I don't believe we'll need to have you or SFC Donnelly back for follow up." He looked at both lawyers. Both shook their heads no.

I left the courtroom and glared at the defense lawyer with every slow step I took. And I was pissed. It was a thinly veiled attempt to get that douchebag off bringing up our sexuality. I think the prosecutor brought it up to try and diffuse the issue with me some, something that Micah probably didn't get. I knew now why Micah was so upset. I walked into the room and he looked at me. He looked much better.

"What a crock of crap," I said. "Bringing up our sexuality as a way to try and get a traitor off the hook is about as low as you can get."

"What did you say?" Micah asked.

"Let's just say that I let them know what I thought."

Just then the assistant came in and told us thank you. He said, "I was sure that the Judge was going to tell the jury to disregard your statement, but he didn't. That indicates that we should win this case."

"Why and how did our sexuality get brought into this?" I asked.

"The defense found out somehow and they are grasping at straws. They were hoping that they could tarnish your testimony by attacking your integrity. But with the work that you guys have done and your obvious love for the United States, you impressed the judge to give you some leeway in your statement. He hasn't come close to letting anyone go off like that this entire trial."

"Well, we hope that the guy gets what he deserves," Top said.

We left and the General's driver was waiting for us. He asked us if we had ever been to DC before and we said no. He told us how to get to the Lincoln Memorial and the Washington Monument. We changed our clothes and then went to the two monuments. The three of us had so much fun and we learned so much history, too. We were eating when I got a phone call. It was a man from the New York Stock Exchange and he said that they had gotten word of the work that we have done and wanted Micah and me to ring the bell at the exchange tomorrow morning. I said we would and they said they would pick us up at our quarters at 0600 in the morning for the 0900 bell. That told me it was probably the General that contacted them, otherwise how would they know we were in DC?

"Holy smokes!" I exclaimed when I got off the phone. "That is so freaking cool!" I told Top and Micah what we were doing tomorrow morning and they could hardly believe it. We finished eating and headed back to our quarters. I called the General and he said he was done with us and to have a good trip to New York. I then called the NASA guy and he said that he could have us picked up in front of the NYSE building right after the market opens to take us to Florida.

Micah and I were sitting in our room watching TV that night. We video called home and everything was going great there. We told them to watch TV in the morning to see us start the stock market. We called all the families and texted Aaron and Parker, hoping maybe that they would be able to see it, too. We had gotten a quick text from them that they were getting situated and that it was great that they were together, but they missed us.

They had given us two beds, but we naturally only used the one. I texted Top to see if he wanted to come over for a little fun, but he said that he didn't do anything outside the unit parties. I respected him for that.

We got naked and I had my hand on Micah's upper thigh. A commercial came on and we never did see the commercial or the rest of the show that we had been watching. We started kissing and running our hands over each other's bodies. I scooted down and was on my back. Micah got on top of me and we continued to kiss. My eyes were closed but my mind was like a video camera moving all around the room, catching our naked bodies from every angle. I felt Micah lift up and let his now erect cock flip up between us and then he laid back down on me. I took my legs and locked my ankles in the small of his back. I was able to pull down and squeeze him into me some. I wanted him and was so horny for him. I took my arms and pulled his upper body into me, too. Micah knew what I was doing and he was trying to push himself down into me. I broke our kiss and nibbled on his neck. I flicked my tongue on his neck, lightly sucking skin into my mouth. Our fingers were intertwined now and our hands above our heads. Micah was doing the same to me, nibbling my neck and shoulders. I felt him move to where he could lick and kiss my armpit. I went crazy and within a minute I was filling the voids between our torsos with my load. I was so horny that I just got lost in my sexual desires and lust for Micah and came without any genital stimulation. Micah looked at me and said, "You okay?"

"Yeah, I was just so horny for you I lost complete control. I just wanted to cum and get it all over you."

He smiled and we continued to kiss. I had moved my legs down to where my feet were just inside his. I pulled his legs a little wider, putting some more weight on our cocks. Mine was pretty soft, but I had a good feeling for his very hard one against my stomach. I started moving my hips like I had my cock in him and was making love to him. I felt him start grinding into me the same way. With my load as a lubricant, it wasn't long and Micah was shooting his load between us. I pushed his chest up a little, getting some of his load shooting up between my nipples. I pulled him back down on me and we kissed and kissed. After about fifteen minutes we fell asleep, Micah still on top of me.

About two in the morning, I woke up and was being pulled over onto my side. Micah was asleep, trying to get more comfortable, but our stomachs were stuck together. I put my hand on Micah's back and he stopped moving. I was trying to maneuver so that we could get disconnected. I took the side of my hand and ran it back and forth where we were stuck together. I was able to slowly get our skin to separate. I laid down and fell back asleep with a smile on my face.

The next morning we were ready at the front door at 0555. The whole day was a whirlwind of excitement. We were whisked to New York and rang the bell to open the markets. There was a big cheer for us as they announced some of the things that we had accomplished. Being New York, the Drone project drew the largest cheer as it was fighting the terrorists that so wounded that city in 2001. We waved to everyone. It was a moment that I'll remember forever.

We left New York and in a couple hours, we were landing at Cape Canaveral. We were escorted into the command center and treated like royalty. They showed us where the testing center was, they let us go on a simulation flight, we got to put on a spacesuit. The whole experience was so memorable. We were taking videos on our phones the whole day so that we could share with everyone. As the day was winding down, we were sitting in the office with the man in charge of NASA. He asked us about our day and we said that we fit enough into today to last most people a month. We soon got down to discussing the project. We told him that we had taken a look at the specifications for the project and we felt that it would take us a couple months to complete it. We told him that what our plan was to take the Pentagon inventory system and just modify it to fit NASA. We said that we could make the system compatible with the Pentagon if that was something that would be feasible of beneficial. He didn't see a need for that.

"What is your fee for building this for us?" he asked.

"What is it worth to you?" I replied with a question of my own, grinning.

He smiled and said, "We'd like to get it done as cheaply as possible. Would two million dollars be a number you would entertain?"

Micah and I looked at each other and said, "Looks like you're going to get a new database."

We stood up, shook hands and said that we would call if we had any questions.

"I'll have a contract to you tomorrow," he said.

"We don't need a contract," I said. "Your handshake is enough for us."

"Men of integrity. Handshake it is. I'll just need an invoice for accounting."

We spent the night and the next morning we took a half day for ourselves and played a round of golf. Mid afternoon the Air Force had a jet waiting for us and we were heading back to Kansas. I think I fell asleep for a while and I looked out the window a bit at our great country too, deep in my own thoughts.

Top sat down next to me and handed me a drink. "Penny for your thoughts."

"Thank you," I said taking the drink. "You want change back?"

We chuckled and then sat there for another few minutes. I took a sip of my drink and said, "Things sure are a lot more complicated than they seem to need be," I finally said.

"If you aren't at the highest levels, you never get all the information. And then some people get to the right level and get a lot of information. Then some get a little higher than that and get left in the dark again," Top replied.

I thought about what Top said and the sense that it made. "Thank you for coming with us Top," I said, "It meant a lot to both of us."

"Trey, that was a fun trip except for the trial and it was just an hour or two. The rest was so much fun and I'm glad you included me. Oh, and here's the five dollars I owe you from golfing." He handed me a five dollar bill and I smiled.

"You're going to take the job in DC, aren't you Top?" I asked.

"I need to talk to Laura, but probably. I'll miss you more than anyone here, you know that right?"

"I'll miss you too, Top. But we can always fly out to see you or fly you guys back here. Thanks to you I am independently wealthy. Thanks to you ..." I paused in reflection. "My investments are making over twenty thousand a month, so I'll try and get by without my Army pay, plus it sounds like I need to find a good yardman."

He nudged me kiddingly.

I told him what I was doing for Kyle and DeeDee. I told him that I wanted them to be able to enjoy their lives since Sarah couldn't. I told him that if she were alive, she and I would be doing this for them, anyway. But now, it has taken on a more important role for me to get it done. Then I continued, "I sent a check for five hundred thousand to the Johns Hopkins Aneurysm Research Department. Their research is looking at blood tests that find enzymes associated with an aneurysm. I hope that I can help accelerate their research and maybe keep someone from going through what we have."

"Trey, that's admirable and I commend you for everything you are doing to help others. I'm not surprised, though. Sorry."

I looked at him and just burst out laughing. I loved his sense of humor and the way he used double meanings in the things he says. "I want us to be friends long after we leave the Post Support Unit," I said.

"Me too, Trey. You make me a better person by just being around you, trying to live to the standard that you live your life. Also, why don't you guys take the rest of the week off."

"I need to work tomorrow and then I want to take Monday off to take Dee to the airport if that is okay with you," I said to Top. He nodded okay. We landed and were taken to our house. Rachel ran to me and I scooped her up, spinning around and around. She squealed with delight and all my worries disappeared. "Dadda TV!" she screamed. "Dadda TV!"

"Did you see Daddy on TV?" I asked her with love overflowing my heart.

She smiled the biggest smile and grabbed me in the best hug I had ever gotten.

Dee was there and said, "Trey, when she saw you, she pointed and screamed and jumped up and down. It was the most fun thing I have witnessed in a long time."

I gave Dee a hug and said, "It's all because of Sarah. She's the one that pushed me, guided me, and supported me through everything."

I looked at Rachel, "Did you see anyone else on TV?"

"Micah!" I don't know why she got his name right from the start!

"Anyone else?"

She looked at me and I helped, "Top."

"Top!" she yelled.

"Good job, Rachel!"

We went into the kitchen and Dee fixed us a little something to eat. I talked with Rachel, asking her if she missed Daddy, if she was a good girl while I was gone, if she had fun, what she did, things like that. Her vocabulary was developing more and more everyday and it was becoming more fun with every advancement in her development. I tried to read to her everyday too, but we would miss a day once in a while. She told me that Gamma read to her and that Daryl played in the snow with her. I hugged her and gave her a kiss on her temple, telling her Daddy loved her so much.

Dee told me that she thought she found the house she liked. She had put an offer on it as Kyle said he was fine with whatever she selected as long as it passed an inspection.

We finished eating and said that we were exhausted. Micah and I hugged Dee and Rachel and then headed to bed with Daryl. We showered and crawled into bed. Daryl started massaging my feet and I fell asleep in less than thirty seconds. The next morning, Daryl said that when I fell asleep, he switched to Micah and he was asleep immediately, too. Then Daryl said he gave us both blowjobs that took over thirty minutes each to get us to cum.

"I remember you starting to rub my feet," I said, "but that's all. I know I slept the best I have ... in maybe ever. So I guess you'll have to suck me off every night forever! Wow, a thirty minute blowjob and I slept through the whole thing?"

We laughed and I hugged Daryl, kissing him too. We were laying there and I was on my side with my head propped up on my hand. I was just staring at Daryl's perfect body. I loved Micah and Micah had a really hot body too, but Daryl was symmetrically perfect from head to toe. Daryl's short brown hair and brown eyes that sparkled life and energy riveted me. He was around five feet nine to ten inches tall, weighed a hundred sixty pounds. He had lost most of his tan through the winter, but his complexion was still perfect. His white teeth and perfect smile almost melted my heart just as Micah's did and Sarah's had. Daryl's torso was V'd from solid shoulders down to a thirty one inch waist. He had beautiful upper legs, muscular and toned. He had perfectly shaped calves with perfect muscle and roundness. Even his hands, feet, fingers and toes were perfect, he had a beautiful body from top to bottom.

"Trey .... Trey .... earth to Trey" Daryl was kind of moving his hand back and forth in front of my face. I popped back into reality and smiled.

"Where were you?" he asked.

"Just looking at your body and marveling at how perfect it is. You should be a model. You could be famous and get all the girls, or guys."

We laughed and then he said, "I wish I saw in me what you see in me. I don't see where I am special at all."

"You and Micah are both similar in stature, but your entire body is in perfect proportion. Micah's legs and body aren't quite in perfect proportion." They were looking at me like I was crazy and I thought they were thinking what I thought of my own body.

"I'm floppy," I said. "My arms, body, upper and lower legs are all out of proportion with one another."

Both Daryl and Micah were laughing uproariously. "Floppy!" Micah spat out between breaths. I looked at them with a wry smile on my face, not really believing they were laughing at my observations like this. I was enjoying that they were being entertained, though.

"Oh, that's priceless!" Micah said out of breath. "Thanks Trey, that's the funniest thing I've heard in a long time."

"What? My body isn't even close to as perfect as either of yours."

"But you are far from floppy!" he chuckled, "Whatever that means."

I said, "Why don't both of you let me take some pictures of you and send them to a couple modeling agencies? Just to prove me right or wrong?"

"Why don't we send pictures of all three of us in and see what they say?" Micah suggested. "Trey, you are pretty good looking and well built, too."

Daryl says, "I don't think I want to send pictures in of my body."

"Daryl," I said, "That's up to you, but you are a freaking perfect human specimen. We'll send pictures in posing in our Speedos."

Daryl finally spoke up, "Okay, I will let you guys send our pictures in and then this whole perfect body thing can be put to rest."

I looked at Daryl, "Does it bother you that I tell you that your body is perfect?"

"No, but I don't think it is anywhere close to true. You need glasses."

I laughed, then hugged and kissed both of them and got up, took a quick shower and took care of Madison's needs. I looked in on Rachel and she was standing up, kind of bouncing up and down. "Potty!"

I put her down and she sailed into the bathroom. I decided that I was going to put her in a regular bed so that she could get up when she needed to. She was growing up so fast and she wasn't even two yet.

After breakfast, we met the inspector at the house that Dee had said she was interested in. We had gotten the paperwork that her offer had been accepted and I had put the earnest money in an account. The house was about two miles from us with a beautiful view of the lake. It was a ranch style, three bed, two bath, with a medium size yard. The house had a porch on the front and a nice deck on the back as the ground gradually descended down to the lake and dock. It also had an attached two car garage and a work shed about fifteen feet by twenty feet that was insulated. The work shed also had a sink, heat and air conditioning. A perfect getaway for Kyle to work on any projects that he wanted to delve into. I thought the house was perfect for them.

The inspector found a couple minor issues that Kyle or I could fix myself if the seller balked. I told Dee that I think she and Kyle will be Kansas homeowners by the end of the day. We hugged and I saw a tear in her eye. It touched me and I was excited for her and Kyle. I spoke with the realtor for a few minutes and he said that he didn't see any problem handing the keys over as he knew of my reputation in town. I wrote him a check right there and handed it to him. The house was vacant and I thought a great deal. We went out and looked at the lake off the back patio.

"I love it Dee," I said. "I think it's perfect."

"I'm so excited Trey. I don't know how we could ever thank you for this."

"You already have by being a part of my life."

We hugged and we both had wet eyes.

"I know one thing," I said when we got back into the car, "you made one almost two year old little girl very happy and she doesn't even know it yet! She is going to love having her Grandma close by."

We had taken a lot of pictures and a video. We uploaded them and called Kyle so that he could take a look. He was pretty excited and said it looks like a great house. When I talked with him, he agreed with me that the two issues were minor, a ground fault circuit interrupter outlet was broken and the garbage disposal was stuck. We got a call from the realtor and the seller said he could take care of the items or he would take five hundred dollars off the price. I was feeling bored so I told him we would take care of the issues. He said he'd have the signed documents to us later that day and would also drop off the other set of keys at our house. He said that the seller knew of our reputation also and had no qualms about taking my personal check.

We were so excited that I grabbed a few tools and we went back up to Dee and Kyle's new home. We stopped at a hardware store and I picked up a new GFCI outlet. We got to the house and that was fixed in less than five minutes. I went into the kitchen, unplugged the garbage disposal because I like my fingers and spent about two minutes and had the disposal broke loose and running smoothly. I poured just a bit of cooking oil I brought into it to keep it from rusting up again before they moved in. Five dollars and ten minutes spent, five hundred dollars saved!

We walked around the house and I pictured the Ellis' belongings in Montana and where they would be here at their new home. I couldn't wait!

I called Top and reminded him I was taking Dee to the airport Monday. He said that if I had time to stop by the office when I got back. I hung up and guessed that meant he had made a decision on the Pentagon job. Dee and I had a wonderful conversation on the way to the airport. I had decided to drive us in my car. She said that she looked at me like the son she never had, not her son in law. She told me that the first time we met that she knew I was different, that I was somebody special, that I had real qualities of someone that cares about others and cares about what is right. She said that when we first met in Billings, the way that I talked to her and the way that I was with Kyle impressed her to where she loved me from day one.

She embarrassed me by saying so many nice things. I told her that I was closer to her and Kyle than my own parents. We really had a special bond.

Dee and I hugged and said our goodbyes and then I drove back to the unit. It was two hours of complete quiet time that I had to myself. I filled it with memories of Sarah.

"Trey, I called you in to ask your advice on something."

"Wow Top, I appreciate you respecting my opinions enough to ask me."

"Trey, as you know, General Carlson wants me to take a job at the Pentagon. It's to oversee and compile all the security data that comes in from all the different contacts, unit commanders, and informants that the Army has worldwide. If I take the position, the first thing I'd do is hire you and Micah to rework the system so that the data is more manageable. If I don't take it, I'm going to tell the General he needs to hire you to do it anyway. Laura said that she would like to stay here in Kansas, but that it is my decision. I have twenty six years in, so I can retire and be fine staying here being your yardman."

I laughed with Top. "Top, you're in your mid forties I'm guessing. If you retire from the Army, you'll have to do something or you'll drive Laura crazy and you'll be bored out of your skull. I would love for you to stay here, but you'd have to have a decent job that you love. To be honest, the job at the Pentagon sounds extremely important and highly stressful. But you would be on the inside and know all the happenings in our national military operations. I don't think that the stress will really bother you much. It comes down to if you want to do that job and move to DC. I'm sorry I can't help you more than that."

"That's about where I'm at. You aren't helping much."

"Would you feel more comfortable retiring and taking the job if the General made it a contract position?"

"No, I think that I'd rather get to thirty and bump my retirement a couple hundred a month if I took the job."

"Well, as much as I hate to say this and would hate to see you go, I really think that you should take the job and fix the position. Then when you are satisfied with the work you have accomplished, then retire and come back here. It would be the best thing for our Country."

"Thanks Trey, that is probably what I'll do. I do want to help with getting our military information organized and condensed. And I'm not really ready to retire and I don't have anything solid lined up if I did get out. And we could still work together getting the database going. As you heard when we were in DC, the General pretty much wanted me fairly soon. Thanks Trey, I just needed someone to bounce the ideas off of."

I gave Top a hug and went home.

We were able to talk to Aaron and Parker once or twice a week on a video call. We would tape some of our lovemaking sessions and post them on our web site, accessible by password. They would do the same and sometimes when it worked out, we'd do live sessions, too. We missed being together, but this helped a lot. We invented a game that we called Twister Sex. We had a spinner that we created with different sexual positions and activities with their names on the different locations and they made one for us. Sometimes we'd end up where we were sucking on someone's big toe and that same person had to be licking our armpits or giving us a blowjob while the other person was sucking on one person and screwing the other. It got to where sometimes we would just laugh trying to get into a certain position. I think it was more fun with three than two and we said we would make four and five person spinners for when we were all together.

We worked on the NASA project and we stuck with our original plan, just modifying the Pentagon database. This project was going just at the pace that we thought the work would go, so we were looking at a March first completion date.

The end of January, Kyle and Dee pulled into their new driveway with their belongings in a truck. We had gone over to help unload things and put things in the right rooms. When the movers left, we took a break and were sitting on the couch and chairs in the living room. After ten minutes or so I said, "Micah and I have a little welcome to the neighborhood gift for you."

Kyle and Dee looked at us like we were in big trouble for all we had already done. Micah and I got up and told everyone to put their coats on. We went out the back door and headed down to the lake. Dee looked at the dock and said, "I don't remember that building being there before."

"That's a boat house Dee," Kyle said with a tone that he knew what was coming.

We opened the door to the boat house and everyone went inside. Of course you can't have a boat house without a boat, so there was a brand new fishing boat up on a lift out of the water.

"Dee, I haven't turned anyone over my knee in my life, but I think there are two young men that are really trying to change that."

Micah and I smiled. "You are welcome and you deserve it."

Dee came over and hugged us both. I think I actually saw tears in Kyle's eyes. He went over and looked at the boat and whistled. "She sure is a beauty," he said. "Thank you, Micah, Trey." He shook our hands and then hugged us. "I don't know what I'm going to do with you two," he sighed.

We agreed that we couldn't wait to take it out this spring. We smiled at him and went back to the house. We helped move all the boxes to the rooms that Dee said they went to. We helped unpack the kitchen and set up the beds. When Kyle and Dee said they were done for the day, we went and ate pizza and then went home.

Micah and I talked and he wanted to pay for half of the Ellis' house and to pay me back for half of the four million. I was shocked that Kyle didn't fight us a lot on the money. I think that telling him that it would make Sarah so happy to see them financially set, he finally relented. I had also told him that it was because of Sarah that we had this money. And he knew I wouldn't stop wearing him down about it until he caved! Kyle and I really did have a good relationship and a great respect for each other.

Micah said that we should be equals so that there are never any hard or hurt feelings between us. I didn't think it was necessary, but I didn't argue with him as he did have a logical point. I let him write me a check for half of what I had committed to the Ellis' and Micah was happy to do it. We were both happy that Sarah's Mom and Dad were set for life. And we had decided to buy a ski boat when we were shopping for the fishing boat. We had a boat house built, also.

Thank you for reading this chapter. I enjoyed writing it.