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Chapter 30
Marcus and JW laid there in bed for almost an hour talking and joking when JW's phone rang, he answered it not looking at who was calling, "Hello."
Marcus herd yelling on the other end of the phone and JW held his phone away from his ear laughing and said, "I am sorry, but I did tell you, well I told your secretary." More yelling over the phone and JW mouthed the words Nick to Marcus.
Marcus nodded his head and laughing walked into the bathroom.
Nick explained that she just found out about his ex-wife and her hospital visit, she wants to file an emergency child custody court hearing tomorrow and make a case for JW having the kids. JW tried to explain that he had to work tomorrow but Nick forced him to call into his work and request a personal day. JW only agreed to call his job and see if he could take a personal day, he promised to call Nick as soon as he found out.
JW hung up the phone and called his Captain. Shane luckily answered the phone and JW had to explain to him what had happened the last few days. Shane easily gave him the shift off and he had hung up the phone again.
JW crawled out of bed and looked at it, it was soaked in sweat there were huge stains all over the black sheets, it looked like the bed needed to be burned again. JW walked into the shower and talked to Marcus who was showering and told him what just happened. Marcus listened patiently and was excited for JW, he knew this was really important for him. After JW was done Marcus told him that he had to go into work tomorrow, he apologized but had planned on it for several days and was expecting JW to be at work that day.
Marcus stepped out of the shower and JW slapped his ass hard and ducked into the shower, "That was for making it impossible for me to sit for the next few hours!"
Marcus grinned and made a jerking off motion in the air, "Cry some more bitch!"
JW walked out of the shower and put on a white tee shirt and grey. He walked into the living room and saw Marcus sitting on the couch with his laptop; he was wearing black shorts and was shirtless. JW pulled off his tee shirt and tossed it back into the bedroom, grabbed his laptop and walked out into the living room. Marcus looked busy so JW went into the kitchen and grabbed two big cups of water, he went back into the living room, placed Marcus cup in front of him on the coffee table and sat down in the recliner.
JW played with his laptop learning the new machine; it was simple and easy to use, before long he was talking to himself out loud. Marcus was distracted by JW and looked over at him; he was cute laying there in the recliner, with his glasses on and figuring out his new laptop.
Marcus phone rang, he answered it and stood up and walked off into his office. JW herd Marcus sit down in his office and he laughed to himself because Marcus tone had changed, his voice deeper and raspier than normal.
JW went back to playing with his computer when his phone rang again, he answered it, "Hello Mom, how is everything going?" He herd the girls laughing in the back ground and smiled. Donna asked if it was ok if they came home now, JW laughed hard and told her that they watched TV and they were working with their computers the whole time. Donna laughed and called him a liar and said that they would be back to Marcus house shortly.
JW herd the door to the garage open and his kids came flying through the door and climbed into the recliner with him. JW asked questions and both girls answered on top of each other. JW looked to his parents who looked sunburned and exhausted, Hank brought Luke to JW. JW folded his computer closed and then grabbed his son, Hank turned and went into the bedroom. A few minutes later Donna appeared and said she was going to take a nap as well.
JW nodded his head, turned on the TV and flipped through the channels until he found cartoons. With in minutes the girls were asleep at his sides and Luke was wide-awake sitting in his lap. JW picked up his phone and texted Marcus, "If we need to leave the house so you can work in quiet just let me know?"
Marcus poked his head out of his office, JW turned to look at him and Marcus shook his head and closed the door behind him.
JW lifted Luke up to his chest and started to talk to him quietly. Luke sat there looking around room and then turned his head to JW.
Luke quietly said, "Dad" and then laid down, putting his head into JW's neck. That was the first time he had said anything JW knew of. JW looked down at his kids and his heart began to sink, JW knew that he was about to go into absolute war with his ex.
JW woke up, he was burning up, his kids were spread across him. JW lifted his head up and knew there was no way of getting up with out waking the whole house. JW tried to gently wake his girls but they were fast asleep, he has to reach down and shake them to get them to move around. It took five minutes to get the girls moved to the couch, they went right back to sleep.
Luke on the other hand was hard asleep, so JW carried him to his bedroom, Marcus must have changed the sheets because new ones were on the bed and the old ones were on the floor. JW laid his son down on the bed and turned to grab everything on the floor. JW felt his heart skip a beat as he saw the double-headed dildo still on the ground when he lifted the sheets.
Suddenly his ass started to throb with a dull ache and JW reached down with his hand and massaged his ass cheek. A smile crossed JW's face and he grabbed the bedding off the floor and carried it to the laundry room. JW returned to the bedroom and grabbed the dildo and took it to the bathroom to clean it.
JW returned to the bedroom and straightened it up, grabbed his Ipad and walked into the living room. He walked around the house cleaning and picking things up, after several minutes he had the house back to its original state. JW walked back into the bedroom and did one final check, the sex toys drawer was cracked open. JW walked up to close it but instead he opened it up and looked inside.
JW laughed and tossed toys to the side until he came across the large butt plug, he picked it up, closed the drawer and grabbed the lube from the nightstand. JW walked into the bathroom and closed the door. He dropped his shorts and turned his back to the mirror and looked at his ass. JW reached behind and spread his ass, it was still gaping wide open.
JW ran his fingers around his open hole, it was hot to the touch and even the slightest touch made him flinch. JW grabbed the plug, ran some lube over it and coated it with his hand. JW took his lubed fingers and ran then into his hole, pushing lube into his hole. JW took the plug and reached behind himself and watched in the mirror. He pushed the plug hard and his hole started to spasm, JW took a deep breath and then pushed his hole hard to accept the plug, it slid in with a sting and JW's legs were shaking uncontrollably and he held himself up on the vanity.
After a few seconds JW reached behind himself and pulled the plug out, relubed the plug and put a lot of extra lube on his fingers and he shoved them back into his ass. The plug slid in a lot easier this time and JW stood up tall and looked at his ass in the mirror again.
JW turned into the mirror and flexed his chest, he was hard again and he reached down to tug on his cock. His cock was sore and tired at the moment and he knew that it was going to hurt to jerk off. JW stepped back into his shorts and walked out of the bathroom with the lube in his hand. Marcus was standing in the bedroom grinning and arms folded across his chest, "And what were you doing in there?" Marcus said laughing.
JW blushed, "Oh I was justÉ cleaning up!"
Marcus grinned and walked over to him and wrapped his arms around JW and rested his chin on top of JW's head, "Sinner."
JW looked at him playfully, "I don't know what your talking?"
Marcus lowered his arms and dropped them down JW's back and down into his shorts. JW tried to pull back but Marcus laughed and tightened his hold, his hands fell to JW's ass and he felt the plug in JW.
Marcus grabbed JW by the shoulders and joking said, "Are you sure you can handle that right now."
JW slapped his hands away, "Babe I can handle it a lot better than you!" Marcus reached back and slapped JW's ass and he whimpered in pain and fire shot out of his eyes to Marcus. Luke had just woken up and was crawling around on the bed.
Marcus looked like he swallowed a cactus and JW coughed, "Oh shit I forgot he was in here. I am such a horrible parent, my kids are going to be so fucked when they are older!"
Marcus laughed and shook his head, "No more than me or you." JW looked angrily at Marcus and frowned. JW grabbed Luke and walked out of the room.
Marcus followed on his heels, "By the way the reason I found you was because Nick called me and said that I needed to be in court with you tomorrow. She has everything set up and we will be meeting at 9:00am."
JW looked over at his shoulder, "How do you know this?"
Marcus walked past JW into the kitchen, "Nick called me and told me make sure I show up. She wants the judge to see us as a couple, if the judge orders the emergency temporary custody child change she wants the judge to know that the kids are going into a home with two gay men."
JW nodded his head, put Luke on the floor and walked into the kitchen; "I understand why she is doing that but isn't that dangerous for me and possibly getting my kids back?"
Marcus shrugged, "I have no clue dude, just trust Nick ok?" JW nodded his head and filled his glass with water.
Hank walked into the kitchen, "Its only 5:30?" He shook his head, "Feels like its been a twenty hour day already."
Hank looked to JW, "Not to interrupt but would you share the good news?" JW told his father about Nick and what she was planning on doing, his mother walked in and he gave her an even more brief description. His parents were holding hands and looking anxious.
Donna said, "Are you two being a couple going to be a problem?"
JW shrugged and was about to say something when Marcus interrupted him, "Actually I can answer that. Oddly enough even though Texas is a not gay marriage state, there is a history of gay couples adopting children. The reason I mention this is because if they are going to allow a gay couple to adopt then they sure as hell do not care if one of the parents are gay." Hank nodded his head in agreement but it was obvious Donna was having troubles with this.
JW walked over to her and kneeled down in front of her and grabbed her hands in his, "Mom if this is that big of a problem for you I will not do this. But Connie is a serious hazard to my babies and I will figure something else out. But I will not let them stay with her. So do I have your permission to do this? Do I have your permission to fight for my kids?"
Donna sat there motionless for what felt like hours when she finally looked down to JW and then Marcus, "I just want what's best for those kids. I know in my heart the best thing for them is to be with you. You're a good father, I just don't know how you're going to handle Connie, your kids and a gay relationship."
JW stood up and beamed, "I will handle it just like I have handled everything else. I dont have a clue but I will just keep going forward. Don't think that I wont ask for your help," JW turned to Marcus, "Or you for that matter. But I will just do what is best for these kids."
Donna nodded her head and then shrugged, she stood up and walked into the living room, "We need to get these kids up or the will never sleep tonight."
Hank sat their quietly the whole time, he was fidgeting his hands and looking at the floor, when Donna walked out he looked to JW, "Don't ever hesitate god damn it. You always call us if you ever need anything." JW smiled and said thank you, Marcus nodded his head as Hank looked at him. Luke came walking around the corner into the kitchen, he was staggering his steps. Everyone was watching him almost fall with each step, Luke walked up to JW reached his hands into the air and said, "Dad."
The room erupted into frenzy, everyone asking when Luke started to speak, is this the first time he spoke?
JW reached down and picked up Luke into his arms and explained that he thought he was speaking for a while, he had spoken a few hours ago to him for the first time and that he figured he was saying a few words before today. Leah and Kira both excitedly said they had never heard him say anything and the frenzy boiled into the living room as JW walked out of the kitchen.
Donna quickly stole Luke from JW and started to talk to him, Luke cried in objection and a few minutes later Donna handed him back over to JW, Luke fell silent again. Hank smiled, "The boy hasn't been around his dad for a long time, he knows what he wants."
Donna beamed on the couch sitting next to JW, Luke was sitting on JW's lap looking around the room. Donna tapped JW on the arm and he turned to look at her, "You know he was so good today. Some babies just take 100% of your time, but not Luke. Just sit him down, put something in his hands and he will take care of himself. You were that way, rarely ever made a peep much less cry. I hate to say it but it was easy to forget you were in the room or in the car. I left you in so many places before. It's a wonder that you were never taken."
Hank shook his head and Donna turned to him, "You left him in the grocery store once. You got to the car, loaded it and was about to drive off when you remember John."
The memory had rushed back into Hanks head and he slapped his knee and started laughing, "Jesus I shit my pants when I realized what I did. I ran back into the grocery store and it felt like three hours before I found you. But you were standing right were I told you to stand, you never moved." Hank turned to Marcus, "He was grabbing the crap on the shelves and kept looking at it. I yelled at him to stop it and just stand there. Well he just stood there and never moved." Hank looked to JW, "You we never had any problems with you, even when you were a teenager, you just did what you were told, never asked for anything, never complained. In fact you're the exact same way now." Hank paused, "That needs to change, if you ever need anything. Even if its to just watch the kids, call us because I want to see more of everyone."
Donna gave a faint smile and nodded her head, "You know we are going to retire in a few years, maybe we could sell the house and move down here?"
Marcus interrupted her, "You don't want to do that." Everyone's head turned to him.
JW was shaking his head and raised a hand over his face. Marcus suddenly realized what it sounds like, "No! That's not what I mean. I mean you should rent your house, that way you have an income in retirement. Take whatever money you have from savings and sink it into the new house, a modest house that you can easily afford. Charge a little higher rent on your old house and you now have an investment property."
Hank laughed, "Boy you were about to get a slap." Marcus urged JW's parents to let him look at their finances and after a while Hank finally agreed reluctantly.
Leah and Kira were letting everyone know they were hungry and Marcus took them into the kitchen, shortly everyone else was in the kitchen as well. Marcus was flying around the kitchen, Donna was amazed at how well equipped the kitchen was. Marcus showed Donna around and showed her all the features, before long Donna was asking Hank if they could upgrade their kitchen?
Marcus set up the hamburgers and two bowls of veggies on the island in the kitchen. With in minutes everyone was eating and talking, JW took a second to look around the table and for the first time in a really long time he saw a happy family. He shivered and got goose bumps, he was nervous about tomorrow with the judge.
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Chapter 30.5
JW was uncomfortable with how cold the courtroom was, he thought to himself that it must be twenty degrees in the windowless room. JW's parents had the kids for the morning and JW left with Marcus to get the courthouse early. JW was getting nervous because Nick was not there yet and it was five minutes before they were suppose to start. Marcus saw Nick walk around the corner and she was glowing, "Morning boys, hope your ready for raw meat."
Nick pushed open the courtroom door and walked in, JW and Marcus looked at each other, shrugged and followed her in. Nick was going through her brief case slowly and pulling out stacks of paper and placing them on the table in front of them, JW was a nervous wreck and wanted to puke, Marcus would glance at him reassuringly and then went back to working on his cell phone. Nick talked for a few minutes about casual things over the past few days and asked how everything was going so far?
Nick turned to JW and saw he was nervous, "Listen you just sit there and I will do all the talking. Now take deep breaths and calm down, I don't want you fainting. You look amazing in that suit though, you look stunning in blackÉ Even if three buttons is the 90's."
Marcus laughed and JW took a big gulp. Suddenly a side door opened and an older man walked out. JW guessed he was the judge; he was short, over weight, thick grey hair, clean-shaven and heavy glasses sat on the end of his nose. The judge sat down on the opposite side of the table looking angry, he looked at his watch, "Well its 9:00 exactly, where the hell is the other party?"
The Judge furrowed his eyebrow and looked at JW and then Marcus, "Don't mind me. You already scored big points by being here on time. So who is the parent seeking emergency custody and why?" JW slightly raised his hand and tried to smile but he could only stutter, "Me."
Nick reached down with her hand and patted JW's shoulder and then started talking, JW relaxed as Nick pushed him into his chair and turned and started talking fast and furious. The door behind them opened and in walked Connie and her lawyer.
The judge stood up and angrily said, "You know his lawyer extended a gigantic favor to you by allowing you to appear at this hearing. She knows very well that she could have done this behind your back. This must not be very important for you to show up late."
Connie stood there with a stupid look on her face and her lawyer quickly grabbed her arm and sat her down in a chair, the lawyer said, "Sorry judge, we got lost."
The lawyer sat down and grabbed his brief case but the judge fired back, "Scott you have been in my court room for years, how did you get lost in a three room court house? Now you're lying to me, why didn't you just say that your running late?"
Connie's lawyers face flushed red, he was not going to look up, "We were running late Judge but we are ready now." The lawyer handed papers to the Judge. The Judge thumbed through the papers frowning and looking up at JW and after several minutes he looked at Nick, "So what is your grievance?"
Nick pushed a stack of papers at the Judge and then she started to talk as the judge thumbed through the papers. JW wanted to laughed after listening to Nick talk, everything she said simply made his ex-wife look like an incompetent fool. In four minutes JW looked like the father of the millennium, rescuing his ex after a phone call from his daughter telling him that his ex had OD'ed, never had a late child support or restitution payment, he sent extra money each month, working as a firefighter with one of the largest departments in the country, positive job reviews, having to take a day off work to be at court and finally sworn statements from the arresting officers on the night of the domestic abuse stating the complaint was bogus and yet some how his arrest was used in the divorce court hearing which screwed JW.
JW leaned back in his chair and let out a loud long sigh, Marcus reached over and patted his leg. The Judge looked up to JW, "Well I am shocked honestly that your divorce went where it did."
The Judge looked to JW's ex, "I see why we are here. I would ask what happened on the night of your drug incident but frankly I don't care. At least the father here has the children's best interest in mind." The Judge looked around the table, "Before I make a ruling is there anything else?"
Nick asked to speak again and went for ten minutes this time on Connie's current trip to the hospital, previous driving record and one speeding ticket while the kids were in the car, her unemployment and using JW for money, criminal history that JW had no clue about and the types of drugs that were present in her toxicology screen at the hospital and prescription drugs found through out the home she is staying at.
Nick flashed a smile to JW and he shrugged, Nick sat down and was looking at JW's ex-wife and her lawyer.
"Scott what do you have to say about all this?" The Judge asked taking his glasses off.
Scott the lawyer shook his head and looked blankly at Nick and then back to the Judge, "SirÉ Sir I need a few minutes of the courts busy time to talk to my client, can we take a quick break so I can talk to her?"
The Judge crossed his arms, leaned back in his chair, looked at his watch, "I would give you an hour but since you were late you have ten minutes."
Scott blinked his eyes and quickly stood up and walked out, Connie stood up and flashed a look of anger to JW and followed Scott out the door. As the door closed the Judge leaned forward, "Son who was your lawyer in your divorce? Because you got bent over and told to smile like a doughnut."
JW was not ready for this and he quietly said, "Well he told me that the wife always wins and since I had the history of the police showing up to my house for domestic abuse that I needed to just agree to what ever my ex wanted."
The Judge leaned back in his chair, "Well you have a hydrogen bomb right next to you. By the way you need to file for another custody hearing after this ok? This is just a temporary thing and I am sure your lawyer has told you this but I am telling you to make sure you bring her back." JW quickly nodded his head and looked down at the floor, Marcus leaned to him and said, "You need to look confident here, pick your head up, sit up in the chair and stop sweating so much."
The door opened again and the Judge said, "So do you have anything else to say? If not I am going to order the childrenÉ all three of them, into the fathers custody."
JW's ex and her lawyer quickly sat down and the lawyer said, "We are willing to immediately release the children into the custody of my clients parents, who are the children's grand parents. We feel this is the safest place for the children to be at this time and this will allow my client to have time to seek professional consouling and get into a drug rehab program as directed by the judges conditions terms of this emergency custody hearing."
The Judge shook his head hard, "That is ridiculous, there is a parent here right now that is, in all accords of this court, can provide more than suitable home environment. What is this none sense about a safer home?"
The lawyer quickly reached up to his neck and adjusted his tie, "SirÉ The father, is gay and the man sitting to his right is his gay partner."
Nick shot to her feet, "There is nothing in the court thatÉ"
The Judge raised his hand and looked at Nick, he pointed to the chair and Nick sat down, the Judge turned his head to Marcus, "Figured you were more than moral supportÉ"
Nick started talking again but the Judge furiously looked at her and she bit her lower lip. The Judge looked at JW, "So you are a homosexual?"
JW nodded his head and the Judge asked, "Why?"
JW sat there blankly and knew he could not answer that question if he was here every day for the rest of the year, JW sat up tall in his chair, "I can't answer that, I just am."
JW's head dropped to his hands and his elbows were on his knees, JW talked facing the ground, "I just care about my kids. Marcus has done more for me that anyone else ever has in my life." JW looked up, his face was flushed red, his voice cracked, "I will do what ever I need to do for my kids." JW turned to Marcus, "I love you, but it's my kidsÉ" JW took his head back into hands, "I have done everything I could for my kids, I will never stop. Me being with Marcus has zero influence on that, but if it makes you happy or who ever happy I will do what ever I need for my kids." Marcus knew what JW was saying. JW would leave him at anytime if it meant that he would get his kids again. Marcus turned to the Judge who lifted his hand up to stop Marcus from talking.
JW started to cry and turned to Nick, "This is going to be the end of me," JW pointed to his ex, "She is going to get the kids again and she is going to ruin them or worse get them hurt." JW turned the Judge, "God don't let this happen. I am telling you I will do what ever I need to do for my kids." JW gave up and leaned back into the chair and slumped down, he covered his face with his hands, and he was deeply embarrassed.
The Judge lifted an eyebrow and looked to JW's ex, "I order immediate and full custody to the father." Judge looked over the papers in his hand. The Judge was still speaking when JW's stomach tied into knots.
JW realized that his ex was arguing with the Judge and he was getting very angry when he finally blasted, "Look being a drug user, abusing the court to fraudulently take money from your ex husband and abandoning your children will not help you. By the way Texas does not care about gay birth parents, Texas even allows gay couples to adopt children that are not even theirs. You have no case against a gay birth parent now shut up and get out of my court before I have charges filed on you for fraud."
The Judge stood up and quickly turned to Scott the lawyer, "Oh before I forget. I order all child support money paid by the father to be canceled at this time and it appears there is no other alimony to be concernedÉ Honey any money you did bleed out of this man is now gone." The Judge turned and gave a short nod to JW and walked out of the room.
Nick jumped to her feet and turned to face Connie and her lawyer Scott, "Oh ya bitches! Now get the fuck out of here and you will be hearing from me tomorrow. I am going to file for a new custody hearing at the soonest possible date and it sounds like we need to look into alimony as well. I will tell you right now that I am going to ask for every single penny you wasted back. If I find that your parents paid a single dime for the care of these kids I am going to get it all back. You better talk to your finance person right now because when I am done with you, you will not be able to afford being homeless."
Connie was about to scream when her lawyer threw his hands over her mouth, "Shut the fuck up! You need to shut up right now." Connie stopped and Scott dragged her out of the room by the arm.
Nick turned to JW beaming, "Damn it I didn't even get to say everything I wanted, I never thought it would go this well."
JW gave a faint smile and turned to Marcus, "I am so sorry, but I just got put in a horrible position. Having to choose you or my kids andÉ"
Marcus leaned over and kissed JW softly on the forehead, "Your children will always come first and are always more important. No matter what, I promise you that I will never put you in that position and I will do everything in my power to never let that happen again."
Nick gloated, "Aw, you two are so cute together. Now lets get this train on the fucking move again because I need to go visit another clerk and possibly a Judge."
Nick turned and walking away said, "Be prepared to fucking smile gay boys, now its time for me to smash some ex lovers face with a waffle iron." Nick pushed open the door and disappeared.
Marcus stood up behind JW and rubbed his shoulders, "Dude I don't think you know how well today went. You should be excited right now."
JW stood up wiping his face, "I don't care about Connie, but do I want to really do this to her? She is their momÉ" JW looked at Marcus who shrugged, "Personally I think you should focus mainly on getting your kids, its obvious she can never pay you back anything, not that it matters now anyways." Marcus grinned.
JW smiled, "Because your going to take care of me forever?" Marcus grin melted away into a frown and JW said, "You know I said that I love you to my ex as well. Look where we are at nowÉ"
JW hung his head and put his hand on Marcus chest and closed his eyes, "Maybe it really is different this time, I don't care about your money you know that right?" Marcus grabbed his wrist and pulled JW's hand up to his face, "I don't care about it either." JW looked up to him and smiled.
Driving back to the house Marcus let JW out at the open garage door and they said good-bye, Marcus had to head into his main office. JW walked into the front door and found his parents and kids sitting on the couch waiting for him. JW gave a big smile, nodded his head and walked into the bedroom to change out of his dress clothes. JW changed into red gym shorts and a white tee shirt, when he walked back into the living room his parents looked relieved and JW asked how the morning was as he sat down on the floor leaning his back below his girls legs dangling over the couch.
Hank said they had not done much, just sat around the house and watch cartoons when JW shook his head and mentioned that he forgot to call the school. Donna patted him on the shoulder, "I called them and told them they were not going to be there again."
JW gave a sigh of relieve and grabbed Leah's foot and turned to her, "Lucky girl, missed two days of school." Leah giggled and kicked her feet. JW and his parents sat there and talked to his children, watched Luke stumble around the room walking and every now and then he would walk up to JW saying, "Dad."
JW knew in his heart that this was the best thing for his children, even if he was gay. JW changed the subject to Marcus and their relationship, might as well start talking about this in front of his kids right now. JW and his parents talked about the possible problems they would have in the future; sleepovers would probably be a really big issue for other parents, any sort of school event would be really strange.
Hank mentioned that Luke might have more problems from school than the girls, JW shook his head and told his dad the story of a good friend of his from high school that lived with his gay uncle and no one even said anything, he was a great athlete in school and went off to play football in college.
Hank couldn't believe it was true because he knew the boys uncle well, JW made the point for his dad, "It was not a big deal. Even in Tinytown USA. Not every gay man is a flaming queen."
JW climbed up off the floor, his ass was numb now and sore from yesterdays pounding from Marcus, "Who wants to go to lunch?"
The girls hands shot into the air and JW asked, "Where do you want to go?"
The girls both looked at each other and then said, "McDonalds!"
JW shook his head, "Yuck! Pick a better place to eat than that."
The girls shook their head and then with a pause Kira said, "Pizza?"
Leah looked at her and then agreed, "Ya Pizza!"
JW nodded his head and looked at his parents, "If you two need a break or a nap I got this?"
Hank looked at Donna and Donna looked to JW, "We can sleep when we get home, I just want to be with my grand babies right now."
Hank nodded his head and they stood up. Everyone piled into two cars again, JW and Luke in his Charger and the girls with his parents. JW pulled into the parking lot of a local pizza place and the girls ran to the front door. As they sat down JW's phone dinged, he got a text message from Nick.
Marcus was in the middle of a conference call with one of his most valuable prospected client, his boss, two VP's and a president were in the conference room with him. Marcus talked coolly for over an hour and it was obvious that the phone call was going well but nothing had been committed when his phone vibrated on his hip.
Marcus looked down and saw Nick had left a text message for him. Marcus put his phone back down on the table and decided to go a different direction, "Look I can tell your not sold on this yet, we are trying something completely new here and the only way I can think to sell you on this is for us to meet up for a few hours. If you give me the time I would like to show you how this works, how it really works. So what is something that you absolutely love to do?"
The phone was silent for a few seconds and Marcus glanced at the president who was shaking his head and had a blank look on his face, the voice on the phone said hesitantly, "What do you mean?"
Marcus coolly replied, "What do you like to do? Fishing? Hunting? Boating? Yachting? You name it and I will arrange for it to be set up. I just really want you to understand that what we are doing is truly revolutionary here."
The phone was silent again and the president stood up and walked to Marcus and mouthed the words, "Stop this now."
The voice finally responded, "I am just not use to this, I really like the sound of this though. I just want to recap this quickly though so that I fully understand."
Marcus smiled at the president and then said, "Go ahead and fire away."
The voice said, "So I basically give you a large sum of money, all of it is accessible to me at any time?"
Marcus said, "Seventy two hours for the last penny if you ever call it all back."
The voice said, "The idea behind this is to take my money and combine it with other peoples money, creating a community super pot?"
Marcus nodded his head, "That's really general but yes, combine the money to create one gigantic fund that has the buying power to control companies or control a market trends."
The Voice said, "The unique concept here is that we will actually do this in a group, face to face, we will discuss where we want our money to go, in fact as much as you will be managing the money we will be involved with the decision process."
Marcus nodded his head, "Again really general but yes, the group of investors is pre planed and made up of the same like minded individuals. You will be acting like a board of directors. My bank will be handling the money, the paper work and all the legal bull shit. But this group of people will be under the supervision of me or someone else like me from the bank. Its my job to make sure you are safe, secure, happy and involved with your money."
The Voice seemed excited, "So why don't I do this myself?"
Marcus smiled, "Even with your twenty two billion dollars you don't have enough money to control anything more than the one or two companies, charities or what ever institutions you are involved in. With a small community of ultra wealthy investors you have the purchasing power of a government. Think of what you could do with two hundred billion dollars?"
The Voice said, "Well I am practically sold on this now. I like the idea of what you're trying to do here, but what about the taxes?"
Marcus drummed his fingers on the table, "That's the best news I can tell you. The tax rate on investments is considerably lower than the tax rate on income at this time. If you lived off investments you would be taxed half as much as being paid the same amount which would cause you to put into the bank twice the amount of money." The president looked at Marcus and sat back down, he was smiling like the Cheshire Cat.
The Voice, "Well how about a BBQ for the meeting?"
Marcus grinned, "That would be perfect, do you have any place in mind?"
The Voice stated, "Well if you are going to sell me on this concept, I want to know exactly what you are like, I want to do this at your house."
Marcus gulped and everyone else in the room leaned forward in their chairs, "My house would be perfect, I have a great place for BBQ'ing."
The Voice, "How about in five days?"
Marcus thought about JW's schedule and figured they might as well get to know him as well, "That's perfect for me. I will get in touch with your assistant and I will see you in five days."
Marcus hung up the phone and the room went into an excited frenzy, Marcus was just soaking up the praise when his boss and the president walked up to him and cheered him on, the president shook Marcus hand, "God damn nice work son. If you pull this off we are going to have to make you the manager of this division. Hell everyone is going to try and scramble in five days to get associated with you. You pull this off and I am going to be reporting to you in a few years."
Marcus looked nervous and thanked him, the President walked away shaking his head he was talking quietly to his direct boss next to him and Marcus heard him say, "God damn faggot is making us all look like idiots. Hopefully he will not wear a dressÉ"
Marcus yelled across the conference room and wished that he could stop himself from saying, "I would quit right fucking now if you think I am an embarrassment. The Fact is that I am a force that no one in this room can even begin to counter or compete with."
The President turned to him and smiled, "Finally got some nuts on you?"
The President turned and walked to Marcus, turned to everyone else in the room and told them to leave. As the last person left and the door closed the President turned to Marcus, "I am going to give you the best information you have ever had from anyone in this building. Stop being so pathetic, stop being so weak. Everyone in management despises you, the problem is that you can make money, a lot of money and that's the only reason you are left alone. Don't trust anyone, not me, not your boss, no one. From this point on you should immediately bulldoze them over and burn the ashes. Everyone after today will be gunning for you, cover your ass, take no prisoners and when you finally crush them, spit in their face and throw salt in their wounds, then they will finally leave you alone." The president paused and stared up into Marcus eyes, "Not because they accept you, but because they know you are ruthless mean son of a bitch."
Marcus had a blank look on his face and the President continued, "You have the look; conservative, tall and handsome. Its all very professional. But you are way to nice and incredibly way to humble. Your so god damn smart that you're ignorant to what is going. You seal this deal and make sure that everyone knows you did this with no one else helping you or supporting you. The more enemies you make here in the next five days the more power you will have."
The President turned and was walking out of the room, looked over his shoulder and said, "No one gives a flying fuck that your gay, everyone cares about the fact that you're a threat. Realize it and take the reins, take control and if you had done so already you would already have my job." The President walked out of the room and Marcus stood there with a lost look on his face.