SANDPIPER
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Chapter 55
Well now I knew what he wanted. When I started to say something he stopped me.
"Please Ed. Let me finish."
"Okay Mali."
"Well first, I'm almost the oldest boy on the Island. I've been here for almost ten years. I think only David is older than me. I have seen all the pictures in school about the rest of the world and I want to see for myself. I talked to Father James and he arranged for me to get a passport. He said he could probably arrange for me to get to Australia, maybe even get me a job there. He said he knew you owned lots of stuff and he would talk to you. I asked him what he thought my chances were of working on Sandpiper. He told me that Sandpiper has an all Gay crew and was I sure that I would fit in.
"Well he knew the answer to that before he asked. I already told him I was Gay in confession. He told me all I could do was ask."
"Mali, you know I own Sandpiper, but it is my crew that controls her. You pretty much need to ask them."
"Well I asked Jake and he told me the same thing, but also said I should ask you first."
Well Mali would probably be acceptable to the crew. He didn't come with any baggage so to speak. He was really good in bed but just a little inexperienced. I pretty much figured he'd learn lots if he became part of the crew. I really had enjoyed the night with him and the others. There was no doubt he was one hot looking young man.
"Mali, I don't have a problem with you joining my crew, but it is up to the others."
Mali snuggled in very close and cried. I just held onto his trembling body.
"Thank you Ed. Thank you so much."
"You're very welcome Mali. Now I think I need a swim. I must smell terrible."
"You smell just fine to me." He giggled but started to stand up.
I stopped him and pulled him down.
"You do too Mali." I leaned over and kissed him.
I then ran my tongue down over his sweat stained chest, licking and sucking each of his hard nipples. I never stopped just continued down as he wreathed under me. I stopped and just looked at his cock.
"Well one more taste and then a swim." I dove onto his cock.
"Oh Ed." He moaned and quickly switched into a sixty nine position.
I felt his hot mouth on my cock and just continued to suck his hard spike.
Although we had both come many times already, I knew that fertility drink that I was sure now that I had drunk, seemed to refill your balls real fast. It didn't take either of us long to come again. Mali was really salty, but a sweet aftertaste, I loved it.
After we both got off, I was really wasted, I just pulled Mali close and drifted off to sleep.
The sun was well up when I woke up, more from the pain of my bladder than anything else. Mali and I were almost glued together from the sweat and love juices from the previous night. It was one to remember.
I slowly stood up and Mali groaned.
"Come on son. Time to rise and shine."
I walked to the piss hole, took a dump and pissed. Mali followed me after. I grabbed my shorts and Mali led me back to the beach. We both just dropped our shorts and ran into the surf. After getting clean, we donned our shorts and headed back up the beach.
We were almost to the village when I saw Bobby and Gary sprinting toward us.
"Gee Ed. We thought you got lost or something. We haven't seen you for ages." Gary said.
Both were looking at Mali.
"This is Mali." I said.
"Hi Mali. I'm Gary and this is my brother and lover Bobby."
I saw Mali's eyebrows lift and laughed.
"Gary, Mali has expressed an interest in joining the crew of Sandpiper."
"Really, Wow. That's so cool. You're real hot looking." Gary said.
"Are you going to rape him right here on the beach Gary or are you going to go someplace more private." I laughed.
"Dad..."
"Only kidding son."
Both boys moved next to Mali.
"Come on Mali. We'll introduce you to the rest of the crew." They practically dragged him away.
It was a foregone conclusion that Mali would be joining the crew.
I headed for Sandpiper. I needed a real shower to wash off the salt from my skin. It was unusual, but I didn't meet anyone else on the way to my boat. The hot shower felt real good as I remembered the previous night. I don't think I ever had so many boys in my bed at the same time. Even when I had six full time lovers, I was sure there had been more. After a very though cleaning, inside and out, I felt 100 percent better. I put on clean shorts and T-shirt and headed up for a coffee.
"Breakfast Ed? Andy said as I passed the galley.
"Just toast and coffee is good Andy, thank you."
As I sat down Andy put a carafe of coffee on the table.
I sat and thought about what to do about the reporters that were bound to show up eventually. With that huge lawsuit pending there were bound to be people looking at everything I had anything to do with. If they ever got to the Island and found how these people lived I could be in deep shit. Not that I did anything wrong here, just that the lifestyle of these Islanders plastered in every newspaper in the world would destroy their world and I was come hell or high water going to prevent it. Just Making Timatu a restricted Island would only peak the interest of reporters and investigators. As I was thinking Jason walked in and sat down.
"You wanted to talk about something? Now is as good a time as any Ed."
"Yeah Jason. Lets go up to my office." I grabbed the coffee and headed up the stairs to the bridge.
"So everything okay with our far flung holdings?"
"Yeah. The hotels in Fiji are mostly in the black now. The last nine holes should be done by the end of the year. The four Islands in Thailand are all making a good profit. There's still work going on in Africa and the Persian Gulf. The Pirate Island Resort has started to accept reservations for New Years. John also sent along a rate sheet, he'd like you to approve.
"Both drill ships are on the way to the Gulf. One, Sandpiper Drill One has enough pipe on board for the first eight holes. Sandpiper Drill two will load pipe we bought from Saudi Arabia. Now the platforms have to ordered as well and they come from Canada, some place called Nisku in Central Alberta. An order for ten has been placed. We leased a service boat from Challenger Drilling. It will service both ships."
"Lastly, Credit Swiss sent a note that we now have almost 600 million in loans from Credit Swiss, but our line of credit is almost double that."
"Jesus Christ. Over 600 million? I can't even think in numbers that large."
"Don't worry about it Ed. Their just numbers on a sheet of paper. When those wells start producing that will come down very fast."
"Now you had something you wanted to talk about?"
"How difficult do you think it would be to make Timatu a Protectorate of say the US or Australia?"
"To be honest I have no idea. Why would you want to, except for the more obvious reasons?"
"Well this lawsuit is going to raise hell with all my holdings. I can't stop reporters and investigators from going to any of my other holdings, but if they came here it would destroy all that James and I have done here. I won't let that happen Jason. Even if I have to sink or shoot down any ships or planes that come here."
"Jesus Ed. You can't do that. All hell would break loose."
"Well I got to something damn it. I want something done and I want it fast." God I was almost in tears. I had to get a hold on myself before I did something really stupid.
"Sorry Jason."
"No problem Ed and you're right. We have to do something fast. I'll look into all options."
"Thanks Jason." I got up, pulled Jason up and hugged him.
"I think we will be leaving with another crewman. Mali wants to join the crew. Gary and Bobby are introducing him to everyone."
"Well you can be sure he will be joining if Gary already has a hold of him." Jason laughed.
"Yeah, my thoughts too."
I wandered out of my office and went up to the flying bridge and sat down. It always amazed me that I just had to sit down up here and one of my boys would show up. Siam walked out and hugged me. I gave him a kiss on his cute nose. He just giggled.
"You want anything Ed?"
"How about a cold beer. Better make it a few."
"Okay." I watched as he headed off the bridge. The tight Sandpiper shorts he had on left nothing to the imagination. His sweet buns just looked so delicious.
He came back with a bucket of beer in ice. Cracked one for me and himself and then climbed onto my lap.
"Hmmm, this is nice Ed." He just snuggled close to me.
"So did you have fun last night after the party?" I asked him.
"Oh yeah. David and I got together. We sucked each other, but I didn't swallow. He did, but wouldn't fuck me coz he said I belonged to you and didn't want to take any chances."
"Well love you could have swallowed. I do all the time."
"Well I remember what you said when I first met him. You said always be careful."
"Okay love."
"So Mali is coming with us when we leave."
"Well he asked me, but I said it was up to the crew."
"Well he is with Gary and Bobby so you can figure for sure he will be here. I figure Gary will have him in no time. Probably Bobby too." Siam Giggled.
What got to me most was that just having Siam sit on my lap, my mind was more relaxed. Just being close to him made me feel a whole lot better about everything.
Smiling, Siam set his beer in a holder and then slid his hand down under his leg. As soon as his hand hit my cock I got hard.
"Now look what you have done." I said.
"Well Jason went ashore and Andy and Juan are down in their suite, so I figure they will be busy for a while. It's just you and me." He smiled again.
He jumped off my lap and in one move pushed his shorts down and off. His hard six inch spike slapped his stomach. He unzipped me and almost tore my shorts off. He then climbed back on me with one leg on either side. I felt his hand on my cock and then he just sat down.
"Oh God Ed. That feel so good." He moaned as my cock slid into his very hot ass.
When I started to move with him he stopped me.
"Let me do it all." He moaned.
He started to bounce on my cock. His eyes glazed over as the feeling got to him. His continued moaning just drove me closer. His internal muscles plus me watching this tiny Thai boy bounce on my cock just drove me to unload. He sat right down on my cock.
"GOD ED!" He almost screamed. My coming sent him over the top and his sperm shot out of his cock. The first shot hit me in the chin, with the rest sprayed over my chest. He just slumped against me.
I rubbed his back as he slowly came down from his double rush.
After he calmed down he looked up at me.
"Now what are we going to do? You stand up and we'll make a real mess on the deck." I laughed, but already knew what I would do.
I was still hard, so I just slowly stood up. Siam wrapped his legs around my waist, holding himself on my cock. I held him tight to my body as I slowly kneeled on the deck. I just slowly laid him back.
"Unhook your legs." When he did I pushed him almost double.
Now I would be going almost vertical into his butt. I started slow as he moaned. As I started to speed up, what I was feeling turned to pure unadulterated lust. I started to really hammer is ass real deep with each thrust. At first he moaned and then he started to yelp each time my cock drove into his ass. I knew I might be hurting him, but my lust just kept me going. As I started to come, I stopped. Looking at his face I saw tears streaming down his cheeks. It hit me what I had just done to a boy I loved almost more than life. I let go of him and sat back on the deck. He quickly bounced up and onto my lap.
"I'm okay Ed. Was just not expecting it like Jake."
"Siam it wasn't love I was feeling, but lust. I'm so sorry."
"Well you got to let me do it like that to you." He giggled.
"Anytime Love. Anytime you want." We just sat and hugged and kissed on the deck. About 20 minutes later we got up. Siam giggled as he stuck one of his fingers in his butt to keep all the stuff inside, while he ran down to the shower in my stateroom. He was washing as I joined him.
"You okay baby?"
"Yeah, I'm good. Jake and Henry like it like that sometimes. I just know now you like it a little rough too."
"It wasn't exactly that Siam. I'm just a little frustrated with all this lawsuit stuff. I'm really scared that it might destroy the lifestyle on Timatu."
We dried and dressed and headed back up to the lounge. Siam grabbed me a beer and then ran out of the lounge. He was back quickly and grabbed a beer and sat down. When I looked at him.
"Wanted to make sure we didn't leave a mess on the bridge. Jake would go bananas." He laughed.
"Yeah, he probably would." I laughed.
"Why don't you just buy the Island? Then it would be private and you could protect it from everyone."
"I'm not sure I can do that Siam."
"Well maybe there's something Marshall Islands needs. Then you could trade them. Give or get them what they need in exchange for Timatu. I was reading a book Father James has about the Marshalls. They got some kind of Association with the US. The US gives them money and protects them and other stuff. They even use US Currency. So maybe talk to your friend in Washington. He might help."
"How come your so smart all of sudden love?"
"Well I am your son and Lover." He giggled.
"Yes you are and I am very happy Love."
We just sat cuddling. I think we both could have jumped right back into the sack. Jason came in and smiled, set the half empty bucket of beer on the counter, grabbed one and sat down.
"You have something Jason?"
"Well after a quick look, there are several different ways to go."
He stopped and took a sip of his beer.
"First, the Marshalls are already in an Association Status with the US. The US supplies defense, economic and material aid to the Marshalls plus a yearly stipend. Last year that amounted to about 92 million dollars. Weather the US Navy would add Timatu as part of their restricted Island status might be the hardest. The US has restricted several Islands around Tinian. Tinian was where they did several Nuclear Tests."
"The second option would be to buy the Island outright from the Marshalls. Only major problem with that would be that your name would be on the purchase, which would bring problems of its own."
"Lastly and maybe the best option would be to have Timatu and the waters around it declared a marine preserve. The World Wildlife Fund has been trying for years to get a preserve here in the Marshalls. Now the preserve would restrict who could sail into or over the preserve. Apparently there are several corals as well as specific species of fish that are on the endangered list in the area."
"So what do you recommend?" I asked.
"I think the preserve would be the best way to go and the fastest. It won't be cheap, but it can all be carried as a charitable donation. Which I'm sure credit Swiss would like and Uncle Sam."
"So how does one get Timatu declared as Marine Preserve?"
Jason got up and left. "Be right back." He said.
Siam grabbed two more beers and sat back on my lap. I just wrapped one arm around him.
Jason came back and set a chart of Timatu on the table.
"Okay Ed. Timatu is not just One Island. There are actually six islands that make up Timatu. Four of those are just piles of rock. One has an extinct volcano and then there is Timatu. The idea would be to place a ban on fishing or traveling through, with exceptions, an area of about 600 square miles around all six Islands. That would mean about 15 miles from any of the Islands. Getting it classified would simply mean giving the Marshalls something they need in exchange for the Declaration."
"I take it you already know what they need most?"
"Yeah, I think I do." He laughed.
"This is what is going to cost me money?"
"Yes."
It was then I noticed several of the crew had come in as well. Jake was sitting with a drink along with Andy and Juan. Gary and Bobby were also sitting listening. I was somewhat shocked when Jerry Pratt walked in with his arm around Mali. They just sat together.
"Okay, what I know is that the Marshalls have been trying to build a first class hospital in Majuro. The US has a Nuclear Medicine Institute on the main Island, but it is strictly for those affected by the Nuclear Tests. So far all they have is the land and plans ready. The Marshalls don't export a lot of stuff and can't on their own build the Hospital. You could give them the money needed in exchange for having Timatu made into a Marine Preserve."
"Guess I need to make some appointments with the right people in the Government."
I saw a smile on Jason's face.
"Okay, so you have already made an appointment. You must have been very sure I'd go with the Preserve. So who do I have to see and what do you figure its going to cost me?"
"Well the appointment is for 2 PM on Friday in Majuro and I believe that is with the Secretary of the Interior and Secretary of Health. The estimated cost of the Hospital is 60 million US."
"Guess I'm going to Majuro. Jake set it up. We can leave early Friday. Maybe spend the weekend and come back Monday, unless we need more time."
"Will do Ed."
"What's all this about Ed?" Jerry asked.
I told him my idea and what Jason had said as well as what I planned to do.
"So just like that? You're going to spend 60 million plus dollars just to protect a small Island from invasion from reporters. Isn't that going a little overboard?" "So what would you do Jerry? You have seen how these people live. I can presume you have also tasted the fresh fruits here. What do you think would happen if say the National Post Enquirer sent an investigative reporter here and what would he say about Timatu?"
"Okay, I see your point. But why spend so much?"
"Because he can afford it and would do everything to help out anyone." Siam said.
"Damn true." I laughed and squeezed Siam.
"I can tell where your loyalties lay Siam."
"Actually Jerry, if you don't know it already. Every single person who has met Ed or had anything to do with him trusts him 100 percent. He has done more in the last two years than most people do in a lifetime."
"What made you want to travel with Ed and Sandpiper?"
"That's easy. In Sydney, the Sandpiper just took off to rescue that crewman without a thought about the possible consequences. I wanted to see what made Sandpiper tick. I wanted to know what made her so special to so many people."
"Ed's the glue that holds us all together." Jake said.
"So why does everyone here call you Father?" Jerry asked.
"I sometimes wonder that myself." I chuckled.
"Bull Shit Ed." Jake said.
"On our first trip to Australia, we were heading for Port Moresby when we hit something. What ever it was smashed our forward foil. After we limped into Port Moresby the shipyard we went to could repair the foil, but didn't have the parts. Ed had them flown in from Italy. We were there almost a month and all the crew took off to visit Australia. Randy and I stayed behind to watch Sandpiper."
"While we were there we found a young Cambodian boy in sex slavery to a local brothel. Randy and I rescued him just before we left and brought him here to Timatu."
"Ed wasn't mad we had rescued the boy, only mad we hadn't trusted him. Well after he got to the Island here and saw what they did for young men and women, he committed himself to the Island 100 percent. That small Islander Boat tied up was bought by Ed. He also set up an account in Majuro for the Island."
"The Islanders here adopted Ed and called him Father. They had a very elaborate ceremony. Now you can see every time he comes here he is welcomed with open arms by everyone. They named that boat Saint Edward."
"That name has sort of stuck to Ed."
"So protecting Timatu no matter the cost is just some thing he will do."
"Well I have only seen some of what he has done and I think the name Saint Edward fits." Jerry said.
"Well it's just Ed as far as I'm concerned."
"Well I guess with all your holdings in resorts and now drill ships, you have more than enough to do almost anything." Jerry mused.
"Its not my money. It's the Corporations."
"But you own the majority of shares." "Maybe to start with, but not anymore. Right Jason."
"But you own Sandpiper, so you must have control." Jerry said.
"Jason can explain everything better than I can. In reality. I don't own Sandpiper, she owns me. This is my home Jerry. This yacht is all I ever want."
"Along with the love of my crew and my boys."
With that said, I got up grabbed another beer and headed out onto aft deck and sat in the sun.
I saw Jake head up to the bridge. Jerry gave Mali a kiss and followed Jason up to my office I presumed. Siam grabbed Mali and took off. Finally alone, damned hard to do sometimes.
I wondered how Aaron and Simon were doing with Sandpiper Two. I got up and grabbed a satellite phone from the counter. I saw Andy had made up some sandwiches so grabbed a couple of them and another beer and headed back to the aft deck.
After wolfing down the two sandwiches, I called Aaron.
It took a while to get an answer but finally Simon picked up.
"Hello son, how's it going?"
"Good Dad. Sorry to take so long, forgot to take the phone with me."
"No problem. Just wanted to see how things are going. We're in Timatu. We'll be here for a while."
"Things are on schedule. We'll have it skinned in a couple of weeks. We're still waiting for instrumentation from the States. Also radar and the other stuff from the Navy. We started on the inside, but are still waiting for the Teak Aaron ordered."
"Teak? He's going all out eh?' I laughed.
"Well he said only the best for Sandpiper 2."
"That's okay Son. Anything else you need?"
"Well Aaron figures we going to need about four more crew, but I figure in time we'll pick them up. Just going to need your approval."
"Look Son. You and Aaron don't need to have my approval. If you find them and figure they will work out with everyone else, then its you boys that can pick them."
"Well there are a couple of Ozzy boys that have expressed an interest. They work for Sydney Ships and are part of the construction crew."
"Well if you two think they would fit in, by all means hire them. Aaron is the Master of Sandpiper 2 and I won't second guess him or you Son."
"Okay Dad. I'll tell Aaron what you said. So how are things with you? Is the lawsuit going to hurt?"
"Don't worry about it Son although figure you will have some reporters around looking."
"Yeah they have already been to Sydney Ships, but can't get inside the yard. Too much Australian Navy stuff going on here now and the Ozzy Navy is stopping reporters from entering the yard."
"Good. Well call if you need anything Son."
"Will do Dad. I love you Dad." "I love you too Son. Give Aaron a kiss for me. Bye for now."
"Bye Dad."
After hanging up I went down to talk to James and Timothy. I wanted to let them know what I planned. After I just sat on the beach watching the kids play. There were always young boys or girls around wanting me to join them, but I just relaxed in the sunshine. The next two days were pretty laid back and I could just relax. True I had to satisfy my boys in bed at night but that to me was just more icing on the cake. Mali and Jerry appeared to be a pair, but neither had said anything to me. I figured in time Jerry or Mali or both would come to me.
There wasn't the usual feast Thursday night before we left for Majuro. All knew we would be back in a few days. Friday as we prepared to leave, Father James as usual blessed Sandpiper before we slipped our lines for the trip to Majuro. What surprised me was all the crew were on board and all in Sandpiper shorts and T-shirts. They looked real good.
The dock as usual was filled with laughing boys, as we slowly backed out. God it was good to be back on board. I really did miss Sandpiper every time I was away.
Jerry was on the open bridge with Jake and I. Once we passed through the break in the reef, Jake set course and speed into the Navigation Computer, sat back and flipped the Auto pilot on. Jerry had to hold on quick as Sandpiper leapt forward. His eyes got real big as Sandpiper went from a staid 10 knots to almost thirty instantly. Soon she was up on foils and speed climbed to ninety knots.
"My God she is fast." He said.
With an easy pacific swell, Sandpiper just sat as smooth as a rock. He looked at the big US flag streaming in the wind.
"Well I see what you love about this Yacht Ed. She is one very beautiful ship."
He was even more shocked when Gary walked onto the bridge with fresh coffee. Gary was as nude as the day he was born.
"Forgot to tell you Jerry. Sandpiper is as clothing optional yacht when she is at sea." I chuckled.
"That must make it hard to concentrate."
"Sometimes yes, but most of us are pretty used to it now. Go with the flow Jerry."
"Ed, I think I need to clear the air about something."
"You mean about you and Mali?"
"Well yes. He's brought something out that I thought I had hidden deep inside me. I guess I'm sort of in love with the young man."
"Just sort of Jerry." I chuckled.
"Jerry, I saw that the first day. Do as you wish Jerry as long as nothing is forced and nobody is hurt, I'm happy for both of you."
"I honestly don't know what happened. I loved my wife with every thing inside me. I love my kids the same. When my wife died, it was like something was ripped from my soul. Then I met Mali and he seemed to fill that huge hole in my heart."
I watched as tears streamed down Jerry's face. He was almost thirty five and now was crying like a baby. Before I could move Jake jumped up and grabbed Jerry and held him. That just opened the flood gates.
"Take the con Ed. I'll be back." He led Jerry off the Bridge.
I didn't need to move, everything was right in front of me.
I couldn't believe it. I was actually alone on the bridge.
That thought had barely registered when my four lovers seemed to materialize beside me.
"Damn and I thought I was going to have a relaxing trip." I laughed as they pouted.
Temin was so brown, he could almost pass as a black. Rad and Siam were also very dark. Jer his hair bleached out, mixed with an even overall tan was very enticing. Just looking at all four got me instantly hard. What's more they knew what they were doing to me.
"So who's teasing who now?"
"Well Jer wanted to talk to you, but we just wanted to see you." Temin said.
"Okay Jer. What's on your mind?"
Temin and Siam gave me a kiss and then left.
I looked at Jer and Rad. Both had their heads down and looked scared. Scared of what? These boys could do anything and I would still love them. Then it dawned on me what the problem was. I stepped down off the Chair I was on and stood in front of Jer. I lifted his chin and looked into his eyes. They were brimming with tears.
"So fallen for my number three lover eh?" When I said that tears started down his cheeks.
"Come closer Rad and hold onto your new boyfriend."
Both boys looked at me and their eyes got very big.
"How did you know?" Jer said.
"Jeez guys, you think I am blind to what goes on. I've seen you both almost joined at the hip. If you love Jer Rad and Jer loves you, I don't have a problem. I'll still love you both. That is something that will never change boys. All I ever want is for all of you to be happy."
That got me almost bowled over as two boys smothered me.
"So you want it permanent or do you want to wait?" I asked after everyone calmed down.
"Can we sort of wait?" Jer said.
"Take all the time you want. I still love you both."
I slapped both boys on their bare butts and told them to go have fun. I had not even noticed that Jake had come back. He handed me a cold beer as I sat down.
"So, Jerry okay?" I asked.
"Yeah got he and Mali straightened around. Probably going to have perform another marriage before long."
"Well you might need to do two."
"Rad and Jer? I kind of thought they were getting close this last while."
"Yeah, I guess gain one, lose two."
"You don't mind Ed?"
"Hell no. All I want is for everyone to be happy. If those two want to be partners, that's good. Besides makes it so I might get some sleep at night." I laughed.
"Not likely Ed." Jake laughed back.
Jason came out and handed me a message from my Lawyers.
They informed me that the National Post Enquirer had informed Harriman that all suits would be handled by the head office. The total was close to 28 billion dollars. If they lost it would bankrupt the Enquirer.
That didn't bother me at all.
"They also suggested I lower my out of court settlement to 100 million. A 100 million they could handle so might settle. Two Hundred million might be too much.
Well I would think about it and just put it out of my mind.
Dead on time we approached Majuro. I told Jake to tie us up to a buoy. We'd use one of the Zodiacs to shuttle back and forth. It would keep any reporters away from Sandpiper.
After changing into grey slacks and Sandpiper Jacket, I took Siam and Temin and Jason and headed for our meeting.
I was reading one of the brochures on Majuro when I saw how large the lagoon was.
"Jason you might want to check on availability of beach front for sale. This might be a good place for a resort."
"Already have Ed." He laughed.
"Well lets get this other thing out of way first."
Well the meetings went well, but it was going to take a lot longer than a few days. Closer to a month or more. As to paying for the new Hospital, that was the easy part. I also got assurances that the name would be the Father James Jackson Memorial Hospital. I had explained why and both ministers agreed.
I took the boys shopping but never really bought anything but a few souvenirs. Late Monday morning we headed back to Timatu. Not a single reporter had been seen. I knew why, no one knew where I was.
I was informed that the World Wildlife Foundation would be lead on the Ocean Preserve. That left me free to leave Timatu. After almost three weeks we prepared to leave.
As was usual when ever Sandpiper prepared to leave a huge feast was prepared on the beach. Like always it lasted long into the night. This time I slept on board Sandpiper with Temin and Siam.
Morning brought a few hangovers, but every one had enjoyed the party. Father James blessed Sandpiper before we slowly backed out. I wasn't sure when we would be back, but knew I my heart, I'd always call Timatu one of my homes away from home.
Jake set a course for Fiji.
TBC