Hope you all enjoy this chapter, hope to get more chapters written, just busy on chapter 34, I know some things I say in the story might not conform to what you would expect, it does not matter because this is just a story. I live in South Africa most of my life, returned to the UK a couple of years ago after my late spouse passed away. I miss Ronald (Ronnie) every day. I am happy and settle in Glasgow Scotland. What I know about America, is very little. So if I have made mistakes remember this is just a story. I love hearing from all the readers. I think there might be another 20 or so chapters.Thanks to those who help nifty, great thanks to my editor, Donny, he works hard for me and you. remember I love hearing from my readers, you are the people who keep me writingHugsKeith Slave 165 Ch28
Alin
Thank goodness Ronald had made the arrangement with me. We have been keeping all the stuff for the baby at our home; well it was Ronald's flat after all. Ronald decided that he did not like us living in the wrong part of town when he has a nice flat close to the centre of town. I phoned TJ, and then popped home to collect the crib and the car seat for the baby. TJ arrived within minutes and started carrying all the baby stuff out to the car, and almost an hour later when we stopped at the hospital. Baby Trevor was ready and I made sure that all the information was correct on the birth certificate, collected all the documents and Trevor.
Graeme was not expecting us, but as always the home was spotless. He quickly arranged for everything to be taken in. I could see the look of confusion on his face, but I had to wait, as I could not tell him whose baby this was. I just had the crib set up in the room that TJ and I normally use. Graeme kept coming in to look at the baby, then he would ask if there is anything else that is needed, or is it time for the baby to eat. I checked Ronnie's diaper, and it needed changing. I got Graeme to help me, he need to learn how to do it. I watched Graeme out the corner of my eye and yes he turned green when the diaper was removed. I cleaned Ronnie up, fitted a fresh diaper and had a smiling baby again. Graeme asked if he could hold him and I let him.
Ronald
Good evening Mr. President, I take it you know the director of slavery for your state. I asked him to take a seat. Once we were all sitting again. I asked Luke if he would like to get the slavery director and President a drink and a biscuit each and then I waited. Luke handed each of them a plate with a little bottle of water and a biscuit. I saw the slavery director's eyes open wide. While the President was still looking at it, he panicked and told the President not to drink the water or eat the cookie. I waited. Luke said nothing and I could see the manager of the hotel and his assistant ready to panic. I still waited.
The President asked what the problem was and the director of the slavery authority sputtered out that this was slave food. The President asked what was wrong with it, and then it was explained that the water is not treated like water for humans because slaves are animals. The cookie is a nutritious biscuit designed to fill a slave's stomach, but would cause severe complication in a man's belly.
I decided it was time to speak up. I explained what had happened when we arrived and the two slaves were presented to Luke. I made it clear that during our stay we would look after our rooms and that at no time was the hotel to carry out inspections and punish the two new slaves. Then when our meal arrived this arrived for the two slaves. In Scotland we take the health of our slaves seriously. We make sure that they have proper food. Luke was unhappy, but the slaves refused to eat the real food. Then we found out that they would be punished against our orders and that if for example one of my boys was here to safeguard the slaves. The hotel would have the slaves and my child removed and taken to another state.
When Luke was telling the manager that he does not want anything like that done to his slaves or his brothers, the manager got angry and slapped him. I am afraid I was not quick enough, but I did drop the manager with one punch. His assistant tried one of these biscuits and was violently sick. Based on what has happened, we do not feel safe in this country any more. We accept that Luke was invited to speak at this director's meeting of the slavery authority but under the circumstances, I feel it would be better if it was done using WEB Conferencing over the internet, while we are on our way home.
The President was very pissed, he insisted in having an answer about our concerns, only to be told that the slave authority makes their rules and that the President does not control the slavery authority because animals do not fall under his control. The President was flabbergasted, that someone would talk to him like that. He said that he would have his resignation effective immediately; to which the head of the slave authority said that would not be possible. The US slavery authority answers to no one. They run under congress and the rules are made internally and since they are controlled by congress; no President has control over the slavery authority.
I sat and listened to this and I thought to myself that this slavery thing here in the US is a long slippery slope. Yes, I think it is a good idea, it has been teaching the young people the effects of breaking the law, but this has gone way too far. I asked the slavery director, what he thought about slaves. He started talking about them as animals and I could see that Luke was getting very angry. I did not want him to say anything that could cause him problems, so I had to calm him down, and the best way is to put him on my lap.
I told the slavery director that I disagreed with him, and that they are not animals but men, they are human beings. If this country has stopped treating people as humans then they have lost their humanity. Everyone is entitled to some dignity. Our slaves work hard for us. They work long hours, and even though they have work that needs to be done on a Sunday, it is kept to as short a time as possible, mostly watering and feeding. My slaves also have proper meals, there are no feed biscuits. They are not expected to sleep out in the cold naked, in fact in winter our slaves are all dressed in winter clothing.
The conversation kept going around. The President phoned his staff and confirmed that there is a committee of congress that runs the national slavery authority, but then there are also the state slavery authorities, although they fall under the national slavery authority, a portion of their income goes direct to the state. A large percentage of the state's extra income comes from slavery. Some states have even lowered the national age for being enslaved from sixteen to fourteen.
Parents are allowed to use their children as collateral to secure loans to the bank, and they in turn take possession of the children until such time as the loan is paid off. They auction the child slaves and that money less expenses and running costs, goes towards paying off the debt. The real shocker was that the average time taken to pay off one of these loans would be ten years.
I had heard enough. I told the President that under the circumstances, I did not think it was safe for my family to remain in the United States. As we are his guests, I would appreciate if he would make arrangements for our return journey immediately. He is still welcome to arrange for the conference to be addressed, but it would be via a live link. If he was unable to make the same aircraft available to us for the return journey then I would charter one.
The President was very embarrassed and he phoned and made the arrangements for our return trip. A bus was brought to the hotel for our trip out to the airport. A trip that the President said he would be taking with us, to make sure that we were all safely flown out of Andrews. He also told us that the flight staff would set up the link for the conference, and we could do the teleconference from the office on board.
We had to discuss the problem of the manager, and the slavery director suggested that we just let it go as a warning, because I had hit an officer that works under the authority of the slavery authority, and he could insist that I get enslaved for striking him, but as I am leaving the United States, they would allow me to leave.
I looked at the President, and asked, what does Diplomatic Immunity mean in the United States? The President said it meant the same everywhere. The holders of diplomatic passports are totally above the law, and then the slavery director said, too bad that you don't have Diplomatic Immunity. I asked Luke to please go fetch my brief case. He jumped off my lap, and went to my room, only to return a few minutes later with my briefcase. I opened it and took out our passports. As soon as the director saw the covers, he went white. I opened Luke's passport, I made sure that he could see the covers and all said Diplomat, I then showed him Luke's photo and details. I have never seen someone change their attitude so quickly. He made a phone call and had a slavery transport vehicle sent out to the hotel.
He then told us that the vehicle would be about ten minutes. I asked if they are going to have a hearing and he said no. The office is sending out the necessary papers and all that he has to do is sign the documents and inform the offender. He is an officer of the court. I could see that this was news to the President.
I thought it would be a good idea to get my two slaves freed; well Luke's two slaves. I presented the slave's new passports to the President and explained that it was lucky the VP had photos of his two boys, so as they are now part of our family, would it be possible to have them formally released, by this officer of the court? They would also be leaving with us. The slavery director, looked at the offered passports, and seemed to hesitate; he then asked if we have their enslavement documents. I took them out of the briefcase and handed them over. He looked through the documents, and then looked at the passports again. He asked are they ever likely to come back to the United States and I told him that would never happen.
He seemed to keep us waiting for a long time, but I knew it was only a few minutes. He then asked that the two slaves be brought in and Luke went and fetched them. He came back into the room using their leads. This little boy of mine never misses a beat and as soon as they were presented. They slavery director took the long winded approach. He eventually told them that they are free citizens again as there is a conflict in their enslavement orders.
He opened his briefcase and removed a sort of side cutter, with that he first unclipped the leads and ball clamps. He then fitted a device to their collars; I heard a click sound and the collar separated. He proceeded to fill out two sets of release papers for the boys. He also made a note of their new surname. He had just finished with that and allowed the boys to be taken to another room to get dressed, when two slavery officers arrived. The one handed a document to the director, who scanned it, and then he addressed the manager, soon to be ex manager of the hotel. As he was a single man, there was no family in danger of being enslaved. We watched as he was put through the process and officially became a slave.
Just then the owner of the hotel arrived, he was told the bad news, seemed shocked and asked if he could purchase him to work in the hotel. Simply because he was always throwing his weight around and as I discussed things I knew this man, he owns lots of hotels all around the world. He apologised to both Luke and myself, and was just as embarrassed as the President. We were given life time permission to use any of the hotels anywhere with everything fully covered. He asked if I would allow them to take copies of all our passports for hotel records, they will be circulated throughout the group, and at any time we book, our details will be online.
The President was very humbled, I told the children to pack up as we are leaving. I have never seen them so eager to do just that and I believe it took about five minutes. The two new boys looked much better dressed. I was sure that my boys had found clothes that fitted reasonably well. Both the director and the President accompanied us to Andrews, where Airforce Two was standing by. We all shook hands, watched as our luggage was loaded into the hold, then boarded. I gave a final wave as I entered the plane.
We were airborne ten minutes later and I realised that the children must be very hungry. I asked and was told that while they were in the other room, they had eaten everything possible, but as growing boys I knew they were still hungry. I asked the steward, who informed me that they had a twenty four hour kitchen on board, and that there is more than enough food. All the children ate well and the five new ones did not know what to make of my family. We were all settled down, and I had something to eat at last, I had been running on coffee for some time.
Luke reminded me about before, and as he put it, his baby brother. I got everyone's attention, I explained about the baby and how I became a daddy. The boys thought it was very funny so I suggest that anyone who wants to make fun of Graeme or myself about what I consider our child would have the pleasure of cleaning diapers. Not the wet ones, but the other ones. There were jokes made for a long time as people fell asleep. We landed, and were asked to remain aboard while we did the conference.
I felt sorry for all the director's of slavery, but even more sorry for the congressional committee. Luke made them feel ashamed. He reminded them that any one of them could be enslaved under the rules they were using. He said that he always thought that a man needed to appear before a magistrate before they could be enslaved. He felt that it was totally wrong that someone could be enslaved without at least a hearing. Finally, he asked about the branding. Luke told them that he does not understand the need for any of this branding. In Scotland slaves are chipped, they have satellite tracking. We know where each slave is just by using the slave's number. He asked them if they were stupid. There was lots of shaking heads. He went on to explain that he had heard that some states are selling children for profit. The age of sixteen was put there for a reason, the fact that some states allow the parents to sell their children into slavery is just wrong.
Finally, he said that he had personally arranged the refreshments. The President is watching and so are all the viewers. I watched in amusement as plates of biscuits and bottles of water were disturbed around the room. It did not take long for some to express disgust at the biscuits. Luke explained that those are what some slaves have to live on. He hoped that the congressional committee and the slave directors would look at where they are going wrong and make the necessary changes.
We left the plane feeling elated; thankfully I was able to arrange a fleet of taxis to take us home. Luke could not wait to see the baby, that was all he talked about, and William was just as excited. Finally, the dreaded question, Luke asked who was going to look after the baby. I hesitated, but before I could answer he said that he would like the baby to sleep in their room. William and he had talked about it and had decided that it would be better for them to look after the baby.
I phone TJ and told him we were back. He told me that they were out at the house and that Luke's speech to the select committee and directors of the slavery authority had been broadcast live. It seems to have caused a sensation and the fact that he had to do it over a link for fear of our safety. It seems to have upset them and may even have caused an international incident. He was so glad to see Luke was okay. He was also very glad to know that I had not been enslaved for defending Luke against a bully. I promised to talk when we got home.
By the time we got home, everyone was so happy to see our home. Everything got unloaded and taken inside, mostly by Graeme and the other slaves, but the older boys also helped. My welcome home from Graeme was almost too passionate for me in front of all my family, but my children know how I feel about Graeme.
Graeme whisper to me that I needed to see the baby, that Alin and TJ brought. He said the baby is so cute. He still wished he knew what happened to his child that his ex girlfriend was pregnant with. Graeme said that with all the children in my home, he does feel like a mother. He loves making sure that they all have enough food and that all their clothes are washed and ironed. He loves that the younger children come to him for help, or to have a bandage fitted to a scrape.
As we went upstairs, Alin and TJ nodded to me and smiled, I also noticed a thumbs up. Graeme took me to Alin and TJ's room. He quietly opened the door a little more and then we went in and saw baby Trevor, with his eyes open and a little smile on his face. I watched as Graeme felt around the diaper. He felt that it was wet and needed changing. Gently he lifted Ronnie up and took him over to the bed. I watched as he got a fresh diaper and everything he needed. He went to work and when Ronnie was all clean and fresh again, Graeme asked me if I would like to hold him a bit. He was sure Alin and TJ would not mind and I did.
This was pure love at first sight. I never thought that I would be able to hold a baby in my arms. I never thought that I would ever have a baby that I could call my own. Yes, I did not make the child, but he has my name and surname and Graeme is the father, well in this case the mother. I laughed at this thought and after a few minutes, I handed the baby back to Graeme. He had already disposed of the dirty diaper. I told Graeme to sit down while holding Ronnie and that I wanted to talk to him privately for a few minutes.
I proceeded to tell Graeme what had happened to his girlfriend's pregnancy. I told him that he is holding his son. I told him that as far as the law was concerned, I am the father, but as far as I am concerned this is our child. I suggested that when he has introduced Trevor to his brothers and sisters that the baby stuff gets moved to Luke and William's room. Graeme was all surprised and he asked, why Luke's room? I told him, it was orders from Luke and laughed. Well what did he expect, did he really expect that Luke would not want to look after his baby brother. Graeme and I walked downstairs.