Chp17 a rush to fall
August: month 8
The month has come to hang myself from the yardarm of the Grace II. The day has come when I must pull my dumb, lame male ass up the pole and let the gods take me from this living hell. Today my very pregnant wife sent the corporate airplane to Chucks Bar-Cue in Opelika, Alabama for three slabs of ribs and all the sides: Brunswick Stew, Baked Beans, Cole Slaw, BBQ Slaw, Potato Salad, Macaroni Salad, Corn on the Cob, Chips, and French Fries. And four orders of the Oven baked potato topped with chipped on the block pork, cheddar jack cheese, house-made sauce, and with every single dressing. Served with butter and sour cream on the side; Que Tater.
Sent Luke to Portland for Cool Moon Ice Cream Shops, Portland's hidden gems according to Kate and Elliott. Anna has demand 1 gallon of Oregon Berry flavor (Marion, Straw, Blue) A hand-crafted gallon in their store kitchen with 100% natural ingredients of Chocolate Delight Ecstasy. She already had ten pounds of Chocolates from San Francisco Ghirardelli Chocolate Company and France's Valrhona. Shipped to them for the order.
Thirty pounds of Valrhona French style grand cru, single origins, single estate, and vintage chocolate from bean to bar were custom made for my wife, the Countess. Four different flavors, my wife is insane. She plans to have the Bar-A-Cue ribs in the Chocolate Delights Ecstasy ice cream with sauerkraut. The food mixes are insane and driving poor Gail to hire two assistance just to shop and run around the west coast looking for the bizarre ingredients.
Tonight, she plans to use me as the table for the left-over ice cream and whatever else her pregnant appetites want. For the last two months she been a sex fiend on speed. If not eating she's sexing me up. And up. She taken an unhealthy oral fixation on my little man. If it's not in her mouth, she must have a hand on it. The only rest I've gotten is the doctor ordered bed rest. I can escape to the office or the roof for an hour or two.
Love my wife, but this kids' thing is seriously wanting me rethinking it, maybe we can adopt some four or ten-year-old kids. So, I never have to go thru this again. Ah the yard arm is looking so good.
"Christian the food thing will pass; Gail tells me it won't be as bad next time." Taylor laughs under his hand. Like I will believe that.
"I don't know how long I can last, Teddy not due till the last week of September, my little Libra (zodiac) Tiger (Chinese year) is kicking up a storm these past weeks. I hope he's healthy and happy. I hope I don't jump from the roof.
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Taylor-pov
The little lady is driving everyone insane, Frankie and Chucky are forced to visit. Otherwise they would move back to England. Gwen, Roz wife is laughing up a storm about Roz being terrified of the little countess. Poor Hannah has taken to sleeping at Rays.
Thank God Dr. Green put her on bed rest. Seem she read that walking was good for pregnancy. She took this to mean wandering the Seattle area looking for food to peek her cravings. I ended up putting two CPO on Segway, to keep up with her. She covered nearly fifty mile a day for two months. She walked till Winston refused to walk anymore; damm Clumber Spaniels are breed for these marathon walks. To him its best days of his life. Walking with Anna, meeting new smells, new places; getting new snacks. Then, they have a leisurely SUV ride home, she walked to Tacoma twice! TWICE!
Gail bravely tried to hang, but gave up after the tenth mile. Preferring to stay in the SUV till Anna landed inside a shop for five minutes or more. We have a bedroom in the fifteen-floor apartment full of things she's bought, three quarter are food. Even Mia foodie chef persona is numbed, too the variety and quantity.
The intrepid males are back from their suicide musing on the roof; poor Christian the former BDSM sex god is whimpering under his wife's demands. I now feel lucky; I was deployed to a nice safe war zone during my daughters' pre-birth. I used to feel bad I missed it, now I don't one bit.
"Gail?"
"She napping, barely finished her second slab of ribs. She seems more tired than yesterday. I think Teddy is anguish to be outside. How's Christian?"
"He seems ok; Winston I fear may jump off the roof. Glad I put the netting up three months ago. I plan on an emergency trip to Portland's WSU tomorrow for the day, tomorrow. The DR. will be in to check on Anna and you."
"I can't wait till these craving go away or Teddy get here. I think we all need the peacefulness of a new born over this nightmare. Enjoy the escape. I have a Mia and Kate coming over to do home spa thing while Hannah and I escape for the day to Fairmont Hotel to sleep and rest."
We turn to the dink of the elevator; Christian and Winston walk off followed by Ferguson. The only one unaffected by the pregnancy. His simply laughs and smiles a secret smile. I double checked his back ground. No kids or siblings. Strange Scotsman?
"Christian?"
"I'm getting a shower than hopefully some sleep. Otherwise just the office tomorrow. I don't want any trips till after Teddy is born."
"Sorry but a thing has come up in Portland about the grants. We fly out after breakfast. I have Sinclair if you're too tired to fly. But we have to go."
"Really? We have to couldn't do a video conference or something?"
"NO! we have to go. We will be back before dinner."
"ok, we'll tell Anna in the morning. Night" the Condemned husband and dog head into the master suite.
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C-POV: near three am, two weeks to go:
I wake to my wife, punching my balls. I roll off the bed, in agony. "ANNA?" in a high soprano
"YOU ARE NEVER TOUCHING ME AGAIN! AGAIN! GET DRESSED YOUR SON HAS DECIDED TODAY IS HIS BIRTHDAY."
I dress following her out to the elevator, everyone is arriving. BOOM!
I look up from my wife's right hand. "YOU ARE NEVER TOUCHING ME AGAIN! AGAIN!"
"Anna, let's get you going, how are the contractions?" Gail ask all motherly
"They hurt, there like ten minutes apart. My water just broke twenty minutes ago, then Teddy decide to come early. I THOUGHT YOU GREY'S WERE STICKLERS FOR Punctually! HEAR THAT TEDDY. YOUR EARLY AND IMPATIENT. CALM DOWN!" Jason helps me up as we get in the elevator.
Anna grabs my wrist in a bone breaking grip as a contraction takes her. dam she's strong. Gail drops and checks under her gown.
"Jason get on the horn; we need the sirens. Anna breath, like the class. Here's the stress ball." Gail says slipping me a wrist splint thing. I look at her. "put it on or hold Teddy in a cast." I put them on. Anna grabs my wrist; it hurts but she shouldn't break any bones.
We speed to the hospital were Teddy Raymond Thomas Grey is born in our Audi SUV in the entrance to the emergency room. The eight pound five ounces screaming boy is photographed by no less than fifty people, not one of the regular press or tabloids gets the magic shot. I stand holding my screaming son, still attached to his mother as the flash cubes explodes. I do not care. As I proudly on national TV cut the cord.
Ferguson carries little Teddy while I carry my sleeping wife into the hospital. We leave that night for home. Next week the house on the Sound is finished and ready for us to move into. I marvel at Teddy demanding Winston company from the first night. How he reacts to Anna and my voice; marvels us. How I investigate his face and see my mother and TC; how happy they must be in heaven looking down on us with Anna's Uncle and Grandparents.
Teddy knows Winston is his best buddy, after me. I watch Winston and Teddy swim for the first time. Watch them lay on the rug, watching me; watching them. Winston never moves or startles Teddy. We Grey men watch the beautiful Anna dress and move about the room. This is heaven on earth; this is what everything was about. "Anna, I love you!"
"I love all three of you. Now get off the floor, so we can eat. Hand me my little blip? Oh, Teddy you are so precious, like your father and Winston. The men in my life." I walk them to the table in the kitchen where Hannah and Gail and Jason eat with us. Family. This is my family. Next week Zee come over with Ella for Thanksgiving Grey style at Grace's. But that next week. Tonight, is all about Anna and Teddy. Winston and I do not count. I kiss my wife as I seat her.
I look out the window: Last week of May: I am 27; I am lonely and broken standing in my great room looking out at the Ferris wheel on the Sound. The darkness promises a Dawn, it is just a twilight away. I cannot stand to enter my playroom. I have not been in there since before Susannah's suicide. I see all the wrongs I did in there. I sip my whiskey and just do not know why I am doing anything, what for? Why amass money, power, without anyone to share it with? Without someone to love me? Could I ever love someone unconditional?
I watch the darkness, bleeding away. I change and head out for a run. I need to outrun these thoughts. How do I outrun myself? How do I rid myself of the demons in my mind? Jason, follows me. We run to Discovery Park and back. I pace along the water; the walkway is nearly deserted this morning.
I see a jogger ahead, drop onto the walkway about a half block ahead from a side street. Even from here her ass is making me stiff. Her pace is solid and unhurried, I want to see her front. See her face, hear her voice. See her tits bounce and swirl. My mouth drools at these thoughts, fantasies. The first time in months I feel sexually excited.
I speed up. She fires me up the more, the closer, I get; the outline of her panties, the outline of her body under the sweatshirt. She looks behind at me. I stutter a step, her large piercing blue eyes. She trips an goes down.
I look down at an angel fallen to this mortal realm. Stuck in this moment, we are the only two people in the world. She is the perfect vision of my imaginary submissive; but she will never be one. I look into blue eyes that sear my soul and makes me a slave to her. This woman is my life, my forever more soulmate.
I look into her blue eyes and know that Anna, my angel changed my world forever that day, the low point of my life, before the redemption. I take her in my arms, I do not care who sees. And show her all my love and devotion.
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The dawn breaks over the eastern mountains. The last greys of twilight fade in the bright fall light. I watch the ships move about below us. I hold a sleeping bundle that is my son. My Son, I used to think I could never be here, like this. Now I know my father died, never having this chance to love me, hold me, care for me.
I let the sleeping boy sleep, as I pace slowly about the great room, dancing to the Piano Concerto No. 3 in D minor, Op. 30, Rachmaninoff from movie Shine soundtrack. The technical piece is something I love to play in the dead of night, I understand why pianist fear the piece. It is a daunting musical score.
I sway as my man purrs to the sounds. My teddy is still asleep and wanting more of me, more of us. I watch my reflections in the glass, knowing that I will do everything to keep my son safe and loved. I feel Anna's arms around us, her lips on my back. "Morning boys, missed me?"
I lean back, letting her lips tease my earlobe. "Always, m'lady. Teddy is especial wanting his morning smoothie and I of course need my Anna's cream in my coffee. Shall we retire to the nursery to dine?"
"yes, my breasts are full and painful, I may need some tension relieve after the young squire's breakfast. I understand my love slave has been worried about my lack of stress when he is around. I can't help but be relaxed when his devil tongue is massaging my inner g-spot."
"you fell asleep"
"after the tenth orgasm in as many minutes. I just pushed out your nearly nine-pound progeny. This weekend you get to ride me hard, very hard, Teddy wants a sibling, a soon. Besides I still have a room mostly stuffed with food for the next heir.
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The big bird caper: crime report; Thanksgiving Day, Grey manor Seattle Washington, USA, planet Earth. Zero ten thirty hours pacific standard time:
The facts have not been changed to protect the innocent; they are guilty and named so other will not follow in their criminal enterprise. The suspects: Christian, Anna and Teddy's male Clumber Spaniel Winston. Mia and Luke's male Bernes-doodle Bruiser. Elliott and Kate's female mastiff and Gordon Tinkerbelle. Ray and Chuckey's female Cord mix named Scamp. Already on site is Grace and Carrick's male Otterhound Max and Frankie's Épagneul Bleu de Picardie Lewes.
The Crime started with arrival of Bruiser and Tinkerbelle into the celebration of Thanksgiving and the arrival of the first grandson. One Theodore 'teddy' Raymond Trevelyan-Grey; eight-weeks old.
The dogs after greeting each other and the adults. Escape to the back yard: These transcripts have been provided by Grey security from video tape evidence collected after the heist.
Max: you should see the food; a great big chicken is in the lower oven and big ham in the top one. We're eating great today.
Tinker-belle: scraps, bits, I want a big leg, like Elliott gets
Bruiser: Yea, a big chunk of chicken, not little bits like you guys like. Midgets
Scamp: MIDGET! You're going down bruiser. I'm kicking your ass
Winston: Guys calm down, it's a turkey, not a chicken. A game birds. Anna and Ray bagged it near Tillamook. Anna feed me the best cheese curds there afterwards. Last week.
Scamp: That's why I was left with Lewes lost and the kid.
Lewes: Boy grow up. My Frankie and your Chucky are soulmates. Con amour! It is fantastic to be young and in love. The world is bright with flowers and song. I love to sing, serenade the lovers.
Scamp: you can't sing, can't dance, all you do is run around farting.
Winston: quiet! You two are going to live together and soon. So! work out a comprise or else I will. Hear me puppies!
Scamp: ok. Old guys!
Lewes: ok asshole!
Winston: but nothing. Get over yourselves. I hate to see you both get exiled.
Scamp & Lewes: EXILED! We'll behave! Honestly!
Tinker-belle: Well the big bird! Let's go look?
The group: yea!
The pack moved from the back yard into the main room, and into the kitchen. Since most of the food was already dished and moved into the dining room side board warming tables. All that was left was the cutting of the turkey, ham and placing the six pies in the oven to cook. The turkey and ham were on the counter of the main island cabinet:
The ladies had just left the kitchen to allow the men to carve. Unfortunately, a set of urgent calls to Carrick and Christian Grey prevent their timely arrival into the kitchen to prevent the crime.
Investigation proved the calls were not staged by the pack for the purpose of the nefarious crime. The report concluded the crime was spur of the moment, opportunity crime. The exact sequence is unknow as the assailants all pleaded the fifth as well as "puppy dog I'm sorry eyes." The jury was swayed by their antics.
Conspicuously at 1030; the crime unfolded
"Hey, Tinker! Where you get the turkey leg? Girl!" Elliott jokes.
"Hey mom I want a turkey leg that size too!" Elliott laughs
"SHIT THE TURKEY!" screams Grace
"TINKERBELLE GOD-DAMM-IT! Screams Mia
Scamp and Lewes come barreling thru the doorway fighting over the ham bone.
The crowd rushes into the kitchen, except Anna and Teddy sitting in the love seat. Screams and hollering ensues for a good twenty minutes. Max is laying on the island trying to gulp the turkey breast. While Bruiser on the floor woofs down the ham. Pies lay scatter about the kitchen.
Winston sneaks from the hallway to Anna, offering the other half eaten turkey leg to Anna and Teddy.
"Winston? Bad dog. You're going to hurt yourself on those bones. Hand it over?"
"Anna! No." Christian rushes over and takes the turkey leg. "you're in trouble buddy!"
"I think all the dogs are in trouble babe. Aren't that right Teddy. Winston is bad dog. To the yard." Anna giggles. Christian take Winston as the other dogs are hustle outside.
"What did I do wrong, everyone was eating the turkey and ham. I brought food for the pack to share, like you do My Christian?" Winston asks confused
"Buddy, you guys ruined the party. Next time we'll keep you from temptation. But Winston my man; your busted." Christian says to the still confused dogs. Laughing he reenters the house.
Video tape records show that the pack decided since it was Max's house and pack. He was to blame. Despite his good-hearted laughing argument that Bruiser and Tinkerbelle were bad guest, having started the crime by jumping up on the counter. Scamp and Lewes claimed to be too short to have guilty over the raid.
Winston laid in the grass and sulked over his scolding. He had never been scolded before by both his pets. He laid morose till the pack was let back into the house. He remained guilty ridden till pizza was snuck to him under the table. They he returned to his happy go-luck ways.
It is known that Scamp, Lewes and Winston all receive slices of the Thanksgiving Pizza. While Max, Bruiser and Tinker-belle did not. With Winston receiving his turkey flavored wet can food that night for dinner and allowed to chase a ball Teddy was pushing from the couch in the media room. While the adults watched The Man from Snowy River.
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The snow falls on the mountain peaks. It is time to get some family time alone. We are going back to our house in Aspen: I will not let last year taint the house. Our happy house there. I had before last year's evil visions of my son and me rolling snowmen, throwing snowballs and sledding down the hills. Of teaching them to ski, love and be happy.
I feel Anna arms around me, the soft breath tickles my spine. I know we are going to make it. be a great family. I know everything is going to be ok.
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Twenty years later:
Today is start of Christmas Vacation. The twins are juniors at sixteen. Teddy and Grace are coming to see us in a minute with grave news. Samuel Becket, our four-year-old male Stayton and his buddy Schuldig (look it up, dutch) the two-year-old Wetterhoun (Frisian Water Dog). The Friesland pair are replacement for Winston who pasted three years ago. He lived we think to around eighteen year. We miss him still.
I watch Phoebe Grey, play on my piano. The nineteen-year-old is off to University in Prague, Teaching advanced computer modelling. I knew I should have never let Barney and Andrea babysit her. I smile as the twin's frolics in the water's edge. Lucas's Trixie, Maxie and Bessie, his Picardy Shepherd pack and his sister Ella-Tess, Tess for short. Her Pyrenean Shepherd Angel and Kai Ken& Akita mix Otosan. Otosan; Which is Tess's dig at me, 'mean father'. Mean indeed as my children have me wrapped around their thumbs.
I watch the horizon for my two adopted sprites with my wife. Thomas and Glen, our orphaned ten-year-old from hell holes I knew too well. We adopted them five and four years ago. They have their buddies with them an American Water spaniel and an Irish water Spaniel. They picked them out at the Westminster dog show. Where the Twins were showing their dogs. She has them out on the Anna's Revenge; a Marlow-Hunter 15-foot Daysailor. Her boat, her rules. I smile at thoughts of my mischief wife.
Mom and Dad will be here soon with Max Jr. and Duchess his breeding mate. Max senior lasted 14 years, giving the adults nine litter of AKC Otterhound to carry on the breed. They also have two cats, Lucy their eight-year-old youngest pets, who do not come to Anna Kennel Club and Madhouse on The Sound as we mortal tease her. Their second set of adopted kids is six strong with three grand-kids. They have spread about the greater West Coast with nine dogs and four cats, one rabbit and eight parrots. Grey manor is Noah Ark Seattle version during the holidays.
I watch the family wander in. I turn to my oldest. They look happy and terrified. "Well!"
"Your fired dad. We are taking over GEH. I am the COO and Grace is CEO. You and Mom are semi-retired to advisory roles. With Roz retirement and your health issues. It is done. The family voted on it yesterday."
"Like hell it is. I'm not stepping down and you two can't make me."
"No Husband. But I can." I turn to my wife; wrong you are doing it or else face. I try to not gawk and get a hard on.
"What was the vote?"
" eight to your no"
"you voted against me?" I near tears. "Anna?"
"The jet crash at Liverpool, your heart attack at Coping Together Ball last year and your stubborn refusal to shorten your hours. Means you're fired, CEO Christian Grey. And to keep you from under foot. Your now Professor Grey of philanthropy and economics at Harvard, Oxford and University EU. All online and just twice a week."
She leans in smelling of the sea, "I'm hot for teacher, I've been a bad student. I'll do anything to raise my grades to passing!" she licks my ear.
From the Ewe and 'that's sick' comments as I hustle my wife to our room. I know we are loved.
Teddy-pov
I watch the adults sprint for the bedroom. God, I hope I'm that in love when I get their advanced age. Fifty is ancients. Grace is already working with her new PA Clare, Hannah older sisters' daughter. The boys pile in with tales of sailing with mom. the herd of dogs roam about. I walk to the window; I can see the foot prints dad leaves here.
I stand in his shoes, literally and know the world is bright, and I am loved. Schuldig wanders over a sit next to me. Samuel, Winston replacement headed to the adults room. I miss my buddy Winston. I can remember holding on to his fur waddling around the room. Dad chasing us on all fours to protect me. Mom has the videos. I marvel at his face. Love so deep and pure it hurts to be the object of it.
Love is everything and the only thing in this family that matters, well merit too.
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Three years later:
I'm going to kill my PR department. They ambush scheduled a interview for the WSU paper. I'm getting a award and presenting Dad bigger award for his agriculture grants and research, He's up for a NOBLE for giving away ten billion dollars in aggro patents and royalties.
I have so much work to deal with. "BUZZZZZ"
"Yes Rob?" i bark at my PA
"Your one o'clock is here" i fume my sister the CEO had to pick this week to negotiate the shipping deal in Brunei.
"Send her in"
I look at the door and do my best dad scowl.
The door opens and in fobs a girl, petite brown hair girl. I rush around to help her up. I touch her hand. Everything goes blank, everything is shrunk to just us.
"Teddy Grey" want to kiss those lips.
"Victoria Rogers" angel speaks with sweet words. Victoria? I thought the interviewer was Alice something or other?
"MY roommate Alice is under the weather, she sent me. I hope that's ok. Mr. Grey." She says on her feet once again. i can't let go of her. I need her touch.
"your perfectly fine Victoria"
"call me Vee" she purrs
Kissing her lips, let the world fly away. Wow, this is what mom describes kissing dad. WOW!
"Wow! That was something else."
"Teddy; call me Teddy Vee. I've never met a girl like you."
"Still haven't Teddy. I'm a woman, and I like you very much. But I'm no whore or gold digger. So back off"
"I'm sorry. Sorry. I did mean it like that. It's just your so perfect."
"Perfect is describing you Teddy. Damm? I wish I'd read the information on you. I'm sure you have a girlfriend or some rich famous model or both." She mumbles OH! How cute!
"no girlfriends, no wife, no kids. Or anything else to separate us. Lets go out and walk and talk as my mother says."
"ok, I'm sure you'll be a gentleman?"
"yes mama!" I take her hand an we crash on the sofa. Making out like starving animals. I've never been with a girl, barely dated. This is heaven I know we will be perfect forever.
The end of this tale:
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