The Ark

Copyright © 2020 by VeryWellAged

What was and what will be...20

Author's note: These chapters are NOT stand-alones...The story starts here.

What was and what will be...21

What if Debbie reads the family dynamics better than I do? Nah, no way. Granted, that’s a scary thought, but it just can’t be the case. She’s just a bomb thrower. The question to Ana tonight would never have come up if it had not been for the combination of Dessa and Debbie’s comment, and the fact that we couldn’t find the relatives.

As I approach my study, there’s something of a committee at the doorway. Jessa is there with a bowl containing some mango float¹ for me, and next to her are Lorie and Nelia.

Once I’m in possession of the bowl and a spoon, Jessa withdraws, leaving the sex-maniac and her Jesus-loving partner.

Finish that, Ira. We have a need!

Why the rush, Ri? We have all night.

I tell her the same thing, Ira.

Why don’t you both give me about an hour? I want to check my email, and I might need to respond to a person or two, if I have received what I think I might. I’ll be in the bedroom by nine-thirty.

Nelia is happy to comply and Lorie does so grudgingly, reminding me to not be late as she walks out of the room.

The mango float is melting a bit, and I give it my undivided attention until the bowl is emptied of the concoction. Just as I’m about to set the bowl down and turn to the laptop, which I had turned on as I worked the float, Jessa appears, takes the bowl from my hand and tells me she will be back in a minute to see what type of email responses I may have received.

There are two emails waiting for me in my inbox. I open the one from Elena first.

Ira,

You write a good letter to Tom. He is happy to read it. It is good you not mention the Muslim thing. He come to me and ask about the phone number. I explain to him that this how we dial in the Philippines. I not tell him how to change it to dial from the US. You very smart about that.

Do I have your permission to contact Cincer? You still in Santa Rita?

We will come after New Year’s. I tell Tom, it not a good time to go there now. Too much chance of typhoons plus the airfare too high. If we wait until middle of January or February both problems disappear. I will let you know when we are coming.

Elena

I hit reply.

Elena,

Yes, you may contact Cincer. Your advice about travel dates is smart. We will be beyond traditional typhoon season and the weather will still be cooler than it will be in March.

Ira

Clicking on send, I move on to the second email.

Hi Ira!

Great to get your email. I understand not checking email too often.

I did ask Elena about the phone number. It sure doesn’t work like numbers here work. She tells me we will have to purchase a phone once we arrive there as our phones here are locked to AT&T and will not work there without huge bills. Elena says it will be far cheaper just to buy the phones once we get there. It seems nuts to me, but she swears it will be fine.

From what Elena says, I guess we will get hotel accommodations and a car rental in Tacloban. The map shows me that we will be on the wrong island, but she swears that this is the best way forward.

We plan on making the trip sometime after January 15^th. See you soon.

Tom

I click on reply and then add Elena’s address to the BCC line.

Hi Tom,

Elena is right on all counts. If you need us to make hotel reservations for you (you may get a better rate if a local Filipina makes it), we will do so.

See you in a few months,
Ira

I send the email and sit back.

Jessa has been hanging back quietly. I gather she read what I wrote.

I will tell CiCi to expect a text from Elena. Why you think she want that?

I don’t know, but we will find out soon enough.

You talk to Ana?

Yes.

She OK with Dessa. She not upset?

She’s fine with it. It was a surprise to me how OK she was with it. I guess I have a lot to learn.

Ana’s a good girl, good and smart.

Yes, she is. And full of surprises, too.

That gets a look from Jessa that goes unaddressed, as I shut the PC down and leave the study for my bedroom.

Moving from Jessa to Lorie and Nelia is moving from the land of Cebuano speakers to the land of Ilonggo speakers. When they interact with each other, it’s in English and I know what is occurring; when they are alone as these two in my bedroom are, the mother tongue is spoken.

And so it is now, as I enter the bedroom. They don’t change to English, or much acknowledge my presence, as the dialogue continues. They are not intentionally being rude. It’s just that this is the way they are most comfortable communicating and, now that they have the chance, they will just about always grab it.

Care to share what you two are so deeply concerned about?

Nelia says it is wrong that only one is added. It is not right. I say there is no real rule about pairs. That is just in her head. What do you think?

I agree that there is no real rule about pairs. I know all who got added have been in pairs before, but that is just dumb luck. Still, it isn’t a sure thing that Dessa is joining, and it isn’t sure that, if she does that she will be the only one to join. Nothing has been determined.

I may have said more than I should have, because a very animated Nelia asks, Who the other?

There is no other right now.

Yes, but who the other that may be later?

Oh, Nelia, I was just making an offhanded comment. There is no one now.

But you know something. Who?

If there becomes a ‘someone,’ you will know who. Until then there is no ‘who.’ Tell me, Nelia, did Noah’s children also get produced in pairs? … I ask because you are the only one who has given me two children. Shouldn’t I have sixteen, or don’t children come in pairs like partners?

Lorie takes the bait.

Yes! Good. It is my turn tonight. Nelia assists, but you give me the present!

Sounds right to me. How would you like to start, my sweet little breeder?

Friend, you suck him hard and finger my pussy. He kisses me and plays with my breasts. When he is hard enough, you stop that so he can fuck me and you suck my breasts.

And off to the races we go. It starts pretty much the way Lorie said, except that while kissing Lorie and playing with one of her breasts, I have my other hand on the back of Nelia’s head as she gives me head. And Nelia definitely is doing a fine job in that regard.

We must be getting to Lorie as well, because she is panting and gasping.

I’m truly rigid now, and enjoying this immensely, but Nelia disengages. I gather it’s time to plunge into Lorie, who, from the sounds she is making, is more than ready for the main event.

It takes no effort to slide into to Lorie. Her cunt is awash in her own fluids. The only sounds from her are grunts as I slam down hard looking for the bottom. She has her legs as wide as she can get them. One hand is on my back. I think her other hand is on the back of Nelia’s head, as Nelia sucks on a tit.

With my free hand, I’m fingering Nelia. All three of us are in motion. The bed creaks from our activities. Nelia is flooding my hand with her fluids. Lorie has my loins soaked. The sheets are wet as I pound and pound Lorie’s cunt.

She has been the last to give me a child. She so wants to give me another before anyone else does. I know it intellectually and right now I know it physically. She wants this in every way there’s to want. Her body convulses beneath me. She is wailing with desire. Those desperate sounds tug on me. I know what she needs from me. My old body, not near what it once was so long ago, does all it can to give her what she so wants. It floods cum into her. She gasps, I howl.

And we are done. What was in motion is now at rest. So much for I. Newton.

Elena texts me.

I figured she would. What did she want?

She want to know if you have any ‘underage’ loves here.

What did you tell her?

I tell her, there are none. It the truth.

OK, I guess it’s the best answer and it may still be the answer when they come.

You know you may have two young ones when they are here, right?

Oh, I really don’t think Bim will allow that to go through with Ana, no matter what Ana might fantasize. I just don’t see that happening. I can’t conceive of bedding Bim’s daughter. Can you?

Maybe, yes. I am not sure. I am also not sure about Dessa. From what Eva tells me, Dessa is not as sure about this as Ana thinks she is.

So Dessa talked to Eva?

More than that. She stay with Eva and Reyna last night.

How do you mean ‘stayed with?’

Yes, that way. She try with them.

Well, shit, that was fast. How did it go?

Eva not sure. Nothing truly bad. But the girl is shy. Maybe it OK. Maybe the girl not want now. Maybe we will learn more tomorrow.

Did Elena want anything else?

Oo, she ask how many here, what the house like, how much land we have, how we use the land. She ask if you really good to us. What you like. She ask who else here she can text. I talk to Ann and to Jessa. Both say OK so I give Elena the numbers. … Ira, she a US citizen now. You know that?

No. Well, maybe. I think she might have mentioned that in an email.

Oo, she will become a Dual before they come here.

Dual?

Dual citizen. She give up her Philippine citizenship to become a US citizen but then she can take an oath with our government and you are a Dual citizen. Both passports.

I see.

Yes with Dual, she can buy land here. I think she interested in that.

Here, as in the Philippines or here as is Santa Rita?

I think maybe where she comes from but I not know. I ask her, I say, ‘Ate, you afraid your husband will want other girls now if he visit us?’ She laugh and say, ‘Let him buy the land I will own. Let him build the house I will own. Maybe I will not care. I not know, but I not know if he will want more girls. He not even know it is possible.’

Ira, Ana asks that you pick the girls up from school today.

Is there some reason why she doesn’t want you to pick her up like you always do? Has something gone wrong, Bim?

We not fight, or anything, but Dessa and Ana were whispering all the way to school this morning. I not hear what they say. When they get out of the car, she kiss me on the cheek and asks me this. That all I know.

OK, and it may not be about Ana. CiCi told me that Dessa was with Eva and Reyna last night. Eva is not sure how it went.

Oh! I not know.

Yes, I figured that might be the case. OK, I’ll get the kids this afternoon.

Elena texts me. You know this?

Yes Ann, CiCi told me she gave Elena your cell number. What did she want?

She ask how many of us? How many children? If there any she call the underage girls. I ask what she mean underage. We have daughters, they are young. She say she mean lovers. I say there none. Right? None now?

Yes, still none now.

Good I say right. She ask about land. A lot about land. CiCi tell her I do land work.

She interested in buying land?

I think, yes. I ask her why she not want land near her people. She say, bad idea. Maybe like me.

Could be. She ask you to find some land for her?

Yes, she say she will look with me when she comes in January.

How it going with Dessa?

Not sure. May know more later today.

OK, see you dinner time. 

Elena texted me.

I’m not surprised, Jessa. What did she want?

She ask how many underage girls are here. I not know what she mean so I say there seven. She say how old, so I tell her Ris2x, Mac, and Leeni are four. And before I can tell her more, she stop me and say, she means lovers. I tell her there not any. That OK?

I’m smiling. I can just imagine the other end of the exchange. Yes, that is fine. She ask anything else?

She ask how I run the house. I tell her there are eight of us. She say she know, but CiCi tell her I run the house. I tell her there are five of us who take care of the house. Maybe I am the organizer, but we share the work. I am no one’s supervisor.

That all?

She ask about you. I tell her you are fair to us and a good man. That all. … Ira, Reyna say Dessa with her last night. You know this?

Yes. I hear it was Reyna, Eva and Dessa.

Oo. Reyna say Dessa not sure. She shy and maybe scared. You know this?

I heard shy. I didn’t hear scared. That is new.

Reyna not sure. She say it a guess. Ira, she say Ana ask her if she can visit another night. You know this?

No… No, Jessa I didn’t. What happened?

My Reyna surprised. She say Ana should ask you. It will be your decision. She cannot make such a decision. You OK with Reyna?

Reyna did perfectly. And in a way, so did Ana. I will speak with both of them. No one needs to be worried. We just need to sort this out. All is OK.

Good, I will tell her now. She worried you will be upset.

The only thing I would be upset about is her being afraid to tell me. I’m not a monster. Reyna is my girl.

True, but I am her Ate. I think an Ate is always important, even when there is a husband.

You’re right. I apologize.

No need. I will tell her to talk to you.

OK, but ask CiCi to join me when Reyna comes. She needs to be there. That gets a reaction of surprise. And Jessa, you, Eva and Bim should be there too. That gets a smile.

Reyna, I understand Ana asked you something this morning. Before we get into that, I would like to ask about the timing of that meeting. When was it this morning?

Just before she left for school.

Do you think she had time to talk to Dessa before she made her request?

Yes, because she was with Dessa when she make it.

So Dessa heard her request?

Yes.

Was Dessa happy, sad or nothing special when Ana made the request?

Happy? Maybe?

OK, what did she ask? I want you to try to be as exact as possible.

She say, ‘Ate, may I be with you and Eva next?’

What did you say?

I say that this must be up to you. This is not something an Ate can decide.² Only the husband of Ate can decide this.

How did she act when you told her this?

She say she will ask you this afternoon. I worry that maybe I am wrong telling her to come to you and not her mother. Bim, do you forgive me?

You did right, friend. Maybe if I not know about something you not know, then it be different. But you do right.

Right, and now CiCi, Bim and I need to tell you and Eva, about our meeting with Ana yesterday. We need to all share information better. This is my fault for not telling you. I am sorry.

Reyna giggles. Sorry, Ira, but I thought I needed to apologize to you and now you apologize to me. Sort of funny, see?

I smile. Yes, I guess I do.

We spend the next half an hour going over the details of our meeting with Ana, Ana’s conversation with Bim this morning and how Dessa was with Reyna and Eva.

In the end, we all know what all the others know, and no one has a clue about what the two young ones are thinking. Jessa suggests that there’s a generation gap. I suspect it’s more of a chasm.

I also suspect I need to update Ann, Lorie, and, God help me, Nelia.

Following the meeting, I take a few minutes to check my email, but the only new message is from the contractor, giving me a total. I contact the attorney with the PoA, to draft a check out of the Wells Fargo account, and send the contractor the money.

There is no message from Elena. I wonder what she is really thinking. All this texting she has been doing seems a bit excessive.

OK so why did you ask me to be your driver?

Uncle, you tell Dessa she should decide. She should be with Eva and Reyna to help her. Yesterday you tell me to decide, too. You not tell me how to do this, only that if I have a question I cannot figure out I can ask CiCi. If Dessa gets help from Reyna and Eva, why can I not get the same help?

I guess you can, if you are at the same place in your thinking as is Dessa. You and Dessa are not the same. … Dessa has never been my niece and has no mother who is my wife. … I thought you would first need to think about your relationship with your mother, if you become a wife. … I thought you would have to think hard about if you could change how you saw me. A change from Uncle to loving husband seems to me to be pretty extreme. … I thought that only then, if you even got that far without saying, bad idea, that you would need Eva and Reyna.

Oh. Well, no, I not need to answer those questions. I talk to mother and ask her if she is angry with me for what I say. She say no, she just really surprised. I know about Ri and her mother. If her mother not sort of crazy you would be OK with it. So, no, I need to find out about the Eva and Reyna stuff.

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