The Kids Grow Up by Trish Hanan (novel24 .TXT) 📖

was a nice time.
“Hey, Harry, that looks like fun, can I come play?” Susie called from the gate. He looked up and saw her standing there. So he waved and she came in. He wondered what she wanted and figured it had something to do with her being banned. She walked over and stood next to him and looked nervous.
“Harry, I’m really sorry about what happened with Jewel, really I am, but I want you to know that I didn’t say anything bad to her, it was all Violet, I just went along with her, she was the one who came up with the idea of pretending to be Tammy and Amy. I was going to tell Jewel I wasn’t them but Violet said we were and I didn’t want to make her out to be a liar and I didn’t say anything mean to her, it was all Violet’s fault, she’s always getting me into trouble. I’d move out but then I’d be all alone and I don’t want to be alone. Please don’t ban me anymore from your stores, if you don’t I’ll tell you everything Violet’s planning. She really has this thing for Jake and she wants to steal him from you,” she rushed everything out before Harry could say a word but when she got to the thing about spying on Violet for him, he couldn’t take anymore. He used his power to lift her off the ground. She gave a little squeal and shut up. Then he gently put her down.
“Susie, for heaven’s sake, slow down and take a breath,” he told her. She took a deep breath. “I understand about you not wanting to be alone and I wish I could lift the ban for you, darling, but if I did then you would just get stuff for Violet and you know you would,” he said and she blushed.
“Now I know that you probably didn’t mean to deceive Jewel and you didn’t say anything mean to her but you did go along with Violet when she did and you did steal from me and you know that was wrong,” he said firmly and she nodded sadly. “I’ll tell you what, you bring me everything that you stole, everything, even if you’ve worn it and I’ll only ban you for three years, how about that, that’s the minimum first sentence for shop-lifting back on Memphis.” She looked excited.
“Really?” she said and he nodded. “Okay, I’ll be right back,” she rushed away and drove off. He shook his head and went back to raking.
“You’re not really given him everything are you?” Violet asked as she watched Susie fold all of the clothes neatly into the Macy bags. Susie nodded.
“That’s pretty dumb, how’s he going to know, I’d keep the jewelry at least,” Violet advised her. Susie looked at the pretty earrings for a moment and then shook her head.
“Every time I listen to you I get into trouble, no way, everything goes back,” she decided and put it all into the bags and drove back to Harry’s. He accepted the bags with a smile.
“You do know that I’ll know if everything is in here,” he told her. She looked confused. He explained. “I can watch the security video and see what all you girls picked out and compare it to what’s in the bags and I’ll know if anything’s missing,” he told her. She shook her head.
“Harry, it’s all in there, I promise. Violet tried to convince me to keep some of the jewelry but I put it all in the bag, I swear,” she said and he believed her. He smiled.
“Okay, three years from today you’ll be officially un-banned, I hope you’ve learned something from all of this, Susie, I really do,” Harry said sternly. She nodded.
“I’m never stealing again, never,” she promised. She hugged him and left. He took the bags in the house and put them in the closet to sort through later. At least she learned something and maybe the next time Violet came up with some wild stupid plan, Susie just might tell her to go to hell, just maybe.
Jake came back from the races to find the house quiet and Harry lying on the couch, he smiled and crawled in with him. They kissed and cuddled and Sean kicked him. He laughed.
“Someone’s awake,” he teased. Harry grinned.
“He’s going to be a soccer player this one, forget about basketball,” he groaned. Jake rubbed his belly.
“Poor, babe,” he nuzzled his neck and felt Harry grow between them. Harry laughed.
“Someone’s feeling frisky, you must have won,” he teased. Jake nodded.
“I beat the pants off of DJ, he must be getting old,” he declared and his hands came down to unzip Harry’s pants and slip in. Harry moaned and moved a little to allow him access.
“Nice hands,” he murmured. Jake smiled.
“Where’s Fran?” he asked softly. Harry grinned.
“She’s over at Edna’s and won’t be back until late, she’s having dinner there,” he said with a sly look. Jake shivered. He stood up quickly and began to undress. Harry grinned and was naked before he was. Jake reached for the lube Harry always kept in his pocket and Harry knelt on the couch with his back towards Jake and his face leaning on the back of the sofa. Jake grinned as he looked at that fine ass. He knelt on the floor and buried his face in between the cheeks and pulled them apart. His tongue came out and Harry groaned.
“Oh, God, honey, you drive me crazy,” he muttered. Jake grunted and went to work; he wanted to drive Harry more than crazy; he wanted to drive him insane.
Down the street Violet was peering in her telescope and couldn’t believe her eyes. Jake was not doing what it looked like he was doing, was he? It looked like he was licking Harry’s ass but that couldn’t possibly be real, people didn’t do gross stuff like that. That was totally disgusting. That was where the shit came out of and he was putting his tongue there. Then he stood up and smeared some stuff on his dick, the biggest and most beautiful one she had ever seen and stuck it in Harry’s asshole. My God, she thought, he’s going to get shit all over it. And he wore the most wonderful expression on his face, Harry did too. Like what they were doing was the most enjoyable thing in the world when it had to have hurt. That big thing up that little hole, my God, Harry must in tremendous pain but by the look on his face; he was loving it! And Jake was playing with his little titties like he would a woman’s and Harry seemed to like that too.
Then they both gave out a yell and Harry shot his load into his shirt and Jake must have did his inside of Harry because she didn’t see it come out anywhere and then they lied on the couch and cuddled and kissed and Jake rubbed that big disgusting belly which made Harry looked like a beached whale and then laughing they picked up their clothes and went into their bedroom. Violet thought the whole scene totally gross. Is that what gay men did to each other? She had thought all they did was like blow jobs and she could understand that. But this other; how could Harry like that? She could understand how Jake could like it. It was a tight hole and all men liked a tight hole. But what did Harry get out of that?
Christmas came and the whole community celebrated in the main room of the center and everyone gushed over the children who were getting bigger. Now all of the children were had been born on the planet were now seven and everyone wondered where all the years had gone too. No one looked any older though and no one felt any older, they put it down to healthy food and clean air and water and no pollution.
“Look at Emma in her red velvet dress, doesn’t she look darling?” Gloria gushed. David looked across the room and shrugged. The two girls, one in red and the other in pink did look very pretty. Harry was holding them and Emma picked that moment to stick her fingers in her nose and spoil the picture. Gloria made a face and sipped her wine.
“Kids are so disgusting,” she said and she was glad she had gotten rid of that one. David agreed and they left the party early liked they always did.
“Take your finger out of your nose, Emma Rose; are you digging for gold?” Harry teased and she giggled and brought out a big piece of snot and showed it to him. He rolled his eyes and Jake took out a hankie and wiped it.
“Next time use a hankie, darling,” he whispered and she nodded. Harry grinned and Jake kissed him. Violet saw this and shuddered. How could they show their faces in public knowing what they did? How could they touch their children after what they did? She looked over at the other gay couple Phillip and Stuart and figured they did the same thing. Gay men were disgusting; she went to see her father and told him that. He looked shocked.
“Now, Violet, it was our Lord Jesus Christ who said, Let he who is without sin cast the first stone, it is not our place to judge, Judge not lest ye be judged,” he told her. She shrugged.
“But Daddy, don’t you find that what they do in bed is disgusting?” she asked him. He nodded.
“But God loves the sinner and hates the sin,” he told her. She shook her head.
“It’s hard for me to separate the two, I can’t hate the sin and not hate the sinner,” she said and he patted her hand.
“Harry, Jake, Phillip, and Stuart are good people and good fathers, in time they will see the light of God and they will turn from their life of sin and find a better life, until then, all we can do is pray for them,” he said and she nodded.
“Maybe, Daddy, but I feel so sorry for poor Sissy, she must be going out of her mind knowing that her son Jake is with that disgusting Harry,” Violet spat and Reverend Milo was shocked, he had thought she still had a crush on Harry and now it appeared that her crush had switched to Jake. He looked over at the two men who looked so happy with their five children and sighed. Sometimes it was so hard for him to keep the hatred of the past from making him feel so guilty and it made him feel ashamed about the way he had treated all of the homosexuals he had come in contact with back on Memphis. Now that he had lived with Phillip, Stuart, Jan, Joy, Kate, Barb, Harry and Jake and knew them for the kind, gentle, good people that they were, he knew that everything he and his fellow Church members had been told about homosexuals had been told out of ignorance and fear. He sighed and patted his daughter on her back and hugged her.


Chapter Three