Chapter 468 – Damage Control Then Getting Reacquainted
Watching Conrad leave put all our minds at ease. The tyrant and asshole was finally gone, and Carson couldn’t be happier about the situation. Now we had to jump into damage control. We took a few moments to relax some, and become more comfortable with Carson.
“Josh, I appreciate everything you did to really uncover what was going on at Invescor. Good grief, I had no idea it was you at all. Nate discussed with me the possibilities of a fallout with Conrad, and what might be necessary to recover from his absence. I can assure you, I will cooperate with you and your team in any way I can. I’m at your service to use, however you need to use me,” Carson assured us.
“First of all, let me say that we all appreciate you, Carson. You have been a real professional from the first time we dealt with you. It was you that straightened out the Paradise Bar mess in Ft. Lauderdale, and made that happen for us, which we greatly appreciate. You’ve been straight forward in discussing the issues we’ve had with Invescor and Conrad, not throwing him under the bus or trying to undermine him, but just answering our questions and helping us where you could. I am impressed with your character also, and you defending character to Conrad. That took balls also. I like what we’ve seen in you, and feel comfortable moving ahead. Before we get too far, however, we need your help on damage control. I think it best to do that first. Before Conrad can call too many people and disrupt what we have, I think you need to cut him off from all access to company emails and systems. We need him locked out of everything associated with Invescor, starting with computer systems and security systems. He can’t have any access to your offices in any way. Then you need to cut off all credit cards, company phones and anything else he can possibly do any damage with that’s our property,” I told him.
“Give me a few minutes and some time on a phone, and I’ll take care of all that,” Carson replied. I told him to use my seat at the desk and the phone, and call whoever he needed to call. He said he had his laptop with him and could block Conrad from the company systems with that. He also had the IT guy at Invescor standing by, should he have to block Conrad. “I’ll need to send an email to our senior staff advising them that Conrad is no longer with the company and no further business communication should take place between him and any of them. That won’t be a problem, as no one can stand him anyway,” Carson told us. We figured as much.
Meanwhile, I called Rick to let him know that Conrad was on his way back to the airport, and to get him out of the building and on the jet, he came in on, as quickly as possible. “Wow, that was a quick meeting,” Rick replied. I chuckled.
“Quick and painful, buddy. Just don’t get in his way, as he’s not a happy camper, but don’t take any of his shit, either,” I told him.
“Roger that, Mr. Josh. I’ll keep him moving out the door,” Rick promised. I told him he was okay in my book. That seemed to excite him some, I could tell. “Anything for you, Mr. Josh. You’re the best,” he said, then hung up. I made a note to get to know him better.
Carson hung up from talking to his security and IT personnel. “Conrad is now locked out of all the systems. He still has a company phone, which is the only one he has. I hate to cut that off just yet, in case he needs to call anyone for help or anything. I will send a text to all our senior staff members and follow it up with an email explaining his departure, which will be brief, just saying he’s left to pursue other personal interests,” Carson stated. Nate smiled.
“The perfect legal way to put it, Carson. Don’t give him any rope to possibly hang us with,” Nate suggested.
“We think alike in that respect, Nate. I’ve done enough of these letters and emails in my life, written by our attorneys,” Carson replied, smiling. Nate gave him a thumbs up. Carson worked quickly to get that communication out to all the senior staff, telling them to advise their subordinates about Conrad’s departure and suggest they not have any communications with him. He told them he would be following up later with further actions. Nate said he was spot on.
“Josh, I’m perfectly willing to work with anyone you want to install in our office on an interim or permanent basis to take over the CEO’s position. I’m a team player, and will support whatever action you deem necessary to keep us going and growing,” Carson offered. I smiled at him.
“So, tell us a little about your background, Carson. We think a lot of you already, but we’d certainly like to know more,” I told him.
“Fairly simple, really. I grew up on a small family farm near Springfield, Illinois, land of Lincoln,” he said, chuckling. “I worked on the farm doing everything growing up, then got a scholarship to Northwestern University in Chicago, majoring in Finance. I got my master’s degree there also, then did an internship at another investment capital company there in Chicago. They hired me when I graduated with my masters. I came up through the ranks there. Conrad knew one of the guys at our firm, and was looking for additional manpower at Invescor as it was starting to grow. They let him interview me, as they didn’t have much upward mobility for me at the time, as we had a hoard of sharp guys there ahead of me. Still, they said I had great potential and didn’t want to see me go stale with no place up to go. Conrad interviewed me about five years ago and liked what he saw. I guess I knew how to placate him, which he liked. It was a tough five years, but I held in there, mainly for the staff’s sake, putting myself between Conrad and the staff and even the partnerships we had, as he was terrible with people, as you can very well imagine and found out for yourselves. I wasn’t always the COO, but Conrad promoted me to that position three years ago, when the board suggested he get someone to help smooth his edges some. I guess he felt like he could control me, and I wouldn’t go after his job, so he picked me. We had our contentious moments, but always in private. I never challenged him with anyone else present, staff or partners. He liked that part, and sometimes accepted my arguments. Lately though, he’s been a real ass, ever since you guys got involved. I tried to tell him it wasn’t like he owned the company because he didn’t. You guys controlled all the stock, and had all the governance rights. That really pissed him off, that someone, other than his handpicked board, would dare hold him accountable. He could generate the profits, but he pissed off half the world, which never bothered him in the least. My experience with him has been miserable, but I kept thinking something would change. I told Nate, I had all but given up, and was ready to make a move, when you guys came on the scene. I saw what you created and found, from talking to you guys last week, that you were genuine people where character and professionalism mattered, all the values I held sacred myself. That brings us to here. I’m an open book, so you can ask me anything,” Carson volunteered.
“What about your personal life? Any family, married, children, girlfriend, boyfriend?” I asked. Carson smiled, but Nate got concerned.
“Josh you can’t ask personal questions like that which could be considered discriminatory,” Nate advised. I looked over at him and frowned.
“I wave my rights in that area as Josh was brave enough to tell us, and Conrad, of all people, he was gay. I commend you for admitting that to us and especially to Conrad, after he told you what he thought of gays. I admire you for that,” Carson said, genuinely.
“Just for the record, so you don’t feel uncomfortable, we have straight and gay guys that work for us. I will say the majority of us all lean towards being gay, but we don’t’ discriminate against straight guys. We love them all just the same, not physically of course,” I told him. He seemed totally relaxed talking to us.
“All of us in this room are gay. I hope that doesn’t make you uncomfortable,” Nate told him. Carson got a big smile on his face.
“I’m not married, don’t have any children that I know of, don’t have a girlfriend or a boyfriend for that matter, nothing steady anyway. I spend most of my time working, and an inordinate amount of time fixing relationships with customers and employees that Conrad seemed destined to destroy. In that sense, I’m a workaholic, I guess you could say. I do enjoy a nice drink occasionally, and I like to play tennis and work out when I can. And, brace yourselves, I am gay also, just so there’s no secrets. I can’t tell you how wonderful I feel right now, being able to say that to all of you and not want to run off and hide in a closet somewhere. I feel totally liberated for probably the first time in my life,” Carson said. I had to get up and go hug him. All of us took turns hugging the guy, making him feel totally welcomed into our family. “Wow, that feels fantastic,” he said, smiling and greatly relieved after coming out to all of us. “I can’t tell you how wonderful I feel right now. I feel like I have family to support me in my professional career. I’ve lived in the closet the entire time I’ve worked for Conrad, knowing his opinion of homosexuals, as Josh heard Conrad’s opinion first hand today,” Carson shared.
“All that time, you had to live with Conrad’s shit, Carson. You are one brave soul,” I told him.
“I had to protect the people, Josh. “He was horrible to them. I constantly held my breath with the guys that worked for us that I knew were gay, some of which told me privately, not that I really wanted to know. They just felt comfortable confiding in me. I felt an obligation to protect them from Conrad, who would go on tangents every so often trying to sniff out people he thought were disloyal to us or had ‘imperfections’ as he put it. The whole staff was almost continually on edge. No, I’m brutally honest with you, when I say this has been the greatest day of my career, watching someone finally put Conrad in his place. It was brilliant the way you did it too, Josh. Masterful. I love it,” Carson added. I had to chuckle.
“I see great leadership in you, Carson. Not only for Invescor, but for our overall company as well. I say that sincerely. We need to continue to attract great minds to help us steer our way through the growth we intend to achieve. If we would consider you for the CEO’s position for Invescor, would you be willing to work with us on our other entities where your expertise might be needed and appreciated, with some possible stock options in the overall corporation, like serving on a senior management board?” I asked.
“Not only willing, but extremely excited to do so, Josh. I would love an opportunity like that to work with others to use our combined talents to see where we could take such a diversified corporation like the one you have. You bet I’d love it,” Carson replied, excitedly. “And, if you think someone else is better suited for the CEO’s position at Invescor, I’d still be willing to consult on other opportunities and projects throughout the corporation, wherever you think my expertise would help,” Carson offered.
“That’s fair enough,” I told him. “Well, now that you’ve bared your soul to us, I think we have to make a decision. Is there anything else you want to ask any of us?” I asked.
“Questions? No, I don’t think so, because I feel totally comfortable with all of you. You have the company’s best interests at heart. You put your heart and soul into the what you do, which impresses the heck out of me. Nate told me, in one of our phone conversations, the company’s philosophy of bringing on talent and bringing them along with you to new successes, them helping the company and the company helping them, so all are winners. I tell you, I really appreciate hearing things like that, as it just doesn’t happen much in business anymore. I couldn’t think of a more wonderful company to work for,” Carson told us. Now, I was very impressed.
“Carson, you want to give us a few minutes, if you don’t mind? Go to the restroom or something. Take a look at the great room and the kitchen. It’s quite impressive. You can talk to Stoney if you like. I think he’s still out on the mantle, unless Will moved him,” I chided. Will gave me a disturbing look.
“I didn’t touch him. I swear I didn’t. If he moved, he moved himself. I’m telling you, I think this place is haunted by him,” Will said, concerned.
“We’ll just be a minute, Carson,” I told him. Carson smiled, then got up and left the office, closing the door behind him. We huddled around the desk.
“Tell me what you guys think,” I asked them all.
“l don’t see why he couldn’t be our man, the new CEO of Invescor. He’s got the knowledge and the right attitude. I like him, personally,’ Nate said. I looked to Will.
“I can tell by his demeanor that he’ll do a good job, be a team player and a big help to the overall corporation. Did you get any different feeling from your conversation when you drove them over here, Mr. Gopher?” Will chided. I laughed.
“I could tell right off the bat he was on our side and disliked everything Conrad said negative to our efforts. Carson resented the comments Conrad made, telling him he was out of line a couple of times. He thinks like we think,” l replied. “What do you think, Blake?” I asked him, catching him off guard.
“Me? I like him. I like him a lot. He seems genuine and sincere, but I’m not part of the senior management team, so I don’t count,” Blake replied. I rolled my eyes.
“You are today,” I told him, almost making his cock hard. “You represent those of the senior management team that can’t be here today, so I get to count your vote, not that we need it, because I believe we’re unanimous in our decision anyway. Go fetch Carson and bring him back,” I told Blake, who was more than happy to take on that task for us.
Carson returned, somewhat cautiously. “Sit down and relax, Carson. This is all good. The majority of the senior management team is here today and we’ve come to a decision. We want you to be our new CEO of Invescor, and possibly, once you get Invescor under control and functioning the way it should be, the way all of us would like for it to, then we’d like you to be part of our overall senior management team as well. We’re impressed with everything about you. Of course, we haven’t seen you naked yet, but I’m sure you’re hot as hell. Just joking of course, but again, you are pretty hot, not that it matters any, because you’re the right man for the job,” I told him.
“Good grief. I sure didn’t expect this today. I thought you would ask me to help with interim leadership and eventually we’d decide who was best to take over, which I would loyally support. Wow, this comes as a surprise for sure. Okay, well, I’m happy to accept, and will be happy to support the senior management team and your shareholders in any way that I can, now and in the future. Thank you guys so much. I can tell, I’m in great company, and have lots of positive things to look forward to. Anyone who can rid my life of Conrad is number one in my book,” Carson stated. “Would it be totally out of line to hug each one of you? I noticed you guys were huggers earlier,” Conrad asked. We all quickly jumped in line and hugged the man, nice tight meaningful hugs. When we finished, he said how grateful he was for the hugs, as he needed that. He said he felt like he needed to hug all of us. I told him to get used to it, and possibly more affection as he got used to us. He said he looked forward to it.
Carson’s phone began to ring. “Oh shit, it’s Conrad. I’m not even going to answer it,” Carson said. I told him he should block the number. A few seconds later he got a ding, indicating he had a voice mail. He quickly played it, putting it on speaker so we all could hear.
“Carson, you asshole. Listen you little fucker, you cut off all my company credit cards, my company email access and access into our systems. You’re going to pay for this. I’m still CEO until I formally tender my resignation, so you need to restore all my access, or I swear I’ll sue the fuck out of all of you,” he said, then cut off. Carson looked at Nate.
“He’s done. We have five witnesses that heard him say he quit and stormed out of here. The letter is just a formality, but he quit, when he said he quit. We have total rights to limit or deny him any access to company email, systems or security, even if he was still CEO, which he is not, after the words he quit came out of his mouth. Hold onto that voice message, just in case we need to use it against him later on for whatever reason,” Nate told Carson. Carson smiled again.
“I hate to say it, but the guy doesn’t quit that easily. He’s going to haunt us for a while anyway. Hopefully, he’ll find some idiot company to hire him, and become their problem instead of ours. Meanwhile, he’s going to give us some grief, just so you know,” Carson commented. One could only hope someone else picked him up soon, I thought.
“Carson, don’t let him back in the building. You need to tell security that he’s not allowed in the building. I know you cancelled his clearance, but we don’t want him even in the lobby. So, inform security he’s barred from the building,” Nate told him.
“What about his personal property in his office? How should we handle that?” Carson asked Nate.
“You and your staff go through and separate what’s his personal property, and what is company. Box up his personal stuff, and ship it to his residence. You can text him or send him an email the first of the week outlining how that will be handled. I’m going back with you tomorrow anyway, so we can meet with your senior staff, or whole staff, whoever you think you need to meet with. I’ll let them know you are the new man with the fuzzy balls and they are to work for you from now on,” Nate chided.
“Actually, not that you need to know, but I shave my balls and they’re not fuzzy. I kind of like them smooth,” Carson replied.
“Damn, I love this guy already. He speaks my language,” I told the group. They all laughed.
“Josh has a strange sense of humor, just so you know and aren’t offended by it, Carson. Just thought we should clue you in,” Nate told him. Carson laughed.
“I kind of picked up on that earlier in our conversation, and liked it, actually,” Carson replied. I had to chuckle.
“Nate, Carson, you guys need to make airline reservations to fly to Chicago tomorrow. Then we’ll see if we crossed all the T’s and dotted all the I’s on damage control. Carson, you can call whoever at your office, as they’re probably still there, and let them know what’s going on and you’ll explain everything on Monday morning, but not to worry, as all is better than well now with Conrad gone. You guys get all that done, then we’ll go to the CNB to drink and have dinner. We need to celebrate our new CEO,” I told them.
Nate and Carson were on the phone and checking websites for flights, while we rifled through the cabinets and looked for possible leads to the combination of the safe. Will, Blake and I were on our knees sifting through some of the lower shelves on the cabinet behind the panel to the left of the safe panel, to see if anything was in there. I realized I hadn’t done more than hug Will today, with all the craziness going on. I leaned over and kissed him, to his surprise.
“Wow, now that felt good,” he said, then grabbed my head and kissed me more passionately.
“Careful there. You’re going to get me hard. We have to save that for later,” I warned, making him smile.
“I’ve missed you so much, Josh. I really have. I need to come to Uni more often. I’ve been tied up here, and then Jules has things he likes for us to do together on the weekends, but I’m missing you and Jake,” Will told me.
“Well, we’ll see if we can make up for some lost time this evening, naked in front of the fire. Blake is anxious to see why we all love you so much. He’s a pretty passionate guy himself, one you’ll learn to love also,” I told Will. I got another kiss.
“You two making out or what?” Blake teased. Will and I chuckled.
“Just a little foreplay before tonight,” I teased. “You’ll be there too,” I added, making him smile.
Carson and Nate finally finished up making reservations to fly out tomorrow and sending necessary emails to security and staff, then making a few phone calls to key people at the Invescor offices. Carson said he also sent emails to key financial institutions that supported Invescor, announcing the management change. Carson said, by the time Conrad landed in Chicago and had the chance to call anyone, everyone would be aware he was no longer with the company. We decided to jump in Will’s pickup and head to the CNB for some much needed beer. I called Jake and told him what happened. He couldn’t believe it, but was happy it was over with, and we hired Carson as our new CEO. Nate called Jordan and filled him in, telling him to fill Ken on what happened also.
It was like old home week, when I walked into the CNB. Good grief, I got hugs and kisses from everyone that knew me there, as they were so excited to see me. Francis picked me up on his shoulders, and paraded me around the bar, showing me off to old and new patrons, who patted me on my ass and welcomed me back. Francis finally let me down for Parker to give me a big hug. Tony and Ollie were there also. I introduced them as two of our shareholders to Nate, Blake and Carson, who were happy to meet them. Once we finally got a table, I told Carson, this was where it all started. The bar was packed, much to my delight. Carson couldn’t get over how busy it was, and how friendly everyone was also, especially showing their appreciation for me. I told him we spent every weekend over here working last school year, trying to get it going. We befriended so many people during that time, including meeting Stoney, which started a whole new relationship and the seeds of a new empire. Carson was fascinated by how it all came together, when I told him the story. I told Carson he was going to meet Greer also, who was our original attorney that put the bar together for us, and then later became Stoney’s significant other after I introduced the two of them. Carson told me I was just full of surprises and ingenuity. Nate told him to hold on tight, as I was like a whirlwind with ideas and forward motion. Carson said he could tell.
Carson looked at his phone and chuckled, making us wonder what kind of message he got. “Guess Conrad finally landed and figured out no one would talk to him from Invescor. I got a message that said ‘fuck you’. You fucked me good, but I’ll have the last laugh’,” Carson told us. “Yep, reality just set in for the boy. It’ll probably get worse by Monday when security won’t let him in the building. I’m sure I’ll get more hate messages by then,” Carson commented. We all shook our heads.
The beer was tasty, wet and cold, just what we all needed after the afternoon we had. It was a welcomed bit of enjoyment before dinner. Parker waited on us himself, bringing us some homemade hot soft bread pretzels to enjoy with our beer. I made a note to tell Fritz we should have these also. Parker said Fritz was the one that suggested he add them to the menu, after I had him revue the menu over here to see if he could improve it some. I was impressed Fritz took care of it, but didn’t think we had these at Uni. Damn, if they didn’t taste great, but were somewhat filling. I asked Parker for a new menu, since I hadn’t seen one in a long time. He brought me one. I noticed a new wiener schnitzel sandwich on the menu, which sounded rather tasty to me, thinking that had to be another one of Fritz’s picks. There was also a hot Bavarian ham sandwich with swiss cheese and mustard. That sounded great also. I liked our new menu. I passed some around to the guys and told them to order what they wanted. Will said the Bavarian ham sandwich was one of his favorites. I decided to try that with French fries. We were on our second beer when someone came up behind Will, hugged him from behind and kissed him on the neck. It was Jules.
“Hey, guys. Don’t mean to bother you, but just wanted to stop and say hi to you guys, since you came all the way over here. I hope your meeting turned out the way you wanted it to,” Jules said, as he held onto Will, as if to show us Will was his property. I had to chuckle. I introduced him to the whole group of guys he hadn’t met yet. Then I told Jules that Carson was our new CEO of our investment capital company, in the finance business like him. Jules said he’d like to spend some time picking Carson’s brain sometime. I told Jules we took equity positions in companies, developing partners in certain industries, but had controlling interest, unlike the business he was in that just provided long term financing. Jules said he liked what investment capital companies were all about, and wouldn’t mind venturing into that area of finance someday.
“Aren’t you having fun working for Allen’s dad and setting up loans all over?” I asked him. He smiled.
“It’s a blast, actually, for now anyway. Sometimes I feel like I’d like to do something on a bigger scale, like what you guys are doing. I mean, I can help finance smaller operations, but when it comes to the needs of your company, for example, I can only facilitate certain banks to do participatory loans, loans that are too large for one bank to handle alone. I’d like to get to the big leagues someday. Allen’s dad says there’s more money in the small stuff, as it’s too competitive with the larger banks, but I don’t know, somehow that seems to excite me more,” Jules told us. I told him to pull up a stool beside Will and join us. Will gave me a funny look, but seemed okay. Jules was only too anxious to jump in there with us. He kept referring to Will as ‘babe’, when he addressed him. That seemed to make Will uneasy for some reason. Jake and I called each other that, but not in front of others, usually.
We had Parker bring Jules a beer and some food with ours. Jules asked Carson a lot of technical questions involving different avenues of seeking out candidates for investment capital. Carson was gracious enough to answer his questions. Will finally cut him off, telling him to sit on his questions for another time, as we were here to learn more about Carson. Jules apologized for asking too many questions. We all were polite, and told him that was okay, as it was interesting conversation. He told Will, that he wasn’t totally out of line. Will didn’t respond to that. I was beginning to think there might be a small crack in that relationship, which I was disappointed to think it was possible. Jules seemed to respect our conversation with Carson after that, and remained mostly quiet the rest of the time he was there with us.
I got a hug from behind. I turned around and it was Dudley. I got excited, then stood up and hugged him, telling him it was great to see him. I introduced him to the rest of the group, telling them he was one of the best Country and Western singers in the whole state, making Dudley blush. I told them the only difference was, he sang naked on stage with his junk inside a guitar. Dudley took a bow, after my explanation. They all clapped. I gave him another hug and told him it was great to see him. He left us, scurrying off to the dressing room. Moments later, I got two additional hugs from Jared and Derek, who I hadn’t seen in ages. I was surprised they were still performing with us. I introduced them to the group as well, saying they were the hardest straight guys I ever had to work to convert to being gay. They all laughed. But, Jared and Derek told them it was true, as they found each other working here together and with help of Jake and me. Carson got a big kick out of that. Nate shook his head in disbelief. Will was quite familiar with them, and got a kick out of them. Blake told them he was one of my recent converts, making the two laugh and congratulate him also. I asked them if pitch a bitch Mitch was still around. They said he was and just as bitchy as ever. They said they missed Stan and Gentry. I told them Stan and Gentry were having a great time in Uni, and they should come over some weekend and perform there. They said they’d like to do that, as it would be fun to get together again. I patter their hot little asses, then told them to have fun tonight and make lots of dollars. They said they always did. I gave them both another hug.
We finished dinner and a few beers. It was starting to get noisy now, getting close to showtime. We decided to head back to the ranch before it got too late. Nate and Carson said they had a few more documents to create, that should go out as soon as possible. They said they needed to spend a couple of hours working on putting those together. Oddly enough, Will told Jules he’d see him later tomorrow sometime. Jules wanted to know if he could follow us back to the ranch and hang out for a while. Will told him we had business to attend to and he’d talk to him tomorrow. Jules seemed very disappointed, but hugged Will, saying, “Okay, see you tomorrow then, Babe. You can dream about me.” Will just said, ‘sure’. I thought that was a little odd.
After Jules left us, Will told me that sometimes Jules could be a little annoying. I told Will, I thought he was fine tonight and didn’t consider him to be annoying at all. Will told me we’d talk later. I gave him the same statement he gave Jules, saying, ‘sure’. He grinned at me, then gave me a quick kiss, that only Blake saw, thankfully. I thought it was interesting I got a kiss for mimicking him, when all Jules got was somewhat of a cold shoulder. I couldn’t wait to hear about Jules being annoying.
It was a cold trip back. The skies were clear, but the temp was frigid. Will took us into the bunkhouse where the guest rooms were. He gave Nate and Carson a key to rooms beside one another. Nate asked where we were staying. I told him at Will’s house in front of the fireplace. Nate told me to be careful I didn’t burn my bare ass. I had to chuckle. Will showed them a little meeting office area where they could work together if needed, then where the kitchen was which had beer and soft drinks in the fridge. Then he showed them the hot tub and pool area also, if they wanted to jump in the hot tub. Will said we’d pick them up about 9:00 then take them to breakfast at I-Hop, making me laugh, thinking about Allen and his tipping at I-Hop all last year. Their plane didn’t leave until around 11:30 so we had plenty of time. We all got hugs from both of them, then I told them to have fun. Nate blinked at me, rather mischievously. I rolled my eyes.
We drove a short distance across the property to Will’s cute bungalow. There was a smoldering fire in the fireplace. Blake thought it was the coolest house of all, like a cabin in the woods. Will loaded up the fireplace with wood, stocking up the fire that hadn’t had additional wood for hours. It roared up to a really nice fire, heating the place up like crazy. He got all of us another beer, then told us to get comfortable. I told Blake that meant strip to his underwear. Blake was a little shy at first, not really knowing Will all the well, but seeing Will and me in our underwear, sitting on the big sheepskin rug in front of the fireplace, got down to his briefs and sat down beside me. We leaned back against the couch and just watched the fire.
“This is the greatest part of the day,” I told them all. “I finally feel relaxed and know we’ve accomplished quite a lot today, for sure.”
“I’d say you made some kind of history today. You went from gopher to CEO in a matter of moments, managed to get the CEO of Invescor to quit, pissing him off royally, then interviewing and hiring a new CEO, him coming out to us he was gay, in the process, then have old home week at the CNB while we had beers and dinner. Good grief, I’m not sure you could have done much else today,” Will said. I laughed.
“Well, we could have found the combination to the safe while we were at it,” I suggested, making us all laugh. “Actually, we could go back to the house tonight and see if we could find it,” I suggested.
“Wo, wait there. It’s dark and creepy now. I’m not going in that house after dark, not as late as it is now,” Will said, deeply concerned I suggested such a thing. I laughed. “You laugh, but I’m telling you, the house is haunted. It’s scary, I swear.”
“Well, maybe if the ghost appeared, we could ask them where the combination to the safe is,” I suggested.
“You can ask them. I’m not going to talk to any spirit. Maybe Stoney will talk to you and tell you, but he doesn’t really know me, and from what I sense, he’s not at all happy with me rummaging through his stuff in the house. I got that message loud and clear,” Will said seriously. Again, I chuckled.
“Blake, you think you and I could talk to the spirit and find out the combination?” I asked, looking to Blake.
“Uh, I’m kind of with Will on that one. Don’t think I want to meet up with any ghost on a cold night like tonight. I like it right where we’re at, nice and warm in front of the fire with two hot guys in their underwear,” Blake remarked. I leaned over and kissed him tenderly on the lips. “Okay, now your getting me excited,” Blake replied. We chuckled.
“So much for finding the combination. Maybe we’ll have time tomorrow to look some more,” I told them. “So, what was it that disturbed you about Jules tonight. Fill us in on that interesting scenario. You guys having a few problems you want to talk about to someone that truly loves you?” I asked. Will shook his head, looking down at the rug.
“I don’t know. I care about him, and I know he cares about me. It’s just, sometimes he annoys me. Like yesterday, and earlier today, I told him I couldn’t see him because you were going to be here and others were coming with you for a big meeting, and I wouldn’t have time to see him, plus I wanted to spend as much time with you as possible, because I didn’t get to see you that often. He knows I really love you, Josh. I’ve always told him that was nothing he needed to be jealous about, because that would never change. I’ve told him it’s different with you, in that you and Jake are deeply in love with one another, but I love you too, along with several of our guys, like I’m sure Blake loves you also. It’s not like you and I are a couple that have been separated for weeks on end, but when we’re together, we like to share that love with one another, which is how close we all are in this wonderful company we have. He says he gets that, but still likes the fact that he and I have a close relationship. I told him that’s how it had to be, and if he had a problem with that, then he should find another boyfriend, because the way I cared about you was never going to change. I’m sure you kind of feel the same way about Josh too, Blake, if I’m not mistaken,” Will said, looking at Blake.
“Absolutely. I love Josh with all my heart and couldn’t be happier in my life right now. I respect the love that he and Jake have, and would never dream of interfering with that in any way, but when he has time for me to love my physically, I’ll always want to be there for him. I kind of have a boyfriend also, Tim. It’s kind of weird that we met each other when we found out our fathers were lovers. I still thought I was straight at the time, but was leading a meaningless, loveless life, until I met Tim and Josh. Josh, Jake and the rest of the guys showed me how much love there was between all of them, and I couldn’t help myself. I love Tim, but not quite the way I love Josh. I don’t know, there is just the magic about the physical love that takes place between Josh and the rest of us, we just can’t help but love him to death,” Blake replied. “But we’re crazy if we thought any of us could ever replace Jake, because we love him just as much. We know the love Josh and Jake have for one another, is way beyond our comprehension anyway, so we settle for what we can get from both of them,” Blake added.
“I couldn’t have said it better myself. I’ve tried to explain that to Jules, but I think, deep down, he has ulterior motives somewhat,” Will stated. I gave him a funny look. “What I mean is, he wants to get to know you better, Josh. Jules is ambitious, and sometimes he feels like he can’t move fast enough. He’d love nothing better than to knock Allen’s dad out of the way and take over that business. I don’t mean to say he’s evil or anything, but he’s anxious to move and put his stamp on things personally. Playing second fiddle isn’t exactly keeping him satisfied with his growth aspirations. I tell him all the things we’re doing as a company, and he marvels at it. He’d like nothing better than to have what I have, an important part of the overall operation, being a member of senior management, and actually operating one of the larger entities of the corporation, just like Carson will be doing. He hasn’t said it, but I know he thinks it, and that is if he could just get closer to you and earn your favor, that he could end up in a great place with autonomy to really make things happen. You heard all the questions he asked Carson tonight at the bar. He knew the answers to most of those questions, but he was trying to impress you, Josh. I knew what he was doing. In fact, I told him he didn’t need to come there tonight as we’d be busy. I flat out told him not to show up at the bar tonight, because there wasn’t time for a friendly visit with you and whoever came with you. Then he made up the excuse, he just wanted to drop by to say hi, then invited himself to stay, and then tried to move the spotlight to him, until I cut him off. I mean he’s not evil, but he’s ambitious, and when he gets something in his head, he just goes. He wants more access to you, Josh. I flat out confronted him one night, that I felt somehow, he was using the close relationship I had with you, for him to get to you. He denied that was true and we had some pretty hot passionate sex afterwards which he said proved he loved me, and wasn’t using me. I think he does love me, but I think he’s driven to also take advantage of my relationship with you to get him involved with you somehow. Anyway, I feel that way at times. I might be crazy, but it seemed like he was playing us tonight, maybe not intentionally, but he was,” Will explained.
“Good grief. I never saw that coming. Wow, I have to think about that some. What’s he like in the sack?” I chided. Will smiled.
“Hot, very hot. No complaints there,” Will replied. “Makes it more difficult to separate the ego from the dick and ass,” Will chided, making Blake and I chuckle.
“Damn, I see where you’re coming from. Doesn’t look like we’ll ever have a three-some then,” I chided. Will scoffed.
“Are you kidding. The three of us ever got naked together, Jules would absolutely forget I was even there,” Will exclaimed. I told him I was kidding, but Will said he was serious.
“You guys won’t forget me tonight, will you?” Blake asked. I kissed him, then got on the other side of him and put him between Will and me. I pulled down his briefs, revealing his hot cock and balls, somewhat embarrassing Blake, but exciting Will and me.
“Smell his pubes, Will. I mean, they’ll make your dick rock hard in an instant,” I told Will. Will planted his face in Blake’s junk and inhaled his essence, absolutely losing himself in Blake’s manly musk fragrance. Will ran his nose along side of Blake’s semi-flaccid, but quickly growing cock, then teased Blake’s balls with his nose also. Blake giggled some, but enjoyed the hell out of what Will was doing. Will ran his tongue up along the side of Blake’s now hard penis, then ran it over the tip, teasing the underside of the head. Blake sighed, as his hand were running up and down my right thigh, teasing my junk through my briefs, as I kissed the side of his neck. “You guys are driving me crazy, you know,” Blake moaned.
“I hope so. That’s what we’re trying to do,” Will told him. Blake had his right hand on Will’s junk, gently feeling his manhood through his briefs and stroking his blonde hairy thighs. Will spread his legs a little to let Blake cub his balls and give his cock a little more room to grow. We were really getting horned up here in a hurry. I got up and went over in front of Will and pulled his briefs off, then pulled off Blake’s, revealing my, two of the most beautiful male packages ever. I pulled my briefs off as well, and threw them to the side.
“There, this works much better,” I said, as we were all naked. I sat down in front of Blake, then scooted will over some so we could get a three-man daisy chain going. I sucked and fondled Will, while he did the same to Blake, while Blake serviced me. We really got into it big time. I drug my nose through Will’s thick pubes, enjoying his manly musk aroma, then licked his balls and teased his cock with the end of my tongue. His balls were tightening as his cock became even more rigid. Damn, I missed his cock and his ass. We were getting ourselves so stoked, that Will had to call a time out, thinking he was about ready to bust. I was glad he did, because Blake had me right on the edge also. We held each other’s cocks, and looked at each other, then started laughing for some reason, seeing as how silly we looked holding each other’s cocks in our hands.
“You want to take a shower together, so we can really get into it?” Will asked. I smiled at him, telling him that would be fantastic. The three of us jumped to our feet. Will led us into his bathroom, boners bouncing, then turned on the water to the shower. Although the shower was considerably smaller than what we were used to, we managed to squeeze the three of us in there, but not without a lot of rubbing of cocks and balls against one another, turning us on even more. It was fun trying to soap each other up, as we barely had room to get hands in between us. Our cocks were rubbing together, we were so close. Blake jacked our three boners, rubbing them up against each other, running the heads of our cocks through pubes, and under balls. We took turns sucking on nipples. There wasn’t enough room for any of us to slide down to our knees and take cocks into our mouths, but I did manage to get a soapy finger up each of their assholes and finger fuck them, turning them on even more. Will gasped, as my finger penetrated him, saying I almost made him cum, it felt so hot. Blake seemed to lose himself in the pleasure my finger was giving his ass also. Will had to call time out, saying we needed to dry off and get serious, as he was half crazy. I ended up with a soapy finger up my ass also, but wasn’t sure if it was Blake’s or Will’s, but enjoyed it just the same.
We managed to squeeze out of the shower stall, grab towels and dry off. We took turns drying one another, and liberties molesting each other as we did. I got on my knees in the bathroom, made the two of them stand side by side and sucked their throbbing penises, getting them to precum, then sucking that off their piss slits and savoring their tastes.
“Oh fuck, this is crazy. Let’s get back to the fire and get it on,” Will suggested. I followed his sweet hot ass back to the main living area with the stone fireplace, the sight of his ass making my cock hungry for that hot hole of his. I wanted him bad, and Blake too. I was horny tonight for sure, and going to make sure we made the best of it. Will opened up a closet and pulled out a giant pad, placing it on the floor in front of the fireplace on top of the sheepskin run. Then he got a sheet and placed it on the pad. He also had a blanket for later, telling us that was when, and if, we got to sleep. His cock was still rock hard and sticking straight out in front of him. Mine was pointing to my head, but was begging to get in someone’s asshole and soon.
We plopped down on the pad in front of the fireplace, then resumed our daisy chain again, but the opposite direction this time. I sucked on Blake, who sucked Will, who sucked and fondled me. We didn’t give as much attention to cocks and balls this time, as we did assholes, taints and the bottoms of ball sacks. Will’s tongue teasing my asshole, almost drove me crazy. I had Blake shaking all over the place, his senses on overload. I ate him good, driving the poor guy crazy. “Someone fuck me please, before I lose my mind,” Blake begged. I looked over at Will, telling him he should do the honors. Will was only too happy to oblige, but told me if he fucked Blake, I had to fuck him. I told him that was only fair, and he didn’t have to ask twice. He got this big smile on his face.
Blake decided to have Will take him first doggy style, as Blake got on all fours. Blake sighed, as he felt Will’s hard cock slide inside his body, filling him up and making him feel loved. He turned his head and had Will lean in and kiss him passionately, their tongues doing battle in each other’s mouths. It was a beautiful loving sight. I told Will to hold still for a second, then attacked his asshole and the back of his beautiful balls, before he got to moving and driving poor Blake insane, like I knew he would.
“Damn, Josh, you’re going to make me cum before I even fuck this gorgeous boy,” Will chided.
“I can’t help it. I love that hot hole of yours like you wouldn’t believe. I think I’m going to cum just looking at your hairy ass crack, begging for my cock,” I told him, as I slapped my cock on his hole a few times getting him more worked up and making him sigh.
“Stick it in and fuck me. You know I want it bad,” he begged. I smiled.
“I’m going to jack my cock, as I watch the two of you make passionate love. Don’t forget, you have to cum in his ass for his initiation,” I reminded Will. Will told me with pleasure. Blake motioned for me to get underneath him so he could suck on my cock and balls while Will fucked him. I slid my head under his ass so I could see Will’s cock move in and out of Blake’s ass, and I could suck on Blake’s cock at the same time. Will was on his knees with his legs spread slightly. I reached up and cupped his balls giving them a little loving squeeze, as he thrust his cock in and out of Blake’s tight ass. I could tell he loved me touching him there. His balls felt great in my hands and were making my balls start to boil, wanting a release of my own.
“Okay, Blake, this ass is too hot to handle. Fuck, you’re tight bud, and making my cock crazy. My balls are already churning. This is going to be short and sweet. I hope you don’t mind. Can’t take much more of this. Getting close,” he warned. Will was lost in Blake’s ass. Blake was panting, his cock leaking pre-cum like crazy, drooling down into my mouth for me to savor. I took turns teasing Will’s balls, then Blakes. Both pairs were tight up against the base of their cocks. I was watching the membrane of Blake’s ass move inside on Will’s downstrokes, and then hold onto the shaft of Will’s cock, as it backed out. Fuck the sight was hot as hell. I could feel the action on my own cock, even though it was Will’s having all the pleasure of Blake’s hot ass. I inhaled Blake’s cock more now, making him shake, his hips tremble between Will’s deep penetration and my mouth worshiping his cock.
“Oh, fuck, guys, I gotta cum, Josh. Can’t stop it,” he warned urgently, then flooded my mouth with his sticky warm ball juice, his cock firing stream after stream of his sweet loin liquid, overflowing my mouth and running down my chin. Will told me to squeeze his balls as he was unloading also. I reached between his legs and grabbed those beautiful orbs, as his legs shook, his body stiffened, his head went back, his eyes closed. He thrust his penis deep into Blake’s ass and unloaded his balls, almost collapsing from the intensity of his orgasm. Moments later, the two collapsed beside me on our makeshift love mattress. I kissed them both passionately, giving them a taste of Blake’s sperm, as I did.
“Blake, you have one hot ass, that’s all I have to say,” Will told him, between breaths as he struggled to get his breath back. Blake smiled and kissed Will again.
“You felt like Josh inside me, Will. I couldn’t tell much difference, it was all so hot and loving. Wow, I’m going to remember this for a long time for sure,” Blake replied. “Josh, we didn’t get you off. What do you want to do?” Blake asked. I smiled.
“Hey, we’re just getting started. Don’t worry about me, as I’m sure, between the two of you, my balls will be dry in no time,” I chided. I got kissed by both guys for that statement, even though we all knew it was true.
We leaned up against the couch. I sucked both their cocks clean, enjoying every last drop of their manly sperm their dicks could give me. We just kind of basked in the afterglow of two intense orgasms, as we playfully fondled each other’s dicks and balls.
“This is my favorite part of having sex with someone you really care about,” Will told us. I just love it when we can just chill and playfully caress and fondle one another. It’s so intimate and relaxing. Makes you feel special.”
“Ah, but you are special, Will. Very special in my mind and heart anyway, and I’m sure Blake’s also now,” I replied.
“Oh, definitely. I knew if Josh loved you, Will, I would also. He only loves the special ones for sure,” Blake commented. I had to kiss him again for that statement.
Our fondling had our cocks hard in no time. Mine never went limp, striving to be ready for action at any given moment, with two beautiful guys beside me that need my cock’s attention. Will was sitting between Blake and me. I hoisted up one of his legs and told Blake to hoist up the other, as we leaned him back against the front of the couch. I told Blake to taste Will’s hot hole and adore it with his tongue. Blake went after Will’s hole, making Will shake with the pleasure he was receiving. I asked Will if he liked that. He smiled, telling me that was stupid question, as he loved having his asshole rimmed and the back of his balls licked. I smiled, then made out with him while Blake continued the assault on Will’s asshole. Will’s cock was hard and ready to go again.
“You have to fuck me tonight sometime, Josh. I want you inside me in the worst way,” Will told me between kisses, and his panting from the work Blake was doing on his ass. I smiled at him, then moved him away from the couch, then laid him on his back. I lifted his legs, then told Blake to kiss him while I took his ass. Will shook with anticipation. I spit on Will’s lightly hair lined hole, his hair follicles wet from Blake’s attention, then I spit in my hand and slicked up my cock. I gradually slipped the head of my cock inside his beautiful ass. He almost took my breath away, as I felt his body welcome my penis inside him. Damn, he felt great connected to me through my penis. It was enough to almost make me cum right then and there. Blake was on his knees beside Will’s head now, stroking his own cock, as I got serious about breeding Will’s ass. Blake watched intensely, as I made love to Will’s sweet wonderful ass. I had Will’s hairy legs on my shoulders and kissed his calves, running my lips up and down them, sending shivers of excitement through his entire body. I let his legs drop some, so I could lean in and kiss him. Our mouths met, and our tongues touched, then explored one another’s mouths, our bodies connected two places, and firey passion flowing between us as I thrust my cock deep in his ass, pounding away, making him shake all over. We were both lost in the passion we had for one another, and the excitement our bodies had making love to one another. Blake looked on in awe, but I didn’t see him, as Will and I were fixated only on each other at the moment. We were aware of nothing else in the world at the time, other than the two of us sharing our bodies to a heightened state of passion and intimacy. Finally, we reached the top of our pinnacle. I let out a load groan, as my body stiffened, my balls rode up my cock, and my cock exploded, sending my sperm deep into his bowels, as his cock, simultaneously, exploded between us, with his second orgasm of the night. I collapsed on top of him, both of us holding each other so tight, we could hardly breathe, but as if our life depended on holding onto one another. I looked up finally and saw tears in Will’s eyes, as he told me he loved me like nothing else in this world. Blake had tears in his eyes, saying that was the most beautiful and touching act of love he could ever imagine seeing, and he loved us both. We pulled him into our passionate kissing with us, making him feel loved as well.
It took a little time to recover from our last orgasm. We did stand up and grab another beer, after cleaning ourselves up, and Will and Blake making a deposit in the bathroom. Blake marveled at what he had seen between us. Will said there was nothing like it, and although Jules was hot in bed, there was nothing like Josh and Jake, when it came to experiencing love through sex. Will told Blake, if he was fortunate enough to sleep with either one of the two, he was blessed and well loved. Blake said he totally understood that feeling. He liked the sex he had with Tim, but it still lacked the passion he felt with Jake and me. I had to chuckle, but then told him he needed to drive the passion between Tim and him, going all out to share his body and heart in the act of love. Blake said he understood that extremely well, because he felt that clearly with Jake and me, but came up short in that area with Tim. I told him it might come in time, as they were both new to loving the same sex. Will said he was very inexperienced also until he met me, then it was like the flood gates opened and his loved flowed freely, but not quite the same with anyone else, as with me and Jake. He said he hoped someday he could find a partner as passionate as Jake and I were. I assured both of them they would, and then I’d be a has been. They both told me they needed to have sex with me periodically, just to remind them what passion and love should be. I kissed them both again for that.
Don’t know how much fucking we did that night, as I lost track after a few more orgasms, until my balls ached, along with Will’s and Blakes. We couldn’t seem to get enough of each other. We had a hard time keeping our hands off of each other and our dicks out of each other’s asses. I do know Blake got to fuck Will and me before the night was over, and got penetrated himself, several more times. No one felt slighted, when it came to attention and intimacy that night, before we finally pulled up the blanket over our spent naked bodies in front of the fire and fell asleep.
That was Awesome! Loved every second! Even more fun, and insightful, than I expected! 
Is he maybe enjoying spreading the trend of leaving messages stucked in the receiver's receiving end? 
. Looking forward to sometime off over Christmas and I hope you all as well if you get a chance.
thinking about what may happen with dudley and his guitar in a Saturday night at the CnB2.. it could go bonkers 
I'm with All the Bent Bois saying it's Great to hear from You! Hang in there, bud! 
