Chapter 7

Barrett woke up at 2 am, did his forms and tai chi, and then checked on his stocks and the market. Blackmon Metals had risen and is now selling for $23.05 a share, so the merger hasn’t been announced yet. Then Barrett researched five more names and said oh shit, recognizing their local US Congressman’s picture. On a hunch, Barrett searched online for active mob investigations. There was only one, and it was Antonio DeMarco, who was under indictment by the US Attorney of the Southern District of New York.

While Barrett showered and dressed, he thought about how to get the information to them anonymously. He ate breakfast with Nana and then went to his dog training appointment. An hour later, Barrett was on his way to Laura’s, hoping she was dressed when he arrived. Laura answered the kitchen door dressed in shorts and a tank top. Once the door was closed, she hugged and frenched Barrett, then dropped to her knees and gave him a blow job. He looked down as he came, and her hand was in her shorts, and she looked dazed.

Barrett grabbed the kitchen table for support because he felt dizzy. Laura was still sucking as he finished and pulled away. When they recovered, Laura hugged and kissed Barrett goodbye. On the way home, he was almost floating and felt a strange sensation passing through the park. Barrett stopped, backed up until he felt it again, and then started feeling dizzy, so he continued home what had just happened.

Arriving home, Barrett worked on the Malibu, preparing it to pull the engine. He had a majority of it done by lunchtime. Then Barrett cleaned up, ate lunch, and went swimming at the YMCA. When he finished, Jacey entered the pool area with a lady who looked like her mother. Jacey hugged and kissed Barrett on the cheek and introduced her mother to him. Mrs. Conner shook his hand, thanking Barrett for saving Jacey.

Jaycey asked Barrett if the two German Shepherds were his dogs. Barrett said yes, that Zeus and Hera were his dogs, changed the subject, and asked how she was doing. Jaycey said better and would return to school tomorrow. Barrett said call me anytime if you need an escort, and you too, Mrs. Conner. I love escorting beautiful women and leaving them laughing at the pool.

That evening, Jennie Jaycey’s mom asked Marcus what he knew about Barrett. He wondered why, and Jennie said they had seen him at the YMCA that day. Jennie said he’s built like an adonis and packing serious heat, causing them both to laugh. Marcus told Jennie Barrett is fourteen and the grandson of Madeline Thompson. He has a bachelor’s degree in computer science and is friends with people in high places. Barrett and Madeline Thompson regularly attend foreign embassy dinners.

Marcus asked if that was enough to excite her or if he should make things up about his magical scepter like in your romance novels. Jennie laughed and said you don’t need to make anything up about his scepter after what I saw today and they laughed. Little did they know Jaycey was listening to their conversation and had read her mom’s romance novels. She would be dreaming about Barrett’s scepter tonight, and her mom would be, too.

Tom, Kenny, and Karl had a bad day in the hospital. The police showed up, read them their Miranda rights, and handcuffed them to their bed rails. They were arrested on several counts of rape, kidnapping, and blackmail with terrorist threats. If that wasn’t bad enough, the hospital staff treated them like shit. Then the get-well cards arrived, and they knew staying in jail was safer. Their families refused to visit and said they were dead to them. Then, Kenny was moved to Tom’s room. They then realized Karl had agreed to cooperate for a reduced sentence, and they were royally screwed.

The next morning, after checking his stocks and the market, Barret googled what he felt passing the area in the park. A ton of things showed up, but ley lines caught his eye. Ley lines couldn’t be proven scientifically, but mythology thought they were a source of energy and magic. How they developed also varied from the aliens to natural occurrences. One interesting thing was trees and flora flourished around them.

So, after breakfast, Barrett took Zeus and Hera on a walk to the park and stopped in the area where he felt the sensation. He wanted to test his theory on whether ley lines only affect certain people. The sensation was stronger today than yesterday, and he looked at the dogs. They weren’t affected, so they left when he felt dizzy, and on the way home, he realized it was an energy source. Barrett needed more testing, but the sensation was similar to what he experienced with Laura and Bridget.

Barret spent the rest of the morning working on the Malibu. It was ready to have the motor pulled, and now he had to rent an engine hoist. The auto supply store rented them and, for a price, would deliver and pick it up. After lunch, Nana dropped Barrett off at the dojo, and his training began. Sensi Hurato put Barrett through a demanding two-hour workout, and then Barrett did the wall walking exercise with the special slippers.

He could have done better, but Barrett hid some of his advances. Barrett went full out when he attacked Jaycey’s rapists, even shocking him. so he performed at a level that pleased Sensi and advanced slower. Barrett could now climb the wall to the height Sensi wanted, so they stopped for the day. Then, they conversed in Chinese until Nana picked him up.

Barrett woke up in the middle of the night sweating, and his whole body ached. After showering, he changed his sheets and returned to bed. Then, waking at his normal time, two am, he went to the park, stood in the energy field, and did his forms and tai chi in the dark. Returning home, he felt better, took a hot shower, dressed, and checked his stocks and the market.

At breakfast, Barrett told Nana he had another growth spurt, and Nana measured his height. Barrett grew two inches and was now 6’4” tall. Nana told him he could skip swimming and that they would go shopping that afternoon. Barrett reluctantly agreed and asked about his suit pants for dinner on Saturday. Nana said she would call the tailor, and they would go there first.

On the way to his dog training appointment, Barrett called the auto supply store and rented an engine hoist for delivery. When he arrived at his appointment, there was a note on the door telling him they had to cancel. Barrett left a note saying this was our last training session anyway, so good luck with Fluffy. Walking home, Barrett laughed at what the customer would do when she saw the note.

The auto supply store truck arrived, and when Barrett did so, he put the engine hoist in the garage. Then he went into the kitchen and told Nana his appointment was canceled. They went to the tailor first, and he was happy the pants only required minor work. Then, the trip to the outlet mall was a lot of fun for Nana and the sales girls. The customer called during their shopping and asked how it could be Fluffy’s last session.

Barrett told her he trains dogs, not their masters. Your disregard for the value of my time is something he can not tolerate. A simple phone call would have prevented me from hearing your screams of pleasure from your neighbor’s house. Maybe he should call your husband and ask if having sex with Brad next door was a valid reason to cancel my training session. She said oh my god, and Barrett hung up laughing, and so did Nana and the sales girl overhearing the conversation.

Nana asked if he would call her husband, and Barrett said no. But he did send a video by text showing the note and the bedroom window next door. Nana said oh my god, and Barrett told her she forgot to include, “Brad, yes, right there.” Nana and the sales girl were laughing so hard they almost fell over. Barrett got five pairs of jeans and two pairs of dress slacks. On the way home, Barrett told Nana he had signed up for eight courses the next semester.

Nana was happy Barrett continued his education but should have asked what he focused on. Not that Barrett would have told her everything, but she would have an idea. When they arrived home, Barrett went to the garage and pulled the motor out of the Malibu. Then he welded a stand to work on it, placed the motor on it, and called the auto supply store to pick up the hoist.

The next morning, Barrett checked his stock portfolio and the market after his exercises. Blackmon Metals had risen and is now selling for $43.25 a share, so the merger had been announced. Barrett checked, and it had to be approved by both company boards, so he’d keep an eye on it. Then Barrett ordered the ebooks for his courses and logged into the dark web using James’ login and password.

James was Natalia’s husband and has been in Los Angeles for three months working on a merger between Allied Materials and Blackmon Metals. Barrett copied his hard drive while copying photos and emails for Natalia. James was cheating on her, but he also had access to the dark web, and Barrett was going to use it. Today, Barrett joined a hacker’s chat group to get tips and advice. That was why he continued to take computer courses, and the dark web also had many tools and books on the subject.

When Barrett finished breakfast, he went to his garage and disassembled the Malibu’s engine. The case was fine, but everything else needed to be replaced except the heads. They had to go to the machine shop to be rebuilt. The auto supply store truck arrived to pick up the hoist, and Barrett gave him the heads for the machine shop. After making a list of what he needed to buy, Barrett cleaned up and went to the kitchen for lunch.

Nana wasn’t there, so he ordered an Uber ride to the dojo. Sensi Hurato put him through an intense two-hour workout. Then Barrett put on his slippers, and Sensi demonstrated the third part of the new movement. It involved running to the wall, walking up it, then leaping off it, doing a summersault, and landing behind your attackers. Sensi explained the exercise was to escape or fight without being boxed in.

Barrett suffered the usual first-attempt failures but wasn’t as bad as the first two exercises. Then Sensi and Barrett conversed in Chinese until Nana arrived to pick him up. On the way home, he had Nana stop at the auto supply store, and Barrett ordered the supplies he needed for the Malibu engine. He paid in cash and got a 15% discount with free delivery, surprising Nana.

The day after breakfast, Barrett took Zeus and Hera to the park. This time, Barrett taught Hera how to search with Zeus’s help. Hera and Zeus scarred some teens smoking weed out of the woods, and Barrett laughed and praised them for their good work. He stopped at the ley line until he felt dizzy, and they headed home. The auto parts store delivered his order, so Barrett assembled the engine, and it was ready for the heads when they were done.

After lunch, Barrett had to go with Nana to pick up his suit pants from the tailor. Then, she dropped him off at the YMCA. When he finished his swimming workout, he saw Natalia talking to a pretty young woman in her mid-twenties. Barrett said Natalia, you found the perfect one for me. Great job. Is she trained and single, too? Natalia and the young woman were laughing, and then Natalia said Cheryl, this jokester is Barrett.

Barrett kissed Cheryl’s hand and said if you want the experience of a lifetime, call Natalia. She handled my schedule, said goodbye, and left them laughing. On the way home, Barrett saw a construction crew working on the metal building. He stopped and asked the supervisor what they were doing. Barrett discovered they were adding a second story for storage, and the ground floor was for vehicles.

Natalia saw Barrett walking, stopped, and picked him up. Barrett asked how James was doing, and Natalia said he was staying in LA. But she needed Barrett’s help searching James’ computer for his bank and financial information. Barrett said he’d help, but what’s in it for me? Natalia said she would think of something but forget about Cheryl. She’s married, and Barrett said that’s not a problem. He’d let him listen if he’s good.

Natalia laughed as she pulled into her garage and said she would tell Cheryl. Barrett entered the code from memory into James’ computer and asked what she needed. Natalia asked for a list of James’ bank and investment balances. Barrett asked her why not take half now so he couldn’t hide or spend it. Natalia said you could do that, and Barrett said yes, but you could tell no one. She agreed, then said to do it and gave him her checking and savings account numbers.

When Barrett was done, Natalia had half of everything, including James’ secret bank account in the Cayman Islands. He also printed the last three months of James’ accounts. Natalia was so happy that she hugged and French kissed Barrett, thanking him. When he left, Natalia called Cheryl and told her what Barrett had said about letting her husband listen if he was good, and they laughed.

Later that night, Cheryl and her husband Ben were in bed when Cheryl told him she had gone to aerobics at the YMCA that day. Uninterested, Ben asked how it was, and Cheryl said it was good. But afterward, she met a stud who propositioned her and said if you want the experience of a lifetime, call me and gave her his number. Ben was now interested and asked what she had said.

Cheryl ran her hand up Ben’s leg, felt his hard-on, and said someone was excited. She played with his dick while telling him the young man was built like an Adonis and huge. My friend told him I was married, but he said that’s alright, he’d let you listen to him ravish me if you were good. Ben came, and Cheryl found out her husband had a kink she would investigate. She wondered what he did in his home office late at night and would ask Natalia for advice.

The next morning, Cheryl called Natalia and told her what had happened the previous night. After they laughed, Cheryl told her about Ben spending time late at night in his home office on the computer. Natalia told Cheryl Barrett was excellent with computers and would ask him to help her. But it has to be confidential, and no one can know it. Cheryl agreed, saying she had to know, and Natalia said she would make the call.