Chapter 46

When we got back to the Stoner residence, I exchanged phone numbers and e-mail addresses with Beth. Lori had already given me her cell number and her e-mail on her personal card.

I was almost hesitant to face Charlie at first. Lori told me not to be, he was a great, fun loving guy, just a workaholic.

Charlie looked at Lori and she smiled. He looked at me, also smiling, and led me aside to talk.

He told me that he already had my social security number and my bank account number. He asked if mom was the one to monitor my savings account.

“She handles all of that, Charlie. I hardly ever see my statement. I couldn’t tell you how much money I have in the account if my life depended on it,” I told him.

“You and Bonnie each had fourteen thousand five hundred and twenty three dollars in your saving accounts as of the first of this year. You and Bonnie each had deposits of twenty five thousand dollars made in your saving accounts last week.

“Next Monday, you will have twenty five thousand deposited in your newly opened checking account.”

“Who’s doing this and why?” I asked, hardly believing this.

“Our law firm will open your checking account, depositing twenty five thousand in your account a year. You will receive a debit card with your name on it, with no limit, as well as paper checks. The debit card funds will come directly from the law firm. Monday you will also receive your hardship driver’s license in the mail.

“A new client of ours has retained us to make deposits of twenty five thousand every six months in each of your saving accounts, until you and Bonnie are twenty one respectively.”

“Charlie, I think I already know who’s doing both our accounts and I won’t ask you who. But why is your law firm opening a checking account in my name and giving me a debit card with no limit?”

“Rick, my father and grandfather are what most folks in this town call filthy rich. We were retained by the new client I spoke of, through a referral from a law firm in another state. This new client brought us a file on you and Bonnie that was so thorough and so compelling, my father and I looked into your family life.

“Please don’t be offended and don’t refuse us this opportunity to compensate you for tonight and any future ‘family planning’ sessions Lori and I will have. We picked you, from the client’s files that had been put together on you and Bonnie.

“After we’d picked up the local newspapers each day for two months and saw nothing but your name, we knew you were the one. We went to the school officials and after some rather large donations to the athletic departments and school library, we obtained your transcript.

“You’re an honor student; you’re already the best young athlete this school has ever known. You’re the most popular boy on campus, senior high included, plus you’re the most humble kid we’ve ever seen. Don’t ever change that last part either; a lot of people have high hopes for your future.

“My grandfather and my father, as well as myself, have decided that you would be the one to provide us an heir to the Stoner Law Partners, LLC since I suffered an extreme fever in my youth that cost me my ability to produce sperm.

“Are you still with us, now that you’ve made the first step tonight?” he stopped and asked.

“I’m not sure about the steps you’re talking about, but I’ve committed myself to helping Lori and you produce an heir. I’m kinda proud to know I was chosen for this in such a secret manner and I hope you and your wife still respect me after tonight.”

“Lori loves me, Rick. Not for my money or what I can give her, but she loves me. As for you, I know Lori well enough to say she will always have a special place in her heart for you. I hope you will be a family friend and a special friend to my wife. There are two more things you need to know. First, we’re planning a big family and second, you know the importance of secrecy in this day and age.”

“You have nothing to worry about there, Charlie. Thanks again and tell Lori I said goodnight. I need some sleep.”

“She’s right behind you, Rick, you tell her. You may as well forget about sleep, Molly is ready to tackle your ass as soon as she gets you in your door. Those are her exact words. Tell Lori night, night and go get ‘em, Rick. I owe you, Man.”

“Thanks, Charlie. I don’t know what else to say.”

“Shake my hand and say nothing, my young friend,” he said, and shook my hand with a firm grip, then walked away as Lori came to face me.

“I hate to see you leave, Rick. Tonight was fun and if you and Molly, and/or your sister, Bonnie, ever want to come over, please just call and let me know. If Charlie is here, we’ll all have fun. If he’s away on business, then just us members of ‘The Dalton Gang’ that live on this street will cut up, swim naked, and have some sexy fun.”

“Thanks, Lori, you’re a beautiful woman and I know you’ll have pretty babies, boy and girls. I almost told you I love you. I say that to mom all the time and I feel the same way about you.”

“I love you the same way, Rick, and I’d love to hear you to say that. We’ll all know what it means.”

“Thanks, Lori, I love you.”

“Night, night, Rick. Take Molly home and fuck her with that big cock, she’s really wound up now. I need to catch up with Charlie. He and I have some special celebrating to do. I’m pregnant with our first baby and we’re both hoping for a boy. By the way, I want two boys and two girls. Charlie wants three girls and two boys.”

‘Boy, I really have some thinking to do now, ‘ I thought, as Molly grabbed my hand.

“Come on, Molly, we’re going to run around the block naked on our way home, and you better be ready, I feel like I could fuck all night long.”

“We only have a few hours until morning; we can sleep if you want to.”

“I want to take a shower with you, fuck you in the shower, then fuck you down the stairs, and fuck you in Mom’s bed. We’ll get us a nap and fix breakfast before Bonnie gets here, then we’ll all go out to spend Sunday in the country.”

I was good for three of those fucks I wanted. I was hyper as hell about all the things that had happened tonight. I wasn’t worried about the money. Mom and Aunt Karen gave Bonnie and me more than we ever needed anyway.

What I was most excited about was the fact that I’d be getting my driver’s license. Not a learner’s permit either, a real driver’s license. I thought of that dream about me getting a new white Corvette and my cock got hard.

Molly and I were fixing pancakes for breakfast when Bonnie came crashing through the door. I looked behind her and there was Priscilla Pierson. Bonnie hugged me and kissed me on my mouth. As she hugged and kissed Molly, I turned to open my arms for Priscilla. She smiled that beautiful smile and rushed me.

“I’ve missed you, Rick,” was all she said as she hugged me and bumped her pussy against me.

“I’ve missed you too, Teacher. You look so sexy in those new shorts and that sexy, silky top.”

“You always notice my new clothes. Bonnie and I went over to the mall and bought lots of sexy new clothes. We saw Jacqi and Yolanda. They asked about you.”

“I saw both their mom’s earlier for a few minutes last night when they were on their way home. Priscilla, you don’t have a bra on. You’re letting Bonnie corrupt you.”

“Feel my butt, Rick, no panties either. Bonnie told me this would be a special casual weekend, and advised me as to how to dress.”

“You both look beautiful. Want some breakfast?”

“Yes, we’re both starved. We were having so much fun, we never stopped to eat,” Bonnie said and grinned.

Before Priscilla sat beside me, she walked over to Molly and smiled. She reached out and Molly rushed our teacher. I thought they were about to get naked in the kitchen as they ran their hands under each other’s clothes and whispered closely.

“Let’s eat some breakfast; we can continue this on the farm. Billie has already called and they have a picnic planned at the sandpit. Aunt Karen and Ramon will be there too,” Bonnie told them.

“Can we all get naked?” Molly asked.

“I certainly hope so. I’m as excited as all of you are,” Priscilla said, as we sat down to eat pancakes, fruit, and toast.

When we had eaten and placed our plates and dinnerware in the dishwasher, we walked out to Priscilla’s car. She had the top down and smiled as she turned to hand me the keys.

“You drive, Rick, us girls are going to sit on the rear deck and let our skirts blow up,” she said, and gave me a peck on my cheek as I stood in shock.

Before I could say a word, all three of them were sitting on the rear deck of the sports car, laughing and flipping each other’s skirts up.

I looked at her keys and grinned as I tossed them into the air and caught them.

We were out early and there was hardly any traffic as I cruised slowly out of town toward Dusty’s and Billie’s place. I kept a keen eye on the rearview mirror to see all three of them with their naked pussies exposed and their hair blowing back in the wind.

By the time we drove up in front of the big farmhouse, they were all naked. Priscilla was as tanned as Bonnie and Molly, and damn did she look good. All she wore was her dark glasses, and she looked like a movie star.

Billie must have been watching for us. As soon as I parked the car, she came running from the tall porch steps. She was stripping her shirt off over her head as she ran, then stopped to pull her shorts off.

I tossed the keys on the dash and stepped out to grab Billie as she ran naked into my arms.

“Rick, you’re overdressed,” Priscilla said, as she pointed to Mom and Dusty sitting naked on the top steps.

I looked up and waved just as Aunt Karen and Ramon walked out onto the porch, naked as well.

In a time period of a few hours, Bonnie and I were involved in two, very life changing conversations.

After all our hellos and greetings, we all settled into a happy band of naked friends and family.

Priscilla was the first to ask Bonnie and me to take a walk together. We excused ourselves and the three of us walked across the big yard to where a dusty farm road leads back into the fields behind the big house.

“Have either of you met your neighbors who live directly behind you?” Priscilla started the conversation, and I knew where this was headed. I was anxious to learn all about what was happening and if she truly was the one behind the bank deposits.

“I haven’t, but I’ve seen them at their pool. When I’m on our hot tub deck, I can see over our fence,” Bonnie answered.

“I’ve met them and had a good conversation with each of them, then together,” I said, looking at Priscilla as I spoke.

“Rick, did Charles Stoner tell you anything about yours and Bonnie’s bank accounts?” she asked.

We were walking along the dusty road, and the dust was so fine and fluffy, that our feet were making deep prints as we walked. Priscilla was between Bonnie and me, and Bonnie looked over at me when Priscilla asked about our bank accounts.

“He told me that someone had set up some automatic deposits in both Bonnie’s and my accounts. He also told me that I would have a joint checking account opened in my name with mom’s name on the joint account since I’m fourteen.”

“Charlie and his dad told me the same thing, Rick,” she said.

“Bonnie, have you been told of the deposits to your savings account before now?”

“No why? Are you the one who set up the automatic deposits to our accounts?”

“I am. This is what the talks I had with your mom were about. I wanted to do something for you both in a way no one would ever find out how, why, or who did it.”

“Thanks, Priscilla. You really didn’t have to do this, but I’m not going to fuss too much. I love you as a friend, and after yesterday and last night, I love you even more,” Bonnie told her and I saw them reach out and hold hands as we walked.

“Rick, who is it that’s opening a checking account in your name, if you don’t mind me asking,” Bonnie asked.

“It’s kinda personal and very, very private, but I want both of you to know. It seems that when Priscilla went to the Stoner Law Firm for legal advice and help in setting up our deposits, they took a close look at my files, as well as our family files. Charlie Stoner is sterile from a childhood illness which caused an extremely high fever.

“He and Lori can’t have children and they want a big family. She explained to me that rather than go to a sperm bank and try to pick a donor’s sperm at random, they wanted to pick who the donor would be. I was the lucky boy who won the lottery.”

“So, you’re going to donate your sperm?” Bonnie asked.

“If it was me, I’d want it deposited directly into my womb,” Priscilla said, and Bonnie and I laughed at her. She was so different and alive, now that we’ve become friends and all three of us have become intimate.

“I did just that, many times last night.”

“Rick, did you really? Were the three of you together?” Bonnie asked.

“We were over at their house with her uncle, our next door neighbor, Mr. McGregor.”

“Her uncle is Mr. MacGregor? I didn’t know that,” Bonnie said.

“He sure is. Bonnie and I met him and his granddaughter, Beth, last night. We even went over to their backyard and had us a naked good time.”

“You fucked his granddaughter?” Priscilla asked, as she looked at me smiling.

“Yes, she’s fourteen and comes to spend the weekend with him at least once a month.”

“If she’s that wild, I need to meet that girl,” Bonnie said, and she and Priscilla laughed.

“Ask Molly when we get back; she and Beth became close friends last night,” I told them.

“I want to meet her too, Bonnie. Maybe you, Molly, me, and your neighbor’s granddaughter can make a trip up to the lake resort one weekend.”

“Oh, Priscilla, let’s do that. Just us girls the first time, then maybe we can find a willing young male stud to escort the four of us when we go again,” Bonnie said, looking at me, smiling as she and my teacher clasped hands and kissed lightly on the lips.

“Priscilla, did you have anything to do with the Stoner Law Firm obtaining my hardship driver’s license?”

“No, Rick. Are you getting it soon?” she answered and looked at me.

I could tell by her look and her answer, that she knew nothing about this.

“Charlie told me I’d have them in the mail by Monday.”

“Good, you and Bonnie need your own way to get around. Bonnie, do you have your driver’s license yet?”

“No, I want to get it as soon as I can, though. Do you have the same pull for girls that you do for boys,” Bonnie asked, and they laughed.

“I bet I can help you there,” I told her and they both looked at me.

“Just how can you do that?” Bonnie asked, grinning. I could tell she was hoping I could back that statement up.

“Lori Stoner has already invited you, Molly, and me back for a swim. She would be glad to use her influence on Charlie to help you get them.”

“Do it, Rick. You use your influence on Lori to get Charlie Stoner’s help with Bonnie’s and Molly’s licenses and I’ll buy you and Bonnie a car,” Priscilla told us.

“Priscilla, you can’t keep doing things like this. As much as Rick and I both would love to have our own vehicle, we can’t let you. Besides, mom would throw a fit if you did,” Bonnie told her, as we all stopped in the dirt road.

“I’ve already talked to your mom about this. With Rick there the first time we talked, then the next time after a ballgame. She told me that as long as I was discrete and no one knew, that she wouldn’t stand in my way to give you both what I want, when I want. I may never have kids.”

“Priscilla, you’re still young enough to have a family and you know it. Besides, it’s not that we don’t want you to do these things, it’s just that we feel guilty that you’re spending your money on us and we can’t show our love in public,” Bonnie told her.

“I’ll stop teaching when both of you have graduated from high school, then we can all show our love openly and publicly. I had a doctor’s appointment Friday and he confirmed what I already knew in my heart. My chances are close to nil that I’ll ever be a mother. Please don’t refuse me the chance to love you both without having to ask permission each time I want to give you something,” she said.

Priscilla had tears in her eyes as she spoke, and I grabbed her in a hug. Bonnie grabbed her too and I opened my arms to hug them both as she cried.

“Priscilla, are you still on the pill?” Bonnie asked, and I looked at her.

“Yes, I’ve been on birth control for years, and just recently I asked my gynecologist if things have changed. She told me no and told me to keep taking them to regulate my periods. She did tell me that if I was ever really serious about becoming pregnant, she’d recommend a fertility clinic to raise my chances.

“When Rick and I graduate and you stop teaching, stop taking the pill. If there’s a man on this earth who can knock your sexy ass up, it’s my brother, Rick Dalton, and you know it. Please stop crying, I love you so much and I know Rick loves you too. Mom has given her blessing for you to love us and spoil us, so let’s just be happy and love each other,” Bonnie told her, sounding like the teacher talking to her student.

“Thanks, Bonnie.”

“Rick, I’m going to take your sister at her word. When I stop teaching, I’m going to stop taking the pill. I would love to have your baby.”

“So far, I’m batting a thousand, Priscilla. You’d better not miss a pill or we could have a baby sooner,” I told her, as she smiled through her tears.

“Thank you both for letting me love you. I’m going to stop taking the pill in January of your senior year, Rick. I hope you do ‘knock my ass up’ as Bonnie just said.”

“Then you can come to Austin and live with all of us. Brandy will be there as soon as she graduates, and we’ll all live together. I hope you have twins,” Bonnie told her, as they kissed and hugged.

We walked back toward the house naked, happy and holding hands as we laughed and made plans for our future.

We all sat on the porch for over an hour before mom and Dusty told us it was time to head for the sandpit. We loaded his truck and left the other vehicles at the house.

Dusty drove with mom and Priscilla sitting up front with him. The rest of us rode naked in the back of the dusty pickup all the way to the sandpit. When we pulled to a stop next to the highest bluff, Billie and I dove from the pickup bed into the warm, clear water. As we swam away, we were followed by Aunt Karen and Ramon. Then came Bonnie, Molly, mom, Priscilla, and Dusty.

Billie was all over me as we treaded water, laughed and talked. I wanted her sexy little ass too.

“Mom and Aunt Karen have a surprise for dad and Ramon,” she told me, already calling my mom her mom and Aunt Karen her aunt.

“I bet I can guess what it is too. I know mom and her sister, they’re going to fuck and swap up, aren’t they?”

“Yes, daddy will be so shocked, but he’ll never tell mom no, no matter that she comes up with.”

Priscilla swam up next to Billie and I, pulling us close to her tall slim body and kissing both of us on the mouth. I knew as soon as she kissed me that she was in for a fine wrestling match when she kissed Billie. I was right too.

They were locked lip to lip and trying to fuck each other in the deep water. I pulled them toward the far bank where there was a sandy slope. I wanted to see this. I knew they both were excited and ready to explore. Billie has been with Molly and Bonnie, as well as Brandy, Yo, and Jacqi, but she’s never seen anyone as eager as Priscilla.

Priscilla has been with Bonnie and mom, and I know she’s ready to explore other girls, like Molly and Billie for beginners.

Billie is a tan, hard-bodied, little country girl who loves to fuck man or woman.

They were a perfect match as they lay in the sand kissing. They finally wriggled around into a sixty-nine and I saw just how sexy and wild my new sister and my teacher/lover really were.

When they changed positions, I was behind Billie as she sucked Priscilla’s pussy. They were both loud, and as soon as I had fucked Billie and we both got cums, I was behind Priscilla as she leaned over Billie’s hot little pussy.

This may have been Priscilla’s and my most intense round of lovemaking to date. She was wild, and she was loving being naked and free with us in broad open daylight, without worrying about being seen.

I was still fucking her from behind as she knelt to suck Billie’s pussy. I saw mom and Aunt Karen lead Ramon and Dusty a few feet away, then start hugging and kissing each other. Mom and Dusty kissed while Aunt Karen and Ramon went at each other like they were hungry.

“Dusty, please kiss my sister. We’ve been close all our lives and we’ll never be apart for more than a few days. I want you to love her as a sister and let her love you too,” Mom said, as she pulled them into a four-way hug.

“Ramon, please kiss my sister, Debra. Just as she told Dusty, we’ve been close since we were little girls on the farm. I want you to love her and I want to love Dusty so all four of us can be close and never let anything come between us. Can we do this, Ramon? If you will, I’ll marry you when Debra marries Dusty,” she said, as she rubbed his long brown dick.

“Debra, I love your sister and I want to marry her. I’ve never been married, but I can’t stay away from Karen. Will you let me kiss you as a sister and accept me as your brother?” Ramon said, as mom moved in front of him.

I knew what was about to happen, and as he grinned, I really thought Dusty did too. Billie and Priscilla came up to watch, just as Bonnie and Molly did.

When Ramon and mom hugged and she pressed her titties to him, Ramon moaned. Mom turned to face him and kissed his lips.

“Kiss my sister, Ramon. I want you to love her.”

“Dusty, you kiss my sister, I want you to love her as much as I do,” mom told Dusty, as she leaned back in Ramon’s arms and smiled at Dusty.

“Ramon, I’ve seen how persuasive Debra can be. I love her too much to tell her no.”

“Karen, kiss me and let me love you the way you sisters want us to,” Dusty said.

“Karen, I want to marry you. I want you to be my wife,” Ramon said, as he looked at her while mom was rubbing his swelling dick.

“Ramon, I’ll marry you and love you forever. Love me, love my sister. Look, Dusty is going to love me, aren’t you, Dusty?” she said, as she knelt and sucked Dusty’s dick into her mouth.

Mom was right beside her in front of Ramon, as she took his dick in her mouth.

In a matter of only a few seconds, mom and Aunt Karen had Dusty and Ramon on the ground, each of them riding their sister’s lover as they yelled and laughed.

They leaned over and kissed each other, then switched places, being careful to keep the sand off them as they snuggled down onto their own lovers and made sounds like us teenagers do when we all fuck together.

We swam and played for over three hours before we stopped to eat our picnic lunch. They had spared no efforts in preparing this lunch. We had plenty of everything, and I ate like a pig.

After we all lay in the sun until we were about cooked, we swam and played in the water for another hour to cool off. When we got back to the house, mom wanted to walk with Bonnie and me so we could talk.

We went down the same dusty road we had walked earlier with Priscilla. We were still naked and it felt just like we were back at the resort we had gone to. Man, that seemed so long ago now.

“I’m sure Priscilla has told you what she has done. I approved it and decided to let her show her love for you both the only way she can at this time. I know neither of you will ever abuse her love for you, and that you’ll always include her in our family outings and meetings such as today.

“What I wanted to talk about is Dusty and I. We’re getting married and so are Ramon and Karen. We’ll leave tomorrow for two weeks on our honeymoon together. Karen has us a villa reserved in Cozumel, clothing optional, so we’ll have fun there.”

“Oh, Mom, I’m so happy for you. I just love Dusty and Billie. Can she come spend the two weeks in town with Rick and me?” Bonnie said.

“That was one thing I wanted to ask you both. Will the three of you be alright by yourselves with us gone for two weeks?”

“Mom, we’ll be fine. You and Dusty go have fun. I hope you get pregnant while you’re there,” I told her, and she grabbed me in a hug.

“I’ve already stopped taking the pill, but I doubt it will wear off that fast. I do want to have Dusty’s baby and that was the second thing I wanted to ask you both.”

“Mom, you don’t have to ask us about anything before you make plans like this for your future and you know it,” Bonnie told her.

“I know, but it’s always been the three of us together, and I love you both so much that I just had to talk to you about this first.”

“What else was there you wanted to get permission to do, Mom?” I said, and she laughed.

“I wanted to tell you that Priscilla has asked me if she could buy you both a vehicle when you get your licenses. I told her she could buy you anything but a limousine. We don’t have room for it in our driveway.”

“We do now, Mom. I’m assuming we’ll all move out here?” I said.

“I’d love for us to. Would you both be willing to move out here, away from all your friends?”

“Mom, it’s not but a couple of miles to town, and we’ll soon have vehicles. I’m looking forward to having my new sister close to me. I wonder if Billie will let me room with her?” Bonnie said, and laughed.

“She’s already asked me if I thought you’d want to sleep with her. She has a huge bedroom and a king-size bed.”

“Then she’s got a roommate. I love my new sister’s sexy ass,” Bonnie said, and laughed.

“Mom, if we move out here, can we have all our friends out on weekends and summers?” I asked.

“Dusty and I talked about that. He told me all of you could have friends out anytime. We’ll have five bedrooms and we already know there won’t be but two, maybe three, beds that are slept in.”

“Will we be able to smuggle Priscilla out here too?” Bonnie asked before I could.

“She’ll be welcome here anytime, for as long as she wants to stay. If I had another sister, I’d want it to be her,” Mom told us.

“Wow, Mom, that’s stout,” I said. I knew she meant it too.

“Anything else, Mom, since we’re hashing out the details of our new life?” I asked.

“Yes, there are a couple more things. It seems we’ve all been invited for a four-day Thanksgiving weekend to the Wilson’s Ranch over in Canter. Do you both want to go?”

“Heck yeah, Mom. Will you and Dusty go? Bonnie, will you and Molly go?” I was excited about this.

“Dusty said he’d go. Bonnie, what about you?”

“Heck yes, Rick told me about those sexy girls and the big barns. I know Billie, Molly, and I will love being there. We need to take Priscilla, too. She’ll be home alone for four days if we don’t.”

“She’s already told me she’d go if you both said she could. I asked her yesterday after Gail Wilson called me.”

“What about Aunt Karen and Ramon, will they go?” I asked.

“Ramon said Thanksgiving was one of his busiest weekends at the steakhouse, and Karen told me she was going to stay and help him. They want more pictures like the ones you took, Rick,” Mom said, and laughed.

“Tell her we’ll have some X-rated pics for her this time,” Bonnie said, and we all laughed.

“Rick, are you going to take Brandy with you?”

“I was just thinking about that; she’d love it there and the cousins would love her too. I’ll call her when we get back later today. I may even ask Ben, Emily, and Tara.”

“Do it, Rick. We’ll really have lots of fun with those three there. Molly and I want to get Ben naked again anyway,” Bonnie said, and laughed.

“I’m sure Ben and Rick will be really busy if they’re the only boys there for the weekend.”

“What about Brandy’s cousin, Will? Maybe she needs to call him and have him meet us there. That will give us three boys to molest all weekend,” Bonnie said. She was really getting into this in a big way.

“I’ll tell her to talk him into it; we need to see if mom and Aunt Karen’s special acne and pimple potion did him any good.”

“Rick, you’ve GOT to talk Senora Gonzalez and Ms. Rita into letting Jacqi and Yo go along with us. There’s no way we can leave them behind, even if we have to abduct them,” Bonnie told me.

“Mom, do you think we can take all our friends like this?”

“I don’t see why not. You’ll have to use your power of persuasion on their moms though. I’m sure you could come up with some sort of bribe attractive enough they would agree,” Mom said, and we all laughed.

I knew this was a slam-dunk. Jacqi and Yo just need to pack their undies already, that’s all any of us will be wearing anyway, and then only when necessary.

As the Sunday afternoon wound down, we all sat around in the big shady yard. Mom, Aunt Karen, Dusty, and Ramon stayed in the shade. Priscilla and the rest of us lay on quilts on the ground and soaked up the late afternoon sun.