Chapter 5

Air travel was expensive but the only way to make the long trip feasible. We flew directly to Pretoria and dad registered for the symposium that would be held in five days. Through his connections we rented a hard to find car and enough ration coupons to get us to Bloemfontein and back again. An exhausting six-hour drive later we pulled into the judicial capital. It was getting dark and we managed to find room at a small inn.

The local restaurants were segregated as they were in Salisbury and dad decided to just order the food and eat it in our room. That night mom refrained from making love because we were in the same room with them. After all this time and all the intimate knowledge we had of each other, mother persisted in a certain amount of modesty.

The next day we left the small inn and took the borrowed car and drove as I directed. My eye was far overhead and I was able to see where the roads went and what condition they were in. After a few hours we stopped and had a picnic as mom had an uncomfortable time doing her business in the bush and not on a toilet. Japera and Lusa we used to this from their time in a small village. Dad held me in his arms and aimed me at some bushes and I propelled a yellow stream to irrigate the area.

At our next stop we found a publicly run roadside picnic area. I was almost four months old now and starting to walk fairly well. There was a very odorous outhouse and dad held my hands as I added to the accumulation a few feet down.

While everybody but me lay back in the shade of a large tree I scouted around for the geologic pipes that could contain diamonds. I knew that there was a little over a hundred of these stone columns. Not all had diamonds. There were two close by. One was barren, while the other had many small diamonds but at least a hundred feet down and extending almost three miles into the earth. There was no mining activity here and it was not known even if this deposit was registered. If it wasn't then this could make us rich but the majority of the diamonds were almost 500 feet down.

The top of the formation had been eroded when the surrounding land settled after an earthquake. A small river flowed right across the area and eventually joined a much larger river almost fifty miles away. Instead of searching the formation in detail now I checked the stream bottom and almost immediately found a rough stone about 12 carats.

It was only ten feet in the mud and I pulled it out and brought it to me. It was only about ten miles away and it came quickly. Nobody saw it fly through the air and land in the car and slide under the back seat. In the next hour I found three more of about the same size and they joined the first.

Lusa was getting restless and mom wanted to see more of South Africa. If we were to get enough bobbles for a gift we would have to stay for a while yet. I told dad about the success and he suggested that I let the air out of a tire on the other side of the car and he would have to change it.

By the time he was done changing the tire I had three more and a large stone of about 550 carats. We drove back to the inn and stayed the night. Dad was very excited over the stones, especially the largest. I had studied the way diamonds were cut and worked on one before dad's eyes while we sat in the car. The girls had the room to themselves for a while and knew nothing of my activities. A rough 13 carat stone yielded a beautiful seven carat stone and quite a few small pieces. One would be almost 2 carats. The rest of the stones I left until we got home. We would now have to fabricate machines to polish and lap the stones to give them the final touches they needed.

"Son, I don't know what to think of this. That large diamond is worth a fortune and even the small stones would buy enough medicine to keep the clinic open for years."

"The small stones I want for our family and the large has a flaw in it. I can only get a 250 carat stone and another of about a 100. The remaining 200 carats will have to be much smaller stones and diamond dust. These small pieces, we can sell to finance the clinic and some of the other stones can go as well. The other two large stones I think we should save for a rainy day. We will get much more if the stones are already cut."

"Do you think we should make another trip to get a few more? I think we can do it without getting the girls to wonder."

"If we need more diamonds dad we can come back another time. If I am four or so then we can go alone."

Dad did a lot of thinking. The prospect of getting more wealth was almost too good to pass up. The diamonds we did have were worth so much that it would even be too much to count. "I see your point and I guess we will have to be happy with what we've got."

We travelled throughout the area and stayed at outlying inns till the day before the symposium and then we headed back to Pretoria and registered in a large hotel. The only way they would accept Japera and Lusa was if they were our maids. Lusa was looked on as dad's illegitimate daughter.

There were quite a few doctors and researchers in the dining room and dad ate a meal with mom and me only. Natives were not allowed in this room. I scanned the room and picked out some of the more interesting people and found what they were doing and saw a lot of difference to the way dad approached medicine. Dad treated people and these people experimented with the disease in a laboratory.

I could see rows of glass tubing in their minds and different antibiotics used to isolate the elusive virus. The fact that the virus did not respond was no shock but they were trying everything they knew to try to find a cure. Much of the problem was growing enough of the virus to work upon.

That night we brought food up to Japera and Lusa. They were used to the idea of being segregated but it offended me to have to do this to gain more information. In a bid to ease my conscience I started to make love to Lusa and soon her mother started on dad. Mom was not far behind and as a result we woke up very tired the next morning.

Dad ate breakfast and sent room service up with a large breakfast for us. When the knock came to the door I was walking to the bathroom. I had to propel myself to the bed to look like an ordinary baby before mom opened the door. The native boy came in and looked at mom and Japera with the usual thoughts that males have. To play a joke I told the women exactly what he was thinking and Japera bent over to flash her backside. Mom not wanting to be outdone got me and started to open her blouse to feed me. Japera was exasperated and pushed the boy out before he could see anything more.

After we ate, mom took us out and explored the town. It was not much different than Salisbury. I checked in many times with dad as he tried to meet researchers that would further my education. Some of them were of no use and dad went on at the next opportunity. Sometimes there was enough new data to warrant further study but it became apparent that the law of diminishing returns was at work.

By the time the symposium was over we had all bought dad a Christmas present each. With gold at 35 American dollars an ounce, I bought a troy pound ingot of 18 carat gold to make some of the parts I needed for the jewellery. Mom did the buying and wondered at the quantity and felt that she and the rest were getting gold necklaces and/or rings.

We flew home that night and were in our own beds. I had decided on the way home that I would have to start on the bottle soon. My system was not up to too much solid food yet. At my suggestion mom took some medicine at the house to stop her flow and I warmed up my own milk from the refrigerator when I needed it. Mom was in some discomfort but it only lasted a few days.

The next day dad went back to work and I sorted all the knowledge I had gained. After the noon meal I examined the large diamond in great detail. I could see the existing fracture and tried many different patterns to see what would get me the best stones. With the best course decided I put the large stone down and worked on the remaining six stones for practice. Within three hours I had all of them rough cut and even the little pieces cut. Dad would be coming home soon and I didn't want him to cringe as I did the work so I split the large diamond and found that the largest stone was 168 carats. There were a 97, 60, 42, 21 and a few stones 10 carats or less. When they were polished they would be slightly smaller. All had a rich amber colour that most people would like.

I would clean up the smaller fragments tomorrow and just left the gems in dad's desk drawer.

After our meal dad and I went to his drawer and he opened it. His mouth opened then closed as he looked at the glittering gems. He took them out one at a time and placed them on his green blotter. Each was inspected in great detail. He looked at them all together and could only think of a crown where they would fit. His mind formed the image and could see it on his wife. It was still in his mind when he had seen King George VI once wearing his crown at a proclamation.

"Shawn, they are beautiful but are not as bright as I thought they would be." dad said.

"Yes they need polishing. Was it worth the trip?"

"It sure was. You better take the stones you want to work on and I would like to put the rest in the safe. It is difficult to even look at them."

I picked out four stones around five carats and many smaller ones. "These are enough for me. Save the two largest and sell the rest. I think the best place would be in Europe though. We are going to have to make some a small lathe to polish the stones and some copper to put the final touches on them."

"I think Europe is the answer too but some of the smaller stones can be sold here. With the money I can even hire a few young doctors and get them to do a stint in the native villages."

Dad was very preoccupied when we sat around the piano and listened to Lusa and then mom play a few songs. Mom was going to comment about it but saw that he was not worried or sad so she let it ride. Later I concentrated on the smaller fragments of diamonds and cut those up until there was only coarse sand left.

Dad was home late after going to some industrial supply shops to find a small precision lathe. It was delivered the next day and mom wanted to know what was going on. The word 'secret' was as good as waving a flag in front of an enraged bull but I refused to answer. The lathe was set up and I pictured the crystalline structure of each diamond and ground one against the other till all the facets were as polished as I could get them. A large piece of copper was rubbed against the diamonds with diamond dust added. Soon the diamond started to wear away and supply its own dust until the stones were finished.

The next morning after dad left, I pictured the jewellery I wanted and cut the gold to suit. After shearing diamonds the effort for the gold was minimal. The small block of ductile gold was stretched then holes punched in it then the holes stretched again. A chain was formed from a solid piece and no welding was necessary. Clasps were formed and a locking mechanism at the ends. Finally the diamonds were secured and the necklace put away. After making two more I used my eye to find one of dad's rings and with the size in mind I made a ring for him with a four-carat diamond surrounded by six one carat stones. My Christmas presents were now complete.

Mom, Japera and Lusa were wracking their minds for something for me. I politely stayed out of their thoughts and let them have their fun. It was only a few days before Christmas and it was difficult to not see the surprise so I told them I would only use the basic senses for the next few days. On Christmas Eve Lusa was very excited and after her lessons had her reward but even that did not calm her enough. She was almost boiling over with excitement.

When the house had calmed down I moved the one and a half ton statue to the place planned for it and set it into place facing the house. The large family of gnomes was placed throughout the garden to be found later.

Dad had bought a few yards of black velvet and I placed it inside boxes I made out of a solid blocks of rough wood.

Lusa was the first up and she went running to the music room door to peek in. Going in was not cricket but a peek was harmless. She saw gaily-coloured packages all in a pile. She ran back then to the nursery to get me so that she could go in more legally. I groaned and pretended to want to sleep more. She whined and complained and completely disregarded my wishes till I floated up and then to the floor beside her.

"We have to wait sweetie. The adults want to see us opening presents and I want to see them do the same thing."

"That is not fair. They want to sleep in when this is such an important day."

"Life is unfair sometimes. Let's go to your room and I will do something to keep you mind off the time."

"Ok." She took my hand and I had to propel myself or she would pull my arm from the socket.

With only a few minutes of foreplay she was demanding to be satisfied. I picked her up and made two phantom phalli to enter her lower orifices. It wasn't more than a minute before she was contorting all over trying to come to terms with the sensations flowing through her body. When she thought it was over I began again and this time it was even more satisfying for both of us and she collapsed, knowing she was safe. I floated onto the bed and pulled the covers up over both of us and lay down beside her where I planned to be for the rest of my life.

A half-hour later I heard the toilet flush so I got up to start breakfast. Lusa continued to sleep while I left her to it. I made sausage, potatoes, bread, sliced fruit and the obligatory pot of tea.

Dad came out freshly showered and shaved and said, "Good morning and merry Christmas son."

"Merry Christmas to you too dad. Did you sleep well?"

"As well as one poor male could with two insatiable women."

"I know what you mean. One is enough for me and she is quite demanding. I guess it will be different when I have the same types of hormones flowing through me but until then I will consider myself lucky."

The shower started again and I heard a little giggling. Dad heard it too and smiled. The women came out soon after and sat at the table. Mom said, "Where is Lusa on a morning like this?"

"She got up earlier and I had to calm her down so she would not get all upset looking at the wrapped presents."

The adults looked at one another and I stayed out of their minds. A few minutes later Lusa came out and sat at the table. She was happy it was Christmas but angry at me for not getting her up a little sooner so she could get at her presents sooner.

Japera said to her daughter, "Is that the way you greet your family on Christmas?"

"I'm sorry. Good morning everybody, oh and a merry Christmas too."

After breakfast I wanted to start the dishes but Japera said to leave them. Lusa took my small hand and pulled me to the music room. I had to elevate myself and float beside her or I would have been dragged, she was in that much of a hurry. I heard the adults laughing behind us. Lusa was given a paper wrapped package by mom and we all waited for her to open it. The girl untied the string and then carefully unwrapped the paper before opening the wooden box. It had many small pieces that formed different games.

She put it down and said, "Get Shawn's now." She liked her present but was still bubbling about mine. Mom took me aside and behind a corner stood a brass five-inch telescope. It was aimed out the open window into the garden with the new statue. Mom had her back to the view and could only see my telescope and me.

"Oh mom, this is great. I will now be able to study astronomy." I floated up and put my small arms around her neck and gave her a kiss.

"Japera and Lusa contributed toward this too."

I kissed mom again and floated to the floor and went over to kiss both of my other benefactresses. Before I could look through the telescope Lusa was at it and trying to see what she could. Looking in her mind I knew she didn't have it focussed and they looked out the window to see why the image wasn't clear. She stared for a while then turned to us and said, "Why is that woman in our garden?"

Dad got up quickly and looked out. He just stared himself and said nothing. His mouth did open a bit and stay that way. Mom came next and pulled the curtain back and looked out then squinted her eyes as if to clear them. She stood up straight then ran to the French doors to the garden. Japera was undecided whether to run to the window or follow mom. Mom won out and she ran outside. Dad was careful and walked around Lusa and I but quickly went outside too.

I took Lusa's hand and walked slowly outside in the warm weather. The adults were just staring at the image of the naked warrior woman with a spear in her hand. The face was mom's as well as the long hair but now it was tied behind the stone head with leather thongs.

Dad looked up and down the statue and he looked at the pubic region and saw hair as good as I could get it considering the medium I was working with.

Japera saw the stone breasts and the hand not holding the spear to be shading the eyes to see better.

Lusa was like dad and just had her mouth open trying to think of how this stone woman got here.

"Shawn... Shawn," mom said, "how did this get here?"

"I dug up a large stone and made it. It was hidden till last night. Do you like it?"

"Do I like it! It's fantastic. Any art gallery would love to have it. But what will the people think that see it?"

"I think that they will know even more how much of a beautiful woman you are."

Dad walked up to the statue and was about to put his hand on it to know it was real but stopped and brought his hand back. "It is very remarkable Shawn. I doubt if there ever was an equal to you in all history."

Lusa walked around the statue and stubbed her foot on one of the gnomes. This one stood almost twenty inches tall. She looked down and said, "Mom look there's more."

The spell was broken and the adults looked at what was before Lusa. After a moment Japera said, "There is another one by the roses."

Mom ran over to that one too and then she started to run through the garden in her housecoat looking for more. Japera and Lusa followed their own paths and looked too. When one was spotted she would call out and everybody would look at the location for later.

Dad said, "You never cease to amaze me. Even the gnomes look like they are real living creatures made of stone. If you can do this sort of thing you will be rich."

"Thanks dad but I can't do that yet. A four-month-old cannot carve stone. You could be my representative but even that will be too risky. Better it be a one time deal where the person left and wanted to remain anonymous."

"It will be difficult. Anybody that sees your work will want some for themselves and pester me until they get it."

"Let's say a native lived in the back of our property to do the work and after he was paid he left. You don't know where he went or where he came from."

We watched the girls running around the garden for almost thirty more minutes looking at all they had found. "Shawn!" came from mother.

She was standing in a thicker section of growth and looking at the small gnome that had remained hidden till now. Japera and Lusa came running too. Dad bent over and picked me up as he too walked over to see. Lusa was smiling and had her hand over her face to stifle a laugh. "What will the ladies think when they run through the garden finding your stone family?"

"It's natural. Even your ladies need to go to the bathroom occasionally. The small one looks like Lusa as a baby."

"It does not," Lusa said because she didn't want people to make fun of her.

"No it doesn't sweetie. But I am sure you must have looked even more beautiful even when you were relieving yourself."

Lusa was still a little put out and Japera bent over and picked her seven-year-old daughter up and said, "He is only joking honey. Shawn would never hurt you."

Dad came through as always and said, "Let's go back in. I want to see my surprise packages of socks, underwear and a tie."

We did go back in but mom kept turning around and looking at the woman in the garden and hope the gardeners would not make too much of it.

When we got in mom handed him a box containing a tie and he expressed his instant love for it. He did get some expensive shirts and pants though and these he did like better. Mom looked at the rough blocks of wood on the floor and wisely thought to ignore them for the moment. Lusa and Japera reached in and gave us more pieces of clothing. Mom got a new fluffy housecoat from Japera and a nice watch from dad.

When everything was unwrapped and everybody but dad thought we were done I said, "I have something more for you." I got down and picked up the appropriate box for each and put them in front of the recipient.

Mom bent down to the rough piece of a plank about 12 by 16 inches and saw the fine line around the sides close to the top. "Don't flip it mom. Just put it in your lap and work off the top." Dad had a much smaller one and he knew the women were getting diamonds and wondered why he was getting a box too. His opened easily and inside the hollowed our area sat a piece of black velvet and a large man's ring with a total of ten carats in diamonds. His eyes almost popped and he hesitantly put his fingers in and extracted the ring and looked at it between his two fingers.

Mom was busy and didn't see dad's present. Her fingers found enough purchase and the top came up one side then the other. She put the top down beside her leg and then saw the contents of the box. Her eyes were the same as dad's. Japera helped Lusa open her box and both looked at the necklace within. Japera remembered her own and frantically tried to open her box so fast that she broke two of her short nails.

The entire house was quiet for almost five minutes. Each wanted to talk but each decided against it when they heard no other talking.

Dad finally said, "Shawn... this is beautiful. I know you can cut diamonds but this gold work is fantastic. Something like this could only be worn at a very rich gathering and I would cast the image of a very rich person."

Mom added, "Are these real diamonds honey?"

Turning to look at her I said, "Yes they are. When we were in South Africa I searched and found some stones and then used my mind to shear them. The gold we bought there too and I just used the same methods to work the gold and form clasps around the stones. I copied some of the patterns in the jewellery stores but most of it is my own designs."

Mom and Japera put their new jewellery on and I went to Lusa and helped her with her piece. It did not look its best with her present clothing so I took off her pyjama top and it hung against her young naked chest. Though mom and Japera came close I thought my girl looked the best.

That night as I sat in the highchair at the table and fed myself a puree of turkey. I said to everybody at the table, "I think it is time I moved in with Lusa now. I have been directly fed by mom since she has taken the medicine to stop her milk and I think I am old enough to stay beside the woman I plan to stay with for the rest of my life."

Mom was choked at the thought of losing her baby but then thought a while and knew I would be here with her in any case. Lusa was young and only understood that I would be more hers now. Dad felt bad for a moment too but intellectually knew that I was not a baby in my thinking and that I had to make my own way. He was comforted by the realisation that at least now I would stay within the family. Japera was the only one that had predicted the event, even if I was still younger than she would have preferred.

That night we played more Christmas songs and then went to bed. Lusa did not want to part with her necklace but understood when I put it in her box on the table. We both had a bath and were squeaky clean for bed. This time I would try to inspire my woman with only my physical abilities. I crawled over the bed to my mate and started with out some of the preliminaries by licking he tiny nipple. She shivered at the touch but remained still otherwise. I started sucking now but found myself doing it the same way I did when I wanted milk and changed a little by using my hand to reach over and pinch her other nipple with my small fingers.

Lusa let out a moan and spread her legs for her fingers to start working on her clit. I could smell the scent coming from her and it seemed to do odd things to me. Before being born the smell was only a piece of data to be considered, now it seemed to work with some unknown mechanism to make me... I tried to think of the word and the only one was 'horny'.

I checked my penis and it was still quiescent but my brain was very active and wanted more of something but I did not know exactly what. The smell still intrigued me and I started kissing my way down Lusa's abdomen until I came to her mons. I climbed over her leg and continued to kiss her soft abdomen. "Pick up your legs Honey and hold them to your chest."

The legs came up and Lusa saw a baby use his strong but small hands to spread the outer lips and get close to smell the intoxicating lubricant coming from her interior. The head went lower and a small tongue came out and caressed the tiny button for the first time. This was too much and the familiar convulsions ran through her young body and she let out a loud moan.

I could taste the essence coming from her and could feel the shape of the small clit hidden amongst the folds on her small mons. My tongue stopped its attack and went lower and travelled into her depths. Lusa shook and shook from the intensity of the sensations coming from her mons. Always my probings before were delicate but never this personal as it was now.

I moved a bit and used my thumb to stroke her little button while my fingers stroked into her time after time. Eventually I added more and more but my fingers were still too short to reach her still intact hymen. This did not bother her for she started to throw herself all over the bed not knowing what to do with herself or the feelings running through her small body.

Lusa needed a rest so I crawled up beside her and held her to me. It felt right somehow as if this was my destined place. Moments later she came more awake and found a small hand holding her non-existent breast and small nipple. She came to one of her decisions and slid away from me and slid partway down the bed and looked at my small penis and empty scrotum. It would be quite a while till they even descended to the small now empty sack. Lusa gave my penis a few licks and started to suck the small organ into her mouth. For the first time I felt it stiffen as blood flooded in. Lusa was very pleased with what she had accomplished and sucked harder to see what would happen. My small cock got a lot bigger and looking at it I knew it was larger than normal and quite pleasing to my woman. Soon she opened wider and sucked my small sack into her mouth and ran her tongue all over trying to get me to have the same enjoyment I gave her.

After a few minutes I knew she was getting tired and I also knew that I would not be able to have that special feeling for perhaps years to come.

Two days after Christmas mom had a seamstress over to our house. The necklace she was given would be hidden or not complement any of the dresses she already had. Time was too short to get a new dress for the New Year's party she and dad were going to. She went like a whirlwind through her wardrobe to find something that could be altered and settled on a low cut dress that now would be cut lower. The fact that her breasts were temporarily larger made her think that the other women would just turn green.

Dad was dressed up in his best suit and of course his new tie. Mom had her newly altered dress accompanied by the necklace with a large stone and two smaller companion stones nearby which all shone on her skin. As dad was leaving he turned to see Japera holding me needlessly in her arms and was about to say that I should watch what Japera said, but he already knew that I could handle any problem better than she could. "Lusa I want you to watch out for these two. I am sure they will get into trouble." Lusa stood straighter at the responsibility put on her and tried to think of what she could do to help matters.

I told Japera privately and she laughed in her mind to not hurt her daughter's feelings.

The night was quieter than usual and we played with the games Lusa was given a few days earlier. As it got later Lusa went to bed and I stayed with her until she went to sleep then I got up. The night was very clear and I took my new telescope out and observed the moon. For a moment I wondered if I could make a suit with enough air so I could walk upon our celestial companion. When I started to get sleepy I put the scope away and crawled into bed with Lusa and she just shifted her body and held me to her.