Chapter 1: A Short Homecoming

I had just completed one investigation regarding an incident where several Marine fighters on the carrier Howland suffered screen failures due to inadequate maintenance. Some of the soldiers working the fighter bays had signed off on work they had not completed and only the fact that the failures occurred during a training mission prevented casualties. My involvement actually came after the field court martial. One of the punished soldiers had protested the sentence, claiming that he was coerced into signing off on the false maintenance. I had been brought in to discover the truth, and at my recommendation the sentence was modified and the soldier was being transferred to the shipyard at Moreton. Hopefully he would find some new companions for his nights of partying, and being at a shipyard would allow him to keep his concubines close. I guess I should not have been too surprised. The young man was not yet eighteen, and his fellow conspirators were in their late thirties. They had preyed on the young man's need for acceptance and led him towards career ruin.

Fortunately, the commander of the Howland did not protest my decision to allow the young man to retain his rank and transfer with no mark on his record. He had agreed with my analysis and had come to the shuttle to wish the young man a better future when we transferred to a military transport for the run back to the military district capital. I had separated from the young man there and returned to my home on Borneo. My arrival home was greeted with a lot of fanfare from my concubines and I had to smile as Heidi ran over to plant a loving kiss on my lips. My senior concubine released me and stepped back to allow me to look into her blue eyes before she spoke. "So is this just a visit, or do we get a few nights to work on making a few more babies?" she asked.

I laughed at this. Almost exactly twenty-four months ago Heidi was a world-weary and jaded waitress at a greasy truckstop in the middle of the plains of Iowa. I had stopped there for a cup of coffee late one night while driving to my home in Chicago after a visit to some agri-business' farm, where I had been reviewing their heavy equipment maintenance records when the gray interdiction field announced a pickup at the diner. The selection at the stop was not all that great, but I left the planet with Heidi and Sarah as concubines, and they had been with me since. Heidi already had two children, and was still nursing our son, so her asking for another child amused me. My amusement was amplified by Heidi's appearance. The woman had never been tall, but when I first met her no one would have thought her anything other than a woman because of her ample DD breasts. When I had sent her for the nano rebuild I had reduced her breasts to something between A and B and with her height and lack of hip development she often was mistaken for a dependent child, something she found endlessly amusing. However, despite all that she remained very happy to practice making children, so I gave her a kiss full of promise before turning to hold out my arms to the other three concubines in my home.

Yes, I did say three others. Mother Nelson had raised her son Norman well, and my CAP score turned out to be seven point five. I left the truckstop with only two concubines because the selection had been so terrible that night. Seeing my arms reach out, Sarah rushed into my arms.

I laughed again and gave the dependable and cheerful lady a loving squeeze. She had been a bit of a sleeper leaper before I met her that one wild day. Despite having a low opinion of men in general, she had accepted my offer to escape Earth and discovered a reserve of character she never knew she had. Heidi might be in charge in the pod, but it was Sarah who made sure everything ran smoothly.

I gave Sarah's well cushioned behind a final pat as Mio and Mara wrapped their arms around me demanding hugs of their own. I returned the caresses gently as both girls were about five months pregnant and I did not want to hurt them. Heidi choked off a laugh.

"Damn Norm. You know we aren't made of porcelain when we're pregnant. Mio and Mara just want a bit of love from you. They missed you."

I looked at the duo for a moment. Mio smiled and hugged me again, pushing her breasts into my chest. Mara smiled, but then looked down at my feet, her long black hair falling to hide her face from my view.

"Seems like Mara is a bit nervous," I said with a smile as I gave Mio a kiss on the forehead. "How about we settle around the table for a meal first. The food they provide on the transports might come from the same kind of replicator, but it never tastes as good as a meal at home surrounded by my friends."

"Friends?" Mio said with a smile. "Fuck toys might be closer. Or how about your sex sluts."

I sighed for a moment and then put my hand under Mio's chin. I lifted her chin until she was looking into my eyes and smiled. "I know that you and Mara were not treated well by your first sponsors. And I know that you eventually found comfort in each other's arms in that mad combined household you lived in. However, don't you agree that I have never hurt or forced you since you joined my household six months ago?"

Mara shook her head and stepped back into my arms, pressing her dark chocolate colored skin against my side as Mio giggled. "You did force us. You forced us to admit that we love sex with the right man, and that you were the right man. You hurt us by breaking our hearts and putting them back together with your care and love. And when you are away my sister's tongue is no longer enough. I miss having your strong arms around me when you are gone," Mio said as she put her hands against my crotch and gave me a squeeze.

Heidi laughed as I jumped, but she did not step forward. Instead she put her hands on her hips and spoke. "Not yet ladies. Let's let the mighty Norm get some food into his belly. He's going to need his strength tonight."