CHAPTER 174: SLUTTY DAD AND THE FIRING SQUAD

Kevin rolled over to kiss Donnie when he realized there was a tear on his cheek.

"Did I hurt you? I’m so sorry if I got too rough, but it’s just been so long since I’ve had any physical contact with anyone, much less wanted contact with anyone in this way. Talk to me please, Donnie."

"Kevin, I screwed up. I should have warned you about the condom. I already felt that I was too close to my cycle—my eggs were already ripened and we just made a child. I’m so sorry I didn’t mean for it to happen. Babies happen when they’re supposed to, not when it’s convenient."

Kevin kissed him again and caressed his face. "Oh, I guarantee you won’t go through this alone. I’ll take a leave of absence from work and stay with you until the baby’s born. Or better yet, if you don’t mind—I’m tired. I’ve been traveling for years, granted most of my time split between hibernation and then piloting in the layovers, but I’ve got plenty of time. I’ve got retirement. You don’t know how long I’ve been in space—it’s time that I finally settled down, and maybe this is my wake-up call from Walt telling me it’s time to put the past behind us and start a life with someone new. The boys have been trying to get me to settle down and they would approve of you."

"Kevin, you don’t know what you’re saying. Your life is amongst the stars, not down on some planet, especially taking care of a child that we didn’t intend to make."

"Donnie, some accidents are meant to happen, and this little bundle of energy we just made is definitely destined to be. Now I have to go to Mr. Zach and tell him what I did. You tried to show me a good time and we ended up having too good of a time, and it will be arriving here in about nine months."

"Kevin, what about your search for your missing son? What about him?"

"Donnie, it’s time I give it up. If it’s meant to be, he’ll show up, but I can’t live my life in the past anymore. That’s why this is meant to be. I hope Chas, your son, won’t be too mad that I took advantage of you after dinner and knocked you up in the middle of the crackers and the cheeses." This brought around of laughter from both of them.

"Well, it’s about time we clean ourselves up a little bit, Kevin, and we need to go face the firing squad and the pending inquisition. But I wouldn’t trade the passion that you showed me for anything in the world, and I’m glad I’m pregnant."

Kevin drove up to the Z1 and to the cottage that Donnie shared with the rest of the guys and let him out.

"I need to explain this to Mr. Zach. Can I call you later?"

"If he doesn’t kill you, yes, you may call me later. In fact, you can come on over and you need to meet your step kids and your step grandkid." Kevin kissed Donnie and drove off.

Chas was sitting on the sofa with Xavier and Stephen—the babies were asleep. When Chas saw his dad, he knew the glow.

"You slut! You took him out for a good time, didn’t you? Went for a milkshake, maybe a little shake and bake. What you got in your oven, dear old dad?"

Donnie couldn’t hide it at all—he grinned as big as he could. "Yes, we did the nasty ride out amongst the stars, me and him, my legs in the air and him tearing my vent up. And guess what? In nine months you’re going to be a big brother, so get over it." You could’ve knocked Chas and Stephen off the couch with a feather.

"And I’m going to let you know that Kevin Hollis will be around here quite a bit, because he is taking early retirement from Earth Alliance to spend time with me and this baby here on our planet. So I don’t care what anybody says. I know he’s older than me because of his hibernation due to deep space flight, and I don’t want to hear it. I don’t give a damn if he is 275 years old or older—he fucks like a 28-year-old with plenty of stamina to make my eyes roll back."

Chas was the first one to stand up and hug his dad. "It’s about time you had some joy in your life, so maybe my new kid coming along and this new baby brother who’s going to be a hybrid, by the way, will get along just fine."

Donnie had never thought about that. Not only was he pregnant, he was pregnant with a hybrid—an old Earth hybrid at that. This meant a new bloodline on the planet.

Kevin walked into the mansion and went directly to Zach’s office and knocked on the door.

"Come on in, I’m still up, still working. Hey Kevin, how are you doing? Did you two enjoy your little trip to the township and the malt shop?"

"Yes sir, I enjoyed it a little too much. We went out for a snack afterwards and we had some citrus drink, snacks and crackers and hors d’oeuvres, but it was dessert that got us in trouble."

"So, you had a side order of Donnie on the blanket. Tell me, young man, did you use protection?"

"No sir, it happened so fast. One minute we were sitting there, and the next minute we were kissing, then our clothes were off, his legs were in the air and it just happened. And now there is definitely a child on the way. I am putting in my resignation. With all of the years of service that I’ve got, I’ve got money stuck back plus a nice retirement—very nice retirement. Donnie won’t want for anything at all, and neither will the baby. I’m only 28 fiscal years old thanks to my sleep cryogenics, but with 280+ years of service time, I think I need a vacation here. I’ve already decided that there’s nothing I can do about my missing son Steven. I just hope that he’s happy and he can forgive me for abandoning the search, but at 23 years old he won’t even know me."

"Kevin, do you have your electronic tablet? Can I borrow it for a while? I want to show the pictures around and see if there’s anyone here or on the other ranches who might recognize a face that looks familiar to the ones in your tablet."

Kevin didn’t think one thing about it. Into his pocket his hand went and he took out the tablet, unfolded it, entered a key code and hit permit unlock, then handed it to Zach.

"There you go, sir. My life story—there’s photographs from all the kids when they were young until today having children of their own. That’s one thing Walt did: he made sure I had records of our children growing up while I was gone on different missions so that I would not miss a second of it. Every child is listed in a file and photos are under each name—family photos, birth photos, everything."

Zach thanked Kevin and took the tablet. "And as far as Donnie’s concerned, as long as he’s happy and you’re happy, I don’t care if other people don’t like it and can’t accept it. That’s on them."

Kevin went on upstairs and turned in for the night—he was tired. The afternoon of passion really exhausted him.

Zach took out a file folder and he looked at the DNA match. It proved that Kevin Hollis was in fact Steven’s biological father. How it happened, how Steven got here, no one knew. He must’ve been one of the black-market trades and they unfroze him and placed him into the program. After re-examining his DNA, it was discovered that he had old Earth DNA structure in his make-up from Kevin that did not show up on the standard scans for their planet. This meant Lex needed to recalibrate his sequencer to help find Steven’s two other missing children.

Chas sat with his dad on the sofa and hugged him.

"Son, I fear that I really screwed up today. I was supposed to distract him and get to know some of his personal information about his life. But oh no, I could not do that. I had to get all hot and heavy and horny, then let him get on top of me. Now I’m not complaining because it’s the first time that I have truly experienced what having sex or making love means. I wouldn’t trade it for anything in this world. Yeah, I already know I’m carrying his child, and for some reason I’m as happy as I can be. In fact, I’m proud I got pregnant, and if he asked me to do it again, I would gladly do it again. Am I wrong for this? Don’t I deserve a little happiness in my life for once?"

"No dad, you’re not wrong. The fact that you and him were physically attracted to each other and you didn’t know one another means that it was meant to be. Kevin is your destiny, no matter what. If people can’t accept it, it’s their loss, not yours. So enjoy your life and the new life that you and Kevin have created within you." Chas hugged his dad and told him to carry his slutty ass to bed—he’d earned a good night’s sleep.