The Story of Ann Chapter 11 The Duty of Men and Fathers

The Story of Ann Chapter 11 The Duty of Men and Fathers

I happened to have made a mistake in my dates in my last chapter. The revised date is in the beginning of this chapter.

I awoke one morning six or seven months later down the road. Jack had not been home for the last month due to some type of extended training. I was hoping he would return home this weekend. It was Saturday April 25 1980 Janet lie beside me in our bed. I rolled over to cuddle her, as the room seemed to spin. I hurried from our bed and ran into the bathroom.

I started to throw up into the toilet. I wiped my face when I was finished and as I turned, I saw Janet standing in the doorway. She shook her head from side to side, as she stared at me.

“Ann, you are going to have to tell him sooner or later,” Janet said to me.

I just smiled at her shaking my head no. We dressed and walked downstairs to join Frank and grandma downstairs. I stepped from the last step as I heard grandma scream, “Please god don’t let it be him.”

Janet and I rushed into the living room. My eyes went to television as I heard. “Eight servicemen were killed and three more were injured in a daring but failed rescue mission of the hostages in Iran early this morning,” the reporter on the news said.

I stood there unable to move as my lips began to tremble I turned to Janet as I said, “That is why Jack has not been home.”

Janet wrapped me in her arms as I cried upon her shoulder she cried upon mine. Janet took me and sat me down beside grandma and they both held me as I cried, as I never had before. They were not releasing any names on television and I could only see Jack and the rest of his group in body bags in my mind.

I looked to the doorway leading into the living room. I saw eight-year-old Michelle standing in the doorway. Her eyes fixed on the television. She turned from it to me with tears running down her face. I held out my arms to her and she ran into them. I hugged her tightly as she cried into my shoulders. I pressed my head against her and cried right along with her.

Michelle lifted her head from my shoulder as she asked, “Is my daddy dead?”

I told her I did not know. Minutes turned to hours and I was not sure if it was comforting that no one came to my door or that the phone had not rang. After three hours had passed Frank called Jack’s base they told him they could not tell him anything or they just did not know themselves.

All of us sat there with our eyes glued to the TV. Michelle kept asking me what we were going to do. I looked into her little sad face not knowing what to say to her. I was not for sure myself. The phone suddenly rang and Frank answered it. He looked to me as he removed the phone from his ear.

“It is for you Ann,” Frank said to me.

I gave Michelle to grandma as I slowly got up off the sofa. I walked slowly to Frank thinking this is where they tell me that Jack died in the line of duty. I got to Frank and I gave him a look of uncertainty. Frank handed me the phone.

I raised it to my ear and with sobs I said, “Hello, this is Ann.”

“It’s just me Ann and please don’t worry I am safe,” Jack replied into the phone.

A big sigh of relief came from everyone as I told them it was Jack. He explained he would be home later today and fill me in. He asked me to call the others and to let them know that they were all safe and they would be home shortly. Jack told me he loved me as I told him the same.

I called Denise and Linda right after talking to him. They were as upset as I was with worry until I told them everyone was all right. I sat back down onto the sofa between Janet and grandma taking Michelle back into my lap.

Grandma had us join hands as she said, “Let’s pray for those we lost.” We bowed our heads as she prayed, “O God, by whose mercy the faithful departed find rest, look kindly upon these men who gave their lives in the service of their country. Grant that through the passion, death, and resurrection of your Son they may share in the joy of your heavenly kingdom and rejoice in you with your saints forever. We ask this of you.”

I wiped my eyes as I told Michelle to go play her daddy would be home soon. I no sooner had those words from my mouth than I had to run for the bathroom. I hung my head over the toilet bowl once again throwing up my worry. I returned to the living room with all eyes on me.

“Ann, you have to tell Jack,” “He has the right to know,” Janet said to me.

Grandma and Frank looked at me as I replied, “I know and I will tell him I am 2 months pregnant when he comes home.”

Grandma and Frank came to me and gave me their well wishes. They made a little bit of a fuss over me. However, they saw I was not happy about anything. They asked me what was wrong.

“Nothing other than the father of our children may ever see his children,” I said as I started to cry again.

Janet and grandma gave me comfort as Frank went out to do the morning chores. I pulled myself together and we all helped him with the afternoon ones. We all had just sat down to dinner when we heard Jack’s truck rumbling up the lane. Michelle jumped from her seat and ran outside to meet her father.

Jack walked in with her in his arms. He placed her down onto the floor as he went to grandma first. He hugged her, and then he went to Frank and shook his hand. Jack went to Janet and he hugged her as she kissed his cheek. Jack turned to me and as he bent down to hug me, I stopped him.

I stood up from the table as I said, “Jack we have to talk,” as I took his hand and led him into the other room.

I did not give him time to say anything as I said, “Jack, I am pregnant.”

“How along are you?” He asked.

“About two months I believe I go to the doctors next week,” I replied.

“I will go with you,” Jack said smiling as his hand went to my stomach. He rubbed his hand on my stomach as he asked, “Why didn’t you tell me sooner?”

“Jack, I knew something has been on your mind and then when you did not come home last month. I could sense you had a lot on your mind when we talked over the phone,” I replied to him.

“Would it have stopped you from your duties?” “Would you have left the service to be with me?” I asked him. “Jack I was worried sick over not knowing if you had been killed or not after hearing about it on the TV,” I added.

“I could not tell you anything Ann, that mission was top secret.” “We helped train some of those brave men we lost today,” “Those men and I do our duty and if called upon to give our lives so you and Michelle and others are free then I will,” Jack replied to me.

I was not shocked at his answer for I knew he would say that. That was the same answer Denise and Linda had gotten from their men when asked why they served. I looked into his eyes and I saw the anguish in them he felt over losing those brave men in them. It was wrong of me but I thought better those men than my Jack.

Jack looked at me then he smiled as he took me into his arms. He held me and whispered sweet words into my ears. He told me how lovely I was and how I had that glow, most pregnant women have. He told me how wonderful of a mother I have been to Michelle and how wonderful of one I would be to our new baby. He told me every word I wanted to hear except for the ones I wanted to hear the most. I wanted to hear him tell me that when his time was up his army life was over for good. However, he did not and I did not ask him to give it up neither.

For as I looked into his eyes I still only saw anguish over the ones we had recently lost as well as his own from the Vietnam War. We returned to the kitchen where we all ate dinner. Jack explained he had not been home as they had been helping train those for that mission.

As he talked I felt the anguish in his eyes and heard the sorrow in his voice. He felt responsible in some way that the mission had failed. Frank told him son it was not your fault.

“I know and I will see that others pay for it someday,” Jack said to him.

After dinner, Jack slipped into his ranch clothes and took Michelle by her hand. They walked outside with Frank as the rest of us cleaned up and did the dishes. We talked not about Jack but about bringing another baby into this family.

Janet touched my stomach as she said, “Someday I hope to have children.”

I smiled at her as I replied, “Someday you shall.”

I walked outside looking for Jack and Michelle. I found Jack and Frank standing outside of Lucy’s pen. I walked up to ask where Michelle was when I saw where she was. Michelle was riding Lucy around her pen.

That horse would look to Jack each time she went by and I noticed that Jack did not let her out of his eye as well. Michelle looked small having recently turn nine years old as she rode Lucy around in her pen. I was worried that the horse might throw her then trample her beneath her hoofs.

I walked up to Jack and I asked, “She is so young and that horse so big,” “Do you think that is wise?”

Jack smiled as he replied, “She is in no danger for I will always keep her and you safe,” as he wrapped me in his arms.

I watched Michelle as she put Lucy through her pace. That little girl could ride and she did look safe. Jack told me that he was not that good at her age and someday she would be as good if not better than him. I leaned my head into his chest as I watched her ride. Michelle brought that horse over to where we stood by the fence. She dismounted her with a big smile of her face. She climbed through the fence and came to us.

“Mommy did you see me riding Lucy? She asked me smiling from ear to ear.

“Yes, I saw you,” I replied smiling back at her.

Michelle looked to her father and he picked her up into his arms as he said, “You are such a good rider little one and you make me proud.”

“I had a good teacher, you,” Michelle replied hugging Jack.

I watched Jack twirl Michelle around in his arms. He was smiling and laughing as much as she was. That man adored her and she adored him just as much. I felt Lucy bring her head against mine. She rubbed it against the side of my head. I reached into my pocket and pulled out sugar cubes from my pocket. I also had a good teacher on how to make friends with her. I held them up to her mouth as she nibbled them from my hand.

With my other hand I stroked her face as I said, “It is only a matter of time before we both lose that man to that little girl if we don‘t lose him to war first.”

Lucy shook her head up and down wildly before she ran away. She encircled her pen bucking then came to a halt in the middle of her pen. She looked to me then to Jack as she neighed then rose up on her hind legs. She kicked her front legs out and around moving backwards before pulling them back down.

She hung her head to the ground as she pounded one hoof into the ground. I thought how strange of her. It was as if she was trying to tell Jack something. I looked to Jack as I asked him what kind of game she was playing.

Jack smiled at me as he replied, “You would do the same if you were all jacked up on sugar.”

He placed Michelle down onto the ground. Jack climbed the fence and started to walk to the barn. He stopped and looked back at Lucy standing there just looking at him.

Jack patted his leg then said, “Come on girl it’s time for bed.”

Lucy ran over and followed him into her stable. I took a hold of Michelle’s hand as I told her it was her time for bed as well. Michelle touched my stomach with her hand.

“Is it a sister that is inside?” She asked smiling up to me.

“Whoever it is they will be loved by us just like we love you,” I replied walking her into the house.

I took her inside and told her to go get ready for bed and that we would come up and tuck her into bed. I heard her getting out of the shower and asked Jack to join me in tucking her into bed. We walked to her room to find her on her knees in front of her bed. Her little hands folded in front of her as she said her bedtime pray.

“Thank you God for keeping daddy safe and maybe you could see to it that he is always safe. Bless him, bless mommy, Janet, grandma and Frank.” She stopped for a second then added, “Oh yeah bless my little unborn sister as well just make sure she knows I am daddy’s girl.”

She jumped into her bed as we went and tucked her into bed. She gave us each a kiss then she gave Jack a long big hug. He asked her why the big hug.

“Just because,” She replied with her eyes sparkling and a big wide smile.

Jack and I left her as we told her goodnight and sweet dreams. Jack walked me down into the living room. We sat down with him in the middle of Janet and I. Frank and grandma told us good night as they left us alone. We both cuddled up against him as he wrapped us in his arms. I looked to him to see his eyes were not on us but on the TV. I got up and turned the TV off as I rejoined them on the sofa. I pulled his face to mine and kissed him upon his lips.

I broke our kiss as I said, “Your home brave warrior go to war another time.”

Jack looked to me then to Janet as he asked smiling, “What did you girls have in mind?”

Janet looked to me as I looked to her. She unbuttoned his shirt as I unsnapped his pants. She removed his shirt as I removed his pants. We both pulled down his underwear in one quick jerk. We both slipped down to the floor one on each side of his legs.

We reached our hands out taking his cock into them. We pulled and tugged until his cock grew throbbing and hard. Janet licked up and down one side of his cock as I licked the other. Our tongues met at the tip of his cock. Janet and I kissed deeply as his hands stroked at our heads.

Janet took his cock into her mouth first. She had become as good as I was as she took all of his cock into her mouth. Her cheeks sucked in as she pulled her head up his cock then moved it back down. Janet and I took turns sucking at his cock. His pre- cum started to leak from it as he looked down to us.

“Girls let take this up stairs,” Jack said to us.

Once upstairs we all took our clothes off and climbed into the king bed. We rather formed a triangle. My head was between Jack’s legs sucking on his cock. Then it was Jack between Janet’s legs licking her pussy. Janet moved her mouth to my pussy and started to run her tongue wildly in and out of it.

“One of you sit upon my cock while the other sits on my face,” Jack said rolling over onto his back on the bed.

Janet damn near kicked me it the head as she climbed onto him taking his cock into her hand. She placed that cock at the entrance of her pussy and she slammed her pussy down onto it engulfing his entire cock. Janet rode his cock wildly as I crawled up then straddled his face with my thighs encircling his head. Jack’s tongue buried itself deeply into my pussy. I started to pinch and pull at my tits as his tongue explored deep within my pussy.

I started to rock upon his face as he tongued fucked my pussy. I was soon having an orgasm onto his face. Afterwards I rolled from his face to along side of him. I kissed and licked at my juices coating his face.

His hands went to Janet’s tits as he used his thumbs on her nipples. Janet was moaning and groaning as she rode his cock fast and hard.