*********** Chapter 57 ***********
Everyone spent a couple hours each night packing up the stuff we didn't need. Our three boys had most of their rooms packed up the first week. The only stuff they didn't pack is the clothes they wore to school and of course their computers and game systems. If they had their way, we would be living out at the ranch now. By the end of the first week we had a couple of pick-up loads all boxed up and ready to take out to the ranch. We made plans to meet after everyone got home from work and school on Friday to get as much as we could load into our vehicles.
As the week went by I noticed we were going through lunch meat, cheese, and other lunch stuff a lot faster than normal. It seemed like we were feeding an extra two boys each day. I was starting to get concerned. Since I went to work before the boys went to school I decided to follow them to school one morning. As always, Aaron would show up at our house to pick up our three boys and then he would stop off at the middle school to drop Connor off.
As soon as Connor jumped out of Aarons jeep, he ran over to a boy I had never seen before. Connor did the fist pump thing the boys do now days with this kid and then they started to walk up to the front of the school. Just as I was about to pull away, I saw Connor take a sack out of his back pack and hand it to the boy. I also noticed the boy seemed to very skinny and looked like he was wearing clothes that were four sizes too big for him. Then the light bulb went off. Connor was helping this kid by taking him lunch every day. I felt so proud when I saw this and called Steve to tell him what our boy is doing.
Steve and I agreed that we wouldn't say anything to Connor and just let him continue to do what he was doing. We figured he would come to us if he thought he needed to tell us. Thursday evening as we were eating dinner and making our plans for taking our stuff out to the ranch, Connor asked if he could bring a friend out to help. Of course we said it was ok. Connor said, "Cool, his name is Andrew, and I will have him walk home from school with me tomorrow."
Steve said, "Just make sure that he has his parents phone number so we can call them before we leave."
Connor kind of looked down to the floor, saying, "I don't think he has any parents. He lives in a foster home and I don't think he is treated very well there."
Steve added, "We will still need to speak to his foster parent to make sure they are ok with him spending the weekend out at the ranch. How is he not being treated well there?"
Connor answered, "I will make sure he has the number with him. I don't think he gets much to eat and he never has a lunch at school. I hope you don't mind but I started to make him a sack lunch every day and would give it to him before school. I didn't like watching him sitting in the lunch room each day with nothing to eat while everyone else ate their lunch.
I told him that it was fine with us that he had been taking Andrew lunch. "In fact, we are very proud of you for doing that." Connor blushed a little bit and of course Sean and Colby had to do a little teasing on their younger brother but later they told him it was very cool. I reminded Connor to have Andrew bring some work clothes along with some clothes for church on Sunday morning.
The next day, I got a text from Connor just after they Aaron dropped him off at school. Connor's text said is friend's name was Andrew Smith and gave him a phone number for his foster mother. Before I called Andrew's foster mother, I gave Mrs. Johnson from CPS a call and asked about Andrew. Mrs. Johnson called be back a couple hours later and told me that Andrew had been removed from his mother's care after his mother had overdosed on drugs. Apparently Andrew came home from school and found his mother unresponsive in a bathroom and called 911. Mrs. Johnson said there was no other family to take Andrew so he was placed in foster care. I mentioned what Connor had stated about his suspicions of mistreatment and not being fed. She told me she would look into it herself. I told her that I was going to call Andrew's foster mom and get permission to take Andrew to the ranch for the weekend. Mrs. Johnson said she thought that would be a great experience for Andrew since he has lived a very megger life. Mrs. Johnson also said she would notify me of her findings when she did her unannounced check of the foster home.
I called Andrew's foster mother. I introduced myself, leaving out the part about being a police officer, and explained why I was calling. I got the feeling that Andrew's foster mom didn't give a crap about what Andrew did, saying, "Sure it's fine with me if he spends the weekend with you. That way he will be out of my hair for the whole weekend." It really made me mad that she spoke like that about Andrew, but didn't say anything and just gave her my phone number in case she needed to contact me. She assured me that she wouldn't need to before hanging up on me.
I called Mrs. Johnson back and informed her about my conversation with Andrew's foster mom. I also remindered that we were moving out to the ranch and would soon have extra room.
I was at home after work getting things ready when Aaron pulled up with Sean and Colby. They started to load things into Aaron's jeep as we waited on Connor and Andrew to get home along with Steve.
It wasn't long before Connor arrived with Andrew in tow. Connor introduced Andrew to everyone. I saw a very skinny young man with the same clothes that I had seen him in the day before. I saw that he was carrying a back pack but it didn't look like it had much in it. I didn't say anything but I could tell that all the boys were having the same thoughts that I was having. This boy was obviously being neglected at his foster home.
A short time later Steve arrived at home. He was introduced to Andrew and I could see the concern on his face. We talked in the bedroom while he was changing. I said, "I think Connor is right about Andrew not being fed and being miss treated at the foster home. I can't believe how skinny he is."
As Steve changed his clothes he said, "I think we need to call someone about this."
I said, "I have already called Mrs. Johnson and she is going to do an unannounced home inspection this weekend while we have Andrew with us. I told her that we will have extra space at the ranch. I don't think I can send this boy back to that foster home."
Steve agreed saying, "I was just going to say that, I think we need to prepare to add another boy to our home."
Once we were all ready and han all our vehicles loaded with everything we had packed up, we headed out to the ranch. Colby and Sean rode with Aaron in his jeep, Connor and Andrew rode with Steve in his car, and it was me and Max in my truck.
Maria and Jose met us at the main house. Maria and called and said she would have a dinner ready for us when we arrived. Connor introduced Andrew to his grandparents. We left everything in the vehicles and after walking through the main house we all walked over to the chow hall. As we were walking, Jose asked about Andrew. I gave him the short version before we walked up the chow hall steps.
Inside we found Colby's mother setting the last couple of items out on the serving line. Colby ran over and gave her a big hug. Colby's mom has taken to helping Maria in the kitchen whenever she is needed. Jose cleared his throat to get everyone's attention so he could say the blessing, after which the older boys went right for the food. I saw that Connor had to prod Andrew to the serving line. I saw Maria walk behind Connor and Andrew watching what they took. She stepped up to Andrew and helped put more food on his plate, saying, "We have plenty of food Andrew, don't be bashful about taking as much as you like."
I could see Andrew blush. It was obvious that he was not used to serving himself and taking more than what a bird would eat. All the boys sat at one table and talked among themselves. I saw that they all made sure to include Andrew in their conversation. Steve and I sat down with Maria, Linda and Jose and talked about the big move.
Before long the boys had finished eating and they all went out to get the stuff they needed to sleep in and dropped it off at the ranch house that was almost complete. They were nice enough to grab mine and Steve's bag and dropped them off at the main house which is all but complete. They then all walked down to the barn to check on their horses.
While they were gone, I explained to Maria and Jose what was going on with Andrew. Maria said she would make sure that Andrew was well fed this weekend. I asked Linda and Maria if they could figure out about what size Andrew wore in jeans and shirts so we could run into town and get him some clothes. I was sure the only clothes that he brought were the ones that he was wearing. They both said they would be happy to take care of that.
The boys returned to the chow hall and sat down in front of the big TV that had been installed to watch a little TV before bed time. I noticed that Andrew had never left the side of Connor and still seemed to be a little nervous. Not long after the boys started to watch TV, Jose, Maria and Linda said their goodnights and headed home. Steve and I were right behind them, walking up to the main house. I said, "Boys, don't stay up too late tonight, we have a lot of work to get done tomorrow." Steve and I walked over to the main house and settled in to bed on our blow up mattress.
The boys didn't stay up too long. A short time after Steve and I left, the boys walked back over to the ranch house, just off the main house. There are still no beds in the ranch house so all the boys were sleeping on the floor in sleeping bags. They laid all there sleeping bags out in the same room. Sean and Colby went to one corner and Aaron placed his more in the center of the room so Connor placed his and Andrew's in another corner. Connor could still see that Andrew was still nervous while they were getting ready for bed. Connor noticed that Andrew stared when he saw that the other boys had all shed their clothes right in front of him and all walked to the showers in the nude. Connor quietly laughed a little saying, "We usually all shower together since there are like six shower heads in the shower room. All of use boys and our dads are kind of free when it comes to clothing around the houses. If your more comfortable with waiting until they are done, we can wait a few minutes to shower if you like."
Andrew was a little embarrassed, saying, "I'm not used to staying with just guys around. My house is full of nothing but girls. I'm also embarrassed about how skinny I am. I'm afraid that the other guys will make fun of me."
Connor said, "My bothers would never make fun of you, and if they did, my dads would set them straight in a hart beat." Connor considered Aaron and Colby his brothers, just like Sean.
Connor could see that Andrew was still a little nervous so he kind of wasted some time getting his stuff ready for a shower along with his stuff for the next day. Andrew could hear the three boys talking as they showered. It wasn't long before they all walked out of the shower room together, still talking as nothing was weird about being naked in front of each other. Andrew could see their soft dicks swaying back and forth as they walked to their sleeping bags. Andrew could feel his own small cock start to chub up as he watched the older boys walk naked past him. He couldn't take his eyes off Aaron's big dick, which didn't go unnoticed by Arron, who just smiled and messed Andrew's hair up as he walked by.
Connor had to tap Andrew on his shoulder to get his attention. Connor laughed, saying, "Come on Andrew, quit gawking at Arron's cock and let's get showered." Andrew turned bright red, putting his head down and followed Connor into the shower. Connor was already naked as they walked to the shower. Andrew waited until they got into the shower room to remove his cloths.
Once in the shower, Connor could still see that Andrew was very nervous. For the first time Connor could see how skinny Andrew was. Connor stared for a bit too long, looking at how he could see every one of Andrew's ribs and how small his ass was. Andrew was hiding his small dick with his hands as he saw Connor staring. Andrew started to tear up, saying, "I'm sorry for being so skinny and ugly."
Connor left his shower head and went to Andrew and pulled him into a hug, saying, you're not ugly and I know that Grandma Marie and Linda will be working on getting some weight put on those bones of yours."
Andrew said, "I'm just ashamed of how my body looks and I'm afraid that the other boys will make fun of me while I'm here.
Connor went back to his shower saying, "I already promised you that my bothers will not make fun of you. You are my friend and they will treat you just like a brother."
They both finished showering and then walked back to their sleeping bags, Connor naked and Andrew following in his boxers. All the other boys were already in their sleeping bags talking about school stuff and the swim team. It wasn't long before they were all sound asleep except Andrew. Andrew couldn't get the picture of Aaron's hot body and big cock out of his mind. Andrew's hand automatically went down to his own small dick and started rubbing it. Andrew was amazed at how hard his dick was over another guy's body. This was something he had never experienced before.