Power Games

Sitting there, Danny yelling at me has really gotten to me and I can’t help but think that it was my fault that this happened because I gave Brendan an ultimatum to take Tash and just leave Yellow Peak and although I said to leave the boys with Danny, they did take my advice to leave.

Dad sits there on the phone with Gerry discussing what options that they can take without getting the police involved because if that happens, then it could be a nightmare for just about everyone in the situation. I take a walk and go and sit in my old bedroom and just want to hit the rewind button back to the first talk with my father and just wish that I took the final chance because then I wouldn’t have put anybody into this mess.

Mitch wanders in “I got lost trying to look for you in all this” as he comes in and sits next to me on the bed “You can’t blame yourself for this alright? Everything you did in this was to try and protect Danny and yes he might be angry right now but he’s just scared”. Mitch is trying to comfort me but I know that it was my fault that this all happened because if it wasn’t for me, Brendan wouldn’t have been using Tash as a spy and none of this would have happened.

“It is all my fault, I came to Yellow Peak and brought all the drama of my family with me, Brendan wouldn’t have been spying on me and getting Tash involved in all this drama” sighing I shake my head “Then the drama wouldn’t have escalated to this level where they took the kids” almost at the point of tears feeling like Brendan has broken me which is what he wanted all along.

Shaking his head and grabbing my shoulders “None of this is your fault, ok you came to Yellow Peak where people weren’t impressed including myself, but you proved yourself to just about everyone and yeah there is always going to be some resentment about you, but fuck them” he says looking at me in my eyes. “Plus being a touch selfish, I wouldn’t have met somebody as amazing as you actually are,” he says giving me a quick kiss that surprises me but I kiss him back.

I smile after he kisses me “We will make sure that Kyle and Carter are back with Danny ok, your dad is on our team and he’ll have the best people looking for them” he says to me as he looks around the room. “So this was your bedroom then, bet you had some fun in here,” he says nudging me as I laugh.

“Yeah, this was my bedroom,” I say as Mitch has a look around as much of the stuff I didn’t take to the apartment is still in here. I laugh as Mitch has to go through everything “Do you really need to go through all of my stuff Mitchell?” he continues to open drawers and the cupboard.

“You had every opportunity to go through my apartment when I left you there, so it’s not my fault if you missed out on doing that” a cheeky smile on Mitch’s face as he finds that my bedroom had its own bathroom. “Wait, you had your own bathroom?” he says laughing as he looks at it “I have to walk from my bedroom to the bathroom and yet you could just have had a shower whenever you wanted”.

I look at him in the bathroom “You do realise this shower is bigger than what I have now for my whole bathroom?” he nods but just laughs. “I know that but just find it hilarious that you had all this”.

As we come out of the bathroom, my father wanders down the hall “Isaac, you doing ok?” he asks as I try to put on a brave face for him “Yeah I’m doing ok, can’t help but blame myself for all this” I say as he shakes his head. “I gather that Mitch probably told you that you can’t blame yourself for this which is true,” he says as he comes in as Mitch excuses himself so I can sit there and talk to Dad alone.

 “This is all my fault though, I gave Brendan an ultimatum to leave me alone and take Tash from Yellow Peak so that they could just be together leaving the boys with Danny because he is an amazing father and doesn’t deserve to be treated the way that he does” I sit there as Dad nods and listens, this is one of the few times I can remember where he has spoken to me purely as a father rather than being my father the politician.

My father looks at me and puts his arm around me “The initial situation wasn’t handled by anybody brilliantly and I was guilty of listening to your brother for too long and thinking too much about the election to see what was actually going on” I can see him getting upset. “When I saw you in Yellow Peak, I could see that you were happy and making something out of yourself out there and I could see that Danny really liked you which made me happy”.

Sitting there I give Dad a hug and look across at him “Now, I’m about to talk to Gerry again so why don’t you and Mitch sit in on the call” we get up and head back to Dad’s office and sit down as he rings Gerry.

“Gerry, any update on Brendan’s phone or car?” he asks as worried about the boys as what Mitch and I are. “Nope, we’ve tried to track Brendan’s phone but it seems to be turned off because we can’t get a track on the signal because the last place it was tracked was in Yellow Peak”.

 I sit there “Whereabouts in Yellow Peak was it last on?” I ask curiously about where he was before turning it off. Gerry tells us to give him a second as he looks “Hastings Road, to be precise was around 135 Hastings Road”.

“Is that Tash and Danny’s place?” Dad asks me as I shake my head “That’s my place, Gerry can you tell how long he was there before turning it off” I ask worriedly about why he was parked outside my house. “Unfortunately not, it looks like as soon as he got there was when he turned it off,” he says as I throw my head back as Mitch pats my back.

“On the car, it seems like he parked it in Sapphire Ridge and it hasn’t moved for the past hour,” he says as we look at him. “Has anybody been to check it out yet?” my father asks as we try and wait for some news about the situation. “Yeah, but it seems like it was parked out the back of a Service Station, with no signs of Brendan or anyone”.

In my mind, I’m starting to admit defeat because they could be absolutely anywhere right at the moment especially if they took Tash’s car they could have gone in any direction. “I can’t do much else unless we make this an official matter and then it’s technically not our jurisdiction sir,” Gerry says as we realise that he can’t do much more than what he is.

“Gerry, if we give you another registration can you see if you can track the car with its anti-theft device,” Mitch asks as he comes up with an idea to help the situation. Gerry umms and ahhs at the other end of the line “Given the situation, we can if you give us the car’s details we can try at the very least” he says as Mitch nods. “Give me about 10 minutes and we can try,” he says as he comes up with a plan.

He sits there as he rings Danny “Hey bro before you get angry, I’m actually in Grantham with Isaac and his dad”. We all hear Danny groan “What the fuck are you doing there and with those pieces of shit, they fucking knew all about this” he says clearly angry as Mitch tries to calm him down. “Danny take a deep breath man, They want to help with the situation which is why I called you, the Security Services have been trying to track Brendan’s car and they found it with nobody there so they think he’s changed into Tash’s car” Mitch explains as Danny is still clearly frustrated by everything and not totally believing that we’re trying to help.

“You expect me to believe that?” Danny says down the line as I sit there and step in “Danny I know you don’t want to talk to me but hear me out; Dad has the best security in the country and these are the people that manage national security, they have all the resources that we need to get the boys back to you and bring Brendan down” I don’t know whether or not I can get through to him but he lets out a sigh.

“She’s got a silver Ford, the registration is VH ZNA,” he says looking down the line “Just get my boys back to me please” the sense of desperation in his voice. My father steps in “Danny, it’s Brian Keppel, I promise you that we will do everything for you to get your boys back, nothing in this is what you deserved because both Isaac and Mitch have told me how amazing you are” I don’t know if my father's words help Danny any but he thanks my father for the words and we hang up.

Before Dad can get Gerry on the phone, his phone rings and he answers it “Hello; Brendan what the hell is going on” he says as he tries to get a message out to Gerry to try and track the phone call. Dad puts it on speakerphone so that we can all hear what he has to say. “Natasha called me and said that she didn’t feel comfortable living in Yellow Peak anymore with Isaac there and didn’t know what else to do,” he says with some bullshit story that thinks that he can justify what he did. “You cannot be serious Brendan; You and Natasha have kidnapped the boys from their father and you simply cannot do that” my father talks to him quite matter of factly.

“I’d much prefer that you didn’t tell Isaac what is going on, we’re on our way back to Grantham for Tash to keep the boys at her parents place so that they are somewhere comfortable,” he says as he thinks that he has the upper hand yet again but everybody knows that he doesn’t. Sitting there I keep quiet as my father talks to Brendan.

“What are you even trying to do in this situation Brendan?” he says trying to get an explanation which I think is never going to happen but can’t let on that I’m here listening. “What am I trying to get out of this situation? Come on Dad it’s pretty fucking clear that none of this is my fault; If Isaac just shut his mouth for two minutes and thought about some other people then none of this mess would have happened”.

It’s so hard to control the laughter as Brendan doesn’t know that he is digging the hole deeper for himself right now. “When you went up for your briefing with Ian Dalby from the Agriculture Department, he threatened me and told me to take Tash away from Yellow Peak or he would expose a wonderful mother as something that she is not” he continues as I get up and walk away because if I sat there for any longer I would have lost my temper and started yelling.

I go for a walk as Mitch stays in the room to keep listening to what Brendan has to say, I wander down the backyard out to the Cottage that my grandparents lived in and sit in there. Although now it’s been renovated to be a guest house, it still has the charm and all the furniture that my grandfather built. Taking a deep breath I head into the bedroom and lay on the bed and close my eyes for a bit and fall asleep.

Falling asleep, I dream about what life could have been like had I not moved to Yellow Peak and honestly, it’s not something that I want. Imaging myself without having Adam as my neighbour, Danny as a mate and not having Mitch in my life is something that actually frightens me a lot. I lay there dreaming about how close Mitch and I have gotten in the past few weeks and realise how he brings out the good in me and how much I want to be around him.

I don’t know how long I’m asleep for when there’s a knock on the door of the cottage as Dad walks in “Isaac you down here?” he says opening it up as he wakes me up. “Dinner is ready up in the main house and Mitch is looking for you,” he says as I slowly wake up. “He is still here? I thought he would have left by now” my surprise that Mitch actually stayed here and thought that he would’ve headed back to Yellow Peak.

Dad shakes his head “Nope, he’s been here the whole time and is going to stay the night with you if you want to because he doesn’t want to leave you”. I get off the bed and walk back to the main house with Dad “Mitch really cares about you and I can see the way you look at each other that you really care about him too and that you two are clearly in love with each other” he says as I stop in my tracks.

“What Dad? No… no, it’s nothing like that we’re just friends that’s all” I say a bit hesitant given that I’ve never really thought about him that way before and that I definitely don’t think that Mitch thinks of me that way given that he only likes guys for fun. My father stops and looks embarrassed “I just thought with him coming here today with you and the way you two look and interact I thought there was more there” I nod thinking about what he said and realise that he’s probably right but we’ve never talked about it.

Heading back to the main house, there aren’t any updates on where the kids are because the O’Sullivan’s haven’t heard anything from Tash today which could have been a lie but I don’t think that they would be that cruel. Eating a proper cooked dinner from the family cook is absolutely amazing with Mrs Garcia cooking her trademark Spaghetti Bolognaise with freshly made pasta and homemade garlic bread is just what I needed.

“Wine Isaac?” my father offers as I decline it with some surprise to him “You can have a glass of wine Isaac it won’t hurt,” he says as I shake my head. “I’ve given up drinking since moving to Yellow Peak and felt much better for it,” I say as both my Mother and Father look across at each other with surprise given that drinking was probably the activity I took most seriously during college.

We eat dinner and talk before my father goes up to his office and I sit looking at Mitch “Are you heading back home?” forgetting that my father said that he was staying the night. “Actually no, I’m going to stay with you here tonight so that we can be here together if there is any news and so that you’re not alone” I smile as he says that as we sit there talking to my mother for a while.

“You can use the guest cottage tonight Mitch and if Isaac wants to join you down there then that’s fine,” my mother says as she excuses herself “You can park down there if you don’t want to walk,” she says as she departs from the room.

We decide to walk down to the cottage as Mitch heads to the car and gets some of what he bought today and head down to the cottage. “Did my parents say anything to you about us?” I say walking down the path with Mitch as he looks across at me.

“In what way?” he asks as he looks at me a touch confused “In the sense that you and me were dating or something like that,” I say as Mitch laughs “Not directly but the way your mother was talking to me was like I was your boyfriend or something”. I smile and walk down in awkward silence not sure what to say as Mitch asks me “Did your Dad say anything?” as we get to the cottage.

“Pretty much, he thought we must have been dating because of the fact that I brought you meant that there was something between us and then he said that we look at each other like we’re in love with each other” I expect Mitch to get annoyed when I say that but he just smiles as we go inside and he closes the door.

“Well, are we?” he says looking at me putting me on the spot as he starts to get undressed, putting his shirt over the couch as his body is on show. I don’t know what to say as he looks at me as I take my shirt off as well. Anything that I say could be taken wrong so I don’t know what to say as Mitch looks at me “Yes” I say as I look at his face which turns into a smile

“Of course it’s yes you idiot… I mean if I hadn’t fallen for you I wouldn’t have come to Grantham with you and I wouldn’t be staying the night here with you” he says smiling at me as we lock the door and he kisses me as I kiss him back deeply. Our tongues locked in an embrace as I push him into the bedroom and lay on top of him making out as I undo his belt and slide down his pants.

I lay on top of Mitch as we make out and his hands explore my smooth body as I feel him undoing my pants and sliding them off me as we grind against each other with our cocks rubbing together in our briefs as we make out. Mitch pushes me over so he’s on top as he kisses me and then runs his soft lips down my body kissing my pecs and sucking on my nipples as he slides my briefs off and throws them away as I feel his tongue running down my ever-growing shaft and then rolling around my balls as he sucks each one slowly, as I feel the cum building inside my balls.

He puts his mouth onto my cock and starts to suck on the head before moving down slowly taking each inch of my shaft in his mouth until it disappears down his throat as his head bobs up and down. I let Mitch do the work so that he can savour each part of my meat as he goes up and down, getting it wet as I start to leak inside his throat.

Pushing me down on the bed, Mitch climbs on top of me and starts to feed me his cock, I take it slowly as he feeds it to me, savouring each inch of the shaft as I manage to take it all in my mouth. There’s no force as we both want to enjoy this moment together as he slowly picks up the speed as he starts pushing in and out of my mouth as I take it all. Slowly, he takes it out of my mouth and then I watch Mitch set himself over my cock and watch as he slowly sits on it, taking it all inside his tight hole.

I watch as he rides my hard cock, bouncing up and down on it we both moan at the same time as he leans in to kiss me as we make out while Mitch sits on my 7-inch cock. I pull away from the kiss as I start to fuck him, jackhammering his hole as he moans loudly as I pick up the speed and watch his amazing naked body jolt up and down with each push of my cock through his hole.

I keep fucking hard as my cock is leaking and I look at him “Want it?” I say as he just nods as I keep fucking him until I start blowing my load inside him and as I feel my juice filling Mitch’s hole, I can feel his cum spraying all over my chest and even over my face as he blows at least three or four different loads.

We agreed that we wouldn’t do this until everything was settled but something came over us especially with the full moon outside but spending this moment was absolutely perfect. Sucking the remaining cum off each other’s cocks, we clean up the last of each other’s cum before hitting the shower and heading to bed.