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Tuesday 30th, 9:30am
A text on my cellphone at from my sister Jennifer. "Lunch?"
I respond. "Sure. What up?"
"Need 2 talk 2 U about prsnal stuf."
"OK. Auggie's at 11:30?"
"OK. C U then. Luv U!"
My sister and I loved each other, sure, and we always knew - we never had to say it. Whatever the problem was, I figured it was serious.
Tuesday 30th 11:30am
Augie's Haufbrau is an old cafeteria-style place where you go through the line with a tray, get your food, pay and then find a table. Hardly fine dining, but the lunch special was not a bad deal. You got a cheap steak, mashed potatoes, a few overcooked green beans and a soda for $5.99. It filled you up.
Jennifer had already gotten her food and was seated in a booth waiting for me when I came off the food line. I slid in opposite her and unwrapped my cutlery from the paper napkin they were rolled in.
"James, you look like shit," she exclaimed when she saw the bags under my eyes. "You OK?"
"Yeah, sis, I only got a couple hours sleep last night. Got a lot on my mind." I sliced up my steak and began to devour it. All that fucking will build up an appetite in a man.
"Well shit, brother of mine. Maybe you should knock off early to go home and take a nap." Thankfully, it had been a slow day at the shop. I was exhausted; maybe I would do just that.
"Not a bad thought, maybe I will. But we're not here for that. How are you doing? The kids OK?"
"The kids are fine, they're with Claire." Claire Rivers was Jennifer's mother-in-law. She was about 10 years older than our mom Toni. She was short with long hair that was a kind of a silvery-blonde, but she always wore it done up in a bun. What I really loved was her cute face with that little turned up nose and a sweet smile that mirrored the incredibly sweet person inside her. I have to admit, I'd jacked off more than once fantasizing about undoing that hair bun and fucking that matronly body. I also loved how Claire adored Jennifer and the twins; she was definitely aces with me.
"Is it Alan? Is he mistreating you?" While his mom is the best, after more than 2 years of marriage I still hadn't decided if I liked my brother-in-law or not. Jennifer had hinted in the past things were not always rosy between them, and from my point of view if you mistreat my sister, you and I got a big problem. (Ask her abusive ex-boyfriend Kenneth. I wonder how long it took for those facial bruises to fade.)
"Alan's treating me just fine. The couple's therapy seems to help a lot." Hearing that, my respect for Alan went up a notch. But just a notch. "The thing is now, he seems to have a medical issue. You remember how Alan had some radiation treatment for pre-cancerous tumors in his small intestines?"
"Yeah," I responded, "but the treatments got him back in the clear, right?"
"They did, but..." Jennifer reached over and took my hands in hers. She lowered her voice to a whisper. "The radiation may have damaged his sperm production. We conceived on our wedding night, it was so easy. But now I want another baby, we're not able to!" Her hands grasped mine more tightly.
"How can I help, Jen?" Tears were forming in her eyes, which of course caused my cock to harden. Damned dacryphilia!
"Alan and I have decided we're going to undergo fertility treatments to have another baby. Even though he's got insurance through work, our co-pay costs are going to run $1,500 just for the preliminary tests. Our IVF costs might run over $10,000. Alan is a good provider for us, he works really hard, but he's just a forklift driver. He only makes about $50,000 a year! I have my part-time job, but the cost of day care is already killing us."
Anguish was crossing her face, and my heart ached for my sister. She took a deep breath, and then continued.
"James, I know you're not exactly swimming in dough, and I wouldn't ever ask you for money. What I need are ideas. What can we do to afford these treatments?"
I sat back and swallowed the piece of steak I'd been chewing. I had suddenly lost my appetite, and my meal had grown cold. I took one of her hands and I kissed the back of it. "Sis, don't worry about it. Nobody knows this, not even Momma, but I got a thing I'm working on with my boss that may help us afford it. I can't give any details, but just trust me, OK? And don't say anything to anyone." Jen nodded in silent agreement as she sniffled.
Tears were pouring down her cheeks now, and my cock was getting commensurately harder. 'STOP it!' my moral conscience shouted in my head, 'this is your SISTER, damn it.' My rational brain fired right back, 'Funny thing to hear coming from a guy fucking the shit out of his MOTHER'. Breaking off my internal debate, I re-focused on Jennifer.