Help! My Male Employees Are Having Babies!-Chapter 150: Technical Difficulties

"Camera off Tom, now we can talk." The interviewer relaxed visibly. "I would love to thank you for such an eloquent interview. I know it was hard to talk, but this interview will help Genmen/Human relations more than anybody realizes, between this and Ruth’s touching interview and enlightening information about Genmen in general. Hopefully we will get the laws changed so that Genmen can marry humans and have the same protection under the law as a spouse."

She paused, noticing Arlin’s fatigue. "I understand that you need your rest, Arlin, so I can go with Zack for the tour and we can meet up anywhere you want, because get ready—I want to do a documentary series about the Genmen here on the Z-1 and the whole operation." 𝑓𝑟𝑒𝘦𝓌𝑒𝑏𝑛𝑜𝘷𝑒𝘭.𝒸𝘰𝑚

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Zach showed Lori all over the Z1, carrying her to the new construction sites and showing her what the new museum would become, where the restaurants were going to be, the libraries and learning center. She was quite impressed as he showed her the warehouses and where they were building the new housing units.

He walked her over to the Hawthorne section, and she got a firsthand look at all of the young adolescent Genmen that had been rescued from the corporate worlds’ underground breeding centers.

Lori was full of questions, as any good reporter would be, and Zach answered them truthfully. She got to converse with other Genmen that lived on the ranch. It was a very good interview and a well put together tour. When they finished with the basic tour, he stopped by to introduce her to Harry and his rose garden that had been made especially for him so he could relax.

"Mr. Spinelli, I would like to thank you for the enlightened tour and for allowing me to take still shots and photos of the place." Lori’s voice carried genuine warmth. "I think what you’re doing here is wonderful, and you have helped out a lot of families—Genmen, hybrid, and human—and I can see why you have such a fondness for them. And I also realize what Ruth Mankiewicz was talking about by them being gentle souls."

She continued with growing enthusiasm. "I would like to be on the invite list when you premier the new exhibits. The holographic imaging sounds fantastic to this reporter and her inquisitive mind. But the fact that you salvaged actual parts of the ship and can reassemble them here between realism and the hologram is amazing. Your whole family is amazing."

"Lori, I appreciate your kind words, and you can believe that you will be on the VIP list for the night-before party and private tour." Zach smiled warmly. "You can expect the invite to be mailed—better yet, it will be couriered directly to you so no one can intercept and try to use it."

Lori shook Zach’s hand and joined up with her cameraman, who was enjoying a very nice brunch thanks to Donnie and his exquisite cooking.

"Lori, you wouldn’t believe that food is fantastic!" The cameraman gestured enthusiastically. "The Genmen that brought it to me was the chef—his name is Donnie, and he will have an exclusive restaurant at the new center when it opens. I’ve got reservations already, and so do you, on the house per Donnie."

Both Lori and the cameraman left the Z1 with a better attitude and outlook on Genmen than when they had arrived.

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Lori Alston arrived back at her news channel station and was besieged by everyone—they loved the story. The ratings were through the roof. She had just written her own ticket and didn’t even know it.

Lori was assigned to cover the trial exclusively for her station. She wasn’t supposed to pick sides; as a good reporter, she was supposed to be objective. But secretly, in her mind, she hoped these boys got everything that was coming to them. Not only had they deprived Arlin of his mate, but their son of his father. For that, she hoped they went to jail forever.

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The prosecutors were really worried. In Arlin’s condition, they didn’t want to push anything and endanger his or the child’s life. The defense didn’t care—they were going to try to destroy him on the stand until the judge stepped in.

"I’m going to tell the two of you, this is a murder and attempted murder trial." The judge’s voice carried stern authority. "We have the only witness other than digital media that’s available. The witness is in a very delicate condition and is due at almost any time. You will not badger the witness, you will not insult that witness, because if you go after him the way I believe that you’re going to try to go after him, I will hold you in contempt of court."

The judge leaned forward, his gaze intense. "So with that said, you must give your client the best possible defense that you can without stepping over the line and going down that slippery slope. Gentlemen, I hope I make myself clear, because I will put the digital media on trial and the jury will see everything that took place, and I don’t have to tell you what that will be like for your clients."

The defense was highly upset that the judge would even approach that point. After all, these were just Genmen, and the human that was sleeping with one was no better.

The prosecutors were very hopeful that they could get all charges agreed to by the jury and that the jury would return a fair amount of incarceration time for all four participants in the murder of Alec Reed.

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Meanwhile, at the ranch, there were several births. Kieran had his triplets and Roy had the quadruplets, so Martin and Hans had a full house. Tim could not attend the trial because he was due any time himself. Paul had his twins early, but William was still overjoyed.

Zack decided to stay at the ranch and take care of business, but Robbie went ahead and accompanied Arlin to the trial. It wasn’t a busy day for the prosecution—most of it was defense, and they called for an early recess. Robbie decided to bring Arlin home to rest. Since the boys were out playing somewhere doing only heaven knows what, he decided to take a little nap as well.

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Eli was in a very big hurry when he ran into Mr. Zach on the back pathway. He looked up and realized who it was.

"Good afternoon, Mr. Zach! I need your help—my brother is stuck!"

"So your brother is stuck, okay." Zach looked concerned. "What did he do, climb something and get stuck up a tree or whatever, in a building, Eli?"

Eli looked around to make sure there wasn’t anybody else listening and motioned for Mr. Zach to lean down so they could speak privately.

"Mr. Zach, Willie and Richie are stuck together like a couple of Racknars in the middle of the road, and there’s a couple of trucks coming that are going to hit them—one’s named Constantine, the other is Robbie."

Zach had to stand up before he busted out laughing. "So they’ve been doing something they were exposed to, I take it then?"

"Yes sir. Willie got his willy stuck inside of Richie’s vent, and no matter how they try, it just won’t come out."

"Well, take me to them and we’ll get them to the clinic so they can be separated, but first we’ve got to tell some people so that they can be treated."

Eli had a look on his face and grinned. "Somebody’s going to get in trouble, aren’t they?"

"Well, Eli, maybe not too much, because Genmen boys will be Genmen boys." Zach’s voice was understanding. "And as their bodies change, they get curious about it sometimes, and when young Genmen explore each other, things like this happen."

Zach placed a gentle hand on Eli’s shoulder. "Tell Eli to stand right there and not to move. I’ll go get a blanket so the dynamic duo won’t be embarrassed."