Chapter 1
My best friend Lexie and I have been friends since she was in high school and I was in middle school. She was friends with my sister and after the accident, she still came around for me. Lexie ended up pregnant in her last year of high school. The dumb jock that knocked her up disappeared to college, leaving her to raise her son alone.
I started a business at 16 that made millions by the time I was 18. I bought more businesses and made a multi-billion dollar corporation. I supported Lexie and funded her way through college. Then I hired her as one of my managers.
I was close with Evan. He was the son I could never have. I was sterile from leukemia as a child, so I tried my best by him. Lexie and I would never be a couple because as she and her son knew, I was gay.
I had acquired an island for my own private use in the Philippines. I was headed out there for a month long stay. I had arranged for Lexie and Evan to come along. I knew they would like the sun and sand, and the privacy to do as we pleased. However, Lexie had an emergency come up at work, and when I suggested we postpone, she shot me down.
"You have been looking forward to this trip for some time," she said. "Evan just turned 18 and you thirty. Take him out there and live it up a little."
So Evan and I packed our bags and the day were to leave was the first day of his summer break. I drove to their house and found that Evan had not yet gotten home from school. Lexie had to talk to me about something anyway.
"When you are out there, I want you to bring up the subject of sex."
I stared at her, dumbfounded. "What exactly do you need me to talk to him about?" I stammered out.
"All of it."
"What do you mean all of it?" I exclaimed.
"I mean, I never got around to telling him about it." She was bright red and shamefaced, but I let her have it.
"How could you not tell him?" I shreiked. "He could be out right now getting some girl knocked up. Do you want him to go through what you did, or did you think he would turn out like his father?"
"I thought that if he didn't know..." she trailed off.
"That he wouldn't get into trouble?" I demanded. "Lexie, he may be in more trouble than you realize. We may not have STD"S anymore thanks to the vaccines, but he could easily do something he will regret for the rest of his life."
I couldn't say anymore, because I heard the front door open and close. Evan was home. I shot her a dirty look and went out to meet him. He was stoked about the trip, I could tell. He grabbed his bag and we were off to the airport.
Chapter 2
Life is good when you are a billionaire. It was better than being royalty. You are royalty without the title. I had a private jet, staffed with my own personal staff. The pilot was a man who loved to fly and the steward was usually one of my three assisstants. All three of them were at the Island making the final preparations, so I hired a temp.
The flight was long and then we had to get through customs on the other side. I had shipped most of our stuff that we really needed a week ago. My head assisstant, Alex, called yesterday about it's arrival.
After all that, we climbed in my boat and sped off to the Island with Alex at the helm.
On the trip, Evan and I talked about a lot of things, sex not being one of them. I wanted to know more about his life. He had a great head on his shoulders, with a cool calm temper to match. He was more chill than hot head. He was the kind of person who let you do as you please unless it interfered with his life.
As we approached the island, I went below and changed out of my clothes. I was here for the sun and I only wore a swimming thong to prove it. I sent Evan to change as well and got the pleasure of seeing his face when he came up. He was stunned by me showing so much skin. I had a great body and wasn't ashamed of showing off.
He, however, surprised me. He wore a pair of long shorts and a T-shirt. I asked him, "Why are you all covered up? We are here to work on our tans and hit the beach."
"Mom always said that we shouldn't show off our bodies like that," he whispered. "She says that lust is a sin that punishes the wicked and evil."
"Am I wicked and evil, Evan?" I asked.
"NO!" he shouted velhemantly. "you've been nothing but good to me and my mother. You have a pure soul and aren't afraid of evil because you are so good."
"Evan," I said bewildered. "I have no idea what makes you say these things. I am just as falliable as the next man. What I choose to do makes me a good person, but i'm no different from the next man. Besides, what has put these radical ideas into your head."
He looked as stunned as I was. I was seeing a chasm in between us that I hadn't noticed before. I knew then that I should have had more alone time with Evan than all the times we went out with his mother.
I watched him battle inside himself for the right answer. Finally he looked me in the eye and said, "Don't all good boys behave this way?"
"Evan," I said. "You are not a boy anymore. You are a man. You have been for some time. Now that you are 18, it is time you started making decisions for yourself."
"But what about sin and evil. Eric, I don't want to be a bad person."
"Then you won't" I said. "I have faith in you. Anger, Envy, Pride, Lust; those are all human emotions. It is when we do them in excess that trouble comes along."
"Mom says that lust is the worst sin of all."
"Your mother fell afoul of that particular sin. I can see why she would feel that way. We will have to discuss lust and sex while we are on the island. There is a lot about life you need to know. Cover up or take off that get up. That choice is yours. I'll be up on deck." I turned and started back up the ladder when he began to shout.
"I WANT IT OFF. UNCLE ERIC, I WANT THE DEVICE OFF!!"
I turned on the ladder and said sharply, "What device?"
"Father Gregory put a device on us boys to prevent us from being led down the path of temptation. He said lust couldn't harm us if he let him put it on."
"Where is it?" I asked fearfully.
He pulled down the front of his pants and I exclaimed, "MOTHER OF GOD!"
There was a hardened piece of plastic around his penis and testicles. I knew that if he even got the slightest erection, it would cause him pain. I could see it was already doing that. The flesh was red and swollen. He had had it on for a long time.
I rushed forward and took him to my cabin. I had him lie on the bed and I brought out my tools. It was the work of five minutes to break the clasp and slowly remove the device. Bits of skin came away with it, making me furious. However, Evan made not one noise nor moved in any way. This alone made me more wary.
I wrapped his penis up in some clean towels, then went to the bridge. My head assisstant Alex was up there singing away to tunes. I quickly had him increase the speed and had him connect me to the island.
Issan and Leo were ready for our arrival. They had a gurney waiting when we arrived twenty minutes later. I had them take Evan off the ship and to sick bay. There, we assessed Evan from head to toe and what I found made me more than furious.
Evan had welts, scars, scabbed over scrapes, bruises, and peeled off skin. He had been beaten by others and forced to beat himself. I knew that the wounds were superficial when compared to the emotional trauma. But I used a new medicine that my company developed. It cleaned and healed wounds, faded scars, and encouraged healthy tissue to form.