Chapter 52 -- Damian Delilah Mallory: the Family Seventeen Iii

The children called Damian into
The foyer to inspect their
Achievement. Damian came
Down the staircase and looked
Around. Pleased with the
Organization skills of his
Offspring, he Loosened his 
Belt. And asked, "what do you
Think of yourselves, you think
You did a good job? 
Leave it up to Amadeus to say
"We think we did a good job
If you think we did a good job."
"I don't know." I just....I don't...
Know."  Desharah and DJ were
Angry at him. But Damian 
Laughed. "Aah Amadeus, 
Your the spokesman then. 
Yeah? You Speak for everybody."
Amadeus said, "Yeah Dad, I do."
DJ and Desharah said 
Amadeus shut! Shut you don't 
Speak for  nobody." DJ said
yeah Amadeus you don't...."
 but Damian didn't allow them to
Continue, Damian said, "NO,
From now on he's your 
Spokesman, he speaks for you."
"Since he was the only one with 
Enough courage to approach 
Big Daddy Damian. So from 
Now anything you want he can
Come to me and ask for you. He 
Speaks for you. So talk to him.
Don't give him a hard time."
Understand?"  "Yes Dad." They
Droned.
"Joshua! Godfrey! Barrington!
Matthias! Shadir! 
FRONT AND CENTER HAKIM!!
The five boys bounded the Steps.
Falling and rolling. "Next, time
take it Easy. Are you 
okay?" Damian was slightly 
 gentler with them since they were
The youngest next to the seven.
Damian put his hand in his
Pocket and extracted his 
Wallet saying "I'm giving you 
Your allowance now, you been 
Doing your school work? I
Don't want to hear yes Dad.
Get your books and show me."
"Prove yourselves. Now."
And now Mother Hakim,
Mommy Delilah, Mommy Mallory.
 were on the
Premises in the gardens at the 
 gate. Ha, but
Unfortunately for these ten
Children the mothers
held no power with Damian. 
No influence which is what the 
kids were hoping for. Damian 
addressed them With a
 Charismatic nod and a
Smile. He asked, "How was the
Day? How's the Sandwich shop 
Business going?"  It's...it's 
Going good."  "Has anybody 
Checked on the babies since 
We've been gone? Damian and 
The kids didn't have a truthful 
Answer. "Well yeah." The
Mothers rushed to the nursery.
"We checked on them earlier."
Desharah said.  "We can't really 
Go any place without worrying
About these children." Molly
And Dolly were highly upset.
But still tempered their anger
With Damian while mashing up
 the kitchen. 
"Maybe we need a nurse to
Help out sometime." Damian 
Didn't want them to be angry 
With him. So we'll have a nurse
Here part time. Alright." 
Delilah said, "yeah baby, cause
We don't Wanna go to bed
Angry with you."   Damian 
Said, "what, what are thinking?"
"Baby, I don't Want you to go
To bed angry. I won't ever let 
You go to bed angry. And the
Same for you Mallory." Ever!!
You hear! "Yes Damian."
They wanted to stifle his anger.
The next few weeks Mother 
Hakim Mallory and Delilah 
Interviewed over 65 nurses for
The seven.  They finalized 3.
They Started immediately in
Shifts. There was the morning 
Shift afternoon and night shift.
The nurses knew that they 
Would only be assisting with 
The care of the 3 month olds.

Damian called, "DJ! Come on!"
"Man we're going on a pamper
Run." He waited for DJ at the
Bottom of the staircase. 
DJ descended, "Ok Dad, I'm 
Ready!" Amadeus appeared at
The top of the stairs,"I'm 
Coming too, you have room for
Me right?" DJ and Damian 
Looked at each other and said 
"Come on Amadeus!" 
Damian had his cousin's truck
Parked out side. "Okay we have
To bring alot A LOT of pampers."
It took roughly 20 minutes to 
Get to the store but they needed 
More pampers than what the 
Store had. They bought every
Pack plus Similac. They had to
Visit another discount store
To buy seven more packs of
Pampers. In all they bought 22
Packs of pampers. DJ and 
Damian stuffed the packs into
Every space they could plus
The back of the truck. Amadeus 
Held as much as he could in
The back seat. Amadeus said 
"You think we have enough."
DJ quipped, "Naw,  Amadeus 
We don't, cause we have seven 
Babies, and these ain't gonna 
Last."  Damian said, "Yeah,
Fellas they won't last for long."
"HAKIM ARE YOU READY."
Damian bellowed.  Back came
The strong response, "YEAAAH!
WE READY, WE HAKIM!"
"HAKIM!!" And they were on their 
Way home from the great 
Problematic pamper parade.

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