Life after the Lottery Ch. 23

"Honey, this is Linda, she wants to try on some suits and get a man's opinion on them."

My day was suddenly looking up. The four of them went back to the dressing rooms. I sat back down and a few minutes later they all came back. Dawn and Amy had on the black suits and Linda had on a metallic copper colored tiny suit. I was stunned. Linda was lightly tanned all over. I could now see that she had a huge set of breasts, she had obviously had some enhancement work done but she looked very nice, but the outstanding thing was she had her belly-button pierced and had a short string of diamonds hanging from it.

"What do you think?" Dawn said as she and Amy modeled their suits.

"I think they are perfect."

"What do you think of Linda's suit?" Dawn asked with a huge smile.

I looked Linda over thoroughly for a minute. She was tall and athletic, breasts straining at the tiny bikini top. Sherri had found her one with larger triangles.

"Turn around Linda," I asked

Linda looked at me and smiled and turned around and let me look at her gorgeous ass.

"I really like that color; it goes great with your hair and tan, and your diamonds."

"Thank you, uh...."

"James," Dawn said.

"Thank you James. What would you think about the black one?" Linda asked.

I looked over Linda again; with her skin tones and her hair I really didn't think the black would look good on her.

"Honestly?"

"Yes, please."

"I don't think it would go with your skin tones."

"I don't usually wear black bikinis," Linda replied. "What color would you think would look good on me?"

"Sherri, what do you have in blue?"

Sherri walked away then came back with two suits, one was light blue and the other was a cobalt blue.

"The cobalt blue one," I said.

Sherri handed the cobalt blue suit to Linda and she went back to the dressing room. A few minutes later Linda reappeared.

"Oh yes, that is perfect," I said.

"You have good taste, I like this one too."

Linda walked through the store looking at other suits, Sherri was following her around. She selected a few more suits and went back to the dressing room. I was really enjoying Sherri's nice ass and now Linda's.

Linda came back out in a slightly more modest yellow Brazilian cut bikini; it was cut very high on her hips but had more material to cover her.

"What about this?" Linda asked.

"I like that," I said.

"So do I," Amy told her.

"Good, I'll get this one too."

Linda tried on several more modest bikinis and let me see them; each time she came out she seemed to flirt with me more and more. After the last suit she went through the store looking for wraps and cover ups. I watched as she picked up a one piece and headed back to the dressing room. She returned with a tube top one piece on.

"That looks good, with a wrap you could go out at night in it." Dawn told her.

"That sounds like a good idea, it will be good for my trip," Linda said.

"Where are you going?" Dawn asked.

"I am going to take some time and go to the Sandals for a few weeks."

"You and your husband should enjoy that, I hear it is a nice place," I told her.

"I'm divorced, recently."

"Oh, I just saw the ring," I told her.

Linda was wearing a very large diamond ring on her ring finger.

"That is my grandmother's ring. I wear it to remind me about the mistake I made."

"Well, if you are going to the Sandals you are sure going to have plenty of wives watching you closely."

Linda laughed.

"I like the Sandals, and I will like it a lot more without my worthless husband, he never wanted to go."

"We are going to Hawaii for three weeks soon," Amy added.

"Where?"

"Maui."

"Oh you will like it," Linda told Amy.

"Sorry about your divorce," I said to go fishing.

"Don't be, I got rid of his sorry ass. He never paid attention to me and all he did was spend my money."

"If he didn't pay any attention to you, he must have been a dumb ass!" Dawn said.

Linda laughed and then Dawn laughed.

"Oh, I never should have married him, my family wanted me to marry him because of his family, but after my parents were killed in a car wreck several years ago I decided I was going to do what I wanted to do."

"Sorry about your parents," I said.

"I miss them, I had just finished business school a year earlier and my father was still teaching me to take over the family businesses when it happened."

"I am sure that was hard on you, how are you doing now?" I asked.

"I'm doing well, I inherited everything and I am working hard to keep things running smoothly and growing. A lot of the board members resent me because I am young but they will have to get over it."

"Good for you!" I told her.

"Sherri, I want to look at some more one piece suits, I'll have to have something a little more modest to wear for evening wear."

They went to look around the store some more, Dawn and Amy wanted me to look at some men's suits.

"I don't need a suit; you two get everything you want."

Amy and Dawn went one way; I was looking at some one piece suits on a rack. I found a nice looking white suit that I could tell was not for getting wet. It was split very far down the front and seemed to have a wide opening. When I looked at the back, there was very little of it, it appeared to be very low-cut in the back. I picked it up and found a red silk wrap and walked over to the chairs.

"That looks nice, is it for me?" Dawn asked as she and Amy were modeling more suits.

"I thought it would look good on Linda."

"Take it back to her," Dawn said.

I looked at Dawn and she smiled, I walked down the hall past the half height swinging doors until I found Linda.

"Try this on," I told her.

Linda was bending over slipping off a swim suit. She was completely naked and looked gorgeous. She stood and turned toward me and smiled.

"Will it look good on me?" Linda asked.

"Not as good as you look now, but it should look nice."

Linda turned and looked at me; I took a long look at her breasts then looked down at her pussy. Linda had a blonde strip above her pussy and a pierced hood with a gold ring and another string of diamonds hanging down over her clit.

"Yes, I think this would be perfect for wearing in the evening," Linda said pulling my attention from her jewelry.

Linda reached and took the suit from me.

"Thanks. Do you want to watch me put it on?"

"I just wanted to bring it to you," I said as I turned and walked way.

When I got back to Dawn and Amy they were looking through the pile of clothes they had.

"Do you two think you have gotten everything you want?" I asked.

"I believe so," Dawn said.

"Thanks James," Amy said as she walked over and hugged me and kissed me.

"Then why don't you two get dressed while Sherri gets everything together."

"Okay," Dawn said.

Dawn looked around and then pulled off the one-piece suit she had on and handed it to Sherri.

"Don't forget this one."

Amy pulled hers down and handed it to Sherri also; then the two of them went to the dressing rooms. Sherri looked a little shocked.

"Just ignore them Sherri."

Sherri began picking up and sorting the swims suits and accessories then stopped and looked at me.

"Can I ask you something?"

"Sure."

"I know that the dark haired lady is your wife, can I ask who the redhead is?"

"Her name is Amy; she is a very close friend of ours."

"Oh, okay," Sherri replied.

She gathered up all the clothes in a huge arm load and headed toward the front.

"This looks fantastic!" I heard Linda say from behind me.

I turned to look.

"That looks great!" I told her.

The suit was the perfect white for her slightly dark skin; it was split all the way down the front to her waist so I could see her belly-button piercing. The V in the front was very wide but covering her nipples. Linda turned around so I could see the back. The suit was scooped out and I could just see the top of her crack.

"Does it look good?"

"Perfect."

Linda wrapped the red silk wrap around her waist and tied it.

"Now that is perfect to wear out at night in the clubs on the beach," I told her.

"James, you have very good taste."

"Wow!" Came from Dawn as she returned. "That is smoking hot, you look fantastic Linda."

"Yes you do!" Amy added.

"Thanks you two. My ex always got so jealous when I wore something like this, even around the house and pool."

"Then how did you get the tan?" I asked.

"I laid out by the pool naked when he was out playing golf on the weekends."

"Well I guess you can lay out naked anytime you want now," Dawn said.

"When I get a chance, I work a lot now."

"Linda, what company do you work for?" I asked curiously.

Linda told me and I was stunned. I knew of the corporation she named and it controlled a lot of very large companies. I was impressed and very aware that she was quite rich.

"I'm impressed Linda," I told her.

"I own them all now, the estate was passed down from my grandparents to my parents and then to me."

"Good for you Linda, you seem like you will be very successful," Dawn told her.

"I better be; my parents expect it!"

"Why don't you come and visit us one evening or we could all go out for dinner," Dawn suggested.

"I would like to do that, you all seem to be a lot of fun."

"Would you l like to join us for dinner one night in town?" I asked her.

"I have to work late almost every night."

"How about next weekend, if you would like you could come to the house Saturday and kick back and relax," Dawn suggested.

"That sounds like a good idea if I can find the time."

"You need to find the time Linda," I told her.

"Yes Linda, listen to my husband, he is a Psychologist!"

"Okay then, I'll come, where do you live?"

Dawn explained to her where we lived and how to get to the house.

"Wait a minute. You live out that long road that goes out into the country off the main road?"

"Yes."

"You live in that fabulous house built with stone back off the road with the long stone wall and the big gate?"

"Yes we do."

"I go by there some weekends when I am out driving in the country!"

"Good, you know where we are," I told her.

"Wait, you said your husband is a Psychologist, are you Dr. James Smith?"

"Yes."

"Do you know Joe and Katrina?"

"Yes, we do," Dawn said.

"Oh my god, Joe was my attorney for my divorce! I have known him and Katrina for a while, we get together every once in a while for drinks!"

"Really, small world," I said.

"I have always wanted to see that house. I watched it being built!"

"Well, now you can!" Dawn told her.

"I can't believe this!" Linda said. "Let me go put my clothes on, we need to talk."

"If you must," I said with a smile.

Linda smiled back at me and winked then went to put her clothes on. She returned with all the suits she had picked out and handed them to Sherri. Sherri took them to the cash register while we talked.

"How long have you known Katrina and Joe?" I asked.

"A long time. I did a little modeling for fun with Katrina while I was in school. Joe made sure my ex didn't get shit, he thought he was going to after I inherited everything but we bought him off and told him to get lost last year. I can't believe you are the couple Katrina talks about."

Uh oh, I thought. Joe and Katrina knew better than to talk; now I was worried what she had said to Linda.

"What has she talked about?" I asked.

"She just said you all have some great parties."

Great, now I wondered what she really knew.

"What did she tell you about our parties?" Dawn asked.

"We had dinner in February and she told me about a hell of a party you all had New Year's Eve."

This was my worst fears coming true; we didn't need people telling their friends about what happened at our parties. I was going to have to have a long talk with Joe and Katrina.

"What all did she tell you?" I asked.

Linda paused for a moment then looked at Dawn and me.

"Listen guys, don't get mad at Katrina, she told me a little about the party."

"Linda, I hope you haven't said anything to other people," I said very seriously.

"James, Dawn, I have been trying to get Joe and Katrina to invite me to one of your group's parties for a long time, but my husband was a major fucking prude. They said I couldn't come by myself so they never invited me."

"Linda, our group is small and the people are very important people, please don't talk about anything Katrina may have told you. I'll have to have a long talk with her," I told her.

"Please don't get mad at her, they always wished I could come to a party but told me I couldn't if my husband wouldn't be there."

"I can understand that, but you have to understand..."

"James, maybe you don't understand just who I am. Joe and Katrina knew I would and could never talk about anything if I got invited. I just wanted to come with them once, I just wanted to have fun; my husband was a real fucking prude."

Linda looked down for a second then said maybe it was time for her to go. When I looked at her I could tell she was on the verge of tears.

"Linda...wait. You can understand our concerns can't you. I don't know how much Joe and Katrina told you."

"I understand."

"Linda, you make sure you are at the house Saturday. Call and let us know when you will be there then we can talk about you possibly coming to our next party," I told her.

"Really, you mean it!"

"We can talk about it, but it is usually just husbands and wives."

"I know, but maybe we can work something out."

"Maybe we can," I said.

I wrapped my arm around Linda and we all headed to the cashier. Sherri had everything boxed and bagged up. Sherri was still in her skimpy suit.

"Sherri, I haven't told you that you look gorgeous in that suit." I said.

"Thanks, I will have to take it off."

"Right now!? Please!" I said.

"No!"

"If you do I will buy you another one."

"I have to take it off."

"Why, it's yours. You may have started a new marketing method in this store!"

"I can't let you buy this for me!"

"You can, and I will!"

I made Sherri add the bikini to my bill and I gave her my AMEX to pay the huge bill Amy and Dawn had racked up. Linda had spent a large sum of money also, I watched as she handed her a black AMEX. Sherri was having a good day.

"Thanks all of you!" Sherri said as we headed for the door.

"Sherri, we will send our friends in, give me your card," Dawn said.

Sherri smiled and wrote her name and number on a store card and handed it to me then we all headed outside. Linda and Dawn had exchanged numbers already. When we got outside there was a beautiful black Ferrari 430 Spider convertible in front of the store, complete with the window over the rear engine.

"Yours?" I asked Linda.

"It is now; it was the last thing my sorry ass husband bought with my money without asking me."

"Ouch!"

"Yeah, it's loaded. He spent about $250,000 on it. I just came from the dealer to see if they wanted to buy it back."

"You should keep it; you will look good in it."

"I don't want it."

"Every sexy woman needs a sports car," I told her.

"I am chauffeured everywhere I go and I have a Lamborghini Diablo that is my baby I drive around on the weekends."

"Sweet!" I said.

"Does your sexy wife have a sports car?" Linda asked.

"I have a Jag," Dawn said.

"That's not a sports car. You would look good in this," Linda said with a laugh.

Dawn looked at the black Ferrari, she had never had a desire to spend a lot of money on an expensive car; she didn't think it was a smart use of money.

"It is pretty," Dawn said.

"Would you like to have it?" Linda asked.

"It is pretty, but I like my Jag."

"James, the dealer only wanted to give me $150,000 for it and it is only a year old. I am going to sell it to him because I don't want it. If you would like to buy it for your sexy wife or your sexy friend, you can have it for $100,000."

"You are kidding?" I said.

"Nope, just one condition. You invite me and maybe a friend to your next party."

"Linda, I will have to see, I can't promise you, there are others I have to talk to."

"I'll come with Katrina and Joe if I have to."

"Okay, that could work. We are planning a big weekend party on the 4th of July, you can come and we will see what happens, but you don't have to sell me the car because of it."

"That sounds great! Can I bring someone?"

"As long as you understand the discreet nature of our group."

"I have some very rich and powerful friends, I would be very discreet."

"Okay, we can talk about it this weekend."

"I'll see you about lunchtime Saturday!!" Linda said excited.

"James?" Came from Dawn.

"Yes?"

"Can I have the car?"

"If you want it."

"Oh wow!!" Dawn screamed.

"I will bring it Saturday. Dawn you can drive me back to town."

We piled into the Escalade and headed home.

"We are going to have to have a talk with Joe and Katrina," I said while we were driving back.

"James, you invited Sam and Olivia and they are not married," Dawn reminded me.

"But what will the others think with a gorgeous woman like Linda coming by herself, I think some of the women could get jealous."

"At this point James I don't think it will be that big of a deal, besides she said she might bring a friend."

"I guess she could come with Joe and Katrina," I said.

"James, you let me come to your parties and then you let me and Sam come," Amy said. "No one seemed to have a problem with it New Year's."

"I guess you are right, I know a little about Linda's family, she would have to be very discreet."

"James, how much is she worth?" Dawn asked.

"I can check, but I would guess well north of a billion dollars."

"Oh my god!"

"I'll check around, it may be much more than that."

"She is so young to be worth that kind of money and be controlling that large of an enterprise."

"I'll do some checking-up on her next week."

We stopped for lunch before we got to the house, Dawn and Amy wanted to talk about all the bikinis and the trip to Hawaii. When we got back to the house we were all ready for some drinks and some rest. The three of us flopped down on the big sofa after carrying all the bags in.

"I will get us a bottle of wine," I told them.

"That sounds like a good idea," Dawn said.

"I am going to try and call Sam again while you do that," Amy told me as she got up and headed for the study.

I returned with a bottle of wine and sat beside Dawn and poured her a big glass. We sat quietly for a while drinking the wine.

"Where did Amy go?" Dawn asked.

Amy had been gone awhile.

"She is talking to Sam I guess."

Dawn finished her first glass of wine and I poured her another. Amy finally came out of the study and sat beside Dawn. Amy looked a little unhappy.

"What's the problem Amy?" I asked her.

"In all the excitement I forgot Sam had planned on coming here while she was out of school for two weeks and now she can't because I won't be here."

I had remembered Sam asking Amy if she could come for spring break. I was waiting for Amy or Dawn to remember.

"We forgot too, is she mad?" Dawn asked.

"No, she was just wanting to spend time with me while she was out of school."

"Well I can remedy that problem," I told Amy.

I had been waiting.

"How?" Amy asked.

"She can come with us."

"Oh James, I wouldn't want you to do that."

"Amy, call Sam and tell her to plan on coming with us if she wants to," Dawn said.

"Really?!" Amy exclaimed.

"Yes, go call her and make sure she wants to come and I will make the arrangements.

"Oh thanks you two! Remind me to thank you again later," Amy squealed.

Amy ran to the kitchen and grabbed the phone to call Sam. Dawn and I laughed as we heard Amy telling Sam and as she talked to Sam like a little girl all excited.