Life after the Lottery Ch. 59

Sorry, it has taken a while to get this chapter out. Life got in the way, you know how that goes.

*****

Monday morning when I woke up, I knew Dawn was not in bed. It was one of those mornings that something woke me up very early. I looked out the window and could tell the sun was not up yet. I got out of bed and went into the bathroom to look for Dawn, but she wasn't there. I closed my eyes and took a deep breath, and waited. After that, I headed downstairs. I walked to the big windows that looked out on the pool and saw Dawn standing on the patio naked looking toward the rising sun. I walked out the door and up behind her.

"Hey."

"Sorry, I left you alone in bed," Dawn said without turning around.

"That's okay. What's going on?"

"I don't know."

I wrapped my arms around Dawn, and she placed her arms over mine and held them.

"Is something troubling you, honey?"

"I'm having trouble focusing. I just wanted to clear my head."

"Why don't we get out the house for the morning," I told her.

"Sounds like a good idea."

"Come on, we can go for a drive before everyone gets up," I said.

We went back in and up to the bedroom. Dawn and I slipped on some shorts and a shirt before we went back downstairs.

"Let me leave the girls a note," I said.

I wrote them a note and told them to tell Sherri and Brenda we would be back later.

"Come on, I'm driving," Dawn said.

I followed her out to the garage, and we got in her Ferrari and pulled out of the garage. Dawn drove down the driveway and turned left at the end heading out into the country with the top down. We drove about 20 minutes before she pulled off the road into the woods where we had been several times. She slowly drove down the grassy lane until we were deep into the trees.

"I think this is one of your favorite places," I said.

"I like it when we come here, it reminds of the woods around the reservation, quiet and peaceful," Dawn said.

"Do you need some quiet time to clear your head?" I asked.

"I just need to think."

"About what?"

"Just about everything." Dawn turned to me. "Nothing to worry about, I just need to put some things into perspective."

"Is this from visiting the reservation?"

"Some. I am a little overwhelmed by everything that happened. Great-grandfather really made me realize how much I am able to do. It has left me a little disoriented."

"Can I ask you why he wants you to come back before winter?"

"I'm not sure yet."

"Any ideas?"

"A few, but I need to think about it."

Dawn opened her door and got out. I watched as she took off all of her clothes and started walking off. She looked perfect, and at home, walking through the tall grass naked.

"Can I come with you?"

"Of course."

I got out, and took my clothes off and walked to her. Dawn took my hand, and we just walked through all the trees for a while.

"This place is so pretty. I like the quiet and solitude," Dawn said.

"We have plenty of land you can walk around on."

"I know, but I have always liked this place since we found it."

"Amy told me you had come here with her and Samantha."

"I have."

"Amy brought me here the day we went out early in her new car."

"She told me. I like it when we come here and make love. No one around, just us," Dawn said.

"Is that what you want to do this morning?"

"Yes."

Dawn kept leading me through the trees until we came to a small clearing with some green grass. She turned to me and wrapped her arms around me, and we started kissing for a long time. Dawn released her hold on me, and moved to the grass and lay back. I got down next to her, and leaned over and kissed her for a while.

"This is nice," Dawn said.

"Yes, it is."

Dawn and I kissed for a bit longer. Soon after that, she was sitting on my lap, and we were getting ready for one of our quiet, slow fucks. Dawn grabbed my cock, and worked it into her pussy and eased all the way down. I wrapped my arms around her waist and held her as she looked at me.

"I'm ready," Dawn said.

She placed her head on my shoulder, and the two of us got still and quiet. We took our time and soon our heartbeats and breathing were together. Dawn had her hand over my heart, and I was feeling all of her love energy slowly growing inside of me. With my hands on the small of her back, I was pushing all the deep love I had for her into her body and mind.

"Yes..." Dawn moaned softly.

Time passed, and we were both being consumed by our love for each other as we let our energy flow between us. I knew Dawn needed this, so I let her control everything. After a long time passed, Dawn began to push her sexual energy into me slowly. I returned what I had for her in an equal proportion as we slowly built. The air around us was warm, and I could feel a gentle morning breeze beginning to cool our skin.

"Emmmmmm..." came from Dawn softly.

We slowly built our arousal and love until it was consuming both of us. I held Dawn a little tighter then I heard her begin to purr deep down inside. I began to feel the heat building in her pussy as she began to squeeze and release my cock. I knew we were both growing toward a massive orgasm. I held Dawn and concentrated. This was one of the times it almost felt like she was inside of me. Our energy continued to merge and grow.

"Ohhhhhhhhhhh..." came from Dawn gently.

Slowly we both reached a peak near exploding in a huge orgasm. I could feel Dawn's energy and knew she was holding us at this point. The feeling was becoming very intense as the heat in her pussy grew hotter and hotter. I just released all of myself into her and let her have it.

"Yes..."

I felt more lost in all of Dawn's energy than I had before. She was in control and getting what she wanted and needed.

There was a sudden change in our energy, and I felt or saw a flash of light.

"Now," Dawn said.

I let go and suddenly began to come very hard. I was not expecting it, but all of my energy just seemed to explode.

"Ahhhhhh..." came softly from Dawn and I felt her pussy muscles crush my cock.

I held her tightly as I kept pumping cum into her. Dawn began to slowly tremble in my arms as I held her as close as I could.

"Ahhhhhh!!" Dawn screamed and started jerking hard in my arms.

I felt another burst of energy flow through me and could feel it rushing out through my cock and back into Dawn as we both jerked hard as we came.

"Ahhhhh!! Yes!!"

We both were having a huge orgasm as I jerked and as Dawn jerked. I think we were both screaming for some time. Our orgasm was incredible.

"Emmmm," came from Dawn as she settled in my lap.

I held her a few minutes until she turned her face up to mine. I kissed her for several minutes then she sat up.

"I needed that," she said.

"Honey, that was incredible."

"It was pretty good," she said leaning back some.

"I was more than pretty good. It was almost as good as when you took me on that journey."

"I don't know about that."

"Then you will have to take me there again so I can compare it," I said.

Dawn smiled and pulled me to her so we could kiss again. We sat this way for a while until Dawn got out of my lap and stood. I got up, and wrapped my arms around her and held her.

"Did that clear your mind?" I asked.

"It helped," she said with a big smile.

We held hands and walked back to the car. Dawn opened the small trunk and got out a towel and cleaned off all the cum running down her legs. We put our clothes on, and Dawn tossed the towel back into the trunk and closed it.

"You drive, I'm spent," Dawn said.

We got in the car, and I adjusted the seat and the mirrors. I started the car, and we slowly drove back down the grass road. When we got back to the edge of the main road, we had to stop and wait because an old tractor was coming down the road pulling a load of hay. It passed, and I started to pull out.

"Stop!!" Dawn screamed.

I slammed on the breaks. I was half-way out into the road. Dawn opened her door and jumped out of the car.

"What are you doing?" I asked.

She walked a few steps then I saw her bend over.

"James, look!"

I backed the car back off the road and then got out and walked to Dawn.

"Look," she said.

Lying on the ground was a For Sale sign partially covered in weeds.

"Do you think that is for this land?! Do you think it is for sale?!" Dawn asked excitedly.

"I don't know?"

"Oh, I would hate for someone to buy this land and build on it. If I get the phone number off the sign, can I call about it?"

"Sure."

Dawn brushed away the weeds then got her phone and put the phone number in it. I wanted to laugh when Dawn covered the sign back up with more weeds. We got in the car and drove back toward the house.

"I wonder how much land it is?" Dawn said.

"Call and find out."

I drove back toward the house, and when we neared it, I kept driving until we got to the interstate. I pulled into a burger place and ordered us some lunch since we hadn't eaten breakfast. I pulled up to the window and got our order then pulled under a tree in some shade so we could eat.

"I forgot we hadn't eaten," Dawn said as she dug out her burger.

"Did you think this time was different?" I asked.

"Yes, it was. It was more intense."

"Something. I just let go and became lost in your energy, honey."

We ate and talked for a while before we drove back to the house. I parked in front, and we went inside.

"There you two are," Amy said. She and Samantha were eating lunch in the kitchen.

"I left you a note," I said.

"I got it, we just wondered where you had gone."

"We went for a drive," I told Amy.

"Did you eat?" She asked.

"Yes. We are going upstairs to clean up," Dawn told her.

Dawn and I went up to the bedroom and took a shower together. After that, I put on some pants and a shirt; Dawn just slipped on a short robe. We went back downstairs, and I went to the study.

"How are you two doing this morning?" I asked Brenda and Sherri.

"Making hotel and flight reservations," Sherri said.

"Good. The sooner, the better."

"It looks like we will be gone most of October," Brenda said.

"Whatever you two need to do. I made a common calendar on the server so we can all update it with our plans. We need to start a hard plan for everything," I told them.

I sat and showed them how to get into the calendar and also explained to them how to get into the email and other things while they were traveling. We spent the rest of the afternoon working on the calendar and plans.

*****

Sherri and Brenda left about 4:30. I was still looking over the plans they had and adding my travel plans for the limo business.

"I called," Dawn said as she came up to me in the study.

"Called who?" I asked.

"I called the number from the old sign on the land."

"Oh, and?"

"It is a big piece of land."

"How big?"

"He said it was over a thousand acres," Dawn told me.

"My god, that is huge, I am sure it is pricey," I replied.

I looked back at the monitor of the computer.

"Five," Dawn said.

"What?" I asked

"Five million."

"You are kidding, that can't be right!"

"The man that owns it is over 70 years old, and he has owned the property forever. He just wants to sell it so he will have money to leave his kids and grandkids."

"Even that far out in the country, that is cheap," I told her.

"Can we buy it?" Dawn asked.

"Why?" I asked looking up at Dawn.

"It is just a beautiful place, maybe one day we could use it for something."

"Like what?"

"I don't know. It would just be nice to preserve it. We can use it for something later."

"Okay, what are you thinking?" I said to Dawn as I looked at her.

"I just thought that at some point down the road we could build something like a retreat on it."

"That would be an awfully big undertaking. I don't think we would ever get our money back out of it," I replied.

"Well, can we just buy the land, we can always sell it later, I'm sure for a profit."

"When did you tell him we would meet him?" I said knowing what Dawn had probably done.

Dawn paused a minute.

"Wednesday, I thought you could load one of the four-wheelers on the trailer and drive around all of it."

"Okay."

Dawn hugged me then ran out of the study. We didn't need a piece of land that big, but it was a good price at $5,000 an acre, even to be so far out in the country. I was sure Dawn had some kind of dream for a retreat or someplace special that people could come, but it would take a lot to develop it. I finished my work and went out to the den.

While we were eating dinner with the girls, Dawn brought it up.

"The man that owns the land owns a ton of land in the area, it has been in his family for generations," Dawn said.

"What land?" Amy asked.

"You know the place we go to when we are out driving?"

"Yes."

"The land is for sale. James and I went there this morning, and when we were leaving, I saw an old For Sale sign lying in the grass."

"It is pretty there."

"Yes, it is," Samantha added.

"Are you thinking about buying it?" Amy asked.

"Maybe, it is a really big piece of property," Dawn said.

"How big?" Samantha asked.

"It is over 1000 acres."

"Wow, how big is the land here?"

"A little over 300 acres," I said.

"A 1000 acres would be huge," Samantha said. "What would you use it for?"

"I thought it would be nice just for us to preserve," Dawn said.

"Are you going to buy it?" Amy asked.

"We are going to look at it Wednesday," I said.

"Can we come?" Samantha asked.

"James, can we take two four-wheelers?" Dawn asked.

"Sure."

We finished eating; Dawn didn't elaborate on her plans any with the girls.

"How much over 1000 acres?" I asked Dawn later in the den.

"He just said it was over 1000 acres."

"Would does it cost?" Samantha asked.

"Five million,"I replied.

"Wow. That is a lot."

"It would only be $5,000 an acre," I told her. "That is not a bad price."

"I wonder why he is selling it?" Samantha asked.

"He may just need the money," Dawn replied.

The four of us watched TV until about 10:30, then went to bed.

*****

Tuesday morning I was in my study with Sherri and Brenda, they were finishing up the work on the calendar. I started an email to Linda while they worked.

'Hey,

We are having a party Labor Day weekend. Samantha and Amy don't know everything, but it is for them. We are going to have a ceremony with them. Sort of a wedding. It will start about midday Sunday, and anyone that wants to can stay until Monday.

It is something special for Amy and Samantha; we would like you and Rachel to come.

Since it is so hot, it will be clothing not optional party Sunday.

Let me know if you two can come. I hope you take that Monday off and stay.

James'

"James, Linda wants us to come to her office Thursday and maybe Friday so we can finalize the blueprints," Brenda said.

"Okay. That sounds good. I'm glad to see things moving."

"Do you want to come?" Sherri asked.

"Nope, this is all yours. I would tell them that you want your offices finished by the time you get back. Also, look and make sure they have an office for security people."

"We'll do that. I'll get a copy of the blueprints for you."

"I need estimates for what you think you will spend between now and the end of the year," I told them.

"We have them," Brenda said.

We looked over the numbers and discussed them for a while.

"Everything looks good. What else do you two need to do now?" I asked.

"We are still making calls looking for other suppliers. I think until they start building, we have most of it under control," Brenda said.

"Good. This will give you some time to work on some marketing ideas. Start working on some plans and ideas for a website."

"What do you want on a website?" Sherri asked.

"Kick around some ideas for something elegant. Look over what other stores have."

"I think we should be looking at some of the high-end European stores then," Brenda said.

"Get some ideas and draw them up. I want it to be very elegant and tasteful, but we will showcase some of the more expensive items. Can you get some artwork from the vendors?"

"I'm sure the two brothers in France will have some great photos. Since their stuff will be the more expensive items, we can use that."

"James, what would you think of a release of a phantom website showing some of the lingerie and swimwear shots?" Sherri asked.

"What do you mean?"

"I was just thinking about a nameless website that said Coming Soon. We could key the search words for this area."

"Run it by Linda. I know she has some ideas on all of the marketing."

"Okay. Can we go to lunch?" Sherri asked.

"Sure. Take your time."

It was 11:30 and they left to go to lunch.

"Are they gone to lunch?" Dawn asked when she came into the study later.

"Yes. We are making good progress."

"Kerri just called. She is on her way."

"Good, we can get that project going," I said.

I went with Dawn to grab a sandwich with the girls. About noon, Kerri buzzed us from the gate. We let her in, Dawn went to the door to greet her.

"Come on in," she said as Kerri came into the house. "Have you had lunch?"

"Yes. I wanted to come by and show you some pictures of furniture I have found," Kerri said.

"Sit at the table, and we can look at them," Dawn told her.

Kerri sat at the table and opened up her portfolio, and got some pictures of furniture out. Dawn and I looked them over while Amy and Samantha looked.

"I like this double chaise lounge," I told her.

"A double was not easy to find. I brought some samples of material to recover it."

She got out some material, and we looked at it for a while and picked one. She showed us some pictures of different chairs, and we went over them. She had some pictures of some antique Victorian chairs with ornate woodcarvings. I picked two of them.

"I want to show you this antique one-arm chaise," Kerri said as she got a photo.

"Oh, I like that," Dawn said.

"I do too."

"It needs to reupholstered, but I thought you would like it."

"I think white satin or velvet would look good," Dawn said.

"I'll get some samples. Do you want the chair?" Kerri asked.

"Yes, get it."

"Okay, now, I have brass beds for you to look at. Getting one in a Queen is not a problem. Is that big enough?"

"Yes, that would be big enough," I told her.

We looked over a lot of pictures. I decided on one that was a mixture of white enamel and brass.

"I'll order that one then."

"Get a stiff mattress for it. I don't want anyone sinking down into it," I told her.

"Now, paint for the walls. Look at these samples. Do you want flat or semi-gloss?"

"Flat."

We looked over the white paint samples. They all looked the same to me. I finally picked something called eggshell.

"When can I have people come remove the furniture that is in there now?" Kerri asked.

"Next week," Dawn said. "I'll let you know."

"As soon as we can get it out, I can have it painted. I think the bed will arrive in a week or so then we just need to have all the furniture recovered."

"How long?" I asked.

"I think we will have everything done in a month, maybe six weeks."

"That will give me time to order all the new equipment I need," I said.

"It should be finished in time for your birthday then," Dawn said.

"When is his birthday?" Samantha asked.

"October 20th," Dawn told them.

"We will have to have a big party!" Samantha exclaimed.

"No, we won't!" I told her.

"Ahhh."

"I'm sure we can come up with something else," Amy said with a big smile.

"No party!" I said.

"Even a small one?" Samantha asked.

"Just like you two had. Just us," I said.

Samantha smiled and looked at Dawn.

"Oh, I think we can plan something like that then!" Samantha said and giggled. I didn't trust her.