Life after the Lottery Ch. 63

"That could work."

"All six of them are driving limos that are three or more years old. If we could show them, they could make more money just driving for us they may be interested in selling their limos and going to work for us. Once a limo is three or more years old if it is not maintained regularly, it can become a money pit. Some or all of them may be thinking about buying a new limo."

"That may be a good idea. Maybe you should just reach out to all the independent drivers and see where they are on the age of their cars."

"I can reach out to most of them. Some I don't want."

"Okay. Do that. Where on you on hiring a receptionist and people to keep the limos clean?"

"Receptionists, I can get part-time from the university, probably people to wash and clean."

"Okay, but, I want the drivers to take responsibility for making sure their car is spotless."

"I have discussed that with all of them. They understand I am going to run an upscale service."

"Good." I was happy to hear Lori say "she" was running things.

"Have you talked to them about what they will be wearing?" I asked.

"Yes. Dark suits, white shirts, tie, black shoes shined."

"Any push back?"

"Most the guys wear good clothes. A few pushed back because they didn't have the money right now to buy new suits."

"Have them call me."

*****

We got back to the house about 12:30. Dawn wasn't home, but Amy was there. We unloaded, and Amy offered to make us all lunch, so Lori stayed so we could do some work.

"What did you do this weekend," I asked Amy.

"Spent some time with my wife."

"Where is your wife?"

"At school. How did your trip go?" Amy asked.

"We had a lot to look at. Now we have a lot to think about," I said.

"Sam, I got you some long underwear," Amy said.

"Thanks."

"For what?" Lori asked.

"The cadaver lab we will be in is cold," Amy said.

"Yuk," Lori replied.

"The operating rooms can be cold too. We can wear it under our scrubs."

*****

Samantha left after she ate, and Amy headed out to the library about 2:00.

"I better get going. I have some research to finish for a project this week," Lori said.

"Lori, the trip was fun, but, I don't want you to feel pressured into anything."

"Oh, I don't feel that way. I had a great time."

"Just make sure."

Lori was packing up when Dawn came in.

"How long have you been back?" She asked.

"We got here about 12:30. Lori and I were going over some things."

"Did you get to see what you wanted?"

"Yes. Lori is already leaning toward this company."

"Good. I hope you didn't work all weekend."

"We didn't," I said.

"Good. Lori, did you have a good time?" Dawn asked.

"Oh...yes."

"Good. You will have to tell me about it when you can."

"Okay. James, I'll talk to you later," Lori said and left.

"She seems a little apprehensive," Dawn said as she came and sat next to me on the sofa and kissed me.

"She is. Talk to her next time you see her."

"How did things go...with her?"

"She and Samantha had some fun the first night we were there. She got more into things the next night."

"Did she get pleased?"

"Very well, I believe."

"Good."

"Let me ask you something, honey. I found that I enjoyed just feeling her energy while she was aroused. I didn't push her, I just felt."

Dawn smiled at me.

"What?"

"When I am with some guy the first time, that is what I do mostly. I find it rather enjoyable, I am happy you do."

"Mostly? What else do you feel?"

"I told you, I like feeling your feelings as you watch. I find it very erotic and arousing to feel some guy's excitement the first time, plus yours."

"I wish I could feel your feelings like that stronger," I said.

"You are getting there, honey."

"I don't think I am changing like you are."

"Yes, you are."

Dawn got up and went to the kitchen.

"Amy said she just spent time with her wife this weekend."

"We did. We spent some good time together. She wanted me to show her some of the things I do in my room."

"Good, you can teach her some of your things."

I was sending Sam some email about what we had seen when Dawn sat back down with a sandwich and a glass of wine.

"Did you get your dead body situation taken care of?" I asked.

"Oh, yes. The med students have their lab at 7:00. I was waiting on them."

"What did you say?"

"I made sure the instructor and the students knew this would be the last time they commandeered my bodies."

"How did you do that?"

"I just explained to them that if they thought their work was hard now, it would be a lot harder if they didn't have any nurses that would work with them."

"You think that will do it?"

"Professor Howard knows I will do it and that he better get them under control. We will have our own lab in the new building."

Dawn ate while I finished what I was working on.

"Katrina called me yesterday. She said that she and Joe had a good time with Sherri and Brenda," Dawn told me.

"Good."

"She said she was looking forward to the trip."

"I hope she can help them out."

"Are you tired from the drive?"

"A little."

"Why don't we soak in the hot tub."

Dawn and I got undressed and went out and got in the hot tub. She got next to me and laid her head on my shoulder.

"You feel tired," Dawn said.

"A little. We did a lot of work."

"Make sure you recharge before this weekend. I have to be at school for most of the day tomorrow. I have meetings all day."

"Any more on your trip to look at other schools?"

"We are going to try and get that done in a few weeks. Two of the architects are planning on going with us."

"Take the digital camera. How are the plans going for the party?"

"Nice try. There is not going to be a party for your birthday?"

"Promise?"

"Yes."

"Have you heard any more about the media coverage?"

"Not from anyone that is important. Dr. Kennedy called me to thank me for setting him up with Linda and Rachel."

"What did he have to say?"

"You can ask him, he is coming for dinner tomorrow night."

"He should have something good to say. He is a thoracic surgeon, isn't he?"

"Yes, a very successful one. I invited him to dinner so he could meet Amy. She has been leaning that way."

Dawn kissed me, then stood and straddled my legs and sat on them and held me and put her head on my shoulder. We stayed that way for a long time before we went back into the house. Dawn took me up to our bedroom and sucked my cock until it was hard. She straddled me and worked my cock into her pussy then she lay forward onto me and put her legs behind her as I wrapped my arms around her.

*****

"Hey, you two," I heard Samantha say.

We had fallen asleep, or I had. Samantha was sitting on the edge of the bed, running her hand up and down Dawn's back.

"You two feel good," she said.

"We were just resting," Dawn said.

I felt that my cock was still hard inside of Dawn.

"What time is it?" I asked.

"Almost 5:00," Samantha replied. "I'm going to change clothes."

"Dawn, you have been lying on me for several hours and my cock is still hard."

"I know. You feel so good." She moved and sat up as she sat on my still hard cock.

Dawn slowly worked her pussy on my cock as I rubbed her thighs. She placed her hands on top of mine.

"Just feel me," she said.

I did. I closed my eyes and felt Dawn's energy while she kept going for a long time.

"Ahhhh..." I let out as I filled her full of cum.

"Now you feel rested," Dawn said as she eased off my cock and walked to the bathroom.

I sat up on the edge of the bed. I did feel rested. I looked at the clock and was surprised because it was a little after 6:00.

"Dawn?"

"Yes?" She said, walking back into the bedroom.

"It's after 6:00. What did you do?"

"Just recharging your batteries."

She walked to me, and I wrapped my arms around her and held her for a few minutes.

That night, Amy and Samantha slept with us. It was good to be home.

*****

Tuesday morning Amy and Samantha had left for school about 8:30 with Dawn. Sherri and Brenda were asking me about my trip and the limos.

"We will make sure that we have plenty of limos for picking up people from the airport and shuttling people from the new hotel to the store that week."

"All that will be free?" Brenda asked.

"Yes, Linda and I are covering the expense of the limos, and she is providing free rooms at her new hotel."

"I hope we have a good turn out."

"I'm sure Linda will be inviting all the right people to the grand opening and fashion show," I told them.

"We have been kicking around some ideas for photos to use on the website and in the store. We are meeting with some of the women in town that have successful businesses," Sherri said.

"What kind of ideas are you kicking around?"

"Both of us know a lady in town that is a very successful Realtor. She used to come in to buy bathing suits from me and lingerie from Brenda. She is a very nice looking lady in her mid-forties. I talked to her this weekend about letting us shoot some photos of her in lingerie and swimsuits. She liked one of our ideas."

"What was that?"

"I asked her if she would pose for some photos in lingerie while she posted one of her signs in front of a house."

"What did she say!"

"She liked the idea. Brenda and I have made a list of all the professional ladies we sold to and are thinking about asking if they would pose in swimsuits or lingerie while at their job. We have some other ideas."

"Like what?"

"Well, I know a younger lady that is a dentist. We thought a shot of her working on a patient while she was in lingerie would be cute," Brenda said.

"Now, I like those ideas."

The three of us talked about more people they knew and some ideas for photo shoots for a while.

"If we are going to be doing location shoots, plan ahead," I told them.

"We are going to run the ideas past Linda and see what she thinks," Sherri said.

"I think she will like the ideas. Tell her to have her lawyers put together a release for these ladies to sign so we will be covered to use them for advertising."

"Will we have to pay these ladies?" Brenda asked.

"I think if they get to keep whatever they model, they will be satisfied. That will mean you need to get sizes and orders in for these ladies."

"That is what we will be doing until we leave in two weeks. We will know what samples to buy while we are gone and have shipped back," Sherri said.

"Have the samples shipped here. Get commitments from the ladies, and we will start the photo shoots as soon as you get back in November. If you are going to have some of the ladies outside in lingerie and swimsuits, we won't have too many warm days."

"We will plan the outdoor shoots first," Sherri said.

"Have Linda talk to the owners of the fur store and see if they want to get some similar shots with their furs," I told them.

"Maybe wearing furs and lingerie!" Sherri exclaimed.

We talked about some ideas until after 12:00. They went out for lunch while I grabbed a bite and worked on the limo quote.

My phone rang about 12:30, it was Linda.

"Hey, Linda."

"How did your trip go?" She asked.

"It went well. We are still going to California this weekend."

"Are you still going to help teach that self-defense class?"

"Yes, and you and Rachel are going to be there."

"We will be. I spent some time with Sherri and Brenda last week, they are really moving quickly."

"How are your plans going?" I asked.

"I have people taking care of everything. Where are you on the men's store?"

"I'm ready to go. I guess I need to contact that man in New York."

"Why don't you give me his contact information, and I will take care of that for you."

"Okay, but I was planning on splitting my half with Sam."

"That's okay. If the guy in New York can't come up with enough to cover the other half, I will cover it. My marketing people think adding a men's store is a good idea. With or without the guy in New York, I want to open a store in the other half of the third floor as soon as all the fashion show hardware is removed."

"How fast can that be done?"

"If we can get everything in place, what about getting all the display fixtures ordered and in storage locally, along with the inventory. If we do that, we could have the store open by the first of March. I am having the third floor finished like the rest of the store."

"That could work. When I get back Monday, we can start moving on it."

"Why don't I do this, James. I'll talk to your guy in New York this week and see if he is serious and what he can put into the store. If he is serious, I will have him fly in next week and meet with us. What about Wednesday?"

"Sounds great."

"My marketing people are already working on designs for the store. We can go over them, and if all of you like what you see, we can start ordering fixtures with the ones for the men's store. We can store them locally."

"Sherri and Brenda have been looking for indoor storage for their things. I'll have them make sure it is large enough for all of the fixtures and inventory."

"Probably need 5,000 to 10,000 square feet," Linda said.

"I'll let them take care of it. Linda if you want a piece of the men's store, I can work something out."

"I just want it up and running. This was your idea, it's yours. If you need money, I will cover it. Let's see what the New York guy can bring in."

"Okay."

"I have already recruited some tailors and a designer that wants to retire and get out of New York."

"That sounds good. Maybe the guy in New York knows some others we could bring in."

"I'm getting excited about everything, James. I can't wait to get everything going," Linda told me.

"Linda, I have already been told not over to extend myself, don't you do it either."

"I have already hired someone to run the store."

"Sherri and Brenda said you have some early marketing plans. What are they?"

"Oh, we have some things in the works. You will start seeing them soon."

"They came up with some great ideas for using some local business women for marketing."

"Sherri ran them by me, I told her to run with them."

"I know one business lady I would like to see photos of in lingerie," I told Linda.

"We'll see."

I gave her the contact information for the guy I had met in New York.

"I'll call you after I talk to him," she said.

"Okay, I'll talk to you later."

I went back to work on the limo quote until Sherri and Brenda came back from lunch.

"What did you two find for a warehouse?" I asked.

"We located a couple of places," Brenda said.

"Our needs have changed. Figure out how much storage space you will need, then add 10,000 square feet to it."

"Why?"

"Linda is moving the plans for the men's store up. We will need a place to store all the fixtures and inventory until March."

"We can do that this week. We'll lease a place we saw that we thought was too big," Brenda said.

"Good. Get it for six months."

"We will do that tomorrow."

I called Sam and updated him on the plans to make sure he was ready with the money and if he would be available next week.

*****

Sherri and Brenda were ready to leave about 4:00.

"James, we have meetings with Linda and visits to the store planned. I think for the next few weeks we have everything done we can do to get ready for our trip. If it is okay, Sherri and I will work out of our houses for the next few weeks. We will be visiting and talking to the ladies we want to use in the photos."

"That's fine."

"We will keep you posted and touch base with your before we leave."

"Okay. If you need anything, just let me know."

"We'll be in contact," Sherri said.

They left while I finished up some work.

About 4:30, Dawn came back.

"How did your meetings go?" I asked.

"We are going to visit two places next week. I'll be gone Tuesday to Friday."

"Okay. I talked to Linda today, and she wants to move up the men's store opening to March 1st. She is going to head this up and have the guy from New York come in next week to meet with us if he can."

"Have you talked to Sam about all this?"

"I did, he is ready."

"James, let Linda do this, and even Sam."

"Linda is having her people from the store plan all this. She is going to go ahead and finish out the third floor and get us to order the fixtures and inventory. All of it will be stored, and as soon as the fashion show is concluded on the third floor, she is going get the men's store open by March 1st."

"Wow, that will be a lot of work."

"It is, and if her people want to do it, I am going to let them."

"Good, you have enough to do."

Samantha and Amy came in about 5:00. I found the three of them having some wine in the den when I stopped for the day.

"Join us," Dawn said.

I grabbed a glass of wine and sat with them.

"Samantha, make sure you are ready to get up and fly out with us early Friday morning."

"I will be. Are we flying first class?"

"I guess, I told Lori to get first class. I think we are catching a late flight out Sunday."

"Will we have time to check out the beach?"

"Not this time, we will not be near the beach," I told Samantha.

"Dang."

"Did you like what you saw in St. Louis?" Dawn asked.

"We did. Lori is leaning toward that company because they are close. We will just have to wait and see. The company in California does build armored vehicles though."

"Are you still thinking about having one of those?" Dawn asked.

"I'm not sure, they are very expensive."

"How expensive?"

"Two or three hundred thousand."

"Each?"

"Yes."

"Wow."

"Even at $10,000 a day or more to rent, it is a lot of money."

"You will need to think about that," Dawn said. "We need to get dinner ready, Dr. Kennedy will be here about 7:00."

*****

The gate buzzed about 7:00; it was Dr. Kennedy. I met him at the front door.

"Hey, Dr. Kennedy, come on in," I said.

"Hey, James, how are you doing?"

"Good."

"Hey, Greg," Dawn said as she came to see him.

"Hey. I was afraid I was going to get stuck at the hospital."

"Long day?"

"Problem patient, but she is stable now."

"Good. Now you can have a nice dinner," Dawn said to him.

"What would you like to drink?" I asked.

"Beer is fine."

We walked to the kitchen.

"Greg, you met Amy and Samantha at the party," Dawn said.

"Hi, you two."

"Hi. Hi"

"Amy, Dawn said you were thinking about specializing in thoracic?"

"I'm thinking about it."

"It's hard for me to find good nurses to help during surgery."

"Why?"

"It is a lot to learn. I have good surgical nurses, but not one like Dawn is wanting me to have."

"Is it too much to learn?" Amy asked.

"I don't think so. I just don't think most nurses want to put the effort into learning everything they need to know. They are satisfied with just assisting. If it is something you want to specialize in, you need to learn your way around that part of the body and be in on as many surgeries as you can."

"I told Amy that if she decided to go this way you would be happy to let her observe as much as she can work into her schedule," Dawn said.

"Of course," he said.

"I have worked with a couple of heart surgeons the past few years," Amy said.

"That will help, but thoracic is a bit different than just heart surgery."

"Maybe I can observe some soon and see what all is involved," Amy said.

"Let me know when you have mornings available."

"I have two mornings free."

"Good. I'll give you my scheduling nurse's phone number and tell her you will be calling. Her name is Allison."

"Thanks."

Dawn and the girls had made us a nice dinner. After it, we were sitting in the den sipping some wine.

"Linda said she and Rachel had a good time," Dawn said.

"I was pleasantly surprised by the two of them," Greg said.