Life after the Lottery Ch. 77

"I guess we could have just gotten an Escalade," Linda said.

"I think we may have the only two available. Do you want me to wait so you can follow us back?"

"We'll find our way...sooner or later," Linda replied.

"Stan, if you and Jeanine run out of things to do, come to the house," I told him.

"We'll talk about the dive lessons," Linda said.

"You can do that. We can probably get you two into some private lessons."

"Great. Sounds like a lot of fun. Rachel, are you up for it?" Linda asked.

"Sure!"

"Great," I said.

Rachel pulled me off to the side.

"Are you able to carry here?"

"Yes, but it was a big fucking hassle. I don't think we'll need to."

"Well, we didn't bring Craig, so I am in charge."

"I don't think you need to worry about it, but I'll give you the name and phone number of the guy that finally got it taken care of for me. I had Fred make a few phone calls before we left."

"I hope they don't give me a lot of shit because I am private security."

"Call the guy and tell him who you are security for. I asked him about it. He'll take care of it for you."

"Thanks, James."

"After that, I want to see where you keep your gun in a thong!"

"Ass! We'll see all of you later!"

*****

I left them at the car place and drove back to the hotel. I went up to the penthouse and knocked on the door.

"This room is wild!" Jeanine said when she let me in.

"I told her about seeing it the last time," Samantha said.

"Stan is right behind me. Come on, Samantha."

We left and went to the elevator.

"Call the dive shop and see if Lucas still wants to teach some more private lessons Tuesday. Linda and Rachel want to do that. Also, tell them that they can't discuss who is coming. Put it under our name."

"Okay!"

*****

Linda and Rachel came in about 6:00. Later, we were all eating dinner. Our parents wanted to talk to Linda most of the time.

By the time we were ready for bed, everyone was discussing a trip to the big island to see the volcano.

*****

By lunchtime Sunday, everyone had decided a tour of the active volcano on the big island Monday would be fun since the volcano had been erupting. Stan and Jeanine had stopped by. Linda was running around in a skimpy bikini, driving the other guys crazy.

"We can all go on my jet early," Linda said.

"I'll call and set it up," Stan said as we ate lunch.

"I know there are a lot of you, but a helicopter tour over the volcano is the best way to see it," Lieke said.

"Hmmm...let me make a few calls," Jeanine added.

We finished eating and went down to the beach. Later, Jeanine came walking to all of us from the house. She had decided to at least wear a string bikini, unlike my girls. All the women had decided just to be naked. Linda and Rachel had joined them, to the pleasure of the guys. Pete and Brian had to work to cover up their hard-ons for a while.

"Where have you been?" Linda asked.

"Found a helicopter we can...borrow," Jeanine said.

"Borrow?" Linda asked.

"A friend of ours is a commercial pilot on the big island. He flies for a helo taxi service between the islands. They have a couple of EC 155s. I talked him into letting us...rent one for the day."

"Great."

"Just don't ask how much..."

"I don't care," Linda said.

"He also said he would fly right seat and show us where everything is."

"Even better," Linda replied. "Will it hold all of us?"

"It's set up as a passenger taxi, so it holds 13 plus 2. There are 15 of you, so it will be full."

"What about you two?" Linda asked.

"We were stationed here for over a year. We have seen everything," Stan said.

"Okay then."

"I told him we would be at the Honolulu airport about 8:00," Jeanine told us.

"We can get up early and eat breakfast, then go," Linda replied.

"We'll have the jet ready," Stan replied. "We better be ready to take off by 6:30."

"I think we can manage that," Rachel said.

"How is your room?" Linda asked Jeanine.

"Fantastic! There is a bathtub in the middle of a huge bathroom you can sit in and look out over the ocean," Jeanine said.

"It has a great beach and a pool. We can rent SCUBA gear at the hotel and dive on the lava wall," Stan added.

"We did that on a night dive," Amy said. "I have some great pictures of eels in the rocks."

"They said you can feed them."

"Not me! I need my fingers!" Amy exclaimed.

After we all had a nice dinner and spent more time talking, Linda and Rachel decided to get some more sleep, but she and Rachel took my dad with them.

*****

About 5:15 Monday morning, we all climbed into the Escalades and headed to the airport. When we arrived, Jeanine met us at the VIP terminal.

"Stan is finishing the pre-flight," she said. "Come on. It's a short walk."

We all walked to the jet and climbed on board. The jet was full as everyone found a place to sit. Stan pulled the stairs up while Jeanine started the engines. We sat for a few minutes as they prepared to taxi and take off.

"Sam, come here a minute," Stan said, standing at the cockpit door.

Samantha went to Stan and talked for a moment.

"Cool!" Samantha exclaimed.

Stan guided her into the cockpit. He came out a few minutes later without her and sat across from Dawn and me.

"Tell me you are not letting her fly this thing," I said to him.

"Of course not! She is just flying up front with Jeanine," he said with a smile that was too big.

We taxied and soon were taking off. We began climbing fast. Jeanine had said it was only about a 40-minute flight, at most. We leveled off a few minutes later.

"Ladies and gentlemen, this is your pilot speaking. We have turned off the no-smoking sign, but please remain in your seats as this is a short flight."

"Oh, my, god! That was Sam!" Dawn exclaimed and laughed.

"Come with me," Stan told me.

I followed him to the cockpit. He opened the door and motioned for me to go in and look. I did, and Jeanine was telling Samantha how to fly. Samantha had her hands on the yoke as Jeanine pointed.

"Sam! I am not buying you a jet! So don't get any ideas!"

We all laughed. I stood for a while and watched Samantha fly the jet.

"We better get back to our seats! I am sure we will need to buckle up!" I teased Samantha.

I walked back and sat next to Dawn. Our seats were facing Linda and Rachel.

"Let me guess..." Dawn said.

"Please, don't!" I exclaimed, and we laughed.

"I thought she would enjoy that," Linda said.

"I told her I wasn't buying her a damn jet!"

"Can I go take a picture?" Amy asked from across the aisle.

Stan walked her up to the cockpit.

We laughed some more. About 30 minutes later, Jeanine came on the intercom and told us to prepare for landing. After we landed and taxied for a few minutes, the engines shut down. Stan got up and let the stairs down.

While we were all getting off the jet, Samantha came out with Jeanine and had a huge grin on her face. Once we were off, a shuttle bus took us over to the heliport. Jeanine and Stan got out, and we walked to a guy checking the helicopter.

"This is our friend Jimmy. We were in the military together," Jeanine said.

We said hello. Jeanine told Jimmy that Samantha could help him with the preflight and could fly in the copilot's seat. He looked at her, surprised. We all climbed in and buckled up. The helicopter was full. A few minutes later, we were getting ready to take off.

Jimmy took off, and we climbed quickly to get away from the airport. Amy leaned over the front seats and took some photos of Samantha up front.

Once we were away, we flew down low over lush green land for a bit before climbing to see the volcano. We saw other small helicopters in the area as we flew. We would hover low to see lava flowing through some holes in the rocks. Amy was taking plenty of pictures. We would swap seats occasionally. We spent about three hours or so flying around the volcano and the crater before Jimmy said we were heading to the airport for fuel.

We landed at the heliport just after 11:30. Jimmy told us if we wanted, we could refuel and fly to some of the other islands after we had some lunch. Linda told him it sounded like fun.

We walked to a VIP Café at the business terminal and went in and grabbed some sandwiches, and sat at several tables. Jeanine and Stan came in, and she sat with Jimmy, Dawn, Amy, Samantha, and me.

"Jimmy, I told you she could fly it," Jeanine said.

"She can?"

"Yes."

"Okay! We'll see!"

"Where are we going next?" Dawn asked.

"We could fly to Oahu if you want. Jimmy knows people at the base, and he can fly into it," Jeanine said. "It's about an hour from here. After flying around a while there, he could take you to Kaua'i so you can see the oldest and greenest island. It would be late after flying around there, so Stan and I can take the jet to Kaua'i to pick everyone up and fly back to Maui."

As we finished eating, Jeanine went to talk to Linda.

"Can I fly upfront again?" Samantha asked.

"Sure. I'll see if you can really fly it!"

"I can!"

Samantha and Jimmy finished and went outside.

We caught up with them doing a walk around for the preflight after the refueling. Jimmy was watching Samantha to see if she knew what she was doing.

We all climbed onboard, and Jimmy closed the doors. He and Samantha sat in the pilot's seats and closed the doors.

"You know how to start us up?" Jimmy asked Samantha.

"No problem!"

I looked up front as Samantha flipped switches and went through the checklist like an expert as Jimmy just watched her, amazed. She started up the big helicopter as they checked the gauges. Jimmy talked to her for a few minutes then it looked like Samantha was rolling us out to the take-off spot. We sat there, and I could hear Jimmy getting clearance. He pointed and talked to Samantha. Then I knew she was taking us off. It was fast like she always did.

"I guess she is flying us," I told Dawn.

"I'll never hear the end of it!" Dawn exclaimed and laughed.

"Can she really fly this big helicopter?" My dad asked.

"I am beginning to think she can fly anything," I told him.

Later, we were no more than a thousand feet above the water as we flew. About 15 minutes into the flight, I felt us descending quickly.

"If you look out the right side, we are going to circle a pod of whales," I heard Jimmy say over the intercom.

Amy was taking pictures of the whales. She then leaned over the front seats and took some of her sister flying.

We dropped down to about 100 feet and hovered and rotated as we watched all of the whales swimming. Amy was taking more photos. Samantha was flying. After a few minutes, we began climbing again and heading west fast. Once we approached Oahu, we descended and flew around the island for a bit, and then we came to Pearl Harbor. I could tell Jimmy was flying because we were really low. He told us what everything was as we flew for a while. Then we headed to the airport to refuel.

Once we had a break and refueled, Jimmy said we needed to get going. We got in the air and headed out fast. It took a while to get to Kaua'i. It was a very lush green island. We flew around the green mountains for a bit and over a lot of waterfalls before we headed to the airport as the sun was getting low.

I heard Jimmy get clearance to approach and land. Samantha flew us in and taxied and shut things down. We all got out, went into the terminal, grabbed some snacks and drinks, and went to the restrooms. Jimmy came in a few minutes later, laughing with Samantha.

She came and sat with me. I had a sandwich and a drink for her.

"Did you convince him you could fly that thing?" I asked.

"Hell yes! I flew most of the time. It felt heavy because of everyone on board."

Linda and Rachel talked to Jimmy for a bit before we grabbed a shuttle and went to Linda's jet. We hurried on board and grabbed a seat.

"Did you have fun?" Linda asked Samantha.

"Hell yes!"

Stan pulled up the stairs and went to the cockpit to join Jeanine.

Once we took off, Jeanine came on and said we would be back on Maui in a few hours.

By the time we shut down in Maui, it was nearly 11:00.

*****

Tuesday morning, Linda and Rachel were up early so they could go to their SCUBA class. Amy and Samantha went with them so they would have company and Amy could take photos.

Everyone else decided it would be a good day to drive around and see the rest of the island. We split up into different vehicles. Lieke went with one group to escort them around, and Kalea went with the other. Linda left her Lamborghini for Dawn and me to use. Dawn decided she was going to drive.

"I like this car," Dawn said as she drove.

"Don't get any ideas!"

We took our time driving around the road that encircled most of the island. We stopped when we saw something interesting or to eat. Dawn kept telling me she liked the car. I kept telling her she wasn't getting one!

When we were back at the house a little after 6:30, everyone else was back and eating dinner. Linda and Rachel were excited about SCUBA diving. Samantha told me she asked Leah if we could charter her again on Thursday. She said it would be great, and Linda said she would pay for that charter.

*****

"Are you four ever going to get up and eat?" I heard Ann ask Wednesday morning.

I opened my eyes and saw her standing next to the bed.

"Is it that late?" I asked.

"Uh...yes! Everyone is wondering where you all are."

"Right here..." Dawn moaned.

She sat on the edge of the bed and rubbed Dawn's back.

"What have you been doing?" Dawn asked.

"Larry and Brian."

"I hope you didn't kill them," Dawn said and rolled over.

"I guess we need to eat," I added.

We finally got up and went to get some lunch.

"Oh fuck!!!" We heard some screams.

"Who was that?" Dawn asked.

"Jeanine. Charlie and Pete are fucking her," Rachel said.

"What is Stan doing?" I asked.

"Deb and Angie...I think."

"Where is my mom?" I asked as Lieke sat a sandwich down.

"I think the pool guy came by," Lieke said and went back to get more sandwiches.

Samantha and Amy giggled.

By the time we had eaten, Jeanine came out, looking thoroughly fucked. She went and grabbed herself a big glass of wine and came and sat next to me.

"Did you two run out of things to do at the hotel?" Dawn asked Jeanine.

"No...just thought we would stop by. We are going to the red sand beach in Hana after we eat."

"I'm going with them," Amy said. "I am their photographer today!"

"Oh? What are you going to be photographing?" I asked.

"Stan wants me to get shots of them fucking on the red sand."

"Jeanine, make sure you get some of Amy," Dawn said, and Amy and Jeanine laughed.

"You three, make sure you don't get caught," Lieke added. "They are cracking down on that since they built the resort there."

"That's okay. It won't be the first time I have fucked on that beach," Jeanine said. "I know a special place."

"You and Stan been there before?" Amy asked.

"I didn't say it was Stan." We all laughed.

"Who?" Dawn asked.

"Jimmy."

"Our pilot?"

"Yep."

"Was this before Stan?"

"Nope."

We all laughed again.

"Beach Tramp!" Dawn exclaimed, and we laughed more.

"You know it!"

"Does Stan know about this?" Samantha asked.

"I told him...later. He said okay...because he had been fucking Jimmy's girlfriend!"

"Was this a regular thing?" Dawn asked.

"For a year or so."

"Did Jimmy find out?"

"Oh, yes. He married her!"

Amy laughed as she went to the bedroom.

"Are you going with your sister?" I asked Samantha.

"Nope. Have something else to do."

Amy came out later in another nothing-there string bikini and gathered her camera gear.

"I hope you put something else on," Dawn said. "I don't want you burned again this time."

"I will."

"I guess we better get ready," Jeanine said and went to find Stan.

"Amy, come here," I said. She walked back to me. "On the off chance you all get caught, pop the memory card out and put it somewhere it won't be found."

"Is it waterproof?"

She smiled at me and went back down the hall.

"So, what are you doing later?" Dawn asked Samantha.

"Your mom and dad."

"Parent Tramp!"

"Me!" Samantha exclaimed to Dawn, and we all laughed.

My mom came in from outside to get a bottle of water.

"Was he any good?" Dawn asked.

"Oh, yes," Mom mumbled.

"Pool Guy Tramp!" Samantha teased.

"Yep!" Mom exclaimed. "Where is your dad?"

"Going down on Kalea...I think," Samantha said.

She went to find my dad.

Lieke came to the bar and stood next to me.

"I hope you didn't use it all up this morning?" She asked me.

"I didn't," Dawn said and stood and took Lieke's hand, and led her down the hall.

"House Keeper Tramp!" Came from Samantha.

Later, Stan and Jeanine left with Amy. They said they would drop her off later.

*****

I had asked all of our family to meet in the living room at 8:00 while Linda and Rachel were down on the beach. Dawn and I went in and sat with all of them.

"What's up?" Dad asked.

"I need to talk to all of you. There are some things I need to explain about the trusts I told you about. Dawn and I spent a lot of time with our attorneys and even with Linda's attorneys to get help with setting up the trusts. Once they had a good idea, we discussed it with Samantha and Amy also. We need to explain some more details to all of you. The entire thing will not be completely finalized until the end of the year or later. Before then, we need to explain exactly how we plan to set it up at this time."

"I hope you're not going to put more money in it," Mom said.

"Not right now, but there are things we need to explain. Some of this may not be exactly what you may want to hear, but this is what we have decided. I told all of you that there was $10,000,000 in a trust for each part of our family. There is no separate trust for each of you, though. That is what we need to explain."

"Whatever you think is best, son."

"There is one trust with $50,000,000 in it. Each part of our family is designated the earnings from one-fifth of it, or off $10,000,000. I told all of you that you can never touch the principal. You only receive the earnings, divided up into fifths. The reason it is set up that way is multifaceted. One reason is that $50,000,000 as a whole can earn better returns than five separate $10,000,000 accounts. So, you all benefit from that."

"I need to explain why you can never touch the principal. We want this money to be there for many generations, which brings me to something. As it's set up, the earnings will be paid to...direct family members...we need to explain why. Brian and Deb, the earnings are paid to each of you. It's yours and your spouse's. Brian, it's yours and Angie's, and your children's."

I had to stop for a moment.

"Deb and Pete...we had long talks with the attorneys about this. For a generational trust, as this is set up, if you never have children, and one of you dies before the other, the earnings will go to the survivor, as long as they are alive. The actual principal is not anyone's to will or leave to anyone else, or the earnings."

"Where would it go then?" Deb asked.

"Without an heir, once you are both gone, the earnings that you were receiving accumulates in the main trust. Those earnings are not further allocated to the current remaining family. So, the main trust will grow by the amount of those earnings until another time. Brian, Mom and Dad, Ann and Charlie, it's the same for you. You cannot will the actual trust to anyone or the earnings. So, your question is...where does the money go?"

"This is set up as a generational trust. This means it is set up to continue to pay earnings to all future generations of our family. Ann and Charlie...as long as you two consider Amelia, a partner, she will receive your earnings if the two of you go before she does. If your arrangements change, that will be up to you."