The Inheritance of Dust

The Cutoff

We drove back to Elko that same Tuesday,8:48 AM Greenwich, 5:48 AM Elko time, but we drove east to west so we gained time and lost everything.

When we returned, Brown was already in our office waiting. He saw my face and understood that it really went as bad as he thought it would go.

Brown: " How bad did it go?"

Luis: " Really bad. They called boss. Stupid and a liability."

Brown: " You see? That is what you get for trying to be nice to people like Vivian and Chase. "

I just sighed and looked at the ground.

Brown: " So when will you start the filing?"

Me: "Brown, don't file."

Brown: "Jack, they called you stupid and liability to your face."

Me: "No filing, no court, no Sheriff. Court is boring. I have a better plan instead."

Brown: "Then what is it?"

Me: "We sell it. Silently. The house and the company. We sell it off and the buyer will know how to handle them."

We got back to Elko main camp by 8 PM, 15 hours drive, window down, 104 degrees even at 8 PM Elko summer, batteries humming from dirt, air purifiers humming, kids on white oak stages reading Dog Man. Ms. Delgado left a note on the double-wide door. box fan off: "All good, QuickBooks balanced, decimal right, trench House 13 is straight."

Mike, Luis, Jamal, Tommy Jr., Sloane, Margaret sat in the double-wide, looking at the whiteboard that said 12 HOUSES - LIGHTS ON, 88 TO GO.

Me: "Silently sell house off with help Brown and crew."

Mike: "Jack, the house with six bedrooms Round Hill Road $3.1M that you gave away,how will you sell house that says Vivian?"

Brown on speaker from Stamford sweatpants: "Jack, I can do it. It won't be difficult since you are the owner of the house. We can sell it off, and they would be seen as trespassers instantly. "

Margaret: "They bought two F-150s at $72k each which is $144k total on a $5M line on Monday, after gift was given on that same monday, plus Tesla Model X $110k, plus Country Club rejoin $25k, plus Hendrick's catering $145 a head forty people $5,800, total $284,800 personal debt on company line without the manager's approval."

Sloane: "Mom and Chase did that Monday afternoon before housewarming?"

Luis: "Boss, they bought trucks with our line?"

Me: "Yes. So Brown, we force sale, silently."

Brown plan: Sell house from under them while they think they are rich at golf club house and morning party.

Step 1: Mike as manager 100% control for one year fires Chase as owner for violating line without approval, company reverts to Jack for $1, page 7 clause. Mike did at 9 PM Tuesday, email: "Chase Hawthorne, you took $284,800 personal on company line without manager approval, you fired manager verbally at 10 AM Tuesday driveway saying Kade is marketing now, you are fired, company reverts to Jack for $1." Revert at 9:01 PM Tuesday, $1 wired from my $50M cash plus $200M DOE plus $150M Tesla/Ford prepay left.

Margaret: "Was the House with six bedrooms inside the operating agreement?"

Me: "No, the house was personal deed, not company, but Brown tied the house to the company with the second document on Monday: "House collateral for $5M line." Vivian signed without reading, golf bag in mind."

Step 3: Brown listed house silently Tuesday 10 PM on private MLS, off-market pocket listing, Greenwich off-market, $3.3M, $200k over what I paid $3.1M inside $900M, with clause "showing only when owner is at the golf club house and morning party, 9 AM to 11 AM on Wednesday."

Wednesday 9 AM, Vivian at golf club house tee time, Chase at morning party Darien pools bid that he won't get because he was banned for two years still, Big house empty, white sheet still over pool house hole green board molding, string lights off, catering trash bag still by garage.

Brown's buyer: old friend of Brown, cash buyer, LLC: Fedimore wales LLC, but the buyer doesn't know my face, only my name.

The Buyer toured 9:15 AM Wednesday with Brown, saw white sheet, saw green board, said "Same mistake that made the pool house fall down, 2M views, I saw it." Brown said "Yes, but the dirt is $2.1T, house is a collateral, we sell with the white sheet."

Buyer signed at 10 AM Wednesday, $3.3M cash, wired to escrow, escrow to me, because collateral clause page 7, house reverts with company.

At 11 AM Wednesday, Vivian came home from golf club house, Chase came home from morning party and saw that the lock was changed, new lock, Hawthorne Homes That Don't Fall Down, Texas LLC lock? No, still Greenwich, but lock changed by Mike and Luis.

Vivian called me. Iwas on the roof House 14 Elko, with a kid reading.

Vivian: "Jack, the lock was changed, o

the lock to our house!"

Me: "Vivian, you called me stupid and liability to my face in the driveway while going to golf club house and morning party, said you just needed me to stand up and you have stood again so you don't need me anymore, said you are rich again, so I sold the house you thought was yours, silently, with the help Brown and my crew, because court is boring and you used $284,800 of my $5M line without the manager's approval and fired the manager verbally in the driveway, so company reverted to me for $1, house was a collateral, you are not rich, you were rich for 26 hours, now you are trespassing again but no Sheriff, just a new lock."

Chase: "Jack, you can't sell house that says Vivian Hawthorne GRANTEE!"

Brown on speaker: "Chase, page 7 clause 11-B, you did, I wrote it for this exact golf club house laugh, you bought a F-150s for $72k each on the company line without the manager's approval, collateral and company has been sold."

At 12 PM Wednesday, Vivian and Chase left the big house again, second time in 48 hours, F-150s were left too, repo by Mike because the line was frozen, the Tesla Model X $110k repo, Country Club card declined $25k rejoin reversed, Hendrick's catering $5,800 on personal card declined.

The Big house lights went off on Wednesday by 12:15 PM, that was the second time this week, and the third time in two years.

We sold the house silently and earned our money back with interest. That was a better plan than taking her to court where the case would have been adjourned.