When Maia returned to Tallinn from Zürich, she had happy news indeed to convey to her mother. Vivian was naturally overjoyed in learning of her daughter's unexpected bonanza. However, she offered this disquieting observation, "Not to rain on your parade Maia, but I have to tell you that amongst my acquaintances is a woman who inherited substantially more than you, and for, just like you, simply providing sexual favor to the testator."
Maia asked, "Oh really? And who might that be? And how much more was her inheritance? Did she provide more 'service'* than me to garner the higher bequest?" (*air quote)
Vivian answered, "No, she actually provided even less service consisting of only one instance of vanilla sex riding him while he lay on an outdoor lounge chair. Mind you he was eighty-one years old at the time and had not had any sex for fifteen years prior. So, I guess for him the sex was even more significant in his psyche than your tryst was for Dmitri. In any case he bequeathed five million US dollars which is about four point seven million euros.
"Her name is Chloe Hamilton, and she is one of the sexiest female members of the Texas Love Ranch (TLR). She and I were co-winners of the coveted TLR body chain belt whereby we each entertained every one of the twenty-four male participants in the orgy. Each sexual act consisted of either double penetration of the vagina, or double penetration sodomy or two simultaneous blow jobs. Thereby we actually completed four round the world cycles but with a pair of lovers for each sexual act."
Maia first gasped upon hearing the outrageous sum of monies Chloe Hamilton received for a mere routine sexual intercourse, albeit with an octogenarian. She gasped again upon being apprised of the nature of her mother's outre sexual activity as it related to this particular episode which she had not previously revealed to her. It also dawned on Maia that this episode of her mother's was raunchier than any action she had partaken in the orgy at Prague. She realized that despite after surrendering her virginity and that she had arguably embarked on a most wanton and brazen sexual journey, she still had far to go in matching her mother's sexuality.
Notwithstanding such negative musings, Maia was provoked to declare. "Well no matter! I'm not greedy as I'm certainly content with Dmitri's largesse. I'm cognizant that such monies which I'm about to receive was without any doubt totally unexpected. That being the case, I believe I'm going to use the monies to purchase a Lamborghini sports car."
Vivian recoiled at Maia's stated plan and blurted out, "Oh my god Maia! Don't you realize that is a frivolous notion? I believe such a vehicle lists for at least three hundred thousand euros. Surely a much less expensive motor vehicle than what you are contemplating would serve your purposes just as well, as you begin your college studies. I would point out that when Chloe Hamilton received her legacy, she had already graduated with an aerospace engineering degree. She used the monies she received to establish a consulting firm which is now one of the premier establishments of its kind in the entire world, generating millions of dollars in revenue annually. Why don't you want to emulate her example?"
The dynamics in contrast between the difference of upbringing of Vivian, the mother, vis à vis that of Maia, her daughter, was never more evident than in this situation. Vivian had grown up as a farmer's daughter, not poor to be sure, but still the notion that hard work, nose to the grindstone was instilled into her consciousness as the prescription for worldly material success in life. Maia on the other hand grew up in an atmosphere where an affluent lifestyle was a norm. Her mother was never hurting for money and given her mother's close friendship with Carmen Kass, Estonia's international supermodel, Maia was always clothed in the most fashionable expensive style as appropriate for her age.
Maia had initially grown up on a dairy farm like her mother, but by the age of seven, when her mother separated from her second husband, Maia's world changed. Her mother had become a significant citizen in Estonia especially as an outstanding female politician in Estonia culminating as the Minister of Culture; plus becoming a successful business entrepreneur as well. In addition, Vivian's significant other, who therefore became Maia's de facto stepfather, was an important politician as well, who became Prime Minister of Estonia when Maia was fifteen years of age.
Accordingly, Maia responded. "I view this money as found money that is a surplus to my needs to be successful. If I become successful, as a result of employing these monies like your friend Chloe Hamilton apparently did, it tends to diminish the ultimate satisfaction of my achievement. Or in other words, I believe this money is meant to be used 'frivolously'* (air quote).
"Look at it this way, Mom. Because of your and Dad's prominence in Estonia, I am instantly recognizable wherever I go or whomever I meet. Driving a Lamborghini sports car enhances my reputation even more and is acceptable as to my station in life. Thus, I believe for the purposes of making new friends, owning that car will likely discourage losers and instead will attract men who are confident and women who are not bimbos. And I do feel the need of a superior man to thrill me adequately in lovemaking."
Finally, Maia added, "Although I admit I do have a selfish reason for desiring a Lamborghini. It has to do with the fact that my cousin Rose drives an expensive sports car and thus I wish to outdo her."
Vivian rolled her eyes in reaction to Maia's stated resolve. She replied, "Well you are an adult, capable of making your own decisions. Still, I do wish you were more cautious in spending your money."
Maia responded, "Well, with the monies I'll get, there will still be lots of euros left over to spend 'wisely'*. And beside I still have some extra left over with the prize money I received for my efforts at Wimbledon." (*air quote)
Vivian merely harrumphed in reaction. In deciding to purchase a Lamborghini sports coupe Maia naturally had Harri Kutsaar in mind. Although she hadn't fucked him since the beginning of June, and he had acquired a new girlfriend in the meantime, she didn't harbor any resentment. They both had understood that their relationship would end once Maia left for college. There was no denying that her relationship with Harri was a torrid affair from which she had no complaints. Therefore, she felt that buying a car any car for that matter from any other salesman would be churlish on her part.
The other reason why Maia was interested in buying a Lamborghini sports car was because it was so much more expensive than her cousin Rose's Corvette Stingray. When she was with Rose in March, in Maia's mind, her cousin was overly effusive in expressing her joy in owning her sports car. So, the next time she would see Rose, she knew she would derive great pleasure for the opportunity to boast of her ownership of such a luxurious sport car. To be sure, not a rational justification for desiring a Lamborghini vehicle but she couldn't help feeling that way. As a popular trite psychological adage proclaims: "Feelings are neither good nor bad; they just are."
A couple of days after she returned to Tallinn, Maia went to the Lamborghini dealership and insisted on having Harri Kutsaar serve her as her salesman. She negotiated with Harri to acquire a fully loaded sports coupe at a price about half the amount of her legacy. It was a sleek roadster colored purple, her favorite color, However, her joy was enhanced by witnessing Harri's thankful and delightful expression in closing the deal. Maia surmised that Harri's commission on this sale would be substantial and serve as a great beginning to his career. That supposition made Maia feel very good about herself.
Preparations for Maia's first year at the University of Tartu, actually started as soon as Vivian returned from America after her visit to her sister's home in Chicago and her attendance at a TLR orgy in Texas. When Vivian was married to her second husband, Eino Tarvas, a dairy farmer in southern Estonia, she started brewing her own craft beer and first established an enterprise in the basement of their secondary farmhouse. She used the hops and barley grown on the farm to concoct her beer. The beer Vivian brewed proved to be so tasty that she at first sold the excess beer she didn't imbibe for personal use through local retail outlets. The demand for her beer then became sufficiently strong enough that she eventually established breweries in Tartu and in Tallinn. As a result of that expansion her business grew so quickly, that it became the best selling beer in Estonia as well as in Scandinavia and the other two Baltic states.
Vivian met Jed Baxter again in Tallinn, six years after the break-up of their initial three years affair and thereby resumed their affair. In their renewed relationship their rendezvous were confined to twice annually on the occasions coinciding with Vivian's trips to the United States to visit the families of her sister and brother. The incidental consequence of the renewed relationship was that at first Vivian's beer company was amalgamated with Baxter and Sons as a subsidiary to the conglomerate international holdings.