"I can't believe you." Sam said as they walked out of the briefing room.
"I asked you what you wanted and you said you wanted to go to Hawaii. So we all thought we'd chip in since you probably couldn't afford it." Daniel said with a shrug.
"I could afford it I just didn't have the time. So thanks." Sam hugged him.
"You could afford it?" Jack questioned.
"My stock portfolio is doing well, last time I check it was up to half a million and I have about $25,000 in my savings account."
"Where did an Air Force Major get that kind of money?" Jack asked.
"My grandparents bought me a few stocks, in some big companies when I was born and I'm good at picking technology stocks that will do well, so it built up over the years. As for the money in the bank account, I've lived in my Dad's house that was fully paid for, so I only had to pay utility bills and I spent most of my time here so I lived off the hazard pay. Since we get into lots of hazards it was more than enough."
"So you're basically saying your rich?" Daniel asked.
"I have some money yes."
"And you didn't tell me about this?" Jack said.
"My pay check gets paid into our joint account now. I figured the rest would do for a rainy day."
"More like a monsoon." Jack muttered.
"If we're going away, I have some things to finish and farm out. I'll see you all later, and Daniel, be careful with those ribs." Sam headed back towards her lab carrying the box.
"Well that was unexpected." Daniel said.
"Indeed." Teal'c agreed.
"That's my wife for you. Great idea for a present guys but I've got to."
"Go." Daniel said.
~
"Half a million?" Jack questioned as he strolled into her lab.
"Can you give us a few minutes please?" She said to the lab techs. They all scurried out.
"You have half a million?"
"Yes." She replied.
"And you're still working for the Air Force?"
"I like what I do and I'm good at it."
"If I had half a million, I'd quit and fish all day."
"If you did that all day every day you'd soon get bored of it." She said logically. "And technically I suppose it's half yours too."
"Forget that for a minute. Why didn't you tell me?"
"Because I don't tell anyone. Up and until an hour ago the only my stockbroker and I knew about it. I told one of my ex-boyfriends about it and he tried to con money out of me. So I never mention it, I don't want people looking at me any differently. Besides if anything happens to me the money is part of the everything else we talk about when I told you about my will. I figure you'd be the one I could trust to do the right thing with it. I mean after you'd thought about buying into a hockey team or repopulating your lake with fish, you'd donate it to a good cause." She replied.
"You're probably right." He had to agree with her.
"I know I am, because I know you." She said.
"But that honesty thing were talking about a couple of weeks ago. This would kind of fall under that. So is there anything else I need to know, you don't have a chateau in France or a couple of kids running around anywhere?"
"No to both of those. I have a Dad who is out in the galaxy somewhere, a brother, a sister-in-law, a niece and nephew and a Mom who is buried in San Diego where my brother lives. Apart from the money I can't think of anything else that you didn't know about, if I think of anything I'll let you know."
"Good. So Hawaii?" He shuffled some of the papers on her desk around.
"You have to give everyone credit, they definitely have style."
TBC
"I asked you what you wanted and you said you wanted to go to Hawaii. So we all thought we'd chip in since you probably couldn't afford it." Daniel said with a shrug.
"I could afford it I just didn't have the time. So thanks." Sam hugged him.
"You could afford it?" Jack questioned.
"My stock portfolio is doing well, last time I check it was up to half a million and I have about $25,000 in my savings account."
"Where did an Air Force Major get that kind of money?" Jack asked.
"My grandparents bought me a few stocks, in some big companies when I was born and I'm good at picking technology stocks that will do well, so it built up over the years. As for the money in the bank account, I've lived in my Dad's house that was fully paid for, so I only had to pay utility bills and I spent most of my time here so I lived off the hazard pay. Since we get into lots of hazards it was more than enough."
"So you're basically saying your rich?" Daniel asked.
"I have some money yes."
"And you didn't tell me about this?" Jack said.
"My pay check gets paid into our joint account now. I figured the rest would do for a rainy day."
"More like a monsoon." Jack muttered.
"If we're going away, I have some things to finish and farm out. I'll see you all later, and Daniel, be careful with those ribs." Sam headed back towards her lab carrying the box.
"Well that was unexpected." Daniel said.
"Indeed." Teal'c agreed.
"That's my wife for you. Great idea for a present guys but I've got to."
"Go." Daniel said.
~
"Half a million?" Jack questioned as he strolled into her lab.
"Can you give us a few minutes please?" She said to the lab techs. They all scurried out.
"You have half a million?"
"Yes." She replied.
"And you're still working for the Air Force?"
"I like what I do and I'm good at it."
"If I had half a million, I'd quit and fish all day."
"If you did that all day every day you'd soon get bored of it." She said logically. "And technically I suppose it's half yours too."
"Forget that for a minute. Why didn't you tell me?"
"Because I don't tell anyone. Up and until an hour ago the only my stockbroker and I knew about it. I told one of my ex-boyfriends about it and he tried to con money out of me. So I never mention it, I don't want people looking at me any differently. Besides if anything happens to me the money is part of the everything else we talk about when I told you about my will. I figure you'd be the one I could trust to do the right thing with it. I mean after you'd thought about buying into a hockey team or repopulating your lake with fish, you'd donate it to a good cause." She replied.
"You're probably right." He had to agree with her.
"I know I am, because I know you." She said.
"But that honesty thing were talking about a couple of weeks ago. This would kind of fall under that. So is there anything else I need to know, you don't have a chateau in France or a couple of kids running around anywhere?"
"No to both of those. I have a Dad who is out in the galaxy somewhere, a brother, a sister-in-law, a niece and nephew and a Mom who is buried in San Diego where my brother lives. Apart from the money I can't think of anything else that you didn't know about, if I think of anything I'll let you know."
"Good. So Hawaii?" He shuffled some of the papers on her desk around.
"You have to give everyone credit, they definitely have style."
TBC