Chapter Five
I texted Lilly on my way home letting her know the short version of what happened. I didn’t want
her to worry about me and I knew that she would be calling me as soon as she left the event. I
walked down the street, not really paying too much attention to what was going on around me when
my heel got caught in a crack in the sidewalk and snapped off. The sudden loss of five inches, on
only one foot, made me stumble to the ground.
“Are you freaking kidding me?” I screamed up at the sky. “What the hell have I done to
deserve the shit that I’m going through?” I dropped my head to my hands and the tears started
flowing. I didn’t know how long I said there on the filthy street, surrounded by trash and cried, but
I’m sure it wasn’t too long. The talking I heard made me stop and look up. I had fallen in front of an
electronic store that had televisions playing in the front window. The reporter was giving the
numbers to the lottery and remembering that I bought a ticket; I dug through my bag and pulled it
out.
My eyes went wide with shock. I got up off the ground and started turning in a circle trying to
locate the hidden cameras. This had to be some kind of a joke. Someone was pranking me. I knew
that my luck could not turn around this easily. I walked up to the window and stared at the screen
that was already replaying the numbers.
“I won,” I whispered to myself. “Holy shit, I can’t believe I won.” My mind started racing with
what I was going to be able to do with all that money. I was going to build my life back up and crush
everyone who had hurt me, starting with my ex. ‘Oh he will pay,’ I thought to myself, putting my lottery
ticket safely in my wallet.
I hadn’t realized that I was walking backwards until I stumbled into the street. I slowly slid up only to
hear an extremely loud horn begin to blare and I turned my head toward the noise and was blinded
by lights.
I felt my body soar through the air and bounce on the ground. I felt no pain when
I landed and I was vaguely aware of the people around me began to scream when the
darkness overtook my body.
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