6 views
The Greatest Gift Of All
#WritcoStoryPrompt3
I read it once, then twice. I wasn't imagining it - I had won the lottery!
I was stunned! I had stopped by that convenient store every morning on my way to work for the last 20 years. Today was no different, I got my usual. My stale cheese danish and my half coffee, half mocha cappuccino. Today I decided to throw it all to the wind and buy $50 worth of scratchers. I mean why not, it had been a hell of a week! I went to my car, unwrapped my danish, sipped on my coffee and scrounged a penny from my purse to scratch the silver coating from the tickets. I sit there listening to the radio, which I never did but I took notice because they were playing "Don't Stop Thinking About Tomorrow" by Fleetwoood Mac. I always loved this song growing up. I meticulously scratched all the coating off each ticket. Once I was done, I tried to make heads or tails out of what I was looking at. It seemed as though I had a winner, I read the rules on the back. Could this be real? Did I just win 1 Million dollars!!?? I wasn't sure and didn't want to be too presumptuous. I decided to gather myself and go back in and approach Ms. Millie, the cashier who had worked there for as long as I had been going...
I read it once, then twice. I wasn't imagining it - I had won the lottery!
I was stunned! I had stopped by that convenient store every morning on my way to work for the last 20 years. Today was no different, I got my usual. My stale cheese danish and my half coffee, half mocha cappuccino. Today I decided to throw it all to the wind and buy $50 worth of scratchers. I mean why not, it had been a hell of a week! I went to my car, unwrapped my danish, sipped on my coffee and scrounged a penny from my purse to scratch the silver coating from the tickets. I sit there listening to the radio, which I never did but I took notice because they were playing "Don't Stop Thinking About Tomorrow" by Fleetwoood Mac. I always loved this song growing up. I meticulously scratched all the coating off each ticket. Once I was done, I tried to make heads or tails out of what I was looking at. It seemed as though I had a winner, I read the rules on the back. Could this be real? Did I just win 1 Million dollars!!?? I wasn't sure and didn't want to be too presumptuous. I decided to gather myself and go back in and approach Ms. Millie, the cashier who had worked there for as long as I had been going...
