I put it in my purse.
I forgot about it.
Two days later, I was folding laundry in the casita.
Ezoic
Caleb’s soccer shorts. Chloe’s swim towels. Renee’s scrubs.
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I had the little TV on. The local news.
They read the Powerball numbers.
I wasn’t paying attention.
Then I heard a single winning ticket was sold at a Circle K on Shea Boulevard in Scottsdale.
I stopped folding.
I went to my purse.
I took out the ticket.
I looked at the numbers.
I looked at the TV.
The numbers were still on the screen.
I compared them.
Once.
Twice.
Five times.
Powerball 12.
I won eighty-nine million dollars.
The lump sum, after taxes, was a little over forty-one million.
I remember staring at the ticket on my kitchenette counter.
Ezoico
La pequeña estufa de dos quemadores en la casita. El mostrador donde guardé la taza azul de Harold y una caja de té Earl Grey.
