The Lottery Winners: A Free Introduction by Elizabeth Lennox

Author:Elizabeth Lennox [Lennox, Elizabeth]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Elizabeth Lennox Books
Published: 2018-04-12T16:00:00+00:00

Chapter 5

“It’s done,” Jason announced as soon as Daisy answered her phone one day later.

Daisy stopped, looking around at the chaos in the dining room. “What’s done?” It was ten o’clock that night and Daisy was covering for one of the other waitresses who had cut her finger earlier. She had about ten orders that were stacking up in the window and more people waiting to order. And this was a slow period of the night.

“The money is in your trust. I went ahead and set up a bank account for each of you, separating out the prize money into four equal shares but each of you will need to visit the bank with identification to set up your signatures and security. The total winnings came to just over one point six billion. That’s billion with a B! After taxes, that came to seven hundred and eighty four million. Dividing that up, each of you are now worth just over one hundred and ninety-six million dollars.”

Silence.

They’d met with Jason earlier this week and he worked fast! They’d met with him again that afternoon and warily handed over the winning ticket, but he’d already had paperwork there for them to sign, attesting to the ownership of the winning ticket. He said it was so that they could be assured that he wouldn’t steal the ticket.

He’d told them that it might take several days. It hadn’t even been one day!

“Um…could you repeat that?” she whispered, unable to speak any louder.

Jason laughed, but he went through all of it one more time.

The ringing in her ears was loud and muffled his words, but the news slowly sank into her brain. One hundred, ninety-six million dollars?! She had a net worth of one hundred, ninety-six million dollars?! She’d never even had a net worth before ….

Someone called to her and she looked over at one of the other waiters. “Um…Jason, I need to go. Thank you!” she gushed, not wanting to sound ungrateful. “Thank you so much!”

He laughed. “You’re going back to work, aren’t you?” he asked.

Daisy looked around. There were truckers and travelers waiting for food, friends who were struggling to carry out all of the orders to the tables…she couldn’t leave. These were her friends!

“Yes. I have to…”

“Don’t worry. We’ll meet tomorrow to go over more details. Can you come out to my place at ten o’clock tomorrow morning?”

Daisy must have agreed, because she hung up the phone. Still standing in the middle of the diner, chaos swirling around her. But she didn’t see any of it.

“Honey, come sit down. Did someone die? Are you okay?” Martha, one of the new waitresses, asked solicitously as she led Daisy over to an empty chair. “Get her some water, honey,” Martha called out to Walter, the other waiter. Walter hurried behind the counter and grabbed a glass, filling it up. One of the truckers realized what was happening and grabbed the plates of food, delivering it to the tables himself.

Daisy couldn’t drink. She simply stared, in shocked at that enormous number.

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