Chapter 14 –
Discovery
It is 5.32am;
Susan and Alex are both fast asleep.
Alex is dreaming, causing him to wriggle and twitch in the bed. In his mind, he sees numbers falling before
his eyes...the same numbers repeating themselves over and over again. Susan awakens to the sound of Alex mumbling
and shaking the bed ‘Alex...Alex, are you ok?’
Alex quickly opens his eyes and looks at Susan ‘I was having a strange
dream!’ Susan asks ‘was it a
nightmare?’ Alex rubbing his hands over
his face, ‘no...it was a series of numbers repeating....strange isn’t it?’ Susan looking concerned ‘what were the
numbers?’ Alex looking amused ‘4, 12,
38, 46, 57, 59 and 8!’ Susan drawing a
breath ‘they could be lottery numbers!’ Alex
agrees, lifting a pen and notepad from the bedside locker. Susan asks ‘what are you doing?’ Alex whilst writing says ‘just writing the
numbers down, incase I forget them....you never know!’ Susan smiles, leans across the bed to kiss
Alex and says ‘although I can’t get my head round what’s going on in
there....I’m fascinated!’ Alex and Susan
share a tender kiss and then lie back down to go to sleep.
The following
morning, Alex is seated before Susan’s laptop, looking at the National Lottery
website. His mind is racing as he stares
at the numbers on the screen. Alex turns
towards Susan ‘Susan....would you mind if I use your Bank Card to place a line
on the lottery....I would use mine if I still had any but as you know...I’m
legally dead!’ Susan giggles ‘you don’t
need to explain!’ Susan reaches for her
purse, removes a Bank Card and hands it to Alex. Alex thanks her, turns back to the laptop and
then places the line on tonight’s Lottery draw, using the numbers from his
dream. Alex smiles and turns back to
Susan ‘If we win....it would change everything about our lives!’ Susan smiles ‘As long as it doesn’t change
who we are....I’m so happy right now, I never want that to change!’ Alex looks lovingly towards Susan ‘there is
no amount of money in this world that would change how I feel about you!’ Susan smiles and returns to her chores.
Later that
evening; Susan, Aimee and Alex are all sitting waiting for the Lottery draw on
the television. Neither of them believe,
that Alex’s dream was anything more than just a dream; but they wait and watch
all the same. Suddenly, the draw begins
and the machine on the television comes to life. Alex leans forward on the sofa as the Lottery
Broadcaster begins to read out the numbers; he calls out 46. There is a pause; then 38, followed by 4, 12,
59, 57 and the bonus ball 8. By this
stage; Susan and Alex are screaming at the television while Aimee sits puzzled
by their actions. Aimee screams
‘Mummy....what’s wrong?’ Susan hugging
Alex and then Aimee ‘We’ve won the lottery, holy shit we’ve won!’ Alex is ecstatic ‘Can you believe this,
Christ Almighty....yes!’ Susan screams
at Alex ‘How much did we win?’ Alex in a
panic ‘We’ve won 43 million, can you believe it.....oh my god! Susan can hardly accept what is happening ‘Is
it real Alex, is this all real?’ Alex
smiles ‘We’re rich Susan!’
After the
excitement has passed, the shock sets in with Susan experiencing a long phone
call to the Lottery Company. Susan looks
shocked while the person on the other end of the telephone confirms that they
are now officially rich beyond their wildest dreams. Alex is seated in the corner watching Susan
as she thanks the Lottery Company employee and hangs up the telephone. Alex says ‘that’s it then...we’re rich!’ Susan sits down ‘where do we go from here
Alex....I don’t know what to do!’ Alex
smiles ‘we enjoy it Susan....we use it sensibly and make sure that all of
Aimee's dreams come true....that’s what we do!’
Susan smiles back at Alex with a little tear in her eye. Alex gets up and moves over beside Susan on
the sofa, putting his arm around her ‘what’s the matter? Susan choking back the tears ‘I’ve never had
it easy you know, always counting the pennies, using shopping vouchers....everything’s
always been a struggle!’ Alex comforting
Susan ‘Not anymore....this is good for us!’
Susan now totally overwhelmed ‘I feel like we’ve won the lottery
twice!’ Alex looking puzzled ‘How
so?’ Susan leans her head onto Alex’s
chest ‘you were my first lottery win; before the money came along....your love
for me is worth more than all the money in the world!’ Alex and Susan embrace in a kiss before
leaving the room to go to bed. In bed,
the two lovers lie in each other’s arms after making love. Alex asks ‘are you ok?’ Susan feeling much better ‘I am now....I
think having you inside me, put things into perspective!’ Susan laughs and Alex follows saying ‘well
then, I’m glad I could help!’ Susan and
Alex turn out the lights and slip off to sleep, dreaming of great things to
come; a life without the burden of financial strain and a reality full of love
and happiness.
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