I didn't want to reveal the lottery win yet, fearing that once our well-intentioned but selfish relatives found out, they'd come asking for money. My parents were getting older, and I didn't want them to be put in that awkward position.
After that, I sent in my resignation to my company, immediately left the company chat group, and deleted all my colleagues' contacts.
I no longer had to endure the company's demands or scrape by on a small salary. The money I now possessed was more than I could have earned in a lifetime at that job.
Wanting some peace, I planned to take my time and figure things out before starting a small business of my own.
With all the unnecessary people deleted, my phone finally went silent.
Lying on the bed, I felt a deep sense of regret creep in.
I had put all my energy into someone who didn't deserve it, and now, after leaving him, I realized I didn't have a single true friend left.
Having handled everything else, I thought it was time to plan how to use the fifty million dollars.
After taxes, I should have around forty million left.
Portland was not a large city, and a house downtown of approximately two thousand square feet would cost about two million dollars.