As he was entering the numbers, he couldn't help but look at me a few more times, "You bought so many bets on this set of numbers, lady. You are so optimistic about it."
I smiled easily and said, "Sir, I just bought it casually. Maybe I'll win someday."
He laughed and said, "Okay, then I wish you good luck."
He expertly printed out the lottery ticket and handed it to me.
I took the lottery ticket, and was thinking, "This is not just a casual purchase. It is my secret weapon for starting a new life."
"Thank you, sir, for your good words."
The prize drawing was in a week, and I still had a lot to do during the week.
The first thing was to move. I didn't want to have any contact with Linda anymore. After all, her retribution would come after she married Phil.
And I, Mandy, would disappear on the day of the lottery draw, so that Linda and the Smiths would never see me again.
Just three days later, Linda asked me out for dinner again, and said mysteriously that she had something important to discuss with me.
I was sitting in the corner of the bar, watching Linda wearing a black dress and walking towards me with a mysterious look on her face, and I couldn't help but feel a little curious.