Monster
Copyright© 2023 by Old Man with a Pen
Chapter 17
It will come as no surprise to most of the readers that this is not only fiction but bald faced lies. The author has been known to stretch the truth past breaking. He is fully aware that Monster Millions is his own creation and does not exist in reality. He is also cognizant of the fact that this an alternate reality. The names might be real ... the people are not. If your name is in here ... it’s not you ... any of you.
“What about my lottery ticket?” He was adamant about that.
Mr. Director said, “You’re sure you want to go that route?”
“Absolutely.”
“Look at her shirt,” he said.
“She took that too,” and sounded as irate as a professional liar can get.
Believe me ... we can sound sincere.
“Well,” said the director. “I guess we go to court.” He turned to the assembled LEO’s and said, “You can’t have him ... yet. This takes precedence.” He held up a hand, “Later. But we need an escort.”
So, we ... Violet in one police car, and the young looking old guy in another ... followed the director to the nearby Federal District Court.
I came next ... the convoy ot out of state LEO cars led the parade of newspaper, TV anchor persons with their camera persons and the general standersby ... followed by the Weigels station manager and the clerk who sold the winning scratch-off ... trailed by the customers who witnessed the sale and the technician who possessed the video of the sale...
The manager was there to collect the store reward for selling the scratch-off ... a likely sum... 5% and the clerk got 2 ... percent.
The court was only five blocks away ... could have walked it ... but ... the downpour voided that option.
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