Tag: money
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The Lottery
I stared at the numbers on the television above the bar and tried not to scream. I knew the numbers by heart because they were the same numbers on the lottery ticket I had purchased earlier that day. I had never bought a lottery ticket before this morning, but I was in a weird spot. …
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Nabbed, Grabbed and Sneaked
The day I found my mother going through the boxes in my closet was the day I knew I had to move out. At nineteen, I knew it was time and it had been time for a while, but I had been hoping to save a little more money before I made the transition. My…
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The Earthquake
“The very best part was when the curtain then fell off the wall and he didn’t even know we had curtains. He stared at them like they came from space.” I blabbed on about my how ex-boyfriend had reacted to the most recent, but small earthquake we experienced. I didn’t even have time to get…
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Abandoned
PHOTO PROMPT © Bill Reynolds I always wondered how I could buy the abandoned truck and fix her up. My brother had been dreaming of owning a flatbed truck since he was five and saw one in a cartoon. I knew this abandoned truck had to be for sale… right? One Friday afternoon I got the nerve…