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The Billion Dollar Lottery

With those final words, his friend left. As he walked to his
car Larry watched Joey who was shaking his head, talking to
himself.

“I’m sorry,” Larry said, whispering. “I’m really, really sorry.

* * *
The story about the unclaimed ticket was in the news for
several days. Eventually, it went the way of every other story
in the frenetic news cycle. Larry never told his wife about the
winning ticket and apparently Joey didn’t either.

Larry never saw Joey again; but about two years after the
lottery incident, Larry heard through a friend that Joey moved
with his wife and kids to Fort Lauderdale where Angie found
a good job in real estate. About six months later their teen-
aged daughter was killed in a tragic car accident. The insurance
company settled the case with Joey and Angie for ten million
dollars.

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