Chapter 29

“Scratch cards?” Camila was unfamiliar but had heard of them. The only time she had bought a lottery ticket was when a classmate persuaded her, a two-dollar welfare lottery ticket. She randomly selected a set of numbers. Each number was just one step away from the lucky numbers, yet so far apart like miles between.

As she reminisced, she found herself standing inside a lottery store.

Erica had never bought one either, but had seen some fun videos online. She quickly bought a total of 500 dollars of scratch card.

The owner smiled broadly as he took the money.

“I just take one of these,” Camila said, pointing to a five dollar scratch card among a de

money into the water.

array. After all, it was just throwing

The owner slightly frowned, barely noticeable, and put out a few unpopular ones in front of her. Camila picked one at random.

Erica, after reading the rules, became engrossed in a round of scratching. “Not a win… another miss… won $20…” After ten minutes, she only got $80. It proved to be just a money pit.

against the glass counter, playing with her phone. “Camila, try scratching

dollars on this. She finished scratching amidst the friction sounds of the coating and the scraper. “Erica, can you check if

card, and her previously distracted eyes suddenly lit up. She excitedly exclaimed, “Holy cow! You won ten

aback. He had been running this store for many years, and the largest amount ever won on that particular ticket was a mere twenty

puzzled at

lucky!” The

Erica hugged her excitedly, not forgetting to turn to the owner. “Sir, we’d

the issuing center,” the owner informed them with the detailed address

work, and now with this huge windfall from Connor, she was prepared to go above and beyond. She wondered if taking a day off

dollars to her via message. “I’ll go claim it. Here’s

how can you be so

to treat you right. Can’t let Connor outdo me,” Erica raised

a buffet tomorrow,” Camila smiled, giving her

home. Big

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