What an extraordinary day it had been! First, Nola’s husband had checked the lottery ticket numbers and Nola and her husband, Cresswell, had won thirty-three million three hundred and thirty-three thousand dollars. While they were dancing around the living room, whooping and hollering, Cresswell suffered a heart attack and died.
That took the edge off the excitement. Nola had to organize and go through the funeral. After twenty-two years of marriage, she was sad. Of course she was sad. But it was also a relief. Their relationship had been strained over the last few years, and Nola had frequently dreamed of freedom. Now with the sudden death of her husband and the winning of the lottery, that freedom could become a reality. Of course his death was a shock. It was devastating. It always is. But at least she had security for the future. She genuinely sobbed as the undertaker carted Cresswell’s body from the house to the funeral parlour.
At last the funeral was over. Things began to settle. Nola, who hadn’t wanted to appear too excited at winning thirty-three million, knew that the time had come to claim the money! But where was the ticket? Oh! It was in Cresswell’s back pocket when she had him cremated.
I was going to say you already wrote this one, but that last line… 😀
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Such is the fecundity of this blog that I no longer can keep tabs on earlier stuff – although I do check titles. I feel a bit like that doctor somewhere overseas who is the father of over 50 children.
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😀 My husband just told me about that guy.
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Your husband and I must read the same magazines in the dentist’s waiting room…
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Oh dear.
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Is that an exclamation or a term of endearment?
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Yes.
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!!
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Oof. Now that’s bad. But what I really want to know is whether the new picture of Billy is for real or doctored.
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It’s for real. Being given the local paper when returning from the mailbox is his weekly treat. I call the photo “Digesting the News”!
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Time for second cardiac arrest! Twist most foul, as in the best it is. But this most foul, strange and unnatural.
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Just let trouble boil and bubble and all else will fall into place.
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Hark! Hark!
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This is seriously hilarious. I need hilarity.
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LOL! Glad to have provided some levity Cindy!
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You think she would have thought to check all his pockets for any loose change, never mind the ticket.
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I suspect, given the state of the marriage, that she hadn’t been into his pockets for quite some time!
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This is a WINNER!
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!!!! Thanks for the kindly levity, Noelle!
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