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Exciting Bonus Chapter

Death by Lotto

Prologue

Ethel Bradley had fallen asleep in front of the flickering TV. It was too bad. If
she had been awake, she might have discovered that she had won the lotto jackpot.
The numbers that she played every week – the birthdays of her deceased husband and
son – for over seventeen years, had finally come in.

The lotto ticket was safely tucked inside her fist, which rested upon her heaving
lap. A hand gently reached over and pulled the ticket from her hand while the announcer
re-read the numbers.

Stunned at winning, the hand returned the ticket to its owner’s lap. This would have
to be done with care, thought the person to whom the hand belonged.

Everyone knew Ethel played those same numbers every week.

There was no way the ticket could be stolen and the world not know about it. This
would have to be thought through very carefully. But one thing was for sure. There
was no way Ethel Bradley was going to enjoy one dollar from that winning lotto ticket.

No damn way in hell!