Chapter 35: Lottery (2)
He shuddered at the sound she'd made, and as he walked down the hallway towards his room, he hollered back over his shoulder, "If you so much as whisper 'fava beans', I'm kicking you out!"
"What? Why would I-" she said, sounding a little confused, then just as he was closing his bedroom door he heard, "Oh, funny."
He quickly shed the many layers of clothes and just stood for a few moments in nothing but his boxers, enjoying the cool air. Realizing he felt sticky from all the sweat, he put on a pair of shorts and dashed into the bathroom for a quick shower.
After his shower, he changed into sweatpants and a t-shirt, then returned to the living room and sat on the couch next to Madison. The lottery drawing would start in a few minutes, and he was excited to see if their plan would succeed.
He turned on the T.V. and located the live stream from the lottery commission. As they waited for the drawing to start, he tried to stay calm. He kept reminding himself that there was no guarantee that their plan would work.
When the stream started, it looked exactly like it had in the simulation. The official moved and spoke in the same way, and as far as he could tell, was doing things exactly like they had in the simulation.
After loading the machine with the numbered balls, the official pulled a lever and one of the balls, exited the machine and rolled down a clear tube. The official looked at the ball and read the number.
"Forty-five," the official declared, then pushed the button again.
Jack had the predicted lottery numbers memorized, but still looked at his lottery ticket. Yup, forty-five was one of the numbers.