I looked at the Powerball numbers, and then at my ticket. I looked once, twice, and blinked before looking the third time. Holy Shit! I'd hit all six ...umbers! I didn't even know what the jackpot was. I read the column, and then about shit my pants. Two hundred fifty-four million dollars! I had Jane check the numbers, and she started screaming.Beth, Susan, and Steve came running in to see what the screaming was all about. We showed Beth the ticket and newspaper. "The numbers are identical, all. Emily hadn’t had much of anyone to fuss over her since her parents had been taken together in that flood—more than fifty years ago now. My, how time flies, Emily thought, with a sigh, as she gently pressed the drawer shut and turned toward her friend. ‘Yes, I’m fine, thanks. I was just checking. Now, if only—’ ‘I’m sure it’s still there,’ Margaret said. ‘I just know it was meant for you. What are the chances it would find its way to a small town like this otherwise? You say you haven’t seen one. She peeked at the picture. The couple smiling in a bar, their white teeth blazing against tanned faces. Her hand rested delicately on his forearm. They’d gone at it like teenagers that night. Click. The hands moved over the curve of her breasts and pressed flat against them. Her nipples tingled under the pressure, and she could feel them hardening. She noted with disgust that the hand over the mouse trembled. Invisible fingers squeezed her nipples, sending a current to her core. She couldn’t. " She answers to Mandy."Oh, it's just I've got this course on offer, it's much better than what any college has, you see I'm in need of a.. an 'assistant', I think you'd be perfect for it." Mandy explains eye-ing up the now nervous Sarah."Th-thanks, but no I really must get going." She responds to the offer."O-ok.." Mandy replies feeling disappointed and now letting Sarah walk past.Just as Sarah is about to reach the door, Mandy reaches into a box sitting on the desk. "Wait!" She calls out,.