’ ‘Oh, and can you tell me how much was the jackpot payoff for that ticket?’ ‘Yes, Sir. Please hold. ‘Sure.’ Another few minutes passed be...ore the man returned to the phone, only this time, Michael did not mind the wait because he was daydreaming about all the things that he could buy with his lottery winnings. Maybe, there’s enough to buy a new car, he hoped. ‘Hello, Sir.’ ‘Yes.’ ‘The amount of your payoff is three million, one hundred, forty-three thousand dollars.’ ‘Three million, one. It was closing in on eight o'clock as Imade my way downstairs. Mom wouldn't be down for some time yet, so I puta pot of coffee on. It was a glorious day outside. A perfect day forpainting! While the coffee perked, I ran down to the basement to assembleeverything I was going to need. The ladder, drop cloths and such weregathered at the foot of the stairs. I hoped that Mom had no reason toenter the basement this morning. I sat at the kitchen table with a cup of coffee and a cigarette in hand.I. A lady whom they called Maya and whom, therefore, I took to be a Indian, answered me by bidding me in the name of all of them the warmest welcome. 'You are,' she said, 'in the seraglio of Abdallah, the Pasha of this district, who is not expected until tomorrow, and who will never be the wiser if his ladies seize so rare an opportunity to entertain a gentleman during his absence.' She added, 'We have no secrets or jealousy between ourselves,' smiling very significantly. 'That is very unusual,'. Frank walked toward his undulating wife as she thrashed against the wall, hoarse and screaming, totally absorbed in her orgasmic sensory overload. Tanya yelled even louder as he pulled the first knife out from under her ribcage. Then she was gazing at him, breathing heavily through her open, drooling mouth.“Ready?” he asked, gazing into her pale blue eyes. Comprehension slowly returned as she noticed the bloody stiletto in her darling husband’s hand. She nodded. He stuck the bloody point of the.