Chapter 2 .

Days passed, the landlord told me that if I didn't pay in a week, he was going to evict me, I'm 3 months behind on the rent, I don't know what to do.

---- In the background, a voice came from a television ----

Today is the day when the annual Mega Lottery is played, we will see if a new billionaire emerges today or if it will continue to accumulate, we have 15 consecutive years where the winning number is not sold. The big moment begins

First number 0, Second number 0, Third number 0, Fourth number 9, Fifth number 8, Sixth number 5, Seventh number 8, Eighth number 6, Ninth number 4, Tenth number 0, Eleventh number 6 and our last number that will define our winner is 8.

****** 985, 864, 068 ******

We are checking the system, if the ticket has been sold, this will only take a few moments, I have just been told we have a new billionaire, if you are tuning in, remember you have to go to the lottery offices and you only have one month to claim your prize, but if it were me, I would be there first thing in the morning.

I turn off the TV; just as I imagined, this is a waste of money, where did I leave that ticket, here it is, I compare the numbering, I get quiet, at that moment you could hear the buzzing of a fly-.

IT CAN'T BE! NO IT CAN'T BE! IT CAN'T BE! THIS CAN'T BE HAPPENING! I'm the winner of the 10 Billion dollar mega lottery, I'm sure I'm dreaming. Yes, you sure are! Wake up! Wake up! Wake up! A pinch maybe. Ouch! That hurts, I'm off to the offices tomorrow.

The next day I arrive with my ticket hoping this is true.

-Good morning - I tell the receptionist.

-Aha, what do you want?

-I want to claim my prize.

-Fill out this form and wait, prizes usually take 1 week to be delivered.

I take the form and take a few minutes to do it.

-Here it is, already filled out.

-Give me the ticket and sit down while we check the prize.

-Oh, yes.

A few seconds pass when the receptionist makes a call, she seemed nervous, and a man comes out; I can see he was approaching the receptionist and pointing at me.

-I'm sorry, are you Mr. Javier Ignacio Santos Palacio? - asked the man.

-Yes, that's me.

-Please come with me.

I followed him into a room and there were several people waiting for me to arrive.

- Mr. Santos, you are a very lucky person, tell me, since when do you play the mega lottery? - said another man.

-I had never played until just a few days ago.

-Your luck is unique, many people spend several years playing before they get a small prize, but you spent only $100 dollars and won $10 billion dollars, hard to believe.

- I only played once, with only one ticket.

-Your luck is unique; many people spend several years playing before they get a small prize, but you spent only $100 and won $10 billion, hard to believe.

-I will tell you something, that $100 was all my capital and I starved that night.

-Well it was the best investment you made, now after taxes you will have a total of $8.5 billion, the prize will be delivered in 3 parts, the first in 3 days for $100 million, the second will be delivered in 3 months for $4.2 billion and the last part in another 3 months, that means in 6 months you will be getting your total.

-I thought you were going to deliver it all at once.

-We are doing it this way because we have to wait to collect all the sales and we also have other prizes to hand out, now present this document to the bank for the opening of a special account where you will receive your prize and the only thing missing is a picture with this big check.

They take the picture, it was a big check and it was for 10 billion dollars.

-Go to the bank and ask for Mr. Lee and indicate that you are going on behalf of the mega lottery board.

-All right, I'll be right there.

I leave the office and on the street I jump for joy, although I didn't have all the prize already, but I will have a large sum in 3 days; I take a cab and go to the bank, in all my life I had not been in this place is immense, I approach the receptionist and ask for Mr. Lee.

-Good morning Miss, I would like to see Mr. Lee, they sent me from the Mega Lottery.

-Wait a moment I will notify him, your name is?

-Javier Santos.

I waited a few minutes until the receptionist called me.

- Mr. Santos, Mr. Lee is waiting for you in his office, go straight ahead and then the third door on the left.

I went where I was told, knocked on the door.

-Come in -heard on the other side.

-Good morning, Mr. Lee.

-I followed, Mr. Santo, sit down, would you like a cup of coffee?

-Not at the moment, thank you for your kindness.

-I was notified of your arrival, the director of the Mega Lottery called me, let me have the document.

-Yes, here.

-Let's see, it says here that you are the winner of $8.5 billion

of dollars, unbelievable and they require you to open an account with us, so they can send you your prize, in this case you will be given a maximum account, this account will allow you to have a bank certified checkbook, where you can write checks up to 10 million dollars, We will also give you a gold card with which you will have access to a number of exclusive clubs and a maximum withdrawal limit of 100. 000 per day, your account will be assigned to one of our premium executives so that whenever we need an authorization exceeding these funds, our executive will contact you and if you need any information, you can call him directly.

----Knock on the door ----

-Come in -Mr. Lee said.

-Good afternoon, Mr. Lee, you sent for me.

-Yes, this is Mr. Javier Santos, he will be assigned to your account, he will have a fund of $8.5 billion in a period of 6 months, in 3 days he will receive in his account the sum of $100 million dollars, so I ask you to advise him as best you can.

- Mr. Santos, my name is Máximo Cárdenas, this is my card where you can contact me, if you want you can come with me to give you more information about your new account.

-Go with him Mr. Santos, from now on he will attend to you.

-Thank you for your attention Mr. Lee.

I have been treated better here than I have ever been treated in my life.