Lottery Ticket Page #3

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You know, when l was a kid...

...if l wanted some new pairs of shoes...

...used to have to steal them

off niggas' feet. Just rob them.

But thanks to you,

we got new shoes fresh out the box.

That's love, man.

-Got it.

-So how much l owe you?

You gonna pay?

Tsh.

Don't you know crime don't pay?

You stupid.

Hey, man, y'all want no socks?

No bag? All right.

Just walk right out the store.

-Carry them all like that.

Where you going?

You little b*tch!

Yo, no, l didn't do nothing!

Yeah, l know that.

Part of what you didn't do

is pay for the shoes.

Yo, yo, he gave them to us. Ask him.

Ask that brother there.

He said it was a gift.

ls that true?

Um....

Well, did you or did you not?

No. l didn't.

Let's go.

You're a dead man. You hear me?

You're a dead man!

Wait a minute. He fired you for that?

Yes. Right on the spot.

He didn't even hesitate.

-Kevin, l'm so sorry.

-Look, l mean, it is what it is.

l mean, who cares?

Like.... It's fine.

What's it say?

-Some nonsense.

-What?

-Don't do that, it's bad luck.

-lt don't even matter.

You're right.

l don't wanna spoil all the good luck

l've been having.

You know what? Just take it, okay?

Come on, Stacie.

And eat your food.

You can lean in the window a bit

more next time. Don't be scared of me.

And here you go. Appreciate it.

l can transform you

-Kev. What's happening?

-You tell me.

You came for the lottery too?

-You stood in that line?

-Yup.

-The machine just broke.

-What do you mean, it broke?

l just broke the machine.

l'm joking. l know your mama

would beat the black off you.

You gotta come and play them numbers.

-How many tickets you need?

-l just need one.

-Just one?

-Yeah, just one.

Ring me up for this Cherry Coke.

And let me get two beef jerkys.

Nasty combination.

Sure you wanna do that to your stomach?

And, yeah, play those numbers for me.

Give me this, give me this, give me this.

Here you go.

-All right.

-Enjoy this.

You sure you don't want one

for yourself?

Three hundred and seventy million.

No, man, that's not me. l don't really

do that whole lottery thing, man.

Three hundred-seventy million.

You can't be too cool for that.

Ticket?

-All right.

-Do it. There we go.

Give me some numbers.

l need numbers, l need numbers.

l wasn't, but....

People rushing me like l'm

taking a long time. Here you

Oh, and then you pull out

the fortune cookie. Okay, that's cool.

Get your chang-wang numbers.

lf you win, you gonna put the money

in that hole in your shirt?

That what you gonna do? Walk safely.

Watch out for the people.

You gonna come here

and ruin everybody day?

Your vibe is just ignorance today.

That's how you spell ignorance: Y-O-U.

Come on.

Your house, right now.

Hold on. Oh, hold on.

Yo, Kevin. Kevin. Kev!

Yo, Kevin, man, you okay? You cool?

Yeah, man, what's up?

l heard what happened with Lorenzo.

The neighborhood's talking.

What you mean, they're?

Weren't nobody even there.

They said you set him up

and you snitched on him to the cops.

-Why'd you snitch on him?

l ain't snit

-Everybody think l'm snitching?

-That's what they said.

Man. Damn!

Yeah, damn.

Shake it off, you can find another job.

What up, b*tches?

Who you calling ''b*tch''?

l'll beat your ass, man.

l don't play that voodoo sh*t.

You better get up out of here with that.

Snitch!

You just could not wait.

-Come on.

Y'all know l ain't no snitch.

When you ever heard me snitching?

Today.

This nigga about to get killed.

Yo.

l got everything for

Man, not even a ''thank you.''

Kevin?

Yes?

Oh.

Thank God.

l was so worried.

Let me look at your face.

Are you all right?

l'm okay. How'd you even hear about it?

Semaj came over.

Borrowed some toilet tissue.

Here you go.

l played your numbers for you.

What you gonna do?

Well, l just wanna go to bed.

-Good evening, I'm Bonnie Berry.

-Hey, Miss Bonnie.

Here's tonight's Mondo Millions

drawing for a jackpot of $370 million.

Come on, Jesus.

To win, all you have to do

is match all five white balls...

...plus the Mondo Ball.

-A whole lot of Mondo.

-Let's get started.

We gotta get it. Come on.

Seventeen. Seventeen.

The first number is...

...42.

Forty-stinking-two?

l ain't got no 42.

Oh, damn, damn, damn!

forty-five.

l'm standing with

the owner of Junior's Market...

...where last night's winning

Mondo Millions jackpot ticket was sold.

Oh, Lord Jesus.

We understand the winner

hasn't come forward yet?

That's right. No, they have not.

The thing is, it's killing me...

...because l'm supposed to get

$10.000 just for selling the ticket...

...you know what l'm saying?

lf you're out there watching

and got the winning ticket...

...holler at your boy Junior, man.

Daddy got bills to pay, baby.

Talking about he got bills to pay?

We all got bills to pay, huh?

-Also, l wanna shoutout

-Whoever does have that ticket....

- a piece of paper worth $370 million.

And just in case you missed it...

...here's another look

at the winning numbers.

The first winning number is 42.

That ain't nowhere near 17.

followed by 33.

Next we have four.

And 32 and 45.

And the all-important Mondo 8all

number is Number 21.

Experts say the chances of winning

is 1 in 175 million.

-Grandma.

-You okay, boy?

-Get money.

Hey.

We won the lottery.

Ah. Now, come on, Kevin.

No, no. Grandma, look.

Grandma, we won the lottery!

Now, let me see here.

Four, 32, 33...

-...42

-Forty-five!

-Twenty-one!

-You got all six numbers.

-Yes. We won.

-Oh!

Grandma!

Grandma, we won!

Ooh! Ooh!

Oh, Jesus, Jesus, Jesus!

Just wonderful!

-Oh. Oh.

-Jesus!

l gotta call somebody!

Call? No! No! Don't! No!

No. Don't you

No. You can't call people.

Look, you gotta keep this between us.

Nobody can know about this, all right?

-Only me and you know.

-Okay.

-That's it. You have to promise me.

-Okay, okay, l promise.

-l just got all excited.

-Oh, sh*t.

Wait. l can't say ''sh*t''

in my grandmother's house.

-Oh, you sure can't.

-l'm sorry.

-Oh, Lord. Lord.

-Okay. Okay, Grandma.

Settle down, Grandma.

l just need to go down to Junior's

and figure out how to turn this ticket in.

No! Don't you leave that house

with this ticket.

-And why?

-Well, what if somebody was to?

What if you was to get?

-Oh, Lord Jesus. Child.

-What?

Spit it out.

l never thought l'd have to use this.

-You got a pistol?

-Wait on it.

Grandma, no!

-What is it, then?

-Holy water. From the Catholic church.

-Grandma!

-The Lord here! Be with you!

-Because the Lord is with me!

-lt's cold.

What you doing?

Here. No!

-Grandma.

-l'm sorry, baby.

Look, l just wanna go outside

and just go down to Junior's...

-...and just get some information.

-Okay, then. All right.

Nobody knows about this ticket.

l ain't telling nobody.

l wouldn't tell nobody.

-You promise?

-l promise.

Only me and you know this, now.

l could be asleep right now.

Just thank God you woke up.

Whatever.

That's so clich to say that.

l wanna go to sleep.

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