“What are you talking about? Jacob’s never won the lottery,” I say looking up from my computer monitor at my coworker.

“Are you sure? This looks like him.”’ She hands me a news article she printed. The date is exactly a year ago. The man in the photo is holding up a large check at least four feet long. His face is blurred and the article states that he did not wish to disclose his identity.

“Whe...

The tricked-out Ford 250 wound up and out of the cup de sac. Itsped through the gates of Brentwoods. Carlene gave the security guard a friendly wave. She headed for the highway. Her phone beeped and her dashboard read the incoming text: Tristan - get Takis and Red Bull nitro and coach needs the trip money like yesterday. Picking up speed, Carlene focused on the road ahead. Things had been going so...

(Inspired by the game Stardew Valley by ConcernedApe)

“Haley, you won the LOTTERY!?” Alex exploded

“Yeeeeah, like—Last year.” She chuckled nervously. “You are the often out, so I didn’t have time to tell you and if I’m being honest, you would waste all the gold on pigs and barns.”

“I would not! I mean..I would buy a few..” Alex mumbled. “You can trust me, we’ve been married for 10 ...

Since the last year we have been able to afford the more finer things in life which made me suspicious but I figured it was a raise at his job. Until recently today. I was cleaning the house attending duties as a wife when I noticed the door to my husbands office was open. Usually it was locked but I decided to venture in and give it a quick clean. Its when I noticed a slip of paper that was a che...

“So, he won $3,000,000 last year and didn’t tell me? That’s what your telling me now! Why, tell me?” Ariel spoke in disbelief as she tugged on her long raven pony tail, her purple eyes rimmed in tears.

“He married me last year in Vegas after he won, I swear I didn’t know about you til, yesterday!” Betty said as she brushed a strand of her blond hair out from her blue eyes.

“I’ve been his wife,...

I slid my hand into the mailbox and pulled out a small stack of paper. I flipped through plain white envelope with a presorted stamp in the corner until I came across one addressed to Jim. New Stanton Bank. I had never heard of this bank, so I opened it to make sure it was junk before tossing it with the others. I slid my finger under the flap and dissected it until I could pull out it’s insides. ...

I really didn’t understand, why my partner for life, always hid his bank account paperwork. When I

Picked up the mail, there was never anything, for him from the bank. When I asked him, about this

He sheepishly grinned, as he looked away, and mumbled, some unknown answer or question.

Sometimes, when you have been with someone, for ten years or so, you think you know them. Well

I got a big surpr...

The light clicked on as he entered the room, a bright flare against the darkness. He blinked and stepped back, startled.

Marie sat at the table, a swath of papers on the wood table in front of her. She sat stiffly, her skin sallow in the warm light. A brightly patterned scarf covered her head, almost as bright as the fire in her eyes.

“What’re you doing in the dark?” Frank loosened his tie and t...

I open my eyes and the sun fills the room with warm light. I turn and see my handsome husband Liam sleeping next to me. I head downstairs and wake up my 4 year old daughter Saige. I start getting her dressed in her cute little outfit and when we finally get done we head to the kitchen and my husband is making breakfast.

My life is like a fairytale, I think to myself. I read Saige a stor...

Lies. They are weird things. Creeping up on you, hiding in dark closets, and always hurting someone.

Those are the only thoughts running through my head as I stare at the papers in my hand. Bank reports for an account I never knew my Husband had. Thousands of dollars coming into the account at the beginning of the month and most of it gone by the end. Some of it to our shared bank account, and t...