He sat on the sofa, alternately staring at the screen wide-eyed and then looking back at the ticket in his hand in disbelief as the numbers were called out.
“I’ve got five numbers… come on… YES!!!! I’VE WON THE LOTTERY!”
She hugged him in his initial euphoria and then he pulled away, looking at her smugly.
“I don’t need you or your money any more. I’ve been seeing someone else, someone younger, prettier…”
She'd suspected it all along, but let him finish and then calmly replied. “And I recorded that programme three months ago and bought that ticket this morning.”
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