Let’s Play A Game

She bought five scratch-off lotto tickets, picked up groceries, and returned to her motel. After a quick bowl of ramen soup, she told Melissa they would play a short game before bed.
She laid out the tickets and asked Melissa to pick one. The daughter did, and Sarah scratched the card. The idea was to do this every night until she thought of a way out of this hellish life.
She didn’t know that everything was about to change.