Susan's Perfect Little Find

Susan was not always so fortunate, but luck was on her side the day she bought her very first scratch ticket. She won $10,000 and felt on top of the world, so much so that she went back to her greatest passion, storage locker auctions. She traveled long and far to find some of the the biggest auctions in Oklahoma.

She traveled to Norman, OK. The day was bright and sunny, and she felt lucky. The auction started out slowly with some smaller lockers. Finally, a locker caught her eye. It felt personal to her. She looked closely and decided that this locker was hers. The bidding started low at first but then a man in the corner bid $500, she said $600, he bid $650 and she countered firmly and without hestiation $700! She waited for a response and none came, the locker was hers.

The crowd moved on but she stayed, she was so excited to see what treasures she had found. She entered the locker and with a flashlight began quickly scanning over boxes and clothing, it felt very personal indeed. She gently moved a box and came across a small roll top desk. It was old but looked to be in great shape. While inspecting the desk she noticed a small black latch in the right hand corner. She turned the latch and a drawer opened just above her head. She stood and shown her light into the drawer. Inside the drawer she found a fountain pen, watch, pair of glasses and a little black book. She took the book out and examined it. It had the name Brad Thompson embrossed on it. Susan put the book in her pocket and began looking through the rest of the drawers.

In the desk she found an old newspaper. It read, "local man Brad Thompson wins the OK Lottery!" The article said that he won $6.8 million. She sat down on a box as if her knees were weakened by the sheer excitement of it all. Then she took the book out of her pocket and turned the many pages and concluded that this little black book was filled with every number that Brad Thompson had ever played in the lottery. Susan decided that she too would play these numbers each and every one of them.

A week later Susan was clearning the desk and she took the watch out to exam it. She gasped when she realized that it was a Rolex. It was engraved with the initials BT. She went to the jeweler to have it cleaned and to buy a box for its safe keeping. Next door was a bookstore, so she went in. She wanted a journal of her own to record her journey through these precious things and of course the lottery numbers. She searched around and finally came across a nice black book with a red tie on it. She took it to the front to check out and the cashier said, "Oh, a Moleskine! Great choice. Susan smiled and headed back to the jeweler. Once insde the manager informed her that her watch was worth at least $15,000 and he was ready to make an offer. Susan was stunned but declined the offer. She put the watch in a case and headed home.

Six months later Susan was halfway through the little black book and had won a few dollars here and there but nothing big, but this day was going to be different. Susan woke and ran to check her numbers, she matched all of the numbers. She took a deep breath and looked at the Powerball, it too was a match. Susan screamed with excitement and began jumping up and down. She ran across the room and grabbed the little black book and held it to her chest and began to cry.

Susan quickly got dressed, grabbed the little black book and the lottery ticket, and headed to Oklahoma City for verification. She reached the lottery commission and after a few minutes the woman behind the counter informed Susan that she had won $22 million. She took the little black book out of her pocket, kissed it and said thank you before holding it to her heart.

Susan found many other treasures amongst Brad Thompson's things but will always treasure the little black book.