Hello Lovely People,
It's your homeboy 'Oye Lucky' aka Nikhil here.
After posting a few articles, I thought of writing a Short-Story. Your honest feedback is really appreciated 🙏
It's your homeboy 'Oye Lucky' aka Nikhil here.
After posting a few articles, I thought of writing a Short-Story. Your honest feedback is really appreciated 🙏
Vinod was waiting for his bus at the
Bus-Stop which was as usual, late. In his head, he fought with his wife on their month-end crisis and he won too. Head's probably the only place he could have won against her. Sun was in no mood to help his sweaty shirt. Meanwhile, a paperboy insisted him to buy one. He did so to pass the time while waiting for the bus. On the front page
itself, Vinod saw a big Advt. of a Man from
the same town who had won a lottery worth 4,00,000 ₹.
He blamed his misfortune, as he has
been buying lottery ticket every week since ages but had never won a single penny. In fact he was involved in several fights with his wife over the same topic. At that very moment a man came and stood besides him. While removing his
handkerchief, a Lottery ticket slipped out of his pocket. Vinod noticed it, and much to his surprise it
had the same lucky number printed over it. Vinod double checked it with cross eyes to be 100% sure. His first and immediate reaction was to inform the man and wish him, but he doesn't. He now gets into a 'To be or Not To be' dilemma. Pending Promotion, Home loan EMIs, School donations started to appear in front of his eyes.The greedy mind won indeed. He threw his handkerchief and bends
down to act as if he wants to pick it and picks up the Lottery ticket
as well.
Vinod who rarely took a Auto, now hired a Cab and rushed to the nearby lottery
store. He asked the Cabbie to wait as had planned to return home and share the good news with his family. An overjoyed Vinod reached the store and presented his lottery ticket. However, his joy didn't last long. Lottery store owner rubbished his claim stating that the ticket was a hoax. There was no such winner. He was framed, his mind blasted.
Unsure about what’s going on, he finds
another guy reading the same paper which had no such Advt. on the front
page. He thinks of calling his police friend, that’s when he gets shell-shocked. He finds, he has been pick pocketed by the duo when he had bend to pick
up the ticket. His left pocket was without his mobile phone too. Thunder struck Vinod requested the shopkeeper for his mobile in order to call the bank only to get to know that his Credit Card too got maxed out few mins ago. The bank officials did try calling him to confirm, but his mobile was obviously unavailable.
Vinod had no clue what had happened to him. In the last hour he had lost all his money, his newly bought Mobile phone and his bank was ready with a hefty Credit Card due too. That's when a voice struck him, 'Sir, the Taxi meter is still running.'
Vinod had no clue what had happened to him. In the last hour he had lost all his money, his newly bought Mobile phone and his bank was ready with a hefty Credit Card due too. That's when a voice struck him, 'Sir, the Taxi meter is still running.'
