Got Lucky

Never good at school, both parents died in a car accident when I was 7. My father's parents raised my mother had also passed away before I was born, my parents were both in their late thirties when they had me. My grandfather died when I was 15 heart attack and my grandmother passed away 7 years later also heart attack. I was working locally and still living with my grandmother in her rented apartment. After the funeral I was walking home I didn't own a car but have a driver's license. On the spur of the moment, I bought a lottery ticket. Not expecting to win and almost forgot about it completely, only the fact they were having trouble finding the winner made me check my ticket. I found my ticket and checked it; it was the winning ticket. Not the biggest prize nor the smallest but it was life changing for me. I went to the state capital to collect my prize, not wanting anyone in my hometown knowing it was me who had won the lottery. At first, I intended to stay in my hometown, but I lost my job before the lottery prize started flowing into my bank account. The mill where I worked was bought out and closed down and levelled by the new owners. So, it was not a surprise to anyone when I said was moving away. No girlfriend or any relatives I knew of, so moving was the best choice I thought. A local girl 20 quiet and the type who isn't noticed all that much, had also lost her job along with her mother 45 widowed likewise now unemployed. Asked me where I was going, I just said interstate. They asked would I mind them tagging along with me as they hadn't ever left the local area. No worries I said, just before we were to leave my first prize payment was deposited into my account. Now flush with cash as they say, I bought a pickup not a new one. I just wanted one to get to where I was going, no firm destination at the time. We left together travelled here and there getting short term work, then moving on. During the travelling I and the daughter became very close and became lovers. Of course, we messed up and she got pregnant, no worries we just married. Of course, with us being married my wife had access to my bank account, that is when she discovered my secret about winning the lottery. But she kept it secret from everybody except her mother, who I actually told myself. The life travelling wasn't really for us we all missed our hometown about the same. With my wife pregnant we decided to return and buy a house, but on investigating we found an old farm listed. It was well known to us we all used to use lake/pond on the farm for swimming in the summer. The old owner let the towns people use it as long as they behaved themselves. He had passed away and so it was on the market, we bought the farm and made our plans for our return. Arriving back after 3 years travelling my wife 7 months pregnant. We settled in quickly and already knew just about everybody locally. No one thought to ask how we could buy the farm, buy it had been marked down due to lack of interest. The fact we didn't seek employment was passed off as we were working on the internet. People just accepted that, now 4 years since our return and having a daughter and a son and my wife pregnant again with our third a boy according to the doctor due in April. My wife is a great mother, and her mother is a very happy and proud grandmother. All because I bought a lottery ticket once.