The Tomorrow Code
“A day of celebration. Rebecca stayed over in the guest room, and Tane’s mum made French toast for breakfast.
They didn’t mention the Lotto win to her, even though to keep it inside when it kept trying to burst out was like trying to hold in an enormous belch after drinking a whole can of Coca-Cola. Tane wasn’t quite sure why they kept it a secret. “Don’t tell anyone,” the message had said. But did that include his own mum?
Tane had tossed and turned during the night, dreaming of Greek monsters with teeth of fire, but even so, he was up at six, before the sun, and Rebecca was already awake when he got up. It felt a bit like the day after Christmas when all the excitement is over and done with, but the real fun of playing with all your presents is about to begin.
They just talked until his mum got up and made the French toast. They talked about the money mainly. What to do with it. What to spend it on.
There were some dark thoughts lurking, but those didn’t get a mention in the early li...ght of Sunday.MoreLess
They didn’t mention the Lotto win to her, even though to keep it inside when it kept trying to burst out was like trying to hold in an enormous belch after drinking a whole can of Coca-Cola. Tane wasn’t quite sure why they kept it a secret. “Don’t tell anyone,” the message had said. But did that include his own mum?
Tane had tossed and turned during the night, dreaming of Greek monsters with teeth of fire, but even so, he was up at six, before the sun, and Rebecca was already awake when he got up. It felt a bit like the day after Christmas when all the excitement is over and done with, but the real fun of playing with all your presents is about to begin.
They just talked until his mum got up and made the French toast. They talked about the money mainly. What to do with it. What to spend it on.
There were some dark thoughts lurking, but those didn’t get a mention in the early li...ght of Sunday.MoreLess
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