6 Random Numbers

by Catherine Russell

3,18,22,29,44,56 Six random numbers. Really, just random numbers, no one’s birthday, no addresses, no lucky numbers…just 6 random numbers. And just like that, everything changed. Bonnie had just about everything she really needed, a good man, a cottage by the bay, enough money to be comfortable, grown children managing just fine, and more shoes than she could wear in a month. But there was something missing…a little empty spot in her heart that said “You could do more.” She just didn’t know how until she picked 6 random numbers and won 122 million dollars in the big lottery drawing. “What would you do if you won the lottery?” people always ask each other whenever the payout is extremely large. Bonnie knew exactly what she would do. She thought of the people who had offered her a little help when she really needed it. Her sister in law gave her money for her first college course. Her ex-husband loaned her money to keep her business going. Her father helped support her in between jobs. Everyone has had a time in their lives when they needed a little help, and that is what she wanted to do with her winnings. She wanted to offer a start, a hope, a push forward, a chance. She would set up a non-profit company. People could write to her and tell her why they needed a little help. She would read the letters and choose someone to receive a check for $10,000.00 every week. She had it all worked out in her head. She just didn’t know how much it would cost her…

76 pages, Kindle Edition

Published February 11, 2021

About the author

Catherine Russell was born in Tacoma, Washington and raised in a small town just south, South Hill, Puyallup. At the time South Hill was a heavily wooded area and far off the beaten path. Growing up she had the forests as her fantasy world along with the wild animals. She lived with her parents and an older sister. There are a few similarities from her own childhood that have carried over in to her first novel, “The Stage”. As a child, she did have a small dog named Toto, whom she would quite frequently roam the woods with. Her childhood home still stands, and is still nestled in the woods even though South Hill has undergone an extreme makeover since she lived there. She enjoyed hours of day dreaming and playing in the woods, which in turn fed her fantasy world of make believe.