Woman Kicks Out Boyfriend — Then Learns Her Timing Couldn’t Have Been Worse
Everybody loves an underdog story, especially when the underdog needs a win as badly as Paul Long did. The Englishman didn’t have much going for him aside from his love life, and right now, even that was floundering. So when his longtime girlfriend broke up with him, he felt like everything had finally been stacked against him. But when he least expected it, a stroke of luck pushed him into the spotlight, proving that his ex made a big mistake.
A tough situation
Before his life changed forever, things were not going well for Paul. He had been a Dagenham Ford plant worker for over a decade. Then he’d had to leave his job at a supermarket after a leg injury. Now he was unemployed and with very few options.
Bye-bye, Julie
To make matters worse, he and his girlfriend of five years, Julie West, had broken off their relationship, forcing him to leave their shared home just outside London. But Paul knew better than to hope for a miracle — until one arrived in his lap, that is.
Lucky ticket
Yep, Paul woke up to a strange email announcing that he had won $11,000 from a lottery ticket. And while he assumed it was all a mix-up, he showed the ticket to his friend — just in case. That friend replied with even weirder news.
Overnight millionaire
Paul hadn’t won thousands — he’d won millions. $13 million, to be exact. He couldn’t believe what he was hearing. He needed concrete proof that something so lucky had happened to him. So, he called the Lotto helpline.
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