Electricity bill

[The Sub-lime One]

I remember one time when I was a kid my Dad was in a hurry to get to work, so he gave me money to pay the electric bill, but instead I rode my bicycle nearly ten miles away to a local car dealership where I bought some raffle tickets to win a brand new car.

Late that night when my Dad got home from work, he asked if I remembered to pay the bill, but rather than lying, I had to explain to him what I did.
He beat the crap out of me that night.

But here’s the best part of the story... A few nights later, when my Dad got home after another long day at work, outside my house was a brand new car sitting at the end of our driveway. He just looked at me with a blank stare and tears in his eyes. My brother and Sister cried, my Mom cried, we all cried, especially me, because the car was from the electric company and they were there to cut off the electricity, and so my Dad beat the crap out of me again, but this time it was in the dark.