Chapter 5

After spending some time in the study looking over work blueprints, I called it a night and went to bed.

Erwin slept in the guest room next door.

In the dead of night, he sneaked into my room, fumbling around in the dark.

I kept my eyes closed, pretending to be asleep.

I knew exactly what he was after. He wanted that lottery ticket worth 165 thousand dollars.

He gently pressed my thumb to unlock my phone, took it outside to check, then put it back and slipped away.

I unlocked my phone and checked the recent apps.

Sure enough,…