The Tattoo (Ep. 5, Pt. 1)

For Cade T. the thoughts of being rich and having everything his heart and greed desires is on his mind, rolling around most of the time. He spends most his time stealing from old people and buying lottery tickets. It was Friday, and time to see what his lucky stars held for him, so Cade heads for the local Gas Mart to buy some tickets.

“Give me some tickets, tickets, tickets… today is my lucky day,” Cade said, as he handed the cashier some cash.

“Good luck Mister, nobody ever wins with those lottery tickets,” The cashier said while pulling out several cards.

“Well we will just see about that,” Cade said, as he pulled out a penny and started scratching. “Come on… big daddy has to win.”

“Match three like numbers…” the cashier started to say.

“Yeah, I know, shut up so I can win,” Cade snapped back. “$2,000… $2,000… $2,000, HOLY! AHHH… Big Daddy hit the motherlode. Whew $2,000, now pay up stumpy.”

“Congratulations sir, you are the big winner for today,” the cashier said while handing over the prize money.

“Come to papa, beautiful green,” Cade said as he snatched the money, smelled it, and ran out the door. Cade jumped on his bicycle and headed home to his parent’s basement to pack.

“Road trip time, destination to somewhere,” Cade said to himself as he was packing. “Whoo hoo, some place other than here, and here I come.”

Cade arrived in New Lexington about three days later and found himself a little rinky-dinky motel to stay in. “Party-Time!” he said, as he tossed his stuff onto the bed. Oh boy… new town, new faces, new money, ladies galore, and all the fun stuff that life can give him, that's what he is hoping for anyway.

Cade changed into his party clothes, which happen to be jeans and a tank top. He headed out to the streets of New Lexington with a smile and a money man strut.

“Ooh Dean’s Jeans,” Cade said. “I could use a pair or two.” Cade strutted into the store and looked around. His gaze drifted around the room and landed on a cute girl behind the counter.

“Welcome to Dean’s Jeans,” The cute girl said with a smile. ‘I’m Katie.”

“Hey… thank you,” Cade said, with a crooked smile and a wink.

“If there is anything you need just let me know,” Katie said.

“You got it babe,” Cade said as he started walking toward the back of the store. Cade found some jeans and laid them on the counter in front of Katie.

“Your phone digits would be awesome too,” Cade said, while pulling out his wallet. Katie giggled as she rang up his items. Cade grabbed his bag of jeans and went out the door. He stood in place for a few minutes looking around at some of the eye-catching sights.

“Uh-huh, what else can I find? Three pairs for the price of two. Thank you, Dean, what a deal,” Cade said to himself as he strutted on down the sidewalk passing stores such as Dillon’s Sports, Cheyenne’s Scooter Shop, Fortune’s by Shawnee, and Kyle’s Karate School that was on the corner. He saw on the other corner a small mom and pop store and headed there.

“Cigs… I need some cigs,” Cade said, as he walked in and bought a few packs, and of course he did not leave without a five-finger discount or two. As he walked out of the store, he saw a lady standing at the bus stop waiting for the next bus.

“Hey baby girl, what is up? You know, I won the lottery,” Cade said to a lady like she was going to be all happy and excited and want to run away with him or something. That was not going to be likely, considering the look she had on her face.

“Oh really,” she said while looking straight ahead. “Well, isn’t that nice.”

“Yeah it sure is, of course I only got two thousand, but hey it feels like a million,” Cade said, while smiling and trying to impress the lady. The lady remained silent as the bus stopped and she got on in a hurry. Cade smiled as he turned and started walking down the sidewalk. “Hmm, I think she liked me,” he said with a huge grin.