O’Connor Cove
By Jax_Teller
Five years ago I moved to rural America and lived off the grid on 500 acres. My nearest neighbor was one and a half miles away and was seasonal. Most of my life I had lived in the heart of the city with inner city conveniences. Life was good but from time to time I missed the excitement of a big city, mostly for the sexual entertainment. Night clubs, strip clubs, and the general availability of sexual encounters that were common in the city just were not heard of way out here. The running joke concerning relationships out here was, you don’t lose your wife you just lose your turn, which also meant the folks kept the sexual side of life quiet. Out here in Deliverance USA the nearest town of three hundred people was fifteen miles away populated by mostly Christian folks. The whole county only had one flashing light and over half of the roads were not paved. There were still areas that were cut off when the lakes’ water was high. There is only one bar around and it is at the VFW. The county had only recently allowed the sales of alcohol, before that it had been a dry county.

On Tuesday March 13th I went into town to check my PO box and while at the post office I ran into a guy who I’d helped when his truck was stuck a few months back. He reminded me of how lucky he had been that I had been willing and able to help him. He thanked me and handed me a lottery scratch off ticket and said good luck I hope you win you deserve it. I never played the lottery and generally considered them to be a rip off. But because the ticket had been given to me, I decided to follow the numbers for the day and it was one of the “super” drawings of 46 million dollars. I ended up falling asleep before the numbers were announced. When I woke up in the morning I remembered the drawing and listened to the morning news and to my utter amazement or dismay, I had the winning numbers. I double checked the ticket and the numbers and I was holding the winning ticket. The news announced the ticket was sold in this county and that they were still waiting for the winner to come forward.

I consulted with my lawyer and took a couple weeks to make plans on how I wanted to use the winnings. I decided that I didn’t want the publicity that comes along with such an event and the rules of this lottery allowed for an anonymous winner. I had my lawyer present the ticket in my behalf, and within the week of that day I had 40 million dollars. I had my lawyer make a public announcement including a web address to make requests for a charitable donation. I intended to choose one charity and fully fund it as opposed to just giving to a list of charities. The Charity that ended up getting 5 million dollars was the domestic violence project. They had a proactive stance that many of the other domestic violence charities didn’t address. They actually got directly involved in the rescue of the victims of domestic violence freeing them from their abusers. They also included slavery and human trafficking in the efforts. They impressed me in their ability to do what other well-meaning organizations wouldn’t. They often passed their clients onto other organizations to capitalize on their uniqueness.

I took twenty five million dollars and invested it with a broker friend, and told him to keep investing in safer long term stocks. With the rest of the money I decided to build an adult themed entertainment complex on the lake front. I billed the resort as clothing optional and that only adults were welcome. The area I chose on the lake had a cove and an island that was 6000 acres.