Mr. Short excitedly announced to his family that he had won the lottery the previous day. As the family began making extravagant plans to spend the money, Mrs. Short and the children discussed buying expensive gifts while grandma tried to get their attention, saying she was having a heart attack. In their excitement over the lottery win, the family did not hear grandma and had to rush her to the hospital. Their neighbor Leonard overheard the commotion and gossip about the family's supposed windfall spread around the neighborhood.