He Bought Another Life

I had just put my son to sleep when I received a call from an unknown number.

"Mrs. Carter, this is BabyLux Boutique. Congratulations, you've won our grand prize."

I froze. "What grand prize?"

The voice on the other end quickly apologized.

"I'm so sorry, Mrs. Carter. Today is April Fools' Day, and we played a little joke on you.

There's no grand prize, but there is a gift."

I thought it was another scam call and was about to hang up.

But then the voice continued.

"You and Mr. Marcus Shaw have spent two million dollars at our store.