Each morning, Jim walked to the corner mart for coffee and a lottery ticket. He always passed Pete and gave the same reply to the jangling of coins.
Fine, Lets use the other half for the renovation of our house.
Jim, Come on. Can we just use the other half of the money you won in the lottery to renovate our house? Besides, it's been months since Pete was missing.
Pete would then invariably respond to Jim's reply with a tip of his soiled, red hat.
When Jim finally won the lottery, he searched for Pete everywhere in the mart, but he wasn't able to find him.
Several months have passed, and Jim still hasn't found Pete. His wife convinced him to use the other half of the wins in the lottery to renovate their house.
The following spring, working in the garden, Jim unearthed a familiar red. While lost in astonishment and horror, the faint smell of her perfume permeated among the roses before...