Todo había cambiado desde que ganó el premio gordo de la lotería. Todos querían estar con él. Podía comprarse casi todo lo que quería. Su esposa ahora estaba siempre feliz y también sus hijos. Ahora era un VIP en todos lados, lo recibían con una sonrisa, lo atendían de manera siempre cordial. No tenía que pensar si lo que había ganado esa semana era suficiente. “Saluda al VIP” parecían decir todos a su paso. Hasta que un día ya quedaba poco en la cuenta, y todo volvíó a ser como antes. Pero Sofía lo había abandonado por un VIP de verdad, por un ricachón de esos que invierten, y tienen quien cuide sus cuentas.

Everything had changed since he won the lottery jackpot. Everyone wanted to be with him. He could buy almost anything he wanted. His wife was always happy now, and so were his children. He was now a VIP everywhere he went, greeted with a smile and treated with cordiality. He didn't have to worry about whether what he had earned that week was enough. “Say hello to the VIP,” everyone seemed to say as he passed by. Until one day, there was little left in his account, and everything went back to the way it was before. But Sofia had left him for a real VIP, one of those rich guys who invest and have someone to take care of their accounts.