He Rented the Cheapest Car on the Lot. See What He Found in the Glove Compartment…

The story might have ended there, but people rarely let stories like that rest. A local paper picked it up first, then a radio station, then one of those national websites that loves a headline with fate, luck, and money in the same sentence. Daniel hated the photos they chose of him, though he admitted the facts sounded better in print than they had in his own head. He made one point every time someone asked what lesson he took from it: the money came because he did not pocket the watch and disappear. Had he tried that, the piece would have been impossible to sell cleanly, and the whole thing might have become a legal nightmare.

Wait until you read the ending — then discover another story you won't believe.