Thursday Thirteen - Thirteen Things about You Never Know: Tales of Tobias, An Accidental Lottery Winner
Thirteen Things About My Main Character Tobias Hillyer, age 20, comes home from college for winter vacation. He's bringing gifts for his mother, an alcoholic; his father, a UPS driver; and his brother, a teenage art prodigy. To keep his family from fighting, he takes them out to a restaurant. On their way home, a speeding driver hits them, killing his parents and brain-injuring his brother. Tobias drops out of college to take care of his brother. He falls in love with his brother's psychiatric nurse and they get married. Tobias is burdened by toxic guilt, even though the accident was not his fault. He works in a bookstore trying to make ends meet. And he watches his best friend, Martin, get his MBA and start working at a high-paying job. Tobias's wife becomes pregnant against his wishes -- with twins. Tobias adjusts to his new responsibilities, and then, coming home from work one day, he accidentally...