Luck's Apprentice
an excerpt

When the ambulance finally pulled up to the car, both the driver and the passenger were already on the curb, nursing what seemed to be a broken arm and a concussion, respectively, as well as some minor scratches and bruises. The car had skidded sideways into a streetlight when the driver took a turn to fast, slipping on the icy street.
Once the police arrived and examined the scene, they calmly explained that had the car turned another thirty degrees, both of them would have been dead. One officer proceeded to give the driver a ticket for speeding in a safety zone. The conversation that followed examined the officer’s mother’s virginity (which obviously didn’t exist anymore) as well as the officer’s sexuality. It was safe to say that the driver did not just receive a ticket.
By the time the ‘conversation’ was done, most of the residents of the neighborhood were already out on their lawns trying to figure out what had happened. Bundling up in their bathrobes, people began to chatter about the accident and whether the driver was drunk or not. However, one person, more specifically an older woman, buttoned the top button of her coat and started walking back down the block.
Most people didn’t seem to notice as the woman weaved her way through the crowd. In fact, they seemed to see right through her, craning their necks to look at the officer now giving the driver a ticket for littering with his speeding ticket. One child was not watching the driver now set fire to the ticket with his lighter, but watching the old women make her way around the block.
As the old woman made to turn the corner, she looked around to see who was watching her. It was extremely unusual that anyone would pay her any attention. When she caught the eyes of a little girl staring intently at here, she froze. The child, however, smiled winsomely at her. Shaking out of her temporary shock, the woman smiled at the child and turned the corner, completely out of sight.
‘It’s about time’
“I agree.” said the old woman. “I’ve waited far too long for this.”
‘You’ll have to wait awhile, you know.’
“I know. But it’s worth the wait.”
‘How interesting’
The woman didn’t reply to that, but chuckled as she continued walking.