When 40-year-old Mara Christou woke up on an ordinary Tuesday morning, she expected nothing more remarkable than a quiet cup of coffee before work. Instead, she found herself staring at a lottery notification confirming that she had won €550,000, a life-altering sum that seemed to appear out of nowhere.
Over the weeks that followed, the unexpected windfall revealed something deeper than just opportunity. What unfolded was a story about the
