In this task, you're given the title of a five-sentence story and the first four sentences. Your job is to write the last sentence of the story such that it seamlessly connects with the rest of the story.

Title: Coal Mine. Sentence 1: Timothy took a shower. Sentence 2: He wiped off all the coal dust from his body. Sentence 3: Timothy decided never to go into the mines again. Sentence 4: He combed his hair and looked at himself in the mirror.
He then saw the dirt that was still under his nails.

Title: Playing games. Sentence 1: My boyfriend has been playing video games since he was a teenager. Sentence 2: He is so committed he plays from after work until bedtime. Sentence 3: He was concerned I would get bored at night while he was playing. Sentence 4: So he bought me my own playstation and taught me to play.
Now we are two 50 year olds play online games together as a team.

Title: Hopeful. Sentence 1: The mail ran a little early. Sentence 2: I heard the knock at the door. Sentence 3: I ran to open it. Sentence 4: I was hoping my new makeup was here.

Show your work and conclude with the exact phrasing "Therefore, the final answer is [answer]." where [answer] is just the final number or expression that solves the problem.
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Instead it was a letter from my bank.

