The Dice That Tamed A Tyrant

The Dice That Tamed A Tyrant

Gavin

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My dad and I always dreaded Christmas Eve at Uncle Tony's mansion, a yearly spectacle of his over-the-top wealth, always making us feel small. Tony, owner of a modest pizzeria chain, never missed a chance to mock Dad's bus driver past or my "grease-monkey" mechanic job. This year, however, Tony's arrogance reached a new low. He brazenly set up a high-stakes craps game, demanding $500 a throw, openly intending to publically humiliate his working-class family and assert his dominance. His cutting remarks about our "small wallets" and direct jabs at Dad's sacrifices hit hard, watching my father shrink. Even my first few dice rolls, intentionally clumsy, led to quick losses, only intensifying Tony's cruel mockery and predictions that I'd be "begging for bus fare home." The decades of quiet disrespect and open disdain for our honest lives boiled into an unbearable fury. Was family just a stage for his ego? This wasn't a game; it was an insult to everything we stood for. But as his taunts echoed, I remembered Sophia's secret dice control lessons. Tonight, enough was enough. I stepped forward, voice steady, ready to use my hidden skill to make Uncle Tony pay-not just for tonight, but for years of casual cruelty.

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My dad and I always dreaded Christmas Eve at Uncle Tony's mansion, a yearly spectacle of his over-the-top wealth, always making us feel small.

Tony, owner of a modest pizzeria chain, never missed a chance to mock Dad's bus driver past or my "grease-monkey" mechanic job.

This year, however, Tony's arrogance reached a new low.

He brazenly set up a high-stakes craps game, demanding $500 a throw, openly intending to publically humiliate his working-class family and assert his dominance.

His cutting remarks about our "small wallets" and direct jabs at Dad's sacrifices hit hard, watching my father shrink.

Even my first few dice rolls, intentionally clumsy, led to quick losses, only intensifying Tony's cruel mockery and predictions that I'd be "begging for bus fare home."

The decades of quiet disrespect and open disdain for our honest lives boiled into an unbearable fury.

Was family just a stage for his ego?

This wasn't a game; it was an insult to everything we stood for.

But as his taunts echoed, I remembered Sophia's secret dice control lessons.

Tonight, enough was enough.

I stepped forward, voice steady, ready to use my hidden skill to make Uncle Tony pay-not just for tonight, but for years of casual cruelty.

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