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e dealers to the players. The whole room was buzzing tonight, I could hear cranks of slot machin

money is being pumped into casinos daily; politicians, businessmen, and celebrities, you name it, spent most of their time in these places taking huge risks with their wealth. Most times they won whil

bout it is "never gamble more than you are willing to lose." Alt

acial expressions. Some celebrate their wins, others mourn over their losses. Fo

ay even if it had to be from afar. That was the first time I let my personal emotions into a job, and altho

myself, I pulled off my black jacket revealing the skimpy turquoise gown I wore underneath. Strutting towards the guys, I added a little sea

e table smiling at a big guy in front. "Excuse m

ng focus on the game. I smirked as I walked over pretending to be

surprise appeared in his voice. Obviously the misogynistic bastard couldn't believe his ear

was saying. "We might as well go easy on you so you w

see who ends up crying home." I challenged looking directly into his eyes. He looked l

us silently not wanting to get involved in the argument. I secretly snuck a look at the dealer who was in on my move tonight. Sydney was one dealer whom no one ever messed with, she was corrupt but knew how to cover

a few wins. As the game progressed the other players started dropping out of the game leaving only me and the idiot who kept annoying me by throwing degrading

e, spilling fake tears and sipping my glass of red wine. All the time my eyes were on the doomed cameras, I was the ace in the hole and though no one knew i

d silently as he made some calls betting even more than I had expected. By then, the whole room was focused on our table. I watched as Sydney smiled at my stake, her hands sweep

ry baby," the audience broke into laughter enjoying my humo

e he watched me with a vengeful look on his face. My job

uilding waiting in the lobby for Jimmy to come to pick me up. The idiot wh

sore loser. I pretended to be using my

his face. I watched as they began walking towards me taking long strides.

the unfamiliar streets. This part of the city was lonely. Pe

ing my mouth with their palm. I waited silently as the guard

miliar voice cal

er I felt a strong pierce my neck area. Bl

was the last thing I he