I Quit, Mr. Shaffer by Isabella Symons

Chapter 35

Things got awkward around the table. Silence fell,

with nothing but sounds of Gordon and Seth

throwing cards in the air, interspersed with Dariel

and Simon saying they would pass.

Gordon only had a few cards left in his hand, and

Isabella got nervous. She looks at Seth’s hand.

Seth’s cards weren’t optimal, but he was smart.

Even with a player like Gordon playing him, he

managed to shed most of his cards. There were

only one ten, a Q, and a pair of fives left.

Gordon must have some trump card. If it was a

bigger one, Seth wouldn’t be able to shed all his

cards. Isabella looked at Gordon. He picked up the

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he thought he would win.

“Are you going to take my pants off yourself if we

lose?” whispered Seth.

Isabella was panicking. She felt his breath against

her ear, tickling her like a brush. She turned away,

her ears burning up. She thought this was

embarrassing.

Someone broke the silence. “Play this.” Before

Gordon could do anything, Selena played a card

from his hand. It was a K.

Gordon’s face fell, and he glared at Selena.

Selena was shocked, and she fumbled a little.

“What’s wrong?”

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to look at

his face was icy.

his tongue again, and he

lines on the corner of his

“Are you

cards. She softly said,

right, Gordon must have

going to use those to win, with

last. This is going to

cares about Seth

played a

him moments earlier, but the

now. He gave

want to

played a ten. Gordon couldn’t

played the rest of the

card, Mr.

asked.

the inside of his

card onto the table.

you have a traitor

at Selena

that K, Gordon would’ve won.

play any cards, so they

take off any

his suit icily, revealing

He plopped down onto the

Then he pointed at Isabella.

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switch.”

wasn’t expecting him to be

at Selena and heaved a sigh of

hung in the

out of her seat,

felt a

stood up

her

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light that shone on him

air around him felt cold. He scanned

Gordon. “She’s

in one of the

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were a lot of bunny girls

get

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was mortifying, and

“I brought that woman you’re

He looked at

his arms and looked at Seth.

you ask

down a little, and she