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 her. The look

his face was icy.

tongue again, and he

smile lines on the corner of his eyes.

you

looked at his cards. She

right, Gordon must have two

use those to win, with the

going to

cares about Seth

a nine. Seth

him moments earlier,

now. He gave the cards back

He didn’t want to finish this

a ten. Gordon couldn’t

played the

your last card, Mr. Dunkstein?”

asked.

inside of his cheek and

the table. It was a

you have a traitor beside you.”

looked at Selena

K, Gordon would’ve won.

play any cards, so

take off any

took off his suit

down onto the chair

Then he pointed at Isabella. “You

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switch.”

him to be

and heaved a

awkwardness hung in

of her

a sharp stare coming

up anyway. She

waist pulling her harder, refusing to let

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The light

He scanned the place, and everything around him felt

looked at Gordon. “She’s

in one of the

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bunny girls

to get a

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thought that was mortifying,

“I brought that woman you’re holding

He

his arms and looked at

ask

broke down a little, and she cursed