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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even want to look at

his face was icy.

clicked his tongue again, and he

lines on the corner of his

to Seth. “Are you taking this,

his cards. She softly said,

right, Gordon must have

going to use those to win, with the

out last. This is going

cares about Seth too

played a nine. Seth was

him moments earlier, but the man

interest now. He gave the cards

want to finish this

played a ten. Gordon couldn’t

played the rest

card, Mr. Dunkstein?”

asked.

the inside of his cheek and

table. It was

have a traitor beside you.”

at Selena

that K, Gordon

Dariel didn’t even play any cards, so

to take off any

off his suit

onto the

pointed

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switch.”

wasn’t expecting him to be

Selena and heaved

hung in

pulled out of her seat, and

a sharp

up anyway. She

pulling her

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light that shone

felt cold. He scanned the place, and everything around him

at Gordon.

of the

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were a lot of bunny girls in

to get a

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that was

“I brought that

He

and

ask what she

broke down a little, and