Leave Me Alone, Mr Shaffer by Diana Tenny

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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look at her. The look

his face was icy.

tongue again, and he

lines on the corner of his eyes.

Seth. “Are you taking this,

looked at his cards. She softly

I’m right, Gordon must

going to use those

out last. This is going to be

about Seth

a nine. Seth was

earlier, but the

He gave the cards

want to finish this

played a ten. Gordon couldn’t

played the

last card, Mr. Dunkstein?”

asked.

inside of his cheek

card onto the table. It was a

traitor beside

looked at

K, Gordon would’ve won.

play any cards, so

take

suit icily, revealing his

He plopped down onto

pointed at Isabella.

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switch.”

wasn’t expecting him to be this

Selena and

in the air.

of her seat,

felt a sharp stare

but she stood up anyway. She felt

waist pulling her

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light that shone

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

at Gordon. “She’s a saboteur.

in one of

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of bunny girls in this club.

to get a random

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thought that was mortifying, and

“I brought that

tonight.” He

his arms and