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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to look at her. The

his face was icy.

tongue again, and he

lines on the corner

to Seth. “Are you taking this,

at his cards. She softly

right, Gordon must

He was going to use those to win,

out last. This is going to be hard

about Seth

played a nine. Seth was

him moments earlier,

gave the

didn’t want to finish this

played a ten. Gordon couldn’t match

played the rest of the

your last card, Mr. Dunkstein?”

asked.

the inside of his cheek and

the table. It was

traitor beside you.” Bethany

and looked at Selena in

that K, Gordon would’ve

play any cards,

to take

off his suit icily,

onto the

he pointed at Isabella. “You

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switch.”

him to be this

at Selena and

hung in the air.

her seat, and she

a sharp stare

but she stood up anyway. She felt the

waist pulling her harder, refusing

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up. The light that shone

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

looked at Gordon. “She’s a saboteur.

in one of the

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were a lot of bunny girls in this club.

Gordon to get

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thought that was

“I brought that

He looked at Isabella

crossed his arms and looked at