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The crowd went nuts, but honestly, I couldn't tell if they were hyped or just losing it. Definitely wasn't what I expected.

I just stood there as some random quy snagged the ball mid-air. He started yelling like he'd won the lottery. "Number fivel Number five is mine!" He even kissed the ball and climbed onto his seat, celebrating like a maniac,

The rest of the crowd? Not so thrilled.

""Refund!"

"Refund

You could practically see their wallets crying. Most of them were there for one thing-watching Steve

crush it.

When he missed that shot? Oh, they weren't just disappointed; they were pissed. And it wasn't just because of the botched play; a ton of them had money riding on him. Like, big money. Probably two-thirds of the room was convinced Steve was a sure thing. But now? With that ball sailing off the table, their cash was pretty much gone with it.

I snapped out of my daze. Steve wasn't the type to mess up like that unless... unless he meant to.

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it out. He knew he was a pawn in someone else's game, and

was the real Steve-smart, strong, not the kind

supposed to let him go after that

push back. "You promised me. You can't just

that."

New deal," Hernan said. "You can play in Steve's place. Win, and I'll let

Wait. What?

picked up a cue stick in the last couple of

Hernan once recently, but that was a joke. Even pros

it. I was just another piece in his

overthink. This was my shot-a

you from backing out again?" I

was ice. "If you don't trust me, walk away now. I'll end the match and drag

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I was

But if you break

had no clue what I'd do, but I wasn't letting

my promise," he said, tossing me that

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