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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look at her.

his face was icy.

tongue again, and

lines on the corner of his

Seth. “Are you

his cards. She softly

right, Gordon must have two

He was going to use those to win,

out last. This is going to be hard for

cares about Seth too

a nine.

him moments earlier, but the

He gave

want

played a ten.

the rest of

last card,

asked.

the inside of

onto the table. It was

have a traitor beside you.”

tongue and looked at Selena in disdain. If

K, Gordon

even play any cards, so they

take off any

suit icily, revealing

He plopped down onto the chair

pointed at Isabella. “You

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switch.”

expecting him to be

looked at Selena and heaved

in the

her seat, and she walked

felt a

she stood up anyway. She

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 felt

at Gordon.

one of

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were a lot of bunny

to get a

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that was mortifying,

brought that

He

his arms and

ask what she

little, and