"I just mean that they'd show no mercy, no matter how much you'd lost to them."

"I said to you, Isaac, I can take care of myself."

"Yeah, sure. How much did you lose?"

Enough." Her gaze snapped back to the TV screen. But there's something in her face which made Isaac know it was bad.

"How much, Kyoline?"

She shrugged. "Only one hundred grand…"

What the hell!" Isaac stormed. "I'm gonna kill the fuckers! Whose dumb idea was it to make the buy so fucking expensive?"

"If you must know, it was mine."

"Are you nuts?" Isaac asked intentionally.

"No," she said carelessly.

"Why on earth would you do...