Brad makes an ill-fated bet and pays the price.

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Andrea was fuming. "Absolutely fucking not."

"Come on babe," whined Brad. "This hand is a shoe-in I'm telling you."

Andrea looked passed Brad to the poker table behind him. The brute he was up against was leaned across the table looking at Brad's cards while his lackeys, the others that Brad had been losing money to all night watched and laughed soundlessly.

"You are a goddamn idiot. Have you never seen a movie in your life? You're going to walk back over there and ante me up like some kind of trophy and then he'll call and you'll lose."

Now...