s. I looked at Ryan,

e play, or are you afrai

e tightened. He couldn' t back down now wi

. "Don' t say I

crossing his arms

ble. It was all the cash I had on me. A pathetic stack of bills c

at' s it? That won' t

, looking directly at h

o it

moves. I' d check when I should have bet, fold when I should have called. I le

hand. And the sec

onfidence grew. The uncles started making jokes at my expense. Jennifer dealt the cards with

catch my eye, to tell me to stop. My mother just sat there

ey thought I was a fool, a rich girl playing a game she didn' t u

they were the o