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'" "I'll talk to you later," I growled. "When I'm richer!" I looked at the back of the card on the desk. Wally was leaning back in his swivel chair and wasn't within four feet of the pasteboards. If there was any hanky panky, I couldn't see how he planned to work it. "Heart," I said. I'LL TALK TO YOU LATER I GROWLED WHEN I'M RICHER I LOOKED AT THE BACK OF THE CARD ON THE DESK WALLEY WAS LEANING BACK IN HIS SWIVEL CHAIR AND WASN'T WITHIN FOUR FEET OF THE PASTEBOARDS IF THERE WAS ANY HANKEY PANKY I COULDN'T SEE HOW HE PLANNED TO WORK IT HART I SAID
hing shape and color. It was oblong. It was green. It was money. It was, for a fact, a stack of one thousand dollar bills. Wally shuffled the two cards under his desk again and piled them two-deep in front of Shari and me. "You heard what Dr. King said," Wally reminded me. "She'll love you no less for being a PC. Now we'll play the game a little more realistically. Every time you guess the top card right, Tex, I'm going to give you a thousand dollars. No strings attached. When you miss, you give one back. But if you have none to give, you don't have to pay. You can't lose. Maybe you can win. All set?" "One minute," I demanded. "Shari, is this a fair test?" She shrugged. "Why not?" "Is it gambling?" She smiled faintly, her first sign of relaxation. "Hardly," she said. "Then you don't mind if I win?" She found a laugh this time. "You can _try_," she corrected me. "This could be our nest egg," I said. [Illustration] She blushed. "If that's a proposal," she said tartly. "The answer is 'no.  IT GOT A SNIFF FROM SHERRY WHAT WALLY GOT OUT OF HIS DESK HAD A REFRESHING SHAPE AND COLOR IT WAS OBLONG IT WAS GREEN IT WAS MONEY IT WAS FOR A FACT A STACK OF ONE THOUSAND DOLLAR BILLS WALLY SHUFFLED THE TWO CARDS UNDER HIS DESK AGAIN AND PILED THEM TOO DEEP IN FRONT OF SHERRY AND ME YOU HEARD WHAT DOCTOR KING SAID WHILE HE REMINDED ME SHE'LL LOVE YOU NO LESS FOR BEING A PIECEE NOW WE'LL PLAY THE GAME A LITTLE MORE REALISTICALLY EVERY TIME YOU GUESS THE TOP CARD WRITE TEXT I'M GOING TO GIVE YOU A THOUSAND DOLLARS NO STRINGS ATTACHED WHEN YOU MISS YOU GIVE ONE BACK BUT IF YOU HAVE NONE TO GIVE YOU DON'T HAVE TO PAY YOU CAN'T LOSE MAYBE YOU CAN WIN I'LL SET ONE MINUTE I DEMANDED SHERRY IS THIS A FAIR TEST SHE SHRUGGED WHY NOT IS IT GAMBLING SHE SMILED FAINTLY HER FIRST SIGN OF RELAXATION HARDLY SHE SAID THEN YOU DON'T MIND IF I WIN SHE FOUND A LAUGH THIS TIME YOU CAN TRY SHE CORRECTED ME THIS COULD BE OUR NEST EGG I SAID SHE BLUSHED IF THAT'S A PROPOSAL SHE SAID TARTLY THE ANSWER IS NO
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