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Except for the one time I had tried to, I had never missed. Lefty stuck his sharp chin at Shari. "I'd call that a fairly convincing string," he said. "Will you concede, Dr. King?" She gave him an awful mouthful of silence. EXCEPT FOR THE ONE TIME I HAD TRIED TO I HAD NEVER MISSED LEFY STUCK HIS SHARP CHIN AT SHERRY I'D CALL THAT A FAIRLY CONVINCING STRING HE SAID WILL YOU CAN SEE DOCTOR KING SHE GAVE HIM AN AWFUL MOUTHFUL OF SILENCE
ce of manipulation." It was the two of hearts that Shari turned over. I was a thousand dollars richer. I won the next. And the next. My stomach tightened up. Every thousand dollars drove another nail into my coffin--went that much farther to prove I was a snake. Well, I wasn't! I missed the fourth one. "Cut that out!" Wally snapped at me. I jumped a foot. I _had_ tried to miss it. With a sickening realization of doom, I called the next four right. "Stop it!" Shari screeched, grabbing at the cards. "I'll shuffle!" she announced. She hid the pasteboards from me with her body, and took care, in putting them before me on the desk, that I didn't see the face of the bottom card. Her eyes were violet pools of hate and rage and she spoke to me: "_Now_ try it!" "Spade!" That made eight straight. Even Shari succumbed to the ghastly fascination of it. There had been fifty thousand dollars in the stack of bills Wally had taken from his desk. Soon all fifty of the bills were stacked in front of me. KING WALLY SUGGESTED REMOVE ANY POSSIBLE CHANCE OF MANIPULATION IT WAS THE TWO OF HEARTS THAT SHERRY TURNED OVER I WAS A THOUSAND DOLLARS RICHER I WON THE NEXT AND THE NEXT MY STOMACH TIGHTENED UP EVERY THOUSAND DOLLARS DROVE ANOTHER NAIL INTO MY COFFIN WENT THAT MUCH FARTHER TO PROVE I WAS A SNAKE WELL I WASN'T I MISSED THE FOURTH ONE GOT THAT OUT WALLY SNAPPED AT ME I JUMPED AFOOT I HAD TRIED TO MISS IT WITH A SICKENING REALIZATION OF DOOM I CALLED THE NEXT FOUR RIGHT STOP IT SHERRY SCREECHED GRABBING AT THE CARDS I'LL SHUFFLE SHE ANNOUNCED SHE HID THE PASTEBOARDS FROM ME WITH HER BODY AND TOOK CARE IN PUTTING THEM BEFORE ME ON THE DESK THAT I DIDN'T SEE THE FACE OF THE BOTTOM CARD HER EYES WERE VIOLET POOLS OF HATE AND RAGE AS SHE SPOKE TO ME NOW TRY IT SPADE THAT MADE EIGHT STRAIGHT EVEN SHERRY SUCCUMBED TO THE GHASTLY FASCINATION OF IT THERE HAD BEEN FIFTY THOUSAND DOLLARS IN THE STACK OF BILLS WALL HE HAD TAKEN FROM HIS DESK SOON ALL FIFTY OF THE BILLS WERE STACKED IN FRONT OF ME
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