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each of their shoulders.

 
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    "So, are you two ready for a little gambling? Although I
should warn you David, my little Kitty-Kat here may look innocent enough, but
she shows no mercy when it comes to poker. Isn't that right, beautiful?"
    Adir hugged Kate against his chest for a moment and when she
looked over at her husband, she had to stifle her vindictive laughter after
seeing the jealousy that flashed behind his eyes. 
    Before David could take the seat beside her, Adir slid in between
the two of them, taking a brief moment to pull the chair out for Kate. As she
got settled into her seat, Kate snuck a glance out of the corner of her eye and
saw David's jealousy only continue to grow. He scraped the chair out from under
the table and lowered himself into the seat, never taking his eyes off Kate and
Adir.
    The game settled into an easy rhythm, with several hands played
before Kate started to feel even somewhat comfortable. They were playing
Texas Hold’em, a poker game that she had played on a regular basis all
throughout college and had done well enough so that it paid all of her tuition
as well as covered her rent, food and gave her some extra spending
money. She knew she’d been good enough to go pro if she’d wanted to, but
the thought of telling her parents she was dropping out of college to play
professional poker was something she could never bring herself to
do. However, tonight she was off her game. With every bet she placed,
she second-guessed herself, and she knew it was only because David was watching
her like a hawk.
    If he wasn't here, you know you would be cleaning up , she told herself.  Don't let him stop you from having
fun. He's been doing it for months already. Enough is enough.
    When it was time for Kate to make her next bet, she tapped her
cards on the table for a moment, then placed them face down, counted through
her chips, and slid a tall stack to the center of the table. Her bet elicited
whispers around the table with various people chuckling or taking in deep
breaths. She looked up at David, raising one eyebrow but not flinching.
    Adir’s eyes grew wide with amusement. "What did I tell
you? The lady's not afraid to take a chance, boys." 
    Kate's heart raced as she waited for the final bets to be placed
and then for David to deal the final card. When he turned it over, Kate
held her breath for a moment but when she saw the card, she had to stifle her
grin.
    "Woah ho ho!" Adir shouted, leaning back in his
chair.  "Looks like someone's been practicing."
     
    Not even close . She hadn’t been at a poker
table in at least five years. The truth was that she was playing aggressively
in part because she was so pissed at David. But hey, whatever worked. Kate sat
back and waited for her winnings to come to her.  Fourteen hundred
dollars...holy shit, Kate thought to herself as she tried hard to stifle
the grin she knew was spreading across her face.  That was enough to
cover the mortgage and the last credit card bill. She forgot how thrilling
it was to play cards like this; the tingling in her scalp as she waited for her
cards to be dealt to her; that feeling of nervousness in the pit of her stomach
as she waited for the others to bet, and the thrill of the final reveal of the
cards. It was almost as intoxicating as sex, and since she hadn't had any of
that lately, this was the next best thing. 
    She didn't think it could get much better, until she looked across
the table and met David's gaze. Gone was the anger, the hurt at being kept in
the dark; the guilt that he himself had been found out. She saw something
there; a look she hadn't seen in a long time; a look she had only caught the
faintest glimpse of when he first walked into the room, before he recognized
the hot chick in the black dress as his wife. He looked like he was fighting
the urge to smile and the way his eyes were twinkling when he looked at her…if
she didn’t know better, she’d think that he was impressed