Light Switch by Lauren Gallagher

Author:Lauren Gallagher
Language: eng
Format: mobi, epub
Tags: Book/Menage
Published: 2011-01-05T05:00:00+00:00

Epilogue

About a Year Later

“Four of a kind.” I fanned four queens on the table.

“Read ‘em and weep, boys.”

Matt, Steve, and Jim groaned in unison.

“I think someone needs to see if she’s got cards up her sleeve,” Jim said.

I tugged at my sweatshirt sleeves. “Nope, no cards.

Guess I just have better poker skills than you do.”

“Better luck is more like it,” Matt said, eyeing me.

“Luck, skills.” I shrugged and pulled the chips toward my side of the table. “Either way, I’m winning.” The doorbell rang. Ramona excused herself to answer it, and when she returned, Scott followed.

“Hey, Moore, it’s about damned time.” Matt rose to shake Scott’s hand.

Scott shook his hand and clapped his shoulder. “Come on, now, some of us actually have to do more than just walk down the hall for this.”

“Oh, excuses, excuses,” Matt said with a theatrical sigh.

Scott rubbed his eye with his middle finger, then turned to kiss me on the cheek. A completely platonic, friendly peck to anyone who cared to look, and my sweatshirt masked the goose bumps his aftershave always gave me.

“Looks like you’ve all been doing just fine without me anyway,” he said.

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“Well, someone has,” Jim muttered. He stood and gestured at his chair. “In fact, why don’t you have a seat over here at the Kristen Locke Slaughterhouse?” Scott laughed. “I think I can handle her.”

“Good luck,” Matt said. “The woman’s on fire tonight.” Scott shot me a devilish grin. “Oh, I think I can put a stop to that.”

“We’ll just see about that.” Steve put the deck in front of Matt. “Shuffle it, Sommers, and let’s see if this guy can put his money where his mouth is.”

“Kristen’s been raking it in all night,” Jim said. “I think that woman’s been counting cards or something.” Matt laughed. “You don’t count cards in poker, idiot.

That’s blackjack.”

“Maybe we should play blackjack, then,” Steve said. “I could count cards and—”

“Oh, come on,” Jim said. “Everyone knows you can’t count that high.”

“Well, card-counting or not, I think it’s time someone’s reign of terror ended.” Scott smirked. “Let me go get a drink first, but enjoy your chips, Locke. They’ll be coming my way shortly.”

“Arrogant bastard,” I said.

“That’s why you love me, darling.” He deliberately bumped my chair with his hip as he walked by. Our eyes met and he winked before he disappeared into the kitchen.

Scott had joined our poker nights a few months ago after Larry moved out of the complex. He’d fit right in with the banter and shit-talking, and he played a damned good game of five-card draw. His cockiness was the perfect poker face: no one could ever tell if he was bluffing.

And as far as the three of us knew, no one else at the tables had any idea what was going on between us. The guys didn’t seem to care anyway, and Lynette and Ramona had never gotten more than vague answers and denials out of me. Scott wasn’t the only one who could put on a convincing poker face.

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