The Bookmaker by Fraser Chris

Author:Fraser, Chris [Fraser, Chris]
Language: eng
Format: mobi, epub
Publisher: Writer's Edge Publishing
Published: 2014-02-25T06:00:00+00:00

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I leaned forward, put my drink down on the table between us, turned off the recorder, and lit up a Camel. Preston fired up his joint in concurrence. We both knew we were done with work for the day; not much else could be said. Besides, it was Thursday and that meant Thursday night college football. My phone was starting to go off, and I had to get the line for the game.

“Tell you what,” Preston said between puffs, “we got about a half hour ‘til kickoff, why don’t you head back to your place and take care of your business. I’ll pull myself together on this end and we’ll meet back here.”

“Sounds good,” I said, gathering up my stuff.

“We got the battle of the Mormons tonight,” he said.

“Huh?”

“BYU vs. Utah—clash of the Latter Day Saints, you don’t want to miss it. I’ll tell you what, that religion loves them some football.” He paused, and then got to the point, “What’s the line tonight?”

“Last I looked, BYU by four, might be up to five by now, I gotta check.”

“Who you like?” he asked.

“If you can get five, I’d go with Utah. You never know what’ll happen in a rivalry game, and if you got points to play with, you got the edge—plus, it’s at Utah,” I said confidently, thus convincing Preston.

“Hell, it’s house money anyways, right? If you can get five or better, put a nickel on the Utes for me.”

“I’ll see what I can do,” I said, getting a little worried about overusing my layoff book. You don’t want to use a layoff book for personal action, things get too cluttered.

I called and got the latest lines. It had moved to five and I relayed the info to Preston. “Go ahead, put me down. Let’s make things interesting tonight,” he said, struggling to stand up. I put him in for a nickel and told him I’d be back to watch the game. At least Preston and I would be rooting for the same team; I knew beforehand I would only get BYU action. Nobody ever played Utah; maybe I should bump it up to six.

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