The Fast by TJ Wells & Dragon Fire Publications

Author:TJ Wells & Dragon Fire Publications
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: Christian scandal, urban fiction, church drama, church series, church stories, books for black men, African American quick reads, books for black women, Christian romance, redemption story, spiritual stories, pastor secrets, pastor's wife
Publisher: Dragon Fire Publications
Published: 2019-07-15T00:00:00+00:00

Pastor Stewart

“Nigga, is you gonna play or what?” Sammy asked. His big brown eyes were staring at me from across the table. He had his hands out in front of him, holding on to his cards tightly. I couldn’t tell if the look on his face was fear or confidence. I didn’t know what cards he was holding.

I looked down at my hand, confident. I was holding four 9’s and a 7. I knew his ass wouldn’t be able to beat it, so I decided to play with him a little bit. “You sure you ready?”

“Go, nigga,” he said to me, his deep voice rumbling. The other three players at the table were sitting there looking back and forth between us. Sammy and I had a history of having some pretty nasty arguments with one another, a few that had even turned physical. We were otherwise cool, but something about playing poker brought out the worst in us.

I sometimes wondered what the members of my church would think if they knew the truth about their pastor. Ever since I was younger I’d been a big time gambler, and the more money I made, the more gambling I did. It was something that I’d come to terms with. But lately, I’d been greedier than ever, and it was starting to get me into trouble. That was why I’d been praying so hard to try and find a solution. If I could get control of my addiction for a month alongside my church members, then I knew that I’d be able to control it for real. I’d also need the month to start paying back the money I owed. My wife didn’t know it, but we were behind on a lot of bills, including the mortgage.

“What you got?” I asked. My eyes stared into his.

“I got this,” he said. His fat hands laid his cards out on the table, three kings and two eight’s. Sammy looked up at me and smiled, flashing his yellow teeth that were crooked as hell on the bottom.

“Watch this,” I said. I laid my cards out on the table and watched as Sammy’s face dropped. He couldn’t believe it. Preaching was second nature to me, but playing poker was something that I learned. I first got introduced to it in college. We’d play in the dorms for a couple of quarters. There wasn’t any real money, but that was all it took for me to get hooked. I learned how to become the best player that I could be, and after a while, the small games for quarters weren’t enough.

I ended up finding a game with some older cats. The first couple of times, they kicked my ass and ending up taking all my money. I took every loss as a lesson though and made sure that I learned their strategies and their tells. After a while, I was on par with them, and then I got better.

“You motherfucker!” Sammy said. He banged his hands on the table in frustration.

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