“This is in,” I said shortly. “Give me two cards.”
The other man drew two cards. The remaining players made various draws.
I looked at my two cards, a queen and a ten. Four queens, and there was
a subtle tension around the table.
“Betting fifty,” announced the man across from me, as he slid a stack of
chips into the center of the table.
“Here, stranger, yuh dropped a paper.”
The voice came from behind me, and was the voice of the bragging killer
who had boasted of getting the drop on Black Barr.