Celeste's POV

I sat in the car on the way to the casino. I wasn't going there to gamble away money and hope luck would favor me.

I don't play cards, and I didn't want to learn.

The sky was turning orange when I arrived at the five-story building. There were already a lot of parked cars.

Its grandeur lured fools who wanted to lose themselves all night, never stopping to think about whether they’d still be alive tomorrow, go bankrupt, be hunted by loan sharks, or be beaten into permanent ...