What a despicable and cun ning man! He clearly understood the rules, yet he pretended not to in order to deceive me! G od, please give him a 10 and make him lose!” thought Taya.

Friedman asked the other three players if they wanted cards. He glared at Griffon and said, “What’s the rush? Wait for the next

round.”

After asking several young gentlemen one by one, Friedman gave them and himself a third card before dealing the fourth card to Griffon.

Griffon wrapped his arm around Taya’s ...