Gambling With Life

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Making Sally's and her drink, jaylah added in two shots in each. "Jaylah" "uncle rayal" her tone flat, rayal took a deep breath "I didn't know Barron had broken your rib" "he did and you told him to keep going" "my intention was not to hurt you" "yeah well I guess I will live with it won't I" rayal usually wouldn't allow her to speak this way but he can understand she is frustrated and probably in a bit of pain "you should not be drinking on pain killers" "this is my pain killer" "let me see your side" 'yeah cos that's all that's bruised' jaylah wanted to yell but what's the fucking point. Jaylah raised her shirt. Rayal put his head down "that's bad jaylah" "I'm aware" "you should be resting" "I have been" "in bed" "no. I won't lay there in self pity. I plan to play cards, drink and listen to my music" rayal didn't even realize she had the ear pod in her ear. As barron entered, jaylah grabbed the glasses "I have a game to play" rayal showed a slight nod as jaylah walked out and sat down. "Who won?" "Zaire" "cheating prick" the men laughed "I got the sixty of yours" "yeah but it's alright, I got yours before" Zaire grinned.
"She is pissed as hell" "yep. Her tone flat and not much to say" "how's her side?" "Purple. So is her stomach" "then she should rest it" "she is. She will not lay in bed in self pity. She said she is playing cards, drinking and listening to music" Barron showed a slight nod "alright so we leave?" "No. We join".
As rayal and Barron walked out, rayal spoke "whats been put in?" "One twenty. Sixty a round" rayal grabbed out one eighty and put it in the center "I'm in" Bronx nodded "alright, take a seat" Barron and Ivan did the same, Ivan moving to sit next to jaylah. "winning?" "One" "ready to lose more jaylah?" "Not to you. Whinging prick" the men laughed "could be a long game" "keeps us playing" 'keeps me from going to the room' as the cards were dealt, jaylah quickly checked her cards and threw sixty in. As everyone else did the same, she sat silent.
'great they are here and playing. This won't sit well with jaylah at all' Bronx looked at jaylah as her fingers slowly tapped the table 'oh yeah she is pissed as hell but won't show it' as three cards were placed down, jaylah internally grinned and chucked twenty in. As she did, Sally, Barron, Tyson and Zaire folded. Jaylahs eyes shifted around the table sussing out their faces. Seeing a small smirk show on Shaun's, jaylah kept hers straight. Zaire discarded a card then put another up. Shaun immediately raised the pot another twenty. By the look he showed, hes bluffing it. Jaylah didn't even look at her cards again before upping him twenty. Zaire grinned "forty up" watching as kalem, Christophe, Bronx and Rey folded, jaylah internally grinned. "Check" Shaun put in another twenty and the others folded leaving only jaylah and Shaun. "Jaylah?" Chucking another twenty in kalem had a cheeky smirk on his face. So far she has a four of a kind. He needs a straight flush or royal flush to beat her. As Zaire placed the last card down, jaylah grabbed out sixty and put it in the pot "sixty up" rayal watched jaylah closely. She's smart, she doesn't show any emotion. "Face up" Shaun smirked as he laid his cards down "a full house" jaylah looked at Zaire as she put her cards down "four of a kind" "fuck" Zaire held in his grin "your pot" jaylah grabbed the money and pulled it back while Shaun took a deep breath "fuck I thought I had you" jaylah grinned "have a drink Shaun" he looked at jaylah with a smirk "alright".
'she got him exactly how she won against me'. Zaire shuffled the cards thoroughly as everyone threw in their sixty. When done he dealt out the cards. Picking his cards up, he internally grinned 'two kings. A pair straight up' "check" "check" "check" "check" "check" "check" "check" "check" "check" "check" "check" "check" Zaire discarded a card and put three down. Seeing a another king he put twenty in "twenty up".
"We go in firing. Get the girl and get out?" Giovanni nodded "let's go".
As the front door slammed opened, Bronx Immediately pushed jaylah to the ground and raised his gun as men came from everywhere. She hasn't got a weapon. Seeing jaylah on the ground, Sally moved back and dropped her spare gun on the ground as shots were firing left, right and center. Jaylah moved to grab it. She has never shot a gun before but she has seen how to use one. As she moved under the table, she laid down. "Fucking find her" as men kept coming through the door, the guys kept shooting. Seeing kalem fall, jaylahs eyes watered, she can't get to him right now. Holding the gun, jaylah raised it to meet one man who stood at the door way and shot his way. When he fell, jaylah took a deep breath. "fuck" rayal watched as Giovanni fell. Looking at the direction, he internally grinned. He knows jaylah is under the table 'where the fuck did she get a gun?' jaylah let the tears fall as she seen kalem try to move. As his eyes moved to her, he lifted himself up slightly and tried to move her way. As kalem tried to move to her, with all the power she had, she pulled him to her and applied pressure to his wounds. "I'm so sorry" "no don't do that" jaylah watched as one man ran through and straight to the table, jaylah shielded kalem as she sent a bullet his way, hitting him in the groin area. When he dropped to his knees, jaylah sent another to his chest. "jaylah.." "no you fucking don't" "here" kalem handed jaylah his gun "you better fucking stay with me" "yeah.. I am" jaylah showed a small smile. watching as men fell left, right and center. In the corner of her eye, she seen a man come from behind. Jaylah immediately turned and shielded kalem as she sent two bullets the mans way, making him fall while still holding pressure to kalems stomach. When he fell on her, she used her strength and pushed him off. She knows she's doing damage to herself but she needs to protect kalem. "Wheres Jaylah?" With everything going quiet, jaylah looked at kalem as she moved her hands to his stomach "if I can survive two fucking months, you can survive two fucking bullets" kalem showed a small grin "thanks for the confidence boost" "JAYLAH" "I'm under the fucking table. You need to help kalem" Bronx immediately moved the table and looked at jaylah as blood soaked her hands from kalem. A gun in each hand she still held pressure to his wounds "we can take him jaylah" rayal sighed in relief seeing jaylah still alive and well. As Bronx moved kalem away, jaylah stared at her hands and Christophe walked her way bending down "he will be fine jaylah. You did well" "he better be fine, I don't want to own this" Christophe grinned as he pulled her into his arms "whose is the other?" "Mine" Christophe looked at Sally "are you alright?" "I'm fine but she won't be. She just pulled kalem to safety with a broken rib and had a man fall on her" Christophe looked at jaylah as her attention stayed on her hands "let's get you cleaned up. Having his blood on you, won't help you" jaylah showed a slight nod. With the adrenaline rushing through her, she hadn't even noticed the pain until she went to move. "Jaylah?" Jaylah looked at Christophe "I think I fucked up" "what?" Christophe looked at jaylahs body. Seeing blood soak through her pants, his eyes went wide. Without hesitating, he picked her up and rushed her to the back room. "Jaylah?" "A shot to leg, she will be fine" rayal clenched his hands "you got fucking shot?" "Not the time to be going at her. She just fucking killed Giovanni and two more of his men" rayal looked at Ivan then back to jaylah, as Christophe ripped her pants. 'she killed a head boss and two of his men. Without practice too' rayals proud of her. "Jaylah" "kalem" Bronx grinned "she's good but If I don't get you fixed up, she won't be" "where was she shot?" "The leg" "protecting my sorry ass" Bronx grinned "yep. You owe her pasta" "don't make me laugh right now" "lots of it" kalem held in his laughter as Bronx and Barron concentrated on stitching up his wounds.
As the men all cleaned, Sally grabbed all the money. 'another failed attempt at a game. I need to separate all of this' Sally put the money in twelve piles, putting an elastic band around each thousand.
Kalem is thankful. Not only did she kill those men, she pulled him to safety. Now he has to make sure she is okay and hasn't done any more damage.