double crossed

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fullbuster

"80 dollars on the Jets scoring this next touchdown." The mans tone of amusement rang throughout the room and caught the attention of a very wealthy man.

"80 dollars? Thats it?"

"Would you like me to double it?" He ran his fingers through his dark colored hair.

"Whatever you want."

"Double it." He had a grim smirk on his face. He was ready, he had a plan, and it was a damn good one.

"and the jets fail to score! giving the bulldogs the upper hand here! "

The dark haired male took out a total of $160 and slid it across the table. Though, he was not going to give up yet, and believe it or not, his plan was going exactly the way he wanted it to.

"300 on bulldogs getting first down the next play." He said sternly.

"Youre on."

"bulldogs fail to get that first down──"

"300."  The man stuck his hand out.

He took out $300 and gave it to the man.  He grinned smugly and groaned,  if only that man knew what he had in stock for him.

"800 on the jets intercepting." 

The other man smiled.  "Are you sure you wanna do that? Youve lost a lot of money already."

His dark hair bounced as he nodded.

"hes going in for the interception!  almost there,  almost there, and── ah!  he fails,  bulldogs are still in possession of the ball. "

"You are really bad at this, young man."  The other man said as he took the $800 from him.

"Dont be so sure about that."  He stood up and dumped his briefcase out onto the table.  "This is all of my money.  If I am wrong,  you can take it." 

The other man mustered up a laugh.  "Youre setting yourself up for something terrible.  But I shouldnt care.  So whats your deal?" 

The young man took a deep breath.  "Bulldogs score this next touchdown and win the game.  If they dont, this money is yours."

"the bulldogs are running it!  40, 30, hes at the 20 yard line, 10, 5, and he sc── no!  tackle by the jets!  preventing the touchdown!  bulldogs did not score! it also looks like time is out! the jets win this game! "

"Better luck next time, kid."   The man took the money.

"Wait."  The young man objected.

"Theres nothing left for you to do here, boy.  Youve lost all of your money."  The older man said.

"You dont know that."  In reality,  he really did have no money left.  Hed lost it all.  Perfect.

"Im listening." 

"Would you mind counting the money on that table of yours?"  He blew the strands of dark hair out of his face.

The man be an to count.  A few minutes later he leaned back and chanted a number.  "3,260 dollars──"

"Double it──"

"The game is over."  The older man smiled.

"I said double it."  He argued.

"Hmm, I tell you what.  Im going to choose a number.  If you can tell me what number I picked,  the money is yours, plus the doubled price."

"Deal."

The older man pulled out a pair of binoculars and looked down at the field.  6.  He saw the number 6 first.  Hes had that number in his head all day,  which was really ironic.

"Ill write it down just to be fair, mister..."

"Fullbuster."

"Fullbuster?  Youre Silvers son arent you?"  He folded the paper so his  "opponent" couldnt see.

"Dont bring my father into this."

"Whatever.  So on this table is 3,260 dollars.  You guess the number Im thinking of you get all of that money times two."

This was no deal of luck.  Mister Fullbuster knew what he was doing.  He knew the number in that mans head.  He put it in there.  This was an unfair fight,  but only one of them knew that.

With no hesitation, he opened his mouth and said the number.  "Its 6 isnt it?"

The older man was flabbergasted, shocked, astonished.  "How did you──"

"Lucky guess?"  He shrugged.

Gray Fullbuster was his name.  His sly,  amusing, grin was spread across his face.  He had scored, big time. 

Gray Fullbuster walked into that building with $3,260 and left with $6,520

He felt like the happiest man on earth.

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sorry for the football slang yo
interception: when a team steals the ball from the opposing team
first down: shit i cant explain it just google it
and y'all should already know what a touchdown is
you better know what a touchdown is...