Life Will Out

Chapter 24: Of Poker Faces And Russian Roulette

[Casino Of The El Royale]

The cards had been dealt out to the players. No one had picked their cards up because you don't do anything until Jack told you to. He nodded which signaled anyone to pick up their cards and the games began. Kate carefully took her tinted sunglasses out of her hair and slid them on her eyes.

"Absolutely not you little bitch, sunglasses are not allowed for the game today. If you have to wear something it has to be your poker face." Jack retaliated at Kate. To Amelia's worry Kate agreed and took her sunglasses off. There was a fire pit in the hotel directly near the table they were playing at.

To prove she was all or nothing she took the sunglasses in her thumb and pointer finger ever so delicately and with ease tossed them into the fire behind her. She looked at Jack with a smug smile.

"Are we going to sit here all day or can I go ahead and beat your ass and we call it a day?" Kate asked with too much attitude in her voice. Amelia worried that Kate's attitude was going to get them both killed as they knew it.

The poker session had been going on for 4 hours, Amelia was on the verge of having a panic attack while Kate's face didn't shift the entire game. She sat stone cold and no one could read her poker face.

It continued for another 4 hours, they had been sitting here playing poker for 8 hours it was almost night time and almost dark outside. Kate knew she had to win for her but most importantly she had to win for Amelia. She liked Amelia's company and wanted her to be happy. She wanted Atticus to be able to give Amelia the world. There was roughly around 6 million dollars in the pot- the $4 million Atticus had paid Jack off with and Kate's personal $2 million. But there was a lot more than money riding on this for Kate. But then it was time that Amelia and Kate dreaded, the players had to turn over their cards.

When it came down to Jack and Kate- tie. Kate's heart fell to her feet because she knew what Jack's tie breaker was. They had to play a quick game of Russian Roulette. 2 out of the 6 men got up from the table, they walked over and held Amelia's arms down to the table at the booth. Kate and Jack proceeded to sit across from each other instead of beside.

Kate took a deep breath as Jack gave the gun a very strong turn. It spun and spun, Amelia could feel the tears pouring out of her eyes, while Kate began thinking of ways to get herself out of here- Amelia would only walk free if Kate was shot because Jack had to win. The gun landed on one of his colleagues. He picked it up and shot them square between the eye brows. Extremely pissed that it hadn't landed on Kate- the only person he cared about shooting.

Kate could see her sunglasses in the fire pit behind her, they hadn't burnt yet they were just super hot. She leaned all the way back her chair quick enough to grab them while they had flames on them. She threw them at Jack and she knew she had hit him because he cursed in pain.

"GO GET OUT BAGS AND GET IN MY CAR IM COMING." Kate yelled to Amelia, The guys let go to tend to Jack and so Amelia ran for it. Jack got up with burns on his face running for Kate. Kate had torn a piece of someone's jacket off and wrapped it around her hand to keep the blood and pieces of skin falling off contained. She had grabbed her gun and Jack had grabbed his- they were at a standoff. Kate finally gathered up all the courage she had inside of her and shot Jack. She hit him straight in the chest and he fell over half dead. She grabbed all the cash on the table shoved it in her duffel bag and ran for it. Amelia was out with the car started.

Kate jumped in the car and sped out of the parking lot doing a full 360 U turn. They sped down the dark roads of Nevada and began to travel home.

"Holy fucking shit, I can't believe I just did that." Kate said taking a breath finally realizing what it was she had done- practically committed a felony.

"What the fuck was that I just watched?" Amelia questioned her eyes about to bulge out of her head. Through the glass doors she had watched Kate throw sunglasses that were on fire, shoot a man then run. This woman became more of a badass every-time Amelia saw her.

Kate was flooring it to get out Nevada, it might have been the middle of the night but she had no intentions of stopping anywhere until they got back to Seattle or in all honesty. Kate just wanted to get the hell out of Nevada before any more bat shit crazy things happened.

"Okay we're gonna make a deal now, if Atty where we went and he will, we went to Las Vegas and my hand- fuck I burnt it on a curling iron. You need to change clothes because if I take you back to him looking like a hooker he will end me." Kate laughed. Trying ignore the seriousness of what had just happened to them.