Diana shuffled. "Let's play Black Jack," she decided. "It's pretty simple. The closest to twenty-one wins. Aces are either one or eleven. Jacks, queens, and kings are ten each."
Everyone told Diana that she was stupid. And she believed them. It was probably true. But she did have a slight knack for gambling. She'd always loved any opportunity to visit Las Vegas. The opulence. The lively nights. It was genuinely the best and the worst of the American spirit.
On the one hand, excess and greed and any number of other deadly sins.
On the other hand, imagination and innovation and they'd brought water to the damn desert!
"I used to play a version of this game with a large group of friends," she said, dealing out two cards to each of them. "We combined it with a truth-or-dare element. You beat the dealer, you were safe. If you lost to the dealer, you had to answer any question she asked completely honestly."
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Everyone told Diana that she was stupid. And she believed them. It was probably true. But she did have a slight knack for gambling. She'd always loved any opportunity to visit Las Vegas. The opulence. The lively nights. It was genuinely the best and the worst of the American spirit.
On the one hand, excess and greed and any number of other deadly sins.
On the other hand, imagination and innovation and they'd brought water to the damn desert!
"I used to play a version of this game with a large group of friends," she said, dealing out two cards to each of them. "We combined it with a truth-or-dare element. You beat the dealer, you were safe. If you lost to the dealer, you had to answer any question she asked completely honestly."