Chapter 22

• My heart stopped in my chest as I stared at his card. No, it wasn't possible. I was only in a dream, a very terrible nightmare.
• As Andrei turned away, I struggled to wake up from this bad dream. I wanted to come back to reality and see myself back on my bed. I wanted to believe I was stuck in a terrible dream. I looked down at my overturned card on the table. How could my luck run out so quickly?
• The king of hearts looked back at me. I should have won. I was supposed to win the bet. I should have won the one million dollars and walked away. My brain whirled in confusion as I tried to wrap my head around what had happened.