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 the roulette wheel and held these bills out to the croupier with a hand entirely void of feeling。 Nor was it just her hand�察�every nerve below the surface of her skin seemed to have gone dead�察�as if this sudden�察�aberrant behavior had blown them out like overloaded fuses。
  It doesn't matter�察�she told herself as she put all eighteen of the unmarked pink dollar chips on the space marked ODD。 It's just a quarter�察�that's really all it is no matter what it looks like on that runner of felt�察�it's only someone's bad joke on a chambermaid he'd never actually have to look in the eye。 It's only a quarter and you're still just trying to get rid of it�察�because it's multiplied and changed its shape�察�but it's still sending out bad vibes。
  'No more bets�察�no more bets��' the wheel's minder chanted as the ball revolved counterclockwise to the spinning wheel。 The ball dropped�察�bounced�察�caught�察�and Darlene closed her eyes for a moment。 When she opened them�察�she saw the ball riding around in the slot marked 15。
  The croupier pushed eighteen more pink chips´to Darlene they looked like squashed Canada Mints´over to her。 Darlene picked them up and put them all back down on the red。 The croupier looked at her�察�eyebrows raised�察�asking without saying a word if she was sure。 She nodded that she was�察�and he spun。 When red came up�察�she shifted her growing pile of chips to the black。
  Then the odd。
  Then the even。
  She had five hundred and seventy´six dollars in front of her after that last one�察�and her head had gone to some other planet。 It was not black and green and pink chips she saw in front of her�察�not precisely�察�it was braces and a radio´controlled submarine。
  Luckey me�察�Darlene Pullen thought。 Oh luckey�察�luckey me。
  She put the chips down again�察�all of them�察�and the crowd that always forms behind and around sudden hot´streak winners in gambling towns�察�even at five o'clock in the afternoon�察�groaned。
  'Ma'am�察�I can't allow that bet without the pit´boss's okay��' the roulette wheel's minder said。 He looked considerably more awake now than he had when Darlene walked up in her blue´and´white´striped rayon uniform。 She had put her money down on the second triple´the numbers from 13 to 24。
  'Better get him over here then�察�hon��' Darlene said�察�and waited�察�calm�察�her feet on Mother Earth here in Carson City�察�Nevada�察�seven miles from where the first big silver mine opened up in 1878�察�her head somewhere deep in the deluminum mines of the Planet Chumpa´diddle�察�as the pit´boss and the minder conferred and the crowd around her murmured。 At last the pit´boss came over to her and asked her to write down her name and address and telephone number on a piece of pink memo paper。 Darlene did it�察�interested to see that her handwriting hardly looked like her own。 She felt calm�察�as calm as the calmest deluminum miner who had ever lived�察�but her hands were shaking badly。
  The pit´boss turned to Mr。 Roulette Minder and twirled his fin´ger in the air´spin it�察�son。
  This time the rattle of the little white ball was clearly audible in the area around the roulette table�察�the crowd had fallen entirely silent�察�and Darlene's was the only bet on the felt。 This was Carson City�察�not Monte Carlo�察�and for Carson�察�this was a monster bet。 The ball rattled�察�fell into a slot�察�jumped�察�fell into another�察�then jumped again。 Darlene closed her eyes。
  Luckey�察�she thought�察�she prayed。 Luckey me�察�luckey mom�察�luckey girl。
  The crowd moaned�察�either in horror or ecstasy。 That was how she knew the wheel had slowed enough to read。 Darlene opened her eyes�察�knowing that her quarter was finally gone。
  Except it wasn't。
  The little white ball was resting in the slot marked 13 Black。
  'Oh my God�察�honey��' a woman behind her said。 'Give me your hand�察�I want to rub your hand。' Darlene gave it�察�and felt the other one gently taken as well´taken and fondled。 From some distance far�察�far away from the deluminum mines where she was having this fantasy�察�she could feel first two people�察�then four�察�then six�察�then eight�察�gently rubbing her hands�察�trying to catch her luck like a cold´germ。
  Mr。 Roulette was pushing piles and piles of chips over to her。
  'How much��' she asked faintly。 'How much is that��'
  'Seventeen hundred and twenty´eight dollars��' he said。 'Congratulations�察�ma'am。 If I were you´'
  'But you're not��' Darlene said。 'I want to put it all down on one number。 That one。' She pointed。 '25。' Behind her�察�someone screamed softly�察�as if in sexual rapture。 'Every cent of it。'
  'No��' the pit´boss said。
  'But´'
  'No��' he said again�察�and she had been working for men most of her life�察�enough of it to know when one of them meant exactly what he was saying。 'House policy�察�Mrs。 Pullen。'
  'All right��' she said。 'All right�察�you chickenshit。' She pulled the chips back toward her�察�spilling some of the piles。 'How much will you let me put down��'
  'Excuse me��' the pit´boss said。
  He was gone for almost five minutes。 During that time the wheel stood silent。 No one spoke to Darlene�察�but her hands were touched repeatedly�察�and sometimes chafed as if she were a fainting victim。 When the pit´boss came back�察�he had a tall bald man with him。 The tall bald man was wearing a tuxedo and gold´rimmed glasses。 He did not look at Darlene so much as through her。
  'Eight hundred dollars��' he said�察�'but I advise against it。' His eyes dropped down the front of her uniform�察�then back up at her face。 'I think you should cash in your winnings�察�madam。'
  'I don't think you know jack shit in a backyard outhouse��' Darlene said�察�and the tall bald man's mouth tightened in distaste。 She shifted her gaze to Mr。 Roulette。 'Do it��' she said。
  
  Mr。 Roulette put down a plaque with 800 written on it�察�positioning it fussily so it covered the number 25。 Then he spun the wheel and dropped the ball。 The entire casino had gone silent now�察�even the persistent ratchet´and´ding of the slot machines。 Darlene looked up�察�across the room�察�and wasn't surprised to see that the bank of TVs which had previously been showing horse races and boxing matches were now showing the spinning roulette wheel 。 。 。 and her。
  I'm even a TV star。 Luckey me。 Luckey me。 Oh so luckey me。
  The ball spun。 The ball bounced。 It almost caught�察�then spun again�察�a little white dervish racing around the polished wood circumference of the wheel。
  'Odds��' she suddenly cried。 'What are the odds��'
  'Thirty to one��' the tall bald man said。 'Twenty´four thousand dollars should you win�察�madam。' Darlene closed her eyes 。 。 。
  
  。 。 。 and opened them in 322。 She was still sitting in the chair�察�with the envelope in one hand and the quarter that had fallen out of it in the other。 Her tears of laughter were still wet on her cheeks。
  'Luckey me��' she said�察�and squeezed the envelope so she could look into it。
  No note。 Just another part of the fantasy�察�misspellings and all。 Sighing�察�Darlene slipped the quarter into her uniform pocket and began to clean up 322。
  
  Instead of taking Paul home as she normally did after school�察�Patsy brought him to the hotel。 'He's snotting all over the place��' she explained to her mother�察�her voice dripping with disdain which only a thirteen´year´old could muster in such quantities。 'He's�察�like�察�choking on it。 I thought maybe you'd want to take him to the Doc in the Box。'
  Paul looked at her silently from his watering�察�patient eyes。 His nose was as red as the stripe on a candy cane。 They were in the lobby�察�there were no guests checking in currently�察�and Mr。 Avery ��Tex to the maids�察�who unanimously hated the little prick�� was away from the desk。 Probably back in the office�察�choking his chicken。 If he could find it。
  Darlene put her palm on Paul's forehead�察�felt the warmth simmering there�察�and sighed。 'Suppose you're right��' she said。 'How are you feeling�察�Paul��'
  'Ogay��' Paul said in a distant�察�foghorning voice。
  Even Patsy looked depressed。 'He'll probably be dead by the time he's sixteen��' she said。 'The only case of�察�like�察�spontaneous AIDS in the history of the world。'
  'You shut your dirty little mouth��' Darlene said�察�much more sharply than she had intended�察�but Paul was the one who looked wounded´he winced and looked away from her。
  'He's a baby�察�too��' Patsy said hopelessly。 'I mean�察�really。'
  'No�察�he's not。 He's sensitive�察�that's all。 And his resistance is low。' She fished in her uniform pocket。 'Paul�拭�Want this��'
  He looked back at her�察�saw the quarter�察�and smiled a little。
  'What are you going to do with it�察�Paul��' Patsy asked him as he took it。 'Take Deirdre McCausland out on a date��' She snickered。
  'I'll thing of subething��' Paul said。
  'Leave him alone��' Darlene said。 'Don't bug him for a little while�察�could you do that��'
  'Yeah�察�but what do I get��' Patsy asked her。 'I walked him over here safe�察�I always walk him safe�察�so what do I get��'
  Braces�察�Darlene thought�察�if I can ever afford them。 And she was suddenly overwhelmed by unhappiness�察�by a sense of life as some vast cold junkpile´deluminum slag�察�if you liked´that was always looming over you�察�always waiting to fall�察�cutting you to screaming ribbons even before it crushed the life out of you。 Luck was a joke。 Even good luck 
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