Sunday, June 8, 2014

RoB- gambling night with Madame D, part one

Jillian has been on Ms. Lina's yacht almost two weeks , and her confinement on the Esprit is wearing thin, although her craving to use heroin again has subsided. Once a day she is allowed to talk to Evelynn and check in.That's because Lina talks to Evelynn first and filters the topics. Jillian is informed that all is ok at her estate,which she has finally decided to call "Lily Pad", although that seems to be a rather trivial decision at this juncture. Jillian doesn't feel much like talking to Evelynn considering her supposed friend's subterfuge, but Jill is worried about everyone else in her sphere. Ms. Lina has agreed to let Jill and Barb go home if Jill will indulge her mentor( or is it nemesis?)in a game night. Ms. Lina proposes the high risk stakes; for every game Jillian wins she can save one of her associates from death, but a benign imprisonment will ensue. If Ms. Lina wins she will choose the female who will die and in what manner.Jill doesn't like the macabre conditions, but she doesn't have much of a choice. All the cards are stacked in Lina's favor,so to speak. Jill is resigned that this is her penance and torture for her transgressions. Also Ms. Lina says that she will be called Madame D ( for Dontay) for the duration of the evening, because that is her "good luck" moniker, which is rather creepy for Jill to hear. It will be Ms.Lina's ,aka Madame D's, rules and choice of games... First game is 8 ball pool. Jill feels like she has a fighting chance. Jill racks them, and Madame D sinks the frigging 8 ball on the break! Jill gasps...and Lina smiles. First death( Madame D gets three for one) will be Anais and her two confidantes. They will be on one of Ms. Lina's private planes , drugged and thrown out the cabin door over the Atlantic.That will be happening today. Next game, backgammon. Not only does Madame D win, she gets a gammon. Jill puts her head down and fights back tears. Madame D's choice is Pauline. She will be found eventually having been mauled to death by bears in the nearby mountains.Jill scowls at Lina. Lina just shrugs her shoulders. On to 5 card stud. Nothing wild, except if Jillian draws a joker, she wins automatically. Jill ends up with a full house, but Madame D gets four aces. Jill covers her face with her hands. She assumes Sharon will be next, but no.Madame D has a little twist. Jill will spin a large wheel with various names on it. Wherever it stops, that name will have the next death sentence. Jillian is frozen and her impotence has turned to hatred for this vile, ruthless woman staring back at her. Jill hears herself begging pitifully for Madame D's( demon's?) mercy."You spin or I spin,"Lina matter-of-factly states. Jill can't do it, so Lina spins. Where it stops is on Yung's name! Jill faints...

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