Don't Scream

Chapter 52

At one fifteen Brian heard Sarra get out of bed. A light appeared under her door and then she ventured out, wearing a thigh length t shirt with Winnie the poo. He cursed how the hell can a woman look sexy with a honey pot  perched on her breast.?

"Couldn't sleep huh?

She jumped when she heard his voice. He scooped up the cards on the coffee table.

"I guess not. What about you?"

He shuffled the cards fluttering into a bridge. " Couldn't get relaxed."

"Are you still thinking about McKenzie?"

"No." He said. "No for the first time in nine years, McKenzie feels like a gift she was instead of a painful ghost. Thank you for that."

A smile curved up on Sarra;s lips. "I will want to hear more."

"You will but not now, now. He said. " I have something else on my mind." He waited for the blush in her cheeks, then shuffled the cards and held out the deck. "Deal?"

She frowned. " You wanna play cards with me?"

"Hell no." He said honestly. " but its a start. Poker?"

'I dunno I just came out to__"

"You came out because you can't sleep. Play some cards. Sarra; with me." The suggestion was so heavy with implications Brian's chest tightened. She knew what he was now, a man who had failed his wife and daughter. If she still wanted him, There might be hope in his life after all.

And he understood her emotional baggage, too Max had called. The results of Abby's hair band were in preliminary DNA.

Brian buried the white hot rage that threatened and patted the sofa next to him. She set while he dealt the hand.

"Stakes?" He asked.

"You have to pick a game before you name the stakes." she said

"what did Eddie teach you?"

She was insulted. " What makes you think he taught me? I am a pro poker player."

"Okay doc Holiday. You name the game I will call the stakes."

"Fine, Five card draw."

"Fine he said. " Kisses.'

"What?"

"You know where you pucker up your lips and put them agai___"

"I understand the activity. Its the betting I don't get."

Brian fanned out his card and leaned back. "Simple, If I when the hand, I get to kiss you."

"What if I when?"

"You get to kiss me."

She actually laughed."How many cards do you need?"

"Two." she said.

He slid a pair of cards to her and disregarded three himself. Two eights and a king. Five card draw was a good choice  each hand took a minute or so. Plenty of winners and losers, plenty of kissing. "Whatcha got?" he asked.

"Not much." She spread out her cards. "A pair of fives."

He nipped back a smile. " Better than mine. You win."

She looked at him as he leaned toward her, tapping his cheek with a finger. She kissed him.He felt it like a brand.

He gave her the cards and she dealt the next hand.

Silence.

"Two." he said and took the new cards.

She took only one and grinned.

"This one must be your's too." Brian said trying to sound frustrated.'I have a handful of crap."

She laid out three tens and looked at him. But she leaned forward to kiss his other cheek, lingering a little this time. He shifted.

He gathered the cards, dealt. Lost. If she ever asked what he was throwing out he would be sunk..This time disregarded three hearts to screw up a perfectly good flush. He let her take the hand with three if a kind instead.

She gave him a suspicious look." You are loosing on purpose."

"Don't be a baby." He touched his lips. " Here this time."

Her eyes dropped to his lips, and she touched her mouth to his. Soft, tentative, almost experimental, and then she was shuffling cards again while his jeans shrank a size or two. Geez this is going to be harder than he thought. No pun intended.

He lost two more hands. Each one of Sarra's kisses become longer and more provocative than the one before, Each one dragging him a little closer to insanity. He closed his eyes and wondered how much longer he could take it, and when four jacks showed up in the next round he was done. He fanned out the cards. "Beat this."

She hedged, frowning at her hand.

"What you got , Mrs card sharp?"

Slowly, she showed her hand. nothing but a pair of deuces.

"Huh" Brian said. "I win."

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