My suspicions hit the roof. “What would you ask if I landed on Park Place?”
“You didn’t. Irrelevant.”
But I will. And I’m getting the other three railroads too. “Your loss.”
She smiles.
Did I say suspicious?
I meantthis woman is wanted for murder.
The murder of my peace of mind.
“Porter likes me,” I tell her. “So does Holt, but he doesn’t like that he likes me. A few others. Zander. He came over from the Premiere League too. One of the rookies is star-struck.”
“Mm,” is all she says before she takes the dice and rolls.
And lands on the next railroad.
Fuuuuuuccckkkk.
She did not.
“That’s my railroad,” I say.
“It’s open, and I’m buying it. Ask me a question.”
“No.”
“In the event a player refuses to operate as the bank, the bank is taken over by the hostile mini dachshund corporation, who will eat the refusing player’s underwear while the cooperating player is allowed to use Monopoly money to buy the property.”
“That’s the most daft, bullshit rule I’ve ever heard.”
She lifts her brows. “Or you can’t win without cheating.”
“Did you honestly have no clue that your ex was sleeping with your friend before you walked in on them?”
Dick move, Fletcher. Dick. Move.
But Goldie doesn’t blink as she looks me square in the eye. “ShouldI have noticed clues? Probably. But we were still having sex regularly. He was still taking me on dates and bringing home flowers and other little treats. I hadn’t noticed any significant changes in his work hours, and if anyone else knew, they didn’t drop any hints.”
My brain short-circuits atwe were still having sex.
I don’t want to think about Goldie having sex with the fuck-wanker who doesn’t deserve her and tried to corner her for fuck-all knows why at the wedding.
I’m glad she’s leaving the whole bloody country to get away from him.
And then my heart does that thing it’s not allowed to do again when I think about her not being around the corner to drop by.
Fuck.
I grab the dice and roll.
And I get atwo.
Now I’m on the chance spot, and when I draw, I have to pay taxes.
Or, in this version of the game, answer a question.
