Bernie the plumber (4)

Bernie got a streak going at the blackjack table. He was up a hundred bucks, then two hundred.

But that was nothing. He was going for it tonight, going all the way. He was either walking out a rich man, or broke.

Probably the latter.

He felt as if he was racing headlong toward a wall. He looked forward to the moment just before contact, the sweet grasp of fate before the oblivion of pain.

(more to come)

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