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chips are only good for this table. When you’ve finished playing, you cash in any you have left here, in exchange for the regular casino chips which you take to the cage. You cash them in there.”
    “OK. How does this work?”
    “The minimum bet on this table is five dollars, so you have to put five on both inside and outside bets.”
    Did she look as confused as she felt as he explained the different bets to her? She let him carry on for another minute, then sighed. “You lost me.”
    Martin smiled. “I’m sorry. You want to bet on one number or several?”
    “Ummm, one gets better odds, right?”
    He nodded. “But two have a better chance of coming up.”
    Tamlyn frowned. “Then maybe we put it on one this time and two the next.” She put two chips down on one number and squinted at him. “Now what?”
    “The outside bet.”
    Tamlyn handed Martin two more chips. “You do that one, because I still have no idea what you’re talking about.”
    As the ball spun, she got totally engrossed in the game. She still didn’t understand the whole betting thing, but decided it didn’t matter. It wasn’t like she was going to make a habit of it.
    Other people joined the table. Tamlyn let Martin guide her as to where she put her chips. It didn’t take long before she spent her last ones and bought some more. She ignored Martin’s grunt of complaint. Glancing up she saw Blue Suit smirking at her from across the table, as he placed his blue chips down on the board.
    She glanced up at Martin and took a step closer to him. “Can I put it all on the one square?”
    He raised an eyebrow, surprise engraved on his face. “You want to risk losing it all in one go?”
    She nodded, tilting her head at the other side of the table. “Yeah.”
    He followed her gaze before resting a protective hand on her shoulder. “Then put half of it on one square and the other half on the dozen on the outside.”
    Tamlyn split her chips, standing as close to Martin as she could get away with.
    The dealer waved her hand. “No more bets.”
    The ball jumped and landed in one of the holes. Tamlyn glanced at it, not taking in at first what it said.
    “Red seven.”
    “I won. Martin, I won.” She turned and flung her arms around him, hugging him tightly.
    Martin hugged her back and grinned. “Fluke.”
    Tamlyn kissed his cheek in her excitement. “I don’t care, I won.” She smiled at the dealer. “I’d like to cash up, please.”
    The dealer checked the chips and exchanged them.
    “Let’s go change those before you spend them. Figure we can do three more casinos before lunch if we don’t get distracted again.” His hand rested on the small of her back as they walked across the crowded room.
    “Surely we can do more than that.”
    Martin laughed. “It’s almost one. You’ve been playing that for an hour and a half.”
    “You’re kidding?” She handed over her chips at the cage.
    Martin nodded. “That’s why there are no clocks or windows in here. They want to keep you gambling and making them a profit.”
    “I won almost nineteen hundred dollars for a two hundred dollar outlay.”
    “It won’t happen again, trust me. Do you want to put some of that in the safe first?”
    Tamlyn shook her head, tucking the cash into her bag. “I’ve got a bodyguard. It’s perfectly safe.”
    He rolled his eyes again. “Fine. Come on.”
    Rain pounded the pavement as they left the main entrance.
    Tamlyn pulled up her hood.
    Martin tugged his collar up and headed out into the rain. “We can eat in the mall at Caesars Palace if you’re hungry.”
    “Sounds good to me.” Tamlyn followed Martin over the road and into the hotel. They went into the casino where she bought a chip for her collection. “Can we stay and play a bit?”
    “Don’t you think you’ve lost enough money gambling for one morning?”
    “No. I won.”
    “You lost one hundred twenty dollars before you won anything.”
    “Yeah, and? That’s pocket change. I’m