It was deep and warm. It didn’t help. I remained seated. We have never had more than 7 participants at a time. Shortly afterwards, we heard a conversation at the door that suggested that an emergency call had been sent out by the building’s own alarm system and that the men belonged to the security company responsible. But what I loved were challenges, and this was one. The security guard who entered the living room behind him reached for his holster when he saw me sitting there naked and tied up on the chair. It didn’t help. Water? I ran both hands through my hair and close to my head and then slowly pulled it back. Are you comfortable? Just as Simon started to shuffle the cards on the table to let Beth draw her turn, the doorbell rang. “Watch,” she commanded. “Ori? “When the die is cast, any of the chosen ones can say no to the tasks. “For several years, we’ve been playing a game that our Beth made up.” Beth raised her own glass to her lips, and I interpreted the golden liquid as whisky.
