Odessa POV
“Where did you get these?” I asked.
“From one of the male nurses. I figured if I was going to be stuck here, I needed something to keep my mind occupied.”
“Where’s your girlfriend, nurse?”
“Very funny, Wildcat. I asked for another nurse. It’s a long blizzard. I didn’t want to be stuck with someone willing to move mountains to f**k me.”
I laughed. “You think very highly of yourself, Maverick.”
He grinned. “You’re not complaining.” He winked.
Maverick’s rules were unconventional at best. He set me up to lose.
“Are you going to make a move, Odessa?” Maverick asked, looking up from his four cards.
I had seven cards in my hands, and none of them matched. We sat on the hospital bed, playing cards while the wind whipped mercilessly at the building. The snow covered up the wi
