A minute later, Jade was at the roulette wheel furthest from the entrance, standing at a spot where she could both place bets and clearly see everyone who walked in the room.
All the chips were stacked in front of her, but she had not bet anything yet - she had merely been observing, waiting.
Valentina soon entered. She glanced around, looking for Jade. She immediately shoved a four thousand euros stack of chips forward onto the BLACK rectangle.
Valentina reached her just as the roulette wheel ball settled into one of the red slots.
“Quattordici, rossa,” the croupier said mechanically. She swept Jade’s chips away.
“I’m afraid my luck isn’t very good tonight,” she muttered.
“Oh, I would not say that.” She looked down at the chips, then at the people surrounding the table, and finally
