Burned right to the ground. Doesn't Chris train there?"Christine Arsenault, Sophie meant. "No, she trains in Denver. She's from Colorado Springs, but ...he trains in Denver." Oh. It says here all the skaters got out. Three firefighters died, though."Warren looked up. "Oh, shit!" What?" Christine's brother, and her new boyfriend, are Colorado Springs firefighters." Oh." Sophie looked at the screen. "One of the dead firefighters is David Arsenault." Aw, fuck. That's her brother. Oh, poor Chris.. No matter how badly I played it seems I won most of the larger pots. It was down to the Captain and me and he was almost out of funds. I decided to take a break and unload some of my excess beer. Maybe the break in the game would break my winning streak.When I got back from the restroom the Captain had added more funds to his account. I told him it was getting late and we should call it a night but he insisted on one more game. Keeping only my reserved living money I bet the substantial balance. I know you woulda stopped bein’ friends with me if I made that call, but ... I woulda done it anyway.”Neither of them said anything for the next few minutes, watching as Vinnie’s absence on the field led to a first touchdown being given up.“Thanks, Daniel,” said Will, not looking over.“No prob, Will.”Will smiled a little. “So if you were willing to go that far, was Don’s whole plan just waiting to see what Alaina did?”Daniel began to chuckle. “Bruh, that was the reason I didn’t make the call.”. Pound. He was wondering what he had done to invoke this particular level of pain and suffering. Nothing came immediately to his mind as he made his way to the bedroom door. The pounding on the door only served to highlight his current fatigue.“Alexander! Open this God damn door,” she screamed, loud enough to wake Samantha.“Who?” she said groggily.“Shh, just the boogie man, although I was really hoping for Bonhomme(1) this morning,” he said as he pulled his pants on, buttoning them up as he.