Rick pulled her aside to one of the $1 slot machines."Feeling lucky?" He produced three coins and dropped them into the first machine. "Pull the lever..."Shelley reached out and gave the slot machine a pull. Since everything in slot machines is now controlled by the random number generators within then, the levers and the spinning wheels are more for show than anything else. Still, when two diamonds and a wild card came up, the machine started to ding! and lights started to flash."Twenty-five!". I could see the humor in her eyes and I found myself attracted to this girl.“You don’t have the smooth patter of a frat boy, Dave, but that just makes it better.” she said, grinning at me. “It’s like you actually meant that.”“Hey! I did mean it.” I grumbled, but returned her smile.“Dave, I heard something inside and, to be honest, it kind of intrigued me.” She paused, blushing brightly enough that even in the low light, I could see her face heat up.“Not the dirty part, those stories get spread. Zax said in compliance. He had two goals in having this conversation. First, he really was hopeful for finding a solution to his oath. Second, if not striking a sort of bargain both sides will agree on, then at the very least prolonging the church’s attention on him, instead of the relocating of his loved ones.‘We should also end the charade’. Archbishop Silternja’s next sentence caused Zax’s heart to miss a bit.‘What do you mean?’ Many thoughts ran through Zax’s mind. Did the church identify. " I'm getting to the 'Fuck It' stage as far as the paparazzi. I'll live my life the way I want, and if people don't like it they can stuff it. I've been very guarded about my private life. I see no reason to change. If my best friend and lover attends an event with me, I don't think I need to explain further. When asked questions about who you are all I need to say is 'No Comment'."Dave laughed, "That approach works for me. If they ask me, I'll tell them I'm a guy that you picked up at some.