Jack found his breathing becoming difficult once more, but as they walked towards finding a good viewpoint, Alf’s advice about wagering took his att...ention.“If you’ll pardon my assumption, Major,” he said quietly, “I assume we’re all having a wager.”“Of course,” Sir Oswald said.“I’ve got five pounds to put on,” Becky announced.“And I’ll be risking a little more than that,” Sir Oswald declared.Alf nodded and stopped walking as they reached the point where they could see the line of bookmaker. At 5 in the morning I woke up extremely thirsty. I wandered into the kitchen, trying my best not to stir Zach. I grabbed the orange juice and drank straight from the carton. I slowly became aware of my surroundings, hearing the quick, heavy breathing that was coming from the living room. At first my mind went to naughty places, but as I listened I heard numbers '58, 59, 60, 61' and realized he was exercising. I quietly crept over to the living room and saw him on the floor doing push ups with. " Dave lightened up as he realized he'd won and the chips came toward him. His fellow gamblers were not impressed.***** Only an hour later, after Dave had gone up considerably, he was back down to about three thousand dollars. However, he had made some progress with the other players. Christopher was a regular at the table. He only played this table and only played one of six numbers. His lucky number, his birth-year, his birthday, his jersey number, his age, and the number of women he'd slept. Left were my mother Nina, my older sister Amber and myself. My father had run a traveling business with Aaron and back then. After the accident he bought the rest of the company which left us with plenty of money to be financial secure for the rest of our lives.Every year since my father died we have had this tradition to go out with this monster of a boat. This year the crew consisted of Aaron who was the only one that could operate the boat properly, my mother, my sister and mom's younger.