"I had no idea you were all so stupid. Gordi Black is my sister in law. She got a bit scared and couldn't come. So she gave me her invitation to this game. That's right, Dana, I don't even know you. This is a confidence Trick. This is the Confidence Trick. Now have fun paying back that million. Ha ha ha ha ha ha. What should I do with 16 million dollars?" She had tricked us all, she set us up. Fuck!
"Let me explain my strategy. Remember your bit about making a coalition of nine people? Well, I took it a step further. I made my own group of nine. When we split ourselves into threes, it was no coincidence that I was in the group of five that didn't sink. And that's what brought us here. Since I am not Gordi Black, I am not bound by your contract."
Kelley Meriwether interrupted and held up the other contract. "Are you telling me that this contract is worth nothing?"
"Pretty much."
"You fucking bitch! I'll have your head!" Kelley held his fist up to assault Grace.
"Calm down, Player 7. I don't want to have to disqualify you."
"God fucking dammit! Son of a... RRRAGH!"
"Now without further delay, we will tally the results." Steiner announced the results as they came up on the screen. "Number 16, Blue. Number 7, Blue. Number 13, Green." Two in Blue and one in Red. Grace's jaw dropped at that last vote. Sylvie and Number 13 stood there indifferent about the result. The last two votes were announced. "Number 11, Red. Number 17, Green. Two in the blue boat, two in the green boat and one in the red boat. Player Number 11, Sylvie Montaigne is the winner of this game." Did I just hear right? Did we just win? Did we just win?
"That was my Trick." Sylvie gave a soft chuckle. To her left, I saw player 13, Shirley Augustine with her head lowered and a smirk on her face. She pulled something out of her pocket, it was Sylvie's card. I looked at Sylvie's hand. She was holding Shirley's card.
"Couldn't have gone any better. Good work, Shirley."
"Wouldn't have worked without you, Sylvie." Okay, I'm lost. What did they just pull?