Finder's Keepers!
The four paramedics, Dwyer, Halston, Bellingham and Watson watched as fellow paramedic John Gage headed to his car. The were at a baseball diamond where they had just finished playing a divisional game.
"So how much did he get you for?" Dwyer looked at the sheepish looking Halston.
"Fifty bucks," Halston sighed.
"Oh you got off cheap," Bellingham grinned, "Gage got me for seventy five."
"Hey I got you all beat," Watson moaned. "Gage got me for a hundred; a hundred I could'a used skiing."
"So Halston, where'd the money go?" Watson was curious.
Halston pointed a little league snack shop that had seen better days. "Seem Johnny knows a few of the coaches, who just happened to be here and well…"
"Oh you got nuthin, nothin. Gage had me pay for a family's motel stay, after a fire no less. Sure Johnny got hurt… but he still got me," Bellingham shook his head and Gage's talents for getting injured.
"Hey the hundred bucks was for an orphanage. We were doing an inspection and I had made a bet against Gage in the bowling tournament…." Watson looked at his hands like when the money disappeared. "Seemed he tried to get a date with one of the waitress and we all know Gage's track record. I bet with three other guys and I thought I won, until..."
"Yeah yeah, we all know Watson," Bellingham watched as Johnny waved to everyone. "Ya think by now we'd a learn if you bet again John Gage and win, you still lose.
"Ya said it brother."
"Right on!"
"Wonder if we'll ever learn our lesson."