[ WP ] Free write . Write the first short story that pops into your head .

It was a dreary night in San Diego. The dreariest of the dreary. Sam Confer was sitting by his bedside table starring at the pistol. He had just bought it the other day in the Lucan district. It was the first time he had ever been and probably the last. No matter which way he re imagined things would go, death was inevitable. There are people with gambling problems and then there is me. It started out with a friendly game of Megalopoly. It was n't even about the game. Rex said `` I bet you ca n't roll two sixes in a row. After the first roll of a four and a two, Rex was enraged. Double, no triple or nothing. The rest was history. For me it was never about the loss of money. This lifestyle is fast, surreptitiously stimulating, and has rejuvenated me in ways I did not know possible. There are those who say life is all about family. Four children and an unrelenting marriage, all I could say is family is a liability. I did it for them. Yet, the sacrifice will go unnoticed as Francesca has polluted the children with tales of an absent father. Nevertheless I have less than 20 minutes before the Council of Bliss barges in demanding 300 credits. It took everything I had to pay the last 600. Even if I had the last 300 I doubt that would satiate their desire for vengeance. You see...
