Chapter 109: SOFIA
I smiled, veering quickly to face the player I had bested.
My little rage trip had caused him to reveal his hand. It might not be what I had expected, but it was just as glorious. It was beyond thrilling, more than the satisfying ecstasy of drugs. Not that I have ever tested one.
"Yes?" I said, my smile spreading, almost tugging at a laugh.
"Come and sit your ass down" he replied, an attempt to wipe clean the fact that he had revealed his desperation.
"Shouldn’t you say, please?" I teased.
"Don’t push it" he laced.
"So serious" I thrilled, taking back my seat.
His face was red with rage. He hated that he had given me the upper hand. That he had relinquished his control to me. But I didn’t give a damn. Not one bit. He can die in shame for all I care.
His kind has dealt with people like me for so long. They never fail to remind us that we are lesser, we are nothing and that they are better. Simply because, life in its cruelty played fair with them.
I would have said, ’not anymore’ but that would be a lie. That I managed this win against him doesn’t change things. If anything, even if he doesn’t find a way to make me pay. He would another, it doesn’t matter who, so long as the person was like me, he/she will pay for my actions.
That epiphany made my win feel like it shouldn’t be. It suddenly felt wrong. Strange, how people like him get away with everything, whereas those like me suffer consequences oblivious to them.
Perhaps he noticed that my smile was gone, and my victory had been short lived because he chose then to speak,