Chapter 145

"Pfft—!" Olivia and Sophia burst out laughing at the same time. Olivia slapped her thigh hard. "Girl, no wonder you keep losing!" Elsie stared at her hand, completely ignoring the discard pile. She scratched her nose a little embarrassed and quietly took the nine-dot tile back, tossing out the eight-dot instead. But at this point, everyone knew she was just waiting on a nine-dot. Sophia grinned and waved her own nine-dot. "Hey, this one's not doing much for me. Beg me a little, I might just throw it for you." Elsie, tough as nails, shot back, "Dignity first, thanks." "Oh!" Sophia gasped dramatically, hand over her mouth. "Oops, I just drew another one." Elsie: "…" Lucas crossed his arms, fake-gagging at her performance. "Can you not?" Sophia tossed him a wink. "Mind your business." Not to be left out, Olivia wiggled a tile in her palm. "Ellie, wanna take a guess? Maybe this one’s the nine-dot?" Elsie, now straight-up annoyed from being toyed with, turned and glared at William. "This is