Chapter 210

That stuff was stuffed into a brown paper bag. After Celeste dumped it all out on the table, she found a bunch of small see-through packets, each barely the size of her palm. Inside each one was a card, about the size of a stick of gum, printed with Disney characters-Mickey Mouse, Donald Duck, and the like. They looked just like those temporary tattoos kids love to play with. And this? This was the grand prize from the pool game. The thing Riley had raved about, saying it was like stepping into heaven. Celeste turned and flipped the pieces around, trying to figure them out, but still couldn't make any sense of it. Gum, maybe? She opened one of the packets and poured out the little card. Just as she reached out to pick it up, a voice shouted from the doorway. "Ma'am, don't touch that!" Her hand froze mid-air. Mr. Foster rushed in, holding a hot water kettle. "Where'd you get all this?" "This is..." Celeste was still confused. "It was that guy outside the bar. He said it was the prize Et