Every New Year, Isaac would join forces with a few people who also had nothing to do in his hometown, shamelessly make connections everywhere and invite some people who returned home for the New Year to a party.
I had reminded my husband a long time ago to have less contact with Isaac.
But my husband was a simple and honest man and Isaac used his relationship as his elementary school classmate and childhood friend to drag him to the card table.
When my husband heard that Isaac wanted to invite him to play again, he trembled all over and looked at me timidly.
I pulled my husband behind me, gave him a reassuring look and then smiled and said to Isaac, “My husband is not playing today, can I come to the table and play with you guys?”
“Oh, this is rare. I did not expect that a good woman like you, Adela, would also be interested in playing cards. That's great. Make room for Adela.”
Isaac was a little surprised, but more delighted and immediately asked someone to make room for me.
I glanced at the card table and noticed that they were playing very small, with a minimum of one dollar and a maximum of 15 dollars.