'And so I bet the whole 5000 gil on Yashinoki. No going back now!'
"Are you sure, Tango? Don't you have a lot of debt?"
'I couldn't answer. I just held on to my ticket and headed for the track.'
But my legs froze up! I couldn't move!
This is it... the race is starting! I was too nervous to even move... my legs became like bricks. And I couldn't get to the track to see the race... Oh well; just have to listen to the announcements.
Soon it was over and they broadcast the results over the PA system.
"Ladies and gentlemen, the results of the fifth race, the Southern Classic:
The winner: Yashinoki, with a payoff of ten to one. I repeat, the winner..."
'Finally! I've finally won! Wow, did it really feel this good...? A ten-to-one payoff; I've got 50,000 gil!
"Congratulations, darling."
I turned around and there was Lucilda.
"Honey? I, I... uh..."
1. "What are you doing with that no-good Lance!?"
3. "Did you see that!? I won!!"
1. "What are you doing with that no-good Lance!?"
'What are you doing with that no-good Lance!?'
"Well, uh...," my wife stammered.
"Allow me to explain, dear Tango," interjected Lance. "As we discussed, Lucilda
deserves better than a ruffian such as yourself. Someone as lovely as she belongs with
a real gentleman. Like me, for example. And now we must be off. Ta-ta."
'Hey, wait!' I chased after them, but they were already lost in the crowd.
"Ladies and gentlemen," the public address system intoned, "the sixth race is about to
start."
'Oh no, they're gonna start while I'm still here dawdling!"
' I'm so sorry...'
"If you're sorry, then quit gambling! Get the print shop back in business! Spend time
with *me*!"
'Lucilda...'
"That's why I..."
And here Lucilda, unable to finish the sentence, ran off in tears.
'Honey, wait!" Tango exclaimed.
I chased after her, but surrounded by people, I couldn't catch up.
"Ladies and gentlemen," the public address system intoned, "the sixth race is about to
start. The sixth race will being shortly."
They're gonna start while I'm standing here dawdling!
"Did you see that!? I won!!"
"Tango, darling. You're always like that. You just think about yourself, and pay no
attention to people around you. That's why..."
'But, honey!"
I chased after her, but surrounded by people, I couldn't catch up.
"Ladies and gentlemen," the public address system intoned, "the sixth race is about to
start. The sixth race will being shortly."
They're gonna start while I'm standing here dawdling!
2. I'm so sorry...
3. "Did you see that!? I won!!"