After Justin left to stall them, I cracked a bag of biscuits, walked to the front of the village, and sat down on the stone bench where the village women gathered to gossip.Within an hour, I had Buck's whole operation figured out."Buck Lansing is a real actor. He runs around with a bunch of thugs, targeting young men who come back from working in the city. A few drinks in, and he's already figured out how much they made all year."All those people watching the games? Every single one of them is his."A whole year of hard work, gone in one night. What a sin."My son came back this year. I grabbed him by the ear and didn't let him go out."Same here. My husband and son handed all their money to me before coming home, just in case they got targeted."I wonder which unlucky fool walked into it this year. Last year, the Hsu family's boy sold his old house to pay off his debt."…Listening to all this, I would not help feeling uneasy."This is basically gambling, isn't it? Aren't
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