Cassie smiled when he stopped her at the door. There was a happy gleam in his eye as he turned and took her hands in his.
"This is your second to last chance to quit if you don't want to play," he suggested.
"You've made me some promises, Daddy," she reminded him. "Let's have some fun!"
As an afterthought, she asked, "Second to last?"
"There's five hundred dollars in your envelope," he said. She already knew that. She also knew that he had an envelope with a lot more money than that for the game he was going to play. "After I leave you here, you could take that and leave. I supposed you'll have more chances to change your mind, but the money will already be spent by then."
She could tell he was nervous, but not about her or the money. She stood on her tip toes and kissed the end of his nose.
"And miss out on a chance to show off for you?" she teased.
Without waiting for an answer, she turned and knocked on the door. It opened immediately, and she was ushered inside. She never looked back at her Daddy, but she could tell that he sensed the smile on her face. She could tell that he was smiling as well.
A woman in a plain uniform had opened the door. That woman led Cassie into a small office. An elegant woman in a fancy dress sat behind the desk.
"Contestant number?" the woman asked.
"Twelve," Cassie answered as she set the envelope full of money on the desk.
A bit of motion caught her eye. The side door out of the office was half open. As she had identified herself, several women in the next room had moved to check her out.
"Oh, our wildcard player's entry," the woman said kindly. She looked up from her terminal and slid a small pamphlet toward Cassie. "You have read the rules, and you understand the nature of the game being played?"
Cassie left the rulebook on the table.
"Yes I have, and I'm looking forward to the game," Cassie answered with a smile.
The woman smiled back at her, and then gave a sideways glance at the half open door.
"Good luck, and don't let the peanut gallery get to you. Some of them hold a grudge against your player, and all of them would like to win. The games will start in about ten minutes."
"Thank you," Cassie answered to her dismissal, and she stepped through the next door.
The next room was arranged like a plush locker room. There were lockers for each of the women, and her locker was labeled. Several other women were carefully checking their costumes and makeup. A taller woman with a frown on her face stepped in front of Cassie, blocking the way to her locker.
"So, tell me, New Girl. Is your player going to waste our time again?" she demanded in a thick New York accent.
"If winning fair and square within the rules is wasting your time, then, yes," Cassie answered with a smile. Her Daddy had prepared her for this. She was supposed to keep a smile on her face, and not let any antagonism fluster her.
The other woman looked prepared to test Cassie's instructions. Cassie was saved by a petite Latina woman that gently but firmly pushed the first woman aside.
"Just let her get ready, Rachel," the smaller woman insisted. She caught Cassie's hand and pulled her toward her locker.
"Don't mind her," the woman continued. "You're player has been here three times. He's the only player she can't get to. I'm Anna, by the way."
"Hi Anna, I'm Cassie," Cassie answered. "I was told there might be some animosity, but I was also told it wouldn't stop us from having some fun."
"Oh, we're going to have some fun," Anna gushed with a conspiratorial wink. "I don't think my player is going to get very far, but I plan to make it up to him after the game is over. Unless you're player has a string of bad luck again, he should make it to the end. Are you going to be able to get him through the challenge if he wins?"
The question was asked in a playful way, but Anna knew every ear in the room was listening. Her answer had to convey that she had secret knowledge. It had to hint at what that knowledge was. It had to lead them to a conclusion without letting them know they were being led. And most importantly, it couldn't reveal the truth.
She leaned in close to whisper her secret to Anna. "I think there were too many distractions the last time," she said. She flared her eyebrows and smiled. Anna nodded.
As they spoke, Cassie had been slowly removing her clothes and hanging them in the locker. She struck a pose to show off her plain red panties and loose silk robe. She let her eyes race past the elaborate costumes some of the other women wore.
"I'm going to keep things simple," she pointed out to Anna with a conspiratorial wink of her own. Anna nodded solemnly, as if a great secret was understood.
Further conversation was interrupted by the lady from the front office.
"May I have your attention, everyone," she called out. "We have one no-show, so there are eleven of you. I've already adjusted the wheel."
She reached up and started a carnival wheel spinning.
"You all know this is the final round of the year, so there is a fair amount of money above and below the table. I'm asking that you all forget about that, and just have some fun."
The wheel slowed and clicked to a stop.
"Congratulations Contestant Number Four. You are the first one under. Play starts in two minutes, so be ready."
A blonde woman pumped her fist and nodded at the others for her luck. Some of the women congratulated her while others scowled. Cassie just smiled. Her Daddy had told her that the waiting while other women had better luck might be the hardest part.
The next half hour went by ridiculously slowly. Every five and a half minutes, the wheel called for another woman to go. On one spin, Cassie's number had missed by one click. At the twenty-two minute mark, the office lady had quietly informed them that Number Seven was out of the game.
"I'll see you all in the loser's lounge," an older woman with a nice smile exclaimed. She shared hugs with a couple of the other women before she left.
And then the wheel had stopped on number twelve, and it was Cassie's turn to join the fun.
All eyes above the table were on her as she entered the room. She nodded to accept the compliments from the gentlemen as she got a quick look at the lay of the land.
Her Daddy was half way down the left side of the table. His eyes were smiling, and they said, 'Let's have some fun.' She winked at him to say, 'Let's win this thing.' Her eyes swept around the rest of the table.
Just as her Daddy had expected, the game above the table ended up being Hold 'Em poker. He had a reasonable pile of chips in front of him. A large man across from him had the most chips. That man was leering at Cassie, daring her with a challenge. Cassie knew to avoid that for a bit.
Several of the players had lost most of their chips. Cassie quickly dismissed them. They would end up out of the game before too long. If a man lost above the table, he could not be taken for points below the table. She knew she might loose points below the table if she went after one of them.
She quickly noted the positions of the remaining players. They all had enough chips to stay in the game above the table for a while. Two of them had flushed faces, and were probably close to loosing below the table. She might be able to take advantage of that, but someone else probably already had taken those men on.
She marked the other two men in her mind, smiled at all of the men as she let her robe fall away, and then dropped under the table to join the game.
There was more room under the table than she expected. There was a pit in the center, so a woman could stand or kneel on cushions in front of the man she chose. Time was ticking, and the four women ahead of her were already busy. None of them were in front of the men she had marked, so she randomly chose the man on the left.
When she tapped his knees, he stiffened up for a moment, and then relaxed. She was sure that everyone above the table knew her choice. She didn't care about that; her game was down here. She slid her hands up and opened his pants. He nicely lifted his ass so she could pull his pants and boxers down. She put them together with his shoes under his chair, and then slid her way in close.
She smiled as she saw what she had to work with. His cock was just starting to stiffen. She could tell that it was going to be a good size to work with, not too small, not too big or too fat. She gently stroked him and let the heat of her breath flow around him. She used the tip of her tongue to draw a line from base to tip, and he shifted in his chair.
Her eyes drifted shut as she let her unconscious mind crunch the numbers. Her lips and tongue tallied his heat, hardness and responsiveness. Three minutes, twelve seconds, she concluded. She gave a quick glance at the timer, and saw she still had plenty of time. It was time to make Daddy proud.
The poor man in front of her never knew what hit him. She had been tempted to start slow and use up all of the remaining time. She decided not to take any chances, at least not with this first one. She took him deep right from the start. They both moaned, and he probably knew he was in trouble.
At two minutes, he pushed back from the table, and she smiled up at him as she continued to tease and please. That was bad form on his part, because he all but forfeited himself above the table. His hands slid into her hair, and she knew that he didn't care.
Less than three, her inner voice tallied, but she didn't slow down. She concentrated on finding the one spot in the back of her throat that was likely to make her cum. She found it too late, and at two minutes, fifty-one seconds, he lost to her. As his cock pulsed in her throat, she felt it lose the hardness she needed to finish.
His flavors weren't as good as her Daddy's, but she liked how he just kept pumping to fill her mouth.
She smiled at her own greed, and then smiled up at him.
"Will I be seeing you later?" he asked breathlessly. His question was exceedingly bad form.
It would also have been bad form for her to answer. As she slid away from him into the pit under the table, she winked and nodded. Her greed required it.
"Nine is out," a soft speaker announced. Cassie glanced over at the scoreboard by the clock. A red nine appeared under her twelve. The red color indicated that his partner was not under the table yet. Cassie had to wait another twenty seconds for the round to end before choosing a man for the next round.
Cassie took another quick look around. Her Daddy's pants were gone, and he was half hard. Someone had attempted him and failed. Two other men were similarly undressed. The big man with all the chips was still dressed. Cassie didn't really know which men the other women belonged with, so she didn't need to modify her strategy. When the clock cycled, she was going to try to get the other man she had marked.
The hand above the table finished, and it sounded like the big man had won. All of the chips belonging to the man Cassie had eliminated would have gone into the pot. A win for the big man was going to give him a significant lead. That was not Cassie's problem. Her game was below the table.
The clock reached zero with a chime, and the other women pushed back from the men they had been challenging. The timer restarted with thirty seconds. They had that long to move to a different man, and settle between themselves if any wanted the same man. Cassie quickly moved to the man she had chosen, and the other woman all chose other men.
The tall woman, Rachel, moved between her Daddy's knees. The challenging smile she gave Cassie was almost friendly. "I'll get him this time, for sure," she mouthed without speaking. Cassie gave her a nod for good luck.
The timer chimed and then started counting down five minutes. Cassie nudged her chosen man's knees and quickly stripped him down. Most women, she had been told, considered it fair play to allow the men time to watch the next woman enter the room without distracting them under the table. Her chosen man was mostly hard, and his cock quickly rose as the next women introduced herself. Cassie couldn't stop from caressing his throbbing member.
Cassie's Daddy had suggested that Cassie enter the way she had. He hadn't really told her anything about what other women did. The next woman must have stopped a few steps back from the table to give the men a show.
"Take a good look, boys," she teased. "Give me your number now, and you'll have my number later!"
Cassie saw several men squirm to adjust themselves. The man in front of her reached under the table and pulled Cassie forward. His move was bad form as well, but Cassie was more than willing to take advantage of him. She pressed her tongue flat against his cock and tasted the length of it.
Her eyes drifted shut as the back of her mind worked its magic. Two and a half minutes, she thought with a smile. She quickly recalculated. Four minutes, ten seconds, and I cum with him, she decided.
She pulled his cock into her mouth, and tested its length against the spot in her throat. It was just enough.
In continued bad form, his hand in her hair tightened, and he started thrusting into her mouth. Damn. Two and a half it is, she thought, and then she took him for a ride.
Her disappointment at his eagerness vanished as he started to cum in her mouth. She had never tasted anyone as good as him. She let his flavors fill her mouth, and his pulsing cock threatened to drown her with flavors. She let the flavors roll back and forth across her tongue as she tried to decide if she was really going to find herself cumming from his flavors alone.
Somebody hissed her name insistently, pulling her from her reverie.
"Down here," the petite Anna hissed as she bodily pulled Cassie down two places.
Anna smiled at the lost look in Cassie's eyes, and then suddenly kissed her. As Anna's tongue greedily invaded Cassie's mouth, Cassie struggled to enjoy the kiss while saving the flavors for herself. Anna laughed as she pulled away.
"Damn him," she laughed. "I should have known my ploy to arouse the other men would make him hot to blow." She gave Cassie a friendly smile. "I'm glad it was you," she said. Her eyes directed Cassie to the man in front of them. "Now finish this one!" she insisted.
Cassie's eyes flashed to the scoreboard. Anna's number under hers was green. That meant the ejected woman was under the table, and Cassie could steal the man she had been pleasing. Cassie leaned in and let her tongue slide up his flesh.