$5,000 this game cost me. We had sold Grandpa's house to afford college and, despite the scholarship, had to be able to find the money to continue attending. We had nowhere to go back to and the room on campus we only had until the end of the semester. What a bummer. Luckily, Rachel had found where we could go and live in a few months. I wasn't ready to share a house with other people, especially girls who were my sister's friends. The situation made me particularly stressed but, at least, I could escape to Logan's room sometimes. " Christopher, will you have a drink with us before starting? " asked me one of the boys. It was a little after 10 in the evening and a poker tournament was about to start at one of the frat houses on campus. It wasn't the first time I frequented that place,