The Seventh Wave, Episode 21: sneak peek
Episode 21: sneak peek
“The world began with gambling,” she says. “Zeus, Poseidon and Hades rolled the dice to decide which of them would rule over what part. Sometimes I wonder if the story we have is wrong. Feels like Hades got the upper world and Zeus got the world below. Poseidon, though, he’s definitely a fish.”
He hears in her voice the unmistakable rhythm of the addict. It isn’t heroin for her, it’s chance. She’s in love with the random, allowing her life to be shaped by the way the cards fall. The cards, the ball on the roulette wheel, the horse coming around the bend, the five empty chambers in the gun and the bullet in the sixth. Spin the barrel of the gun, back the long-shot, put everything you’ve got on number nine, call for a fifth card at the blackjack table, twenty-one or bust. He’s wondering if he’s one of her gambles too.