100 Below: Card Shark
Joe was tired of losing money to the stranger. The stranger seemed clever. Too clever by half.
“Listen feller,” Joe stated, “I’m of a mind to think you’re cheatin’.”
The stranger smiled wide. “My dear boy, I’m not cheating. I am using both of my brains to figure you out.”
“Both yer brains?”
“Yes, the one I was born with, and the other I stole from an itinerant I killed back in ‘68. My two brains are quite superior to your one.”
Joe thought about it. Yup. Two brains would ’splain everything.