Jayne held tight to Amina’s hand. He had lost track of her three times already and he didn’t want to make it a fourth. He couldn’t believe that he lost to a six year old girl in poker. She had her father’s eyes and her mother’s poker face. Amina could play a mean hand of Texas hold ‘em. He had lost his pay from the last job and he had to take her out for a day of fun. Jayne sighed at least he didn’t have Mally and Gabe. Jayne got yanked from his thoughts by the little girl.

“Jayne look!” Amina pointed to a large stuffed pink dragon. “Can you win it for me?” Her eyes lit up and she gave him the biggest puppy dog eyes.

Those eyes was his Achilles’ heel. “Sure, princess.” They walked up to a bottle toss booth. “Which one do you want me to win for ya?”

“The large pink one.”

The barker smiled. “Pretty little girl you got there.”

Jayne wrinkled his face. “She ain’t mine…how much?”

“Five dollars for three balls. You gotta knock down all the bottles to win a prize.”

Jayne dug in his pocket and handed the man some paper. “Gimme three.” Jayne looked at Amina. “After I win you this, we’re even.”

“Ok.” She replied. Amina hopped up on the counter to watch Jayne.

The man handed him the balls. “Good luck, sir.”

Jayne scuffed. “I don’t need it.” He threw the first ball and missed horrible. He rotated his arm a bit. “Just warming up.”

“Uh huh.” The man replied.

Jayne threw the other ball and again missed the tower of bottles. He smirked. “Must of worked out my arm too much.” He stretched out his throwing arm and picked up the third ball. He smiled at Amina. “You wanted the pink one right?”

She nodded. “Yep.”

Jayne threw the third ball and for a third time missed.

“OOhhh I’m sorry sir. Do you want to try again?”

Jayne dug in his pocket and handed the man another five. “Here.”

The man handed him three balls. “Good luck sir.”

“Yeah stow it.” Jayne threw the first ball and missed. “Ruttin hands must be slippery.” Jayne wiped his hands on his pants.” He threw the seconded one. “Ezri san zhi jiao mao lu!”

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