“All your fault!” He suddenly rose to his feet, howling and quaking. “I was winning before my phone buzzed. It was you. Almost every goddamned time, my luck wasn’t going bad until you turned up. You should be the one to blame.”
“What?” Her grief, all of a sudden, froze. She looked perplexedly at his immobile eyes.
“Now... I’ve lost again...” He uttered each word painfully, as though he were going to be beheaded. Especially when he added, “Much... more.”
“What!?” She shrieked.