Neyla and Maria Elena were two friends who lived in a rented room in Porlamar - Margarita Island, Venezuela, the two youth were originally from the city of San Felix. They came to the island looking for a job. Neyla was a very nice brunette, with curly hair and small stature, Maria Elena was white, her face inspired respect, curly hair, tall, with a thick build. One morning, the young women decided to walk along Santiago Mariño Avenue, strolling, they found the Margarita Suites Hotel, they entered, Maria Elena asked at the reception:
"Good morning, sorry for the inconvenience, it is to know if you are in need of female staff".
The gentleman receptionist, looking at her and Neyla in detail, said:
"Good morning, the hotel is not in need of staff, but here is a Casino Alhambra Palace, which if it is in need of female staff, follow the corridor, at the end cross to the right hand side, you will find a door, it is there".
Neyla very smiling and Maria Elena, with her seriousness, told her:
"thank you for the information"
The young ladies followed the instructions that the gentleman had given them, very sure of themselves, they opened the door, they met a very good looking gentleman Neyla asked:
"Good morning, we were informed that you are looking for female staff, is it true?"
The gentleman, with much kindness, answers her:
"you are right, we are in need of croupiers and a referred lady for the awarding of numbers and payment of prizes in room, ladys if you are interested you must present yourself today at 6 pm here, dressed in white shirt, long sleeve and black miniskirt and of course photocopy of your personal documentation. "
Maria Elena and neyla, left the casino heading to the stores to buy the long sleeve shirt white and skirt black, Neyla was so happy that the only thing she did was laugh, while Maria Elena always with her serious face, kept her sanity. They bought the clothes, went to a bookstore to photocopy the necessary documents.
The night arrived, they went to the casino, when they arrived they were attended by Mr. Acosta:
"good evening, you are the girls interested in the job".
The misses, very enthusiastic, answered:
"yes, we are".
Mr. Acosta, looking at them carefully and reviewing their documentation, said to them:
"Neyla, since you are short in stature, you go for the awarding of numbers and prize payments. Your María Elena, because of your height and your body, will be the croupier, that is, the one who attends to the public and sells the lottery tickets".
From that night on, the young women began to work at the Alhambra Pala ce Casino. Every night they prepared to go to their jobs, they misses became the Casino's best workers and Mr. Acosta's trusted staff.
On their days off, since they had no family on the island, they would visit Mr. Acosta's house to spend some family time. Mr. Acosta also liked cards, especially Spanish decks, so he taught Maria Elena to play Truco, it is a game a little rough, it takes place after the flower and sending If you have two strong cards you can "give away" the first hand, so that he sings "truco" and then "retrucarle", that is, if a player says "truco" bet 3 so many that he and his partner manage to win two hands out of three. María Elena liked the game so much that every time they got together as a family, she would bring her own Spanish decks of cards to play the game.
One day they organized a trip to take all the casino staff to the beach on Saturday. When they arrived at the beach, Maria Elena took out her decks of cards and called her friends to play truco. While they were playing her opponent said:
"truco, I have flower".
Mari Elena, seeing that the young man was cheating her, said:
"retruco, tengo envío"
At that moment, Maria Elena felt such a great rage, she reacted by pushing her opponent and putting herself in a fighting position. In time, the police arrived and took her to jail for disturbing the public order, they did not put handcuffs on her, they only allowed her to pick up her cards, they put her in the police patrol car and took her to jail. Neyla, very desperate, called Mr. Acosta:
"Good afternoon, an incident has just happened."
Mr. Acosta, very astonished, tells her:
"I hear you Neyla, speak".
Neyla told him everything that happened, and asked him if he could free her friend, Mr. Acosta said".
"Neyla, calm down, I will see how to solve the situation".
On the other hand, Maria Elena was behind the jail cells, alone with the policeman on duty, very bored, she says to him:
" policeman, would you like to play truco".
The policeman, seeing the friendly attitude of the young lady, takes out a small table, sticks it from the fence, looks for a chair, starts to play with Maria Elena, suddenly he feels the main door of the command, but he does not pay attention and continues playing with the young lady, when he feels a voice that says:
"Benitez, did you come to work or play cards?"
It was the police supervisor, he came with Mr. Acosta to release Maria Elena. Mr. Acosta, upon seeing Maria Elena in the calmest of moods, laughed and said to her:
"Maria, you are a barbarian, not even because you are in jail do you stop playing cards."
Maria Elena answered him with a smile on her face, when leaving the police headquarters, Mr. Acosta told her:
"playing cards should be a passion, a delight, a sport, not to contend or fall to blows".
She understood Mr. Acosta's words, from that day on, every time Maria Elena played cards, she tried as much as possible not to get angry with her opponent and enjoy the game.
This is a fictional story.
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