<div class="quoteheader"><div class="topslice_quote"><a href="https://elliquiy.com/forums/index.php?topic=94081.msg4158620#msg4158620">Quote from: mrsjaz on 21-01-2011, 02:07:42</a></div></div><blockquote class="bbc_standard_quote">“Hello I’m Gina, pleased to meet you.” She reached over and stretched out her hand to the young woman whose name she did not know yet.   <br/></blockquote><div class="quotefooter"><div class="botslice_quote"></div></div><br/>Her cheeks blushed slightly pink at what could have been a faux pas.  She nodded her thanks to George however for the explanation.<br/><br/>Mel leaned forward a bit to reach far enough to shake hands with the other woman.  "Melanie, or Mel if you prefer." She smiled.  "Pleased to meet you as well, Gina."  As she sat back up she smoothed her hands over the skirt of her dress once more and then simply folded them on the table in front of her.  Her posture and body language communicated a calm that she was not quite feeling.  She did notice the room was comfortably warm and that added to her ability to relax.  "May the best bluff win."<br/><br/>She waited for the others to come into the room and flip their cards.  While she waited she took a moment to notice each of the other people.    She was certainly the youngest in the room but was a fairly common occurrence for her.  She had feared she'd see a gambler she knew but was glad when she didn't.  The men were all decently handsome at least and the women, well, she felt a bit plain in their company.