Scars Of A Broken Bond by Calv Momose

It was the first time for the president of the Blakely Group to play this.
Sabrina pointed to the corner of the machine and explained, “You can exchange bills for tokens right there.”
It was two tokens per play, and Tyrone got 20 of them. However, after ten attempts, he had nothing to show for it.
Frowning, he shook the lever hard on his tenth try, and just as the doll was about to reach the exit, the claw loosened its grip.
He failed.
“There is something wrong with this claw,” Tyrone grumbled, frustrated.
Raising her eyebrows, Sabrina glanced at him, “Humph, stop making excuses if you can’t do it
Tyrone’s heart melted at her playful annoyance.
He exchanged for another hundred tokens and persisted in trying to snag a doll.
After about five more attempts, he got the first doll.
He retrieved it from the machine and handed it to Sabrina.
“Any other preferences?”
She pointed at another machine with minions, “That one.”
Tyrone walked over and inserted the tokens.
This time, he grabbed a doll in less than ten attempts. Gradually, Tyrone figured it out and succeeded more often,
When he ran out of tokens, Tyrone pulled out four more dolls. Sabrina’s hands were already full.
“Do you want some more?” Tyrone asked.
Sabrina smiled, huffed playfully, turned on her heels, and left. Tyrone shook his head with a grin and followed her.
“Miss Chavez?” Someone called out from a nearby clothing boutique. Sabrina stopped and turned around.

“Marnie,”