Secured in a remote office in Las Vegas, Nandi - the Programmer of Slot Machines, receives an unmarked package. No note. Just a prepaid phone. When the phone rings, a Caller notifies Nandi that his wife and son have been abducted. The ransom to arrange for three jackpots to hit within thirty-two hours on his developed Million dollar machine.
Tension amounts as Nandi manipulates the machine and waits in torment. With the arrival of a text message, Nandi learns that his wife has been liberated. However, his autistic son will be the last to be freed at the stroke of midnight on New Year's Eve. Nandi dashes to the casino floor to save his son only to come face-to-face with Kidnapper.
In his debut captivating short story, Thomas Kelley brings to life the behind-the-scenes events of a reclusive slot machine programmer in his breakout suspense thriller, The Forbidden Clause: Jackpot.