-Rose-
“With one simple miscalculation, we’ll lose the whole game.”
Father has always said this to us when he tried to teach me, Hans and Bella how to play chess.
Bella showed little interest in chess, so when Hans and I played against each other, she would rather sit by and watch instead of playing herself. She told me she was too afraid to lose and I could understand her fear, for Hans was a very talented player.
I rarely defeated him.
Not that I suck at playing chess…but Hans had a trickiness and far-sightedness beyond his age. He was good at sacrificing unimportant pieces to lure me into his tender traps, and eventually defeated me at the moment when I thought I was gonna win.
In hindsight, I found it ironic that what Hans played on me has gone beyond the chess board.
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