Chapter Twenty-One
“The Marshall Swindle”
One of the objectives of opening play is to try to surprise your opponent.
– Edmar Mednis
DAY 2—6:37PM
Channelside Bay Plaza
ELENA
Today was one for the books.
After being taken from pillar to post—Lukas’s house to Tampa General to a shrimp-serving bistro on the water, I am almost too tired to complain.
My parents’ sudden arrival at the hospital shook me up, and even though I was happy to see them, it wasn’t enough to lift my spirits. I couldn’t help but think that Nana would have known what to do. Nana would have known how to make it right.
She would have helped me figure it out… and she would have never let me leave the hospital the way I had the day before. Even though I hate hospitals.
Always have. Always will.
From the first time
