Luke narrating:
— And that would be checkmate. — I said with a wide smile on my face, a somewhat unnecessary gesture, but it gave me the chance to gloat, the action of taking his king off the chessboard and shaking it in front of his eyes. The score of wins and losses between us was now 5 to 0 - a victory for me like no other. She was really terrible at chess.
Nina huffed loudly from where she was sitting across from me at the dining table, because Peter had a matching dining table and chairs. It was kind of a mystery to me, but all the Crapper houses had a matching dining table and chairs too. The chairs were an accessory. I guess they came with the facade of owning a permanent home and living like a human.
A laugh escaped my lips at the observation that Nina was simply not giving up t
