CHAPTER 58

A week later.

“Good evening, ma'am...”

“Good evening... Cheval! How was your trip?" he asks calmly.

“Well, madam, thank you for asking…”

“He was lucky enough to feel the European summer. After my parents died, I even started to forget what it was like to be there. We used to escape the cold here, and seek warmth there, and vice versa... My mother liked the snow, but I always hated it...

And my father... as always... he did as much as the other...

“But let’s get to the point…” she looks at him.

“Then it’s all right… the man will be here a week early, just in case.”

“Excellent, excellent! “Good players think about three or four moves at the same time and, ahead, while they are only making one....”

“Just so you know: We all went over everything thoroughly and we will still go over it until the big night.” he says, with the firmness of a rock.

“I can’t wait for this city to become synonymous with strategy and not just silly romanticism, as it has been throughout its existence. For me, rom