(nodding) Okay. I’ll give you your space.
(She leaves. He starts picking up the pieces.)
(She leaves. He starts picking up the pieces.)
December 4, 2024 at 5:11 AM
(nodding) Okay. I’ll give you your space.
(She leaves. He starts picking up the pieces.)
(She leaves. He starts picking up the pieces.)
(shocked) What? Where will you go?
December 4, 2024 at 5:10 AM
(shocked) What? Where will you go?
I know. I know. I just… made a mistake. But it’s over now… and we’ve got through this kind of thing before. Remember that summer you were settling Catan?
December 4, 2024 at 5:08 AM
I know. I know. I just… made a mistake. But it’s over now… and we’ve got through this kind of thing before. Remember that summer you were settling Catan?
(refusing to meet her gaze)
December 4, 2024 at 5:06 AM
(refusing to meet her gaze)
I dunno. We’d grab moments here and there… wherever we could find a board.
December 4, 2024 at 5:06 AM
I dunno. We’d grab moments here and there… wherever we could find a board.
(sighs) No. Not really. But I’d be lying if I said I wasn’t curious.
December 4, 2024 at 5:05 AM
(sighs) No. Not really. But I’d be lying if I said I wasn’t curious.
(suddenly defensive) She is, actually! Sometimes she’ll play the Caro-Kann Defense. Sometimes it’s the Queen’s Gambit. One time, even… (whispers) the Najdorf variation.
December 4, 2024 at 5:04 AM
(suddenly defensive) She is, actually! Sometimes she’ll play the Caro-Kann Defense. Sometimes it’s the Queen’s Gambit. One time, even… (whispers) the Najdorf variation.
I do. But… (shrugs) sometimes variety is also good.
December 4, 2024 at 5:04 AM
I do. But… (shrugs) sometimes variety is also good.
You have to admit we’ve been in a bit of a rut. 1. e4, e5 2. Nf3, Nc6 3. Bb5. Every time.
December 4, 2024 at 5:03 AM
You have to admit we’ve been in a bit of a rut. 1. e4, e5 2. Nf3, Nc6 3. Bb5. Every time.
No! I love playing with *you*. The chess with Cheryl was purely mental.
December 4, 2024 at 5:02 AM
No! I love playing with *you*. The chess with Cheryl was purely mental.
Yes. On the photocopier machine. We’d both had a few drinks and she had a portable board and… we started talking about openings. And, I dunno… one thing led to another.
December 4, 2024 at 5:01 AM
Yes. On the photocopier machine. We’d both had a few drinks and she had a portable board and… we started talking about openings. And, I dunno… one thing led to another.
It started at the Christmas party.
December 4, 2024 at 5:00 AM
It started at the Christmas party.
I’ve… I’ve been playing somebody else.
December 4, 2024 at 4:58 AM
I’ve… I’ve been playing somebody else.
Well, darling, that's simply a reminder of my backup plan for escaping this sham of a marriage while still inheriting your vast wealth.
(laughs)
(laughs)
November 17, 2024 at 12:21 AM
Well, darling, that's simply a reminder of my backup plan for escaping this sham of a marriage while still inheriting your vast wealth.
(laughs)
(laughs)
(removing his pipe) Something else, darling?
November 17, 2024 at 12:20 AM
(removing his pipe) Something else, darling?
No need to feel silly, darling.
(resumes smoking his pipe)
(resumes smoking his pipe)
November 17, 2024 at 12:20 AM
No need to feel silly, darling.
(resumes smoking his pipe)
(resumes smoking his pipe)
Yes, so this is a reminder for when I *leave* to call you later… once I’ve fully established my alibi for the evening, of course.
November 17, 2024 at 12:19 AM
Yes, so this is a reminder for when I *leave* to call you later… once I’ve fully established my alibi for the evening, of course.
Now you’ve got it, darling. And in Autumn, trees lose their…
November 17, 2024 at 12:18 AM
Now you’ve got it, darling. And in Autumn, trees lose their…
Precisely. And what do Americans, such as your secret boyfriend with whom you're having an affair, mean when they say ‘fall’?
November 17, 2024 at 12:17 AM
Precisely. And what do Americans, such as your secret boyfriend with whom you're having an affair, mean when they say ‘fall’?