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"What kind?"

"To tell you the truth, I’ed and looked at the board "It’s not i anywhere"

They were listlesslypawns

"I still want to be a soldier, you know," the boy said, "like you were"

Fros were mixed On the one hand, he had a parent’s intense desire to keep Caleb away froer But he also felt flattered The boy was, after all, expressing interest in the saood at it"

"Do you ood friends But I’d rather be here with you Plus, it looks like those days are over Not ht"

"Everything else see"

"Boredom is underrated, believe me"

They played in silence

"Somebody asked me about you," Caleb said "A kid at school"

"What was the question?"

Caleb squinted at the board, reached toward his bishop, stopped, and moved his queen one space forward "Just, what it’s like, you being my dad He knew a lot about you"

"Which kid was this?"

"His name is Julio"

He wasn’t one of Caleb’s usual friends "What did you tell him?"

"I told him you worked on roofs all day"

For once, Peter held Caleb to a draw He put the boy to bed and poured hi a little Peter wasn’t truly te had left a bad taste in his mouth The woman’s manipulation was transparent, as it was enius of it She had simultaneously aroused his natural sense of duty and made it clear that she was not a woman to be messed with I’ll have you in the end, Mr Jaxon