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“Wanna play a game? Like old times? I know a place that has a really nice wooden set,” she said, referring to Daily Grind which had a huge board game area in the back of the coffee shop, complete with a nice chess set

A srin curled his worn lips, and he nodded

Though Abby worried a ride in GG’s car randfather’s mood, by the time they arrived at the shop and ordered two iced coffees with extra carahter

They took a seat in the back, preferring the small bistro table and chairs to the leather love seat, and set their garandfather picked the natural wooden color

“Gosh, how long’s it been since we played?” Abby asked

“A while” Her grandfather h school are too cool to play chess with their old grandpa”

Abby laughed as sheas he teased “Like I’d ever say no to a game”

They fell silent, concentrating on the ga pieces over the next thirty randfather’s bishop access to one other pawn Muttering under her breath, she moved her pawn, but he matched it with his queen

As they played, he

r thoughts drifted to Kaden once again, unable to forget hirandfather about everything, and though she had been against it at first, ht or the ease hich her grandfather and she settled back into their routine of the ga the subject

“Grandpa?” she asked, and he snickered as he swiped a pawn

“Yeah?” He glanced up at her as she took her turn

“Why don’t you ever talk about the war?”

He froze, his crooked fingers clutching his knight “Not much to say”

“I knoould be hard, but don’t you think it ht help to share it with someone? You know, kinda like therapy?”