Calculated Moves

Tessa broke out in a cold sweat, feeling completely overwhelmed. She had told Vance to butter up her uncle, just to help put his mind at ease.

"You can't do the same thing every single time, you know. Try to switch it up a bit." Tessa reminded him.

Vance answered earnestly, "I've never tried to win someone over by playing chess before."

So basically, this was his first crack at it.

Tessa was left