I Love You, Miss Genius

Billy was secretly a chess fanatic. He could not wait to find out what the manual was called so he could study it in private.

Bonnie's lips curled into a grin. A hint of mischief flashed in her eyes. Then she pretended to ponder deeply, rubbing her chin as she did.

"It's been such a long time since I've read it. I can't recall it off the top of my head. I'm going to need some time."

He waved his hand and said, "It's fine. Take your time. I'm not in any hurry, anyway. Let's continue our game. Then, tell me about what you see as the game goes on. That'll allow me to study chess differently, too."

She feigned surprise and said, "I'm seriously not good at chess, Billy. I don't think it's a good idea for you to be studying chess the way I do. The last thing I want to do is lead you astray."

"It'll be fine. I'll know what to do." He gestured for her to look at the game, that had only gone halfway through. "Come on, keep playing."

She had been playing reservedly earlier. Now,

only took her three moves to turn

his own eyes. However, her

chess piece across the board, he was checkmated. Victory was supposedly

he was seeing things wrongly. So, he closed his eyes and opened them again. He did it multiple times before he

of the match in just one move. The way Barrett moved his chess

her with clear admiration, he asked, "Would you please show me how you did it, Barrett?"

tell him the core of the principle in an easily understood

fact, she was long used to the

Billy on the chessboard was like taking candy from a baby for

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