The Grandmaster
Who needs a dream?
Who needs ambition?
Who'd be the fool
In my position?
Once I had dreams
Now they're obsessions
Hopes became needs
Lovers possessions
-- Where I Want To Be (Chess)
Who needs ambition?
Who'd be the fool
In my position?
Once I had dreams
Now they're obsessions
Hopes became needs
Lovers possessions
-- Where I Want To Be (Chess)
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Date: 2009-10-13 02:21 am (UTC)If Anatoly lost, it would be for that Hungarian woman's father. If Anatoly won, it would be to impress the American man. Neither for his family, who he should care about above all others. It was one thing to know of it through Molokov...it was an entirely different matter when it was done to her face.
So instead of watching the game, Svetlana was in her room, packing. If she never saw her husband again, it would be to soon. She would find her own to provide for her and her children. Without him.