The Pawn

On the brink of ending his life, a suicidal man is interrupted by his dying grandmother; to win the "right" to die, he must defeat her in a final game of chess.

The story is about Daniel, a young man who is mentally done and wishes to take his own life. He is then stopped by a call from his grandmother Eve who he then finds out she is dying and has a month to live. He cares about her well being and wants her to go to a hospice program to rest peacefully but she doesn't agree wishing to continue to live at the house, teaching chess to a child and being beside Daniel. This story is about life and death and how others interpret it and what they do with that idea knowing its coming. Daniel is young with life ahead of him but wishes to die but his grandmother has a month left but wishes to keep living until then doing what she can. In the story a game of chess helps Daniel understand life and that there should always be a reason to move forward.