"I noticed that for the last few weeks, you haven't brought up anything about that girl you had been seeing... Jennifer?"
"Jessica."
"Right. Jessica. So is everything still..."
"We're not seeing each other anymore."
"Oh. You seemed enamored with her. What brought that on?"
"Yeah, I liked her. Of course I did, but we both needed to focus on other things." Aiden took out her Bishop with a Rook. "Check."
"You haven't said anything about that before." Evelyn moved her King.
"Yeah, sorry about that," he took a deep breath and advanced his Queen. "It's just between school and work and... other things, we didn't get much time together."
"Other things?" Evelyn moved a Knight.
"... It's complicated, Mom." Aiden moved his Queen again. "Check."
Evelyn moved a Bishop to block the attack.
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