TWISTED STUBBORN LOVE
I hoped whatever I was looking for wasn’t hidden in a fake book—there were thousands of books in here.
Knowing my uncle, though, he wouldn’t choose any book. He’d choose something with significance.
I checked the sections for his favorite authors. Fyodor Dostoyevsky, Taras Shevchenko, Leo Tolstoy, Alexander Dovzhenko…he had a soft spot for Russian and Ukrainian classics. Said they grounded him in his roots.
But no, all the books were real.
My eyes flitted over the rest of the library and landed on the limited-edition chess set in the corner. The pieces were still arranged in the same pattern from our last game.