CHECKMATE, DARLING
Sterling purred, leaning forward, "I keep the diamond, I keep the building, I keep the database, and Daniel signs a legally binding confession admitting to full financial fraud in Zurich, taking the blame for everything Arthur did."
"No!" Daniel blurted out, grabbing my shoulder. "Mira, don't do it! Don't sign that confession!"
"I’m not losing, Daniel," I said, looking into his eyes with absolute certainty. I turned back to Sterling. "Who is your house champion?"
Arthur Vance stepped forward from the shadows behind Sterling’s wheelchair. He reached into his tuxedo jacket, pulled out a pair of thin, white leather playing gloves, and pulled them slowly onto his fingers.
"Me," Arthur said, a co