Yvette Larson and her father both knew that trying to reason with Linda James was futile. As such, neither of them wanted to speak to her, much less Finn Taylor.
This meant that Linda James went on a monologue for a long time while the others ignored her.
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Yvette Larson couldn't understand why she felt a sense of longing after her husband had left. 'I should be utterly disappointed in this man, but there's been only one thought in my mind since he disappeared from my sight: I miss him!'
Finn Taylor had followed Megan Daimler back to Chicago, not Maximus Brugel. Naturally, this meant that he headed to the American Chess Association with the latter upon reaching Chicago.
There, he spotted Jessica Daimler, who was grateful that the former had agreed to represent their country in the competition.
Then, they exchanged their contact numbers, and Jessica Daimler told him that she would inform him of the details closer to the date.
