Stories by Graham Thorne

The Coaster King's Gambit

Author:Graham Thorne

They called him a failure, a cuckold, a man left with nothing but a broken home. His ex-wife, a venomous snake, tried to poison his children against him and left him for ruin. Twenty years later, Alex Sterling is a self-made billionaire, a titan of industry. When a chance encounter brings him face-to-face with the ghost of his past and her chaotic family, they try to humiliate him one last time. But in the silence of a crowded restaurant, with a stack of simple drink coasters, he will play a game they cannot comprehend—a final, devastating checkmate that will dismantle their world without him uttering a single word.