The story “rules of the game” ends with waverly alone in her room thinking about her argument with her mother. she is imagining a chess game with her mother as her opponent.

“her black men advanced across the plane, slowly marching to each successive level as a single unit. my white pieces screamed as they scurried and fell off the board one by one. as her men drew closer to my edge, i felt myself growing light. i rose up into the air and flew out the window. higher and higher, above the alley, over the tops of tiled roofs, where i was gathered up by the wind and pushed up toward the night sky until everything below me disappeared and i was alone.
i closed my eyes and pondered my next move.”

prompt 1:

write an essay describing what you think waverly’s next move will be.