11/07/2025
Millionaire invites her black maid son to play chess as a joke. She didn't know he was a child genius. Come here, boy. How about showing me how you play chess in the slums? Mrs. Victoria Wittman's voice echoed through the living room of her Beverly Hills mansion, laden with the arrogance typical of someone who has never had to earn anything on her own.
Diego Santos, 17, was helping his mother, Carmen, serve guests at a charity dinner when the millionaire decided to make him the evening's entertainment. The other guests, businessmen, politicians, and their boardwives, laughed discreetly behind their thousand champagne glasses. Victoria had organized the event to raise funds for underprivileged youth, but clearly she hadn't expected to have one of them serving canopes in her own home. The irony was delicious to her.
- "I bet he can at least move the pieces," Victoria continued, gesturing toward the Italian chessboard that decorated the coffee table. It'll be fun to see what this boy can do against someone who's actually studied the game. Mr. Hamilton, owner of three hotel chains, whispered to his wife.
I bet he doesn't even know the night moves in an L-shape. Laughter spread through the room like waves on a lake of superiority. Diego's mother, Carmen, lowered her eyes and clenched her fist around the silver tray. 20 years cleaning that house, raising her son alone on a maid salary, and she still had to watch her boss use her boy as a joke to impress her rich friends.
She had known Victoria since she was young. She had seen the woman transform from a spoiled Aerys into a cruel socialite over the years.
- "Carmen, you can stop serving for a few minutes," Victoria ordered with false kindness.
- "I want you to watch your son play. It will be educational for both of you. " Diego, however, remained motionless for a few seconds.
His dark eyes analyzing not only the board, but every face in the room. At 17, he had already learned that silence often reveals more about people than a thousand words. And at that moment, what he saw was a group of privileged adults who had no idea who they were dealing with.
There was something about Diego's posture that made some of the guests stop laughing. A strange stillness like the calm before the storm. His fingers moved unconsciously, as if he were visualizing moves on an invisible board.
- "Of course, Mrs. Wittman," Diego replied with a calmness that made some of the guests exchange curious glances.
- "It will be my pleasure." Victoria smiled with satisfaction, settling into the leather armchair like a queen preparing to watch gladiators.
- "Excellent. I bet you've never played on a board like this, have you?"
"Genuine Italian marble, each piece worth more than well, you know." State Representative Jennifer Mills, sitting near the window, commented aloud.
Victoria, are you sure this isn't cruel? The poor boy is going to be humiliated...👇👇👇