Waverly asks her mother to go out to eat with her so she can tell her she is engaged to Rich. She didn't know how to tell her. Waverly continues her story of her chess playing days. Waverly and her mother never quite saw eye to eye, and one day Waverly decided to take a break from playing chess. She was suprised when her mom didn't scold her for doing so and was not upset; instead Waverly was upset because the boy who had won the tournament she had beaten twice before. She decided to play chess again but she occasionally won and lost; she gave up chess entirely at age fourteen. Waverly then takes her mother to her house and shows her that all of Rich's stuff is at the house, but she still thinks that Lindo has not figured out what Waverly is trying to tell her. Waverly bring rich to dinner but that did not go well. "But in the brief instant that I peered over the barriers I could finally see what was really there: an old woman, a wok for her armor, a knitting needle for her sword, getting a little crabby as she waited patiently for her daughter to invite her in" (183-184). This passage occurs when Waverly decides she must tell her mother and goes to her home to find Lindo asleep, but her mother had already known. They then planned their honeymoon for October. The important thing was that Waverly could finally truly see her mother through all the barriers they had built.
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