title: Falling Out of Bed in a Room with No Floor
author:  Terence Winch 
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  QUEEN’S GAMBIT
  
  
    
  
  
    
  
  
    
  
  
    
  
  
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  KAREN CHANCE
  
  
    
  
  
    
  
  
    
  
  
    
  
  
    
  
  
    
  
  
    
  
  
    
  
  
    
  
  
    
  
  
    
  
  
    
  
  
  Copyright © 2020
  
  
  Karen Chance
  
  
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  # Chapter One
  
  
    
  
  
    
  
  
  The
  
  
  one-hundred-eighty-degree sweep of floor to ceiling windows would
  
  
  normally have been a little odd for a ball room, but when 