CHEQUE MATE by Kevin Baldeosingh
Plot Summary The story adopts a chess analogy to address fraud, impunity, corruption, forgery, greed and materialism, ethics and morality, betrayal and classicism among other thematic concerns. Sukiya Chansing is the protagonist in the story. She faces antagonism from her boss, Randall A. Credo, who deliberately tries to fix her and give her away to the police for fraud charges. The conflict unfolds when Sukiya goes to the bank and is reminded by a teller that she needs a US dollar account for the 5 million dollar cheque she receives from Randall. She goes to the bank knowing that her illegitimate business could be discovered. So, she avoids the branch where she has a savings account for fear that the staff may be familiar with her business. She also avoids bank managers because they can easily notice the disparity between her salary and savings. She knows that if she were dealing with a bank manager, he would easily realize that an employee with a fifty-thousand-a-month sal...