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Chapter 6 - Happening Now

Librarian (Cedric):

I drink black tea and eat white chocolate cookies. I read Crime and Punishment for the millionth time. I never get tired of this book. I love books and reading a lot. Of people who don't read and don't want to, and I believe that someone who does not read is naive and silly.

I look at the glass door of the library. It is raining, and I am worried. I am afraid that I will be in pain in some way. I felt cold coming out between my ribs. I look to the hanger. I pull out my leather jacket. I go to my office. I make tea again. A few moments later, the water boils in the heater. I put the tea bag and sugar in. I add the milk. I feel the first sip under my tongue. It seems to me that it is rainwater. I smiled, but did not close my eyes. I just smiled.

I looked at the clock on the wall. It was time off work.

I open one of the drawers and take the car key. I make sure to smile at all the people in the corridor. For a few moments, the feeling of pain becomes violent, resembling stabs and wounds. I sit on the ground.

The girl whispered

"I don't want to cry, I want to go home."

I looked at her at the trees near the parking lots.

"Excuse me..." I tried to help her. She was holding the tree trunk as if it were a part of her.

I came closer to look at her face. She's was Lavender, a ten-year-old girl a kid near high school. What is she doing here?

"Are you waiting for someone?"

She raised her head and removed her wet hair.

She pointed at me

I was bleeding to the shoe of my feet.