AHorak

The little bell above the door jangled, alerting the clerk that potential customers had entered the bookstore. A woman and a man browsed silently up and down the rows. The clerk eyed them for a moment before turning his focus once again to the task he was working on. "Darling, here it is." the man picked up a book from the shelf and showed it to the woman. She pulled off her dark circle sunglasses to get a better look at the cover. "The 85th anniversary edition." she sighed as she smiled. They took the book to the counter and the clerk rang them up. They were an odd bunch, a lot dark tailored clothing with sunglasses and wide brimmed ha

“…I do not understand.” Christine furrowed her brows and cocked her head to the side. “What do you not understand?” she asked. I stared down at the flat parcel she had placed in my lap. It felt foreign sitting there, like some strange animal that both baffled and astounded me. It was not particularly heavy, yet it seemed far too…solid. “What is the purpose of this?” “There is no purpose,” she laughed, “other than it is Christmas and I love you.” Those words were blessed, yet I still found a wall between them and common sense. Christine assured me that one day they would r