Prompt: Return
On the Brink
People didn't visit the Sunnydale Public Library much. Housewives cleared the shelves of Nora Roberts and John Grisham. The students preferred the school library.
So Ms. Thomas perked up when a favorite patron entered one boring June day.
“Just returning?” She asked when he did not go browsing as usual.
“Yeah. Figured I should get them back. You never know what'll happen.”
He'd always been odd, but never paranoid. “That's true.” She stamped the final book. “If that's all, Daniel...?”
He turned and then reconsidered. “Ms. Thomas, have you ever thought of taking a vacation?”
People didn't visit the Sunnydale Public Library much. Housewives cleared the shelves of Nora Roberts and John Grisham. The students preferred the school library.
So Ms. Thomas perked up when a favorite patron entered one boring June day.
“Just returning?” She asked when he did not go browsing as usual.
“Yeah. Figured I should get them back. You never know what'll happen.”
He'd always been odd, but never paranoid. “That's true.” She stamped the final book. “If that's all, Daniel...?”
He turned and then reconsidered. “Ms. Thomas, have you ever thought of taking a vacation?”