Chapter 34 Please

• HELENA.
• I closed early from work, so I decided to check out the old library. When I told the cab driver where I was going, he totally flipped and asked for double his pay. I still wondered why this place was abandoned. Maybe it wasn't worth it, but I felt a little too curious to just pass it up. The library looked just as I remembered, only a little older and rough around the edges. A distant wave of nostalgia came crashing over me. “Hey! Wait up!” I giggled as I ran through the halls leading up to the second chamber. I was with Emily and Olivia, my friends from grade school, and we were ten. The library was our favorite place to hang out, and we would never miss a day of frolicking along the long halls lined with brick tiles.
• “You'd better hurry Leena.” Olivia's voice rang out, cheering me on. We had just finished from school that afternoon, and decided to rest our heads in the Secret Reading Nook. I could almost smell the scent of old paper and rusty hinges as I recalled the Nook. It was a hidden alcove, concealed between the towering shelves of the Fiction section. It was our safe haven.