Whispers of Until.. Part 1 - Shadows of Summer
She turned and disappeared into the dim, warm safety of the library entrance, the heavy leather doors swinging shut behind her with a dull, pneumatic sigh that felt like the closing of a vault.
Ria’s diary entry from that specific four o'clock hour was written on the back of an old utility bill, her pencil lead blunt and thick against the rough grey paper :
The light didn't even stay until four today. The fog came up from the canal at three, and now the windows are just square patches of greasy grey that don't let you see the street lamps until they're turned up all the way. He hasn't come back for his boots. I found his summer shoes under the bench—the ones with the thin canvas tops that he