Library Open Times Novels & Stories

"It's a tighter tolerance than I planned for." "But it works." "It works." He pulled out his phone and called Hammond's liaison back while she was still at the bench. She heard him say: "The open-evening. Three days. East wing access confirmed and Natasha's cover in place by tomorrow evening." A pause. "It has to be the open-evening. The window doesn't extend past that." She turned back to the bench and checked the substrate chamber temperature. Still two degrees below threshold. She adjusted the input valve and set a timer for forty minutes.

𝗗𝘂𝗮𝗻 𝗔𝗰𝗰𝗲𝘀𝘀 𝗟𝗲𝘃𝗲𝗹: 𝗢𝗿𝗶𝗼𝗻 – 𝗥𝗲𝘀𝘁𝗿𝗶𝗰𝘁𝗲𝗱 𝗧𝗶𝗺𝗲: 𝟬𝟮:𝟭𝟰 𝗔𝗠

… She spent the next few days lazing around in the dorm. One day, she slept until noon before waking up naturally. The first thing she did was to reach for her phone. She scrolled through her feed and immediately saw a new post by Heather. It was captioned: “Carter Tech City is open to the public from 5:00 p.m. to 10:00 p.m. today. If anyone of you would like to tour the city, make sure you bring a reservation slip.” As usual, a picture of the city was attached to the post.

She couldn’t keep fighting what was already set in motion. “I'm inviting you over to my family house to meet my parents and family. Get familiar and acquainted with my big family. It’s the appropriate thing to do. If I invited you or not, our parents will still find a way to make it happen. We can take it step by step”. “So, we really have to do this. What time?” “This evening. I'll come pick you up at your place. Is 7 o’clock okay?” “Yes.” He stood up ready to leave. Clara watched him walk out of her shop. She couldn’t bring herself to wave him goodbye when he did. All she did was settle into her chair and weep.

Unknown time until everything changes. The countdown has begun.

“Is the new sim working? —Francis.” I smiled, before texting back, “yes, thank you very much.” He sent a thumbs up emoji. I returned my attention to the food when the phone buzzed again. “Nō 27, main street, open Cafe. 12pm.” The text message read. Well, it was time to get ready for a meeting.

"Buzz.. Buzz.." Ryu was woken up by the doorbell ringing. He reached for his phone and checked the time, it was only nine in the morning. He was supposed to wake up around two in the afternoon. After drinking out with Nato last night, he wouldn't even bother to eat breakfast. He wondered if he had any deliveries or anyone coming over but he was still too sleepy to even bother thinking. "Buzz.. Buzz.." He heard the doorbell ring again and that's when he decided to get out of bed. Ryu went out of his room and is struggling to open his eyes to the brightness coming from the windows.

" Tomorrow morning at 8." "Don't go there without me having a look at what you're wearing. I want you looking like the freakin' CEO instead of - wait, what position are you applying for and what's the name of the company?" " P.A and the company is Cullen and Co Industries." Expecting her to say something, I frown a little bit when all I get is silence. " Lucia?" " Uh I have to go." She quickly says, hanging up before I can even say anything.

with a soft smile spreading on their lips. "It's kind of late, so I'm not sure if any restaurants are still open for delivery," Timothy said, ruffling his hair and adjusting his shirt. "It's only 7:30, babe," Althea pointed out, gesturing to the clock. Timothy's mouth formed into an ‘oh’ but he never said. "I'll go see what I can order. I'll be downstairs," he said. "And I'll be taking a shower. Do you still have my stuff here?" Althea asked.

“ I don’t have any ideal time but I can say that the sooner… the better'' ‘’Alright, just take this gem… once it glows… it will then show the time and date of the appointment. Be sure to break this gem to confirm your arrival so that the appointment would be settled” Oliver then hold that gem on his hand. Not wanting to show his grin' he nodded his head and say a short response. “Alright. Till our next meeting" He mumbled and there they heard the small clicking sound. Saying that the door is finally opened and they can finally get out of that place