Post by Eduard Winkler on Sept 17, 2024 16:43:42 GMT -7
EDUARD A. WINKLER
Panacea academy, british columbia, canadA
One thing most people didn’t know about Eduard, is that he was quite the avid reader. Aside from spending a lot of his free time at home watching television shows, he spent way too much time reading books of all kinds. His favorite genre happened to be crime dramas, but he didn’t shy away from reading books about just about anything. One of those happened to be a YA Horror novel all about a vampire killer haunting a small town and the people who were after him. There was romance, drama and death, with a hero that was starting out in the fire department. Hit pretty close to home, and he couldn’t help but love the main character for that.
After school was over, he drove his car to the bookstore in town, and went to the new releases section to pick up the book. It was volume three, the final book in the trilogy, and he’d waited a year for it to come out. And lucky for him! It seemed he picked up the last copy on the shelf!
He tucked it under his arm, and started to peruse some of the other shelves. He knew he probably shouldn’t have gone crazy, but he couldn’t help himself. Hell, he almost felt ashamed knowing that there was a rather huge stack of bargain books he’d bought over the last couple of years that he hadn’t even touched, and here he was looking for more.
But even though he told himself that he probably shouldn’t, after an hour or so, he’d ended up with a pile of half-off books in his arms, and was back up at the register. He set them on the counter- more like dropped them- and glanced up at the cashier, who offered him an awkward smile.
“Hello sir!” She said, “Did you find everything okay?”
Eduard nodded, “Yeah. Found too much honestly.”
The girl offered him a laugh. He knew it was forced, but he didn’t mind. She started scanning the books one at a time, and when she got to the new release he grabbed, her face lit up.
“Ooooh! Nice, I snagged my copy this morning. Can you believe we only got five copies in? I bet yours was the last one!”
Eduard knew the series wasn’t too popular, but it didn’t surprise him to hear he grabbed the last copy.
“Hah, that’s nice. My niece was really excited to read it. Can’t wait to bring it to her.” A blatant lie, but the cashier didn’t have to know.
Little did he know, there was someone else prowling the store, looking for that same book.
After school was over, he drove his car to the bookstore in town, and went to the new releases section to pick up the book. It was volume three, the final book in the trilogy, and he’d waited a year for it to come out. And lucky for him! It seemed he picked up the last copy on the shelf!
He tucked it under his arm, and started to peruse some of the other shelves. He knew he probably shouldn’t have gone crazy, but he couldn’t help himself. Hell, he almost felt ashamed knowing that there was a rather huge stack of bargain books he’d bought over the last couple of years that he hadn’t even touched, and here he was looking for more.
But even though he told himself that he probably shouldn’t, after an hour or so, he’d ended up with a pile of half-off books in his arms, and was back up at the register. He set them on the counter- more like dropped them- and glanced up at the cashier, who offered him an awkward smile.
“Hello sir!” She said, “Did you find everything okay?”
Eduard nodded, “Yeah. Found too much honestly.”
The girl offered him a laugh. He knew it was forced, but he didn’t mind. She started scanning the books one at a time, and when she got to the new release he grabbed, her face lit up.
“Ooooh! Nice, I snagged my copy this morning. Can you believe we only got five copies in? I bet yours was the last one!”
Eduard knew the series wasn’t too popular, but it didn’t surprise him to hear he grabbed the last copy.
“Hah, that’s nice. My niece was really excited to read it. Can’t wait to bring it to her.” A blatant lie, but the cashier didn’t have to know.
Little did he know, there was someone else prowling the store, looking for that same book.