Having sent emails to C.J. and Dream, and a voicemail to Zero, Parker was at the door of Phale's bookshop very early, poised to enter the second the owner was there.
The fact that she was going to be here, skipping class to do this anyway, didn't help the fury she felt after hearing
Sheriff Lamb's press release on the radio that morning. And her fingers kept reaching for cigarettes that hadn't been there for a month.
The instant Mr. Phale flipped over the OPEN sign, Parker darted within. Bystanders could see her talking urgently to the owner for a few minutes through the window, then disappearing into the stacks in the heart of the store.
[ooc: Available for play.
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