“I emailed as well.” “Ah, right, I see. Well, I’m sorry about that. Are you here to see a family member?”
“No,” Nora explained. “I am not family. I am just someone who used to know her. She’d know me, though. Her name is Mrs Elm.”
Nora tried to remember the full name. “Sorry. It’s Louise Elm. If you told her my name, Nora. Nora Seed.”
“She used to be my... She was the school librarian, at Hazeldene. I just thought she might like some company.”
The man stopped looking at his computer and stared up at Nora with barely suppressed surprise.
At first Nora thought that she had got it wrong. Or Dylan had got it wrong, that evening at La Cantina.
Or maybe the Mrs Elm in that life had experienced a different fate in this life.
Though Nora didn’t quite know how her own decision to work in an animal shelter
would have led to a different outcome for Mrs Elm in this life.
But that made no sense. As in neither life had she been in touch with the librarian since school.
“What’s the matter?” Nora asked the receptionist. “I’m ever so sorry to tell you this, but Louise Elm is no longer here.”
“Where is she?” “She... actually, she died three weeks ago.”
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