Gemotions

The librarian, Mrs. Davies, tilted her head. She examined the small tin box with interest. It had been found tucked away in a corner of the library basement during an inventory. Who had placed it there? She didn’t know.

She opened the box. It held a series of items – a library card, a bookmark, a photograph. She studied the photograph. A group of children, smiling at the camera, looked back at her. Some of them looked familiar, but she couldn’t place them, and she didn’t know why.

She scanned the card, found an empty slot. She turned the card over, and for the briefest of moments, she thought she recognized her own name. She blinked, feeling a strange sort of unease. The card was blank, but the feeling lingered.