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Papa gave it to you…

Oh, the irony I’d sacrificed the tiara to pay for her wedding and now she wanted to wear it at that sa I had that connected me to that blurry, faded past, to those memories of Papa And it was now out oftheht Because they never, ever would have taken theup minutes later, then rolled over and sobbed into ot hold ofback to sleep

Chapter 4

William

Monday is my favorite day of the week Most feel that Friday should have that honor because they look forward to the weekend They live for the weekend But I prefer the cos to my life My days seem more difficult to fill on the weekends, even while participating in the Renaissance and Medieval Reenactrocery shopping and anization and ht-hour block most often consumed by work

And since I do not care to watch television, that’s a lot of time to fill

Order is restored to my life on Mondays I arrive at my station approximately five to ten minutes before the start of my shift I don’t punch a clock, but I’ve always been punctual--and not just because I work for s are easier when you are punctual There’s no stress, no rush You feel the accoin your workday

However, this Monday, nobefore lunch I’ desk in the art depart nearon what I need to be doing--a conore whoever it is until they loudly clear their throat

Taking another few minutes to save and back up the coned to help with this task and look up

Jordan, the co across the desk from me, his hands in his pockets "Hey, William Sorry to interrupt"

No, he isn’t, or he wouldn’t be doing it Irritation bubbles up immediately Jordan is not one of my favorite people and hasn’t been for some time It’s been a few months since his crap advice lost me the chance to ask Jenna out on a date

I’d uidance on how to approach Jenna, since approaching wo Jenna to participate in the RMRA, which she’d loved, and it had given me the opportunity to see her more often Before that, she had just been one of Mia’s friends, but then she started to beco un their infuriating relationship instead

As a practice, I still mentally curse out Jordan ords I don’t usually like to say out loud I’ve been told that I have a hard, unforgiving nature, and that may very well be the case with Jordan--which I’ll adiven our work situation But he’s done nothing to ht be single again, but she’s still notJordan has advised me to do has helped that

"Yes? What?" I say

Jordan hesitates and then s in I heard about the LARP duel Ada"

He blinks "Don’t you guys, uh, roleplay and stuff? Isn’t that was LARPing is?"

"LARP is live-action roleplay That’s not e do We reenact We have personas, but we recreate history in an authentic e don’t do fantasy roleplay I save that for sitting around the table and playing D&D"