Chapter 37

I'm sitting on a desk chair, facing the library door, unable to control my nerves. My leg repeatedly bounces up and down in anticipation. I glance around the room, feeling grateful that it’s almost empty. Two people are sat at desks, their heads buried in books and homework. The librarian is sat behind her desk, tapping away at her keyboard. Every so often, she'd peer over her reading glasses at me suspiciously. I avoid her intense gaze and pretend to flip through the world map book I'm holding...