Determined - 9

With it being the weekend, the streets have become a sea of people.

It is a sea that crashes up over the shore and continues to spread.

In that sense, the amount of people around me would be best described as a tsunami.

I get caught up in the current.

I get washed away.

Despite this, I manage to make it to my intended destination.

Despite this, I managed to find the book.

The book has a strange title.

Wallpaper Girl.

The book is in a strange section.

Why on Earth is it in the autobiography section?

A strange hand reaches for the closest copy at the same time as me.

The hand is covered in freckles.

The strange hand almost touches my right hand.

Almost.

The strange hand is quick.

When I turn around with my own copy in hand, there is no one standing behind me.

There is no one lingering.

The freckled hand...

The freckled person...

Has been swept away by the tsunami of people.