Lara worked at a small bookstore in Yaba called _Pages & Quiet_.
Every book had a problem. Someone returned it with coffee stains. Someone dog-eared the pages. Someone cried on chapter 17.
But one book kept coming back. Perfect. Every time.
A Thousand Ways to Say I Love You.
The only thing different was the bookmark.
Week 1: a bus ticket from Lagos to Ibadan.
Week 2: a dried hibiscus flower.
Week 3: a napkin with “Meet me at 5pm? - K” scribbled on it.
Week 4: nothing. Just a tear stain.
Lara started waiting for the book. She’d open it first, hoping for a new clue.
She never met the person who borrowed it....
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