The Night of Many Endings

by Melissa Payne

libraries were one of the last places someone could go where they didn’t have to buy or believe in anything to come in.

“Well, it challenged me to see that we are each the sum of our experiences and that every decision we make, every experience we have, leads us to this single moment in time.” She pointed to the floor for emphasis. “If all of our moments are important, then I wanted to use mine to help others, because you never know how it will all add up.”

They’d all let something control their lives. And for Nora it had been her fear that if she didn’t hold on tight enough, fight hard enough, sacrifice enough, she’d lose Mario. Yet none of it had mattered. Mario’s battles were his own.