It only intensifies when she turns back to the shelves and continues skimming over the books, her eyes sparkling. I want to capture how beautiful she looks like this, with nothing but pure joy ridden across her features, so I pull out my phone and quietly snap a few photos. Perfect. Putting my phone away, I lean against one of the shelves and shove my hands in my pockets. She’s pulling out a few books and reading over the synopsis of each one before she decides whether or not to keep it, and I count around five books in her hands in the span of about seven minutes. Five books—and
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