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[h3][color=peachpuff]𝓥𝓲𝓬𝓽𝓸𝓻𝓲𝓪 𝓛𝓲𝓿𝓲𝓷𝓰𝓼𝓽𝓸𝓷[/color][color=sandybrown]  ➳ ♥[/color][/h3]
"Beauty may be dangerous, but intelligence is lethal."
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The warm spring air was inviting outside of the Livingston's clock shop. So nice, in fact, that all of the windows and even the front door were propped open, inviting the nice weather in. Victoria stood at his father's welcoming desk to the shop. All that was on the desk was a sign in book, a fountain pen, and a small money box under the desk. A hardback book was laying open on the desk, and the fair Victoria was resting her head in her palm, elbow on the counter, reading through the book. She of course would jump to action if any guests arrived. However, it wasn't busy in the slightest. It wasn't like people broke their watches daily. Even most days her father wasn't even fixing watches. If anything, he was working on little trinkets, or fixing other little items that customers may bring in, hoping to get fixed. Victoria flipped over the final page of her reading and then, in satisfaction, closed the book. 

[color=peachpuff]"Papa, I'm going to the library. I'll be right back."[/color] Victoria called out to the back of the shop. There was a clanging sound in the back, along with a lout muffled yell from the back. This was a normal response to anything Victoria said. If he really needed her or didn't want her to go, he would come up to the front desk. Victoria put up a sign saying to knock on the back office door for assistance, and she grabbed up her purse. It wasn't a very far stroll to the library. Just a walk across the town beside the Savannah river. In the distance, along the water, she could see splashing around. It caught her attention because it seemed like someone splashing in the water. Her curiosity was spiked. But at the same time, if it were someone swimming in the water, maybe she shouldn't interact with them. It seemed like a crazy thing to do, and she wouldn't doubt that it was a crazy person.

Reaching the library, she dropped off her book at the desk where an older gentleman picked it up. [color=peachpuff]"Turning in my copy of War and Paece, Adam."[/color] The main raised his eyebrow and took it back, logging in his own notebook that it had been returned in time. [color=gray]"I thought so. This is the 3 book this week that you finished in 2 days... You must have a lot of time on your hands to be plowing through book after book like this."[/color] The older gentleman put the book down in order to log it back into the shelves later. [color=peachpuff]"Well... I just lose track of time when my nose is in a book."[/color] Victoria chuckled softly and wandered off through the library, browsing the bookshelves for something she hadn't read yet. There was a science section that was full of books on physics, mathematics, biology. Yet she always hesitated before entering. People often judged her for wanting to read books like these, rather than entertaining stories like War and Peace. Looking around, she quickly sneaked into the section and pulled out of her basket a Calculus book and stuck it back on the shelf. Quickly grabbing a mechanical book and sticking it into her basket.

She didn't like doing this, as it was technically stealing. But was it stealing if she always returned the book? It was just like borrowing the book from the library... just without anyone knowing. Victoria just as hurriedly left the section and went a few isles over to grab a new fiction novel off the shelf. Any would do as she wasn't as enthralled in them as she was her science books. [color=peachpuff]"Just this one today, Adam"[/color] She placed the book on his desk, and Adam gave an inquisitive looking to her. But he simply signed her off and let her on her way. Walking back out into the street, Victoria took in a deep breath of air, holding her new book, and new contraband, close to her chest, walking back along the river towards her father's clock shop.

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