🎄the librarian (5 book series)

Looking around the historic library I worked at, I looked at my watch and said ten more minutes. My co-worker Sadie came over and said, "It has been such a long day. What are your plans tonight, Bethie?"

Looking at Sadie, I said, "Going home and making sure the old folks are okay, cooking dinner, and settling in for the night."

"You need a life, Bethie," She said.

Chuckling, I said, "Sadie, you know if I didn't have my Grandparents with me, they would be in some substandard nursing home."

She got a soft look on her face and said, "I know Bethie. What you and Will do for your grandparents is amazing. You are lucky to have a husband like him. But let us get you nerds your books checked out."

Laughing, I pointed to the pile on my desk, and I went to get them. Placing them in piles, I said, "Three for me, four for Will, ten for Grandpa, and ten for Grandma."

She checked out my books and placed them in the bag I had with me. Looking at my watch, I picked up the intercom and announced, "Good afternoon, everyone. It is now four in the afternoon, and we are closed. If you need to check out any books, please come to the counter. Miss. Sadie and I will be glad to help you."

A few people came up to the counter, and I told Sadie, "I am going to go around and lock each room in the library." 

The library is one story, and each area has doors that we open between each section every morning. There are fifteen sections in the building, and we cannot lock the doors until we are closed. I walked to the other side of the building and looked around, calling out in each section, "We are closed and I am sealing each section. If you are in here, you will be locked in."

I had to shoo some people who were in the back section out, and by four thirty, we had all the book rooms and offices locked up. We both grabbed our belongings and went out the main doors. Turning around, I locked the doors. Heading to my car, we waved to each other and went home.

Bethie-main

Sadie- Co-worker