There was a screeching sound as Nana pulled out a chair and sat down next to a wooden table that had various stationery and drawings upon it. She didn’t touch a thing, only observed Ru for a few moments as her eyes fell along the other spines on the bookshelf. Most of the books were teenage romances, classics like Romeo and Juliet and Tristan and Isolde, or religious topics. Only a few seemed out of place, including the one that had originally caught her attention. There was also a photo album. Ru’s eyes lingered there until Nana said, “Would you like to look at it?” Her voice startled Ru a bit, making her jump. “Oh, yeah. I guess so,” she muttered. She looked to her grandmother who nodded in approval as Ru reached up and pulled the volume off of the shelf. Carefully, she brought it over

