CHAPTER 2
LIN
I don’t know if I feel lucky that I’ve almost survived the first week at the store, or unlucky that I still need to work tomorrow too, but at least it’s nearing the end now.
I’m looking after my mum’s store, Maaike’s Books, while she’s taking care of her sister on the other end of the world. Closing the store just didn’t seem like the best idea, so I’m taking care of it instead. The store sells books and crafting supplies, and, of course, souvenirs of all sorts of types. This is the only bookstore on the island and also where newspapers outside the main three Dutch newspapers are sold. So we get a lot of locals but also a lot of visitors in the store, Dutch and German alike. Sadly enough, my German is really rusty and I’ve had to stumble my way through more than a handful
