Cruel Intentions by Davis Siobhan

Author:Davis, Siobhan
Language: eng
Format: epub
Published: 2019-06-09T16:00:00+00:00

“Those cabinets store all the microfilm by year, categorized by local and national news,” the helpful librarian explains, showing me row upon row of filing cabinets that occupy the back portion of the red-bricked building, which houses our town’s only library. “Select which film you want, and bring it to one of those machines. The instruction sheet taped to the side explains how to load the film and navigate through the images.”

“Okay, thanks. I think I can figure it out.”

“I’m Mary. Come find me if you run into difficulty, Abigail.”

“I will. Thank you again for your time.”

She leaves me alone in this empty section of the library, and I walk through the rows until I come to the nineteen eighties, deciding to start there. I skim my fingers over the boxes of files until I come to a box marked nineteen eighty-seven, and I take it with me, sitting down at a machine and loading the film per the instructions.

It takes an hour to locate the article from the Gazette that accompanied the photo Xavier found online—the one that showed my parents with Trent’s and Charlie’s fathers, Atticus Anderson, and Emma and Wesley Marshall.

The article talks about Rydeville High’s annual sports day and family barbecue, including mention of the founding fathers and their successors, but it contains nothing useful, and my hope deflates. I spend another hour randomly scanning through various microfilm until I switch the machine off and sit back to think.

I didn’t realize there would be so much information to wade through. I could easily spend years of my life in front of this machine with nothing to show for it. I chew on the corner of my pen as I cogitate ideas.

I need a more structured research plan.

One that is likely to yield results in the shortest timeframe. Removing my notepad and pen from my bag, I start a list.

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