CHAPTER 1 OF 5 · ENTRANCE FROM MALL
DAY 1 · LEASE D-7 · 12 PATRONS BROWSING
CAM 01 · DOORS & WINDOW
DAY 1 · CHAPTER 1/5
LIVE
AGENTIC THINK● THINKING
CORDELIA BROOKLINE
OWNER · POET · BARISTA
GOALMake rent · keep the lights warm
NEED$3,400 by Friday
HAVEBytes the cat ✓
PLANStage reading → Pour espresso → Sell signed copies
STEP 1 of 3 · Watering the entrance ferns
MOOD · QUIETLY HOPEFUL
TIMELINE FORKstitched
CH 1 · MALL-SANTA CYCLE…
CH 2 · WEDDING-UNCLE…
CH 3 · NEXLOGIC CEO…
CH 4 · BOOKSHOP REGULAR…
CH 5 · MERIDIAN CRUISE…
SHOP DAYBOOK
LEASE WATCHD-7
RENT DUE$3,400
RAISED$0
WINDFALL— pending
PATRONS · LIVE
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SHOP FLOORPLAN
CHAPTER 1 OF 5: ENTRANCE FROM MALL·DAY 1· 12 PATRONS BROWSING
BROOKLINE LIVE
welcome to BROOKLINE & CO. — a small bookshop tucked between AVALUNE and the Daybreak Coffee at MERIDIAN MALL · open 'til 9:30 with the rest of the mall · Cordelia is steeping the cinnamon tea · Bytes the cat is asleep on the bestsellers table…
— A BOOK YOU DON'T REMEMBER SIGNING —
A customer pulls a hardcover from a tote and slides it across the counter. The flyleaf reads, in Whitford's own hand: For Iris, on her 30th — somewhere between the lighthouse and the next chapter. — S.W.