Everyone in Curio was named Jones but Jones liked to think of herself as more of a Joanna. Curio was a town stuck in time. The younger generations would try to pull it out, but the town stuck fast as the younger grew older and the cycle continued.
Joanna was sitting at a cafe table outside of the coffee shop. It was the only one in town and admittedly their best drink was hot tea. She was half enjoying a disappointing latte when she heard a POP and felt the atmosphere around her move in a nauseating way. The sensation began to fade. Joanna stood up, feeling a bit dizzy, and looked around to see what it could have been. The streets were silent. Curio was a quiet town, but not this quiet. Puzzled, she sat back down to finish her latte.
Mid-sip she saw a man turn a corner and saunter down the street. He stopped in front of the old store called Curio City. (Everything in Curio had Curio in the name.) He looked around as if he was about to rob the place and went in. Joanna finished her latte but decided to wait to see if this person would come running out of the shop with the shopkeeper hot on his heals yelling "Thief!!! Thief!!!" This town could use a little excitement and a better coffee shop.
After about five minutes Joanna decided nothing illegal was about to happen and stood up to leave. She tossed her cup in the bin, just as the man stepped out of the store with a package in his hand. It was neatly wrapped in brown paper and string. She wondered who he had bought the present for. "Definitely someone named Jones." She thought. She laughed at her own joke and the man across the street looked up and locked eyes with her. She started to smile a friendly smile but the look on the man's face was strange. She looked away quickly, gathered her purse and walked quickly down the sidewalk away from him.
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