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a_time_slipJanie's hands were covered in grease and sand, the insides of the broken clocks that surrounded her. Bits and pieces of them were strewn about the floor, the remnants of a grisly massacre of the time keepers.
These were Janie's clocks, and she stood in the middle of the room, shivering and heartbroken at the state of them. This was her work, her life, and now it was gone. How would she ever be able to fix all of it? The hourglass was shattered, into a million pieces, and the sand strewn about the room.
"Mom"
"Lynn?" asked Janie, turning to the voice "What are you doing here?"
"Hurry up and finish because I need you to come back home."
"There's too much work."
"MOM. Just do it. Sit down at that desk and fix everything so you can go back to being my Mom."
"I can't fix the hourglass."
Lynn sighed, and reached into a pocket before offering Janie a tiny, plastic hourglass, one that was part of a board game. "Can you use this one?"
These were Janie's clocks, and she stood in the middle of the room, shivering and heartbroken at the state of them. This was her work, her life, and now it was gone. How would she ever be able to fix all of it? The hourglass was shattered, into a million pieces, and the sand strewn about the room.
"Mom"
"Lynn?" asked Janie, turning to the voice "What are you doing here?"
"Hurry up and finish because I need you to come back home."
"There's too much work."
"MOM. Just do it. Sit down at that desk and fix everything so you can go back to being my Mom."
"I can't fix the hourglass."
Lynn sighed, and reached into a pocket before offering Janie a tiny, plastic hourglass, one that was part of a board game. "Can you use this one?"
"It's small."
"Finish fixing everything else and clean up this mess, then it'll be the kind of hourglass you need. But you have to hurry Mom."
"What's there to hurry for?"
"Me."
"You don't need me, Lynn."
"Mom, please, come back. I need you."
"I've got work to do sweetheart."