The shopkeeper chuckled. "Ah, that's the beauty of it. You never did."
At first, nothing seemed to change. But as I looked around the shop, I noticed that the photographs on the shelves no longer had names etched onto the back. The faces were familiar, yet... inside no. 9
In a small, forgotten alleyway, a peculiar shop stood like a wart on the face of the city. The sign above the door read "Memories Bought and Sold". The store's window was a jumble of oddities: yellowed photographs, antique clocks, and dusty vials filled with swirling mist. The shopkeeper chuckled