“You should have come some time earlier, dear. Lilyana succumbed to illness last month. Her children aren’t skilled tailors themselves, so I doubt they’ll be reopening the shop.”

Upon hearing this, Holden experienced an unexpected pang of sorrow.

Just then, he noticed a man hurriedly approaching down the street.

“What a coincidence – that’s her son now. You can ask him anything else you need,” the woman kindly offered.

Holden paused appreciatively outside the tailor shop, anticipating the meeting with the shop owner.

“Hello, I’ve recently acquired a wedding dress with your shop’s address on it,” Holden initiated.

The shop owner, an older gentleman, immediately made the connection.

Mr.

took in the modest surroundings of

L A ‘s L I B R A R

a few items had been packed away,

uncanny feeling of déja vu. He instinctively felt that just behind a particular rack, there should

as he surmised, the dressing

mirror that used to be at this very spot.

man, noticing Holden’s puzzled look, explained, “We relocated the mirror just yesterday. There’s

in thought, fixating on the wall where the mirror

shop owner broke

mother, before her passing, gave me the task of returning this wedding gown. She held

didn’t anyone claim

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