Uncle Shom Part3 -

“You’re late,” he said without turning.

Part 1 was the jar of fireflies that never died. (He shook it on Christmas Eve, and they spelled a name I’d never heard: Liora. ) uncle shom part3

By an unreliable nephew

“Understand what?”

He smiled for the first time in ten years. “You’re late,” he said without turning

“The first two were lessons,” he said. “This one is a choice.” uncle shom part3

“That lock was placed there the night your mother left,” he said. “She asked me to keep it closed until you were old enough to understand.”