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The delicious smells of the bakery just around the corner and the flowers that always bloomed

this time of year. The old-fashioned wristwatch ticks loudly in your ears.

You've been able to ignore it for the past few days, but now it seems to be getting bolder

and bolder. Tick, tick, tick, tick, it thunders in your mind. It's becoming a song,

a melody that calls to you and only you reminding you of its presence,

tempting you to go back in time again. Hidden within the rhythm of the watch is the memory of Ada,

the sweet elderly woman, and friend you once met.

As you walk to the ticking of the clock, your mind takes you back to the first time you saw her,

and your heart fills with the calming joy. How nice it would be to see her once more, you think.

You look at your surroundings again, the familiar street, the houses with their stone walls,

and finds creeping along the windows. Oms that remind you of a time long, long ago,

a time you visited once before. You close your eyes and inhale the scent of spring,

a freshly baked bread being warmed in a large oven, and the subtle aroma of someone lighting their fireplace.

Slowly, your fingers itch toward your watch. They creep nearer to the dial. You feel the tiny metal

knob against your skin, cold and inviting. Just like the first time it happened, your fingers move

as they have willpower of their own. As your fingers rest there on your wrist, the desire

begins to build until you can no longer deny it. And like you've done a hundred times before,

...