A Name in the Ledger

She read the ledger again by candlelight, searching for her mother's name, and found it near the front, on the night the line closed: Departed 11:52. Passengers: one. Catherine Vane.

But the ink on the final page was different — darker, still glossy where it pooled in the loops. A new entry had been written since that afternoon, in a hand that was not her grandfather's.

It was tomorrow's date. Departed 11:52. Passengers: one. Elena Vane.