WATCH & AMI

Ami booked a cab home from a  friend’s. She checked her watch, the taxi was late. When she finally reached home she discovered that her watch was missing. It had been a birthday present from her father, inscribed with her name, she’d had it for nearly ten years. Eight months later a parcel arrived for her at work, packaged in the original box was a replacement. The design had been discontinued but her father had tracked down a used one, again he’d had it inscribed. The following week Ami received a message on Facebook asking if she’d lost a watch. A woman had found the original on the seat of a tube train, clearly it had travelled beyond the place where Ami had lost it. They arranged to meet up but Ami was held up at work and had to cancel. Instead the watch was to be sent by recorded delivery but it was never mailed. If Ami ever receives the watch she hopes to find someone who shares her name and give it to them.

11 Sep 2011