Ok so I’ve read the first note and I also did the morning little round up thing, I went into the warehouse to see if I could do anything there and that’s where I got the 2nd note and I saw the hand cutscene
Okie-dokie! Have you found the willow?
Now you can go to the first floor and unlock the library :)
Btw for minor things I set up a walkthrough in the game files or, if it's not accessible, in here https://docs.google.com/document/d/1KDRwRikegn7KEd7OaX_0tq7fezOsp_8smyePVIEGUWk/...