The Faded River

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The Faded River

The banquet hall smelled of wet wool and boiled cabbage. You stood at the end of the long mahogany table, your hands stained yellow from the saffron you had crushed between your palms. The air was thick. It hung in the rafters like a heavy, invisible cloth. Margaret sat at the head of the table. She did not look at you. She ate her mutton with the precision of a surgeon. Her fork cut the meat...

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