The Wistful Silence
The roast chicken glistened under the harsh fluorescent lights of the kitchen, a golden, oily beacon in the gray afternoon. It sat on a white platter, steam rising in thin, ghostly wisps, smelling of thyme and the raw, metallic scent of iron. It was not just dinner; it was a ceremony. It was the anchor that held the house together, the heavy, savory proof that life continued even when the air...
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