The Golden Downtown
The bell above the door did not ring; it shrieked, a thin, metallic wail that cut through the humid air of the counting room, announcing the arrival of another body from the outside world. I looked up from the ledger, my quill still wet with the black ink that stained my thumb like a bruise, and watched as the man entered. He was not a customer. He was not a clerk. He was the absence of a...
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