The Golden Crossing
The blood on her hands was not red. It was the color of rust, of dried earth, of old coins left in a pocket for too long. Margaret wiped it on her apron. The cloth drank it up. She did not look away. The boy lay in the mud of the alley behind the bakery. He was small. He was still. His eyes were open. They were white. They were the color of milk. Margaret held his hand. It was cold. It was...
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