The Faded Masquerade
The rain in Seattle did not wash things clean. It made the grime slick. It made the world look like a bruise that refused to heal. Elias stood on the platform of the King Street Station. The air smelled of wet wool and diesel. He held a paper bag. Inside was the last of the bread. Not the good kind. The dense, gray rye his mother used to buy from the bakery on Pike Street. The bakery was gone...
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