The Distant Whispers
The bus hissed to a stop in the rain. I stepped off. The city smelled of wet asphalt and ozone. I was a cop. I was old. I was alone. My father’s house stood at the end of the street. It was a brick box. Red brick. It was rotting. The ivy strangled the windows. It looked like a wound that would not heal. I carried a bag. It was heavy. It contained my badge. It contained my pension papers. It...
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