The Pale Bonsai
The glass shatters first. Then the silence. You are on your knees. Splinters dig into your shins. The vase is gone. The plant is gone. All that remains is a wet brown smear on the white marble floor of the Grand Conservatory. The air smells of crushed leaves and cold iron. "Mr. Whitmore?" The voice is thin. It comes from the high balcony above. You do not look up. You know who it is. You know...
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