The Distant Promise
The rain did not fall; it hung. A thick, industrial mist choked the air in the Ashworth estate, turning the world into a gray smear of iron and wet stone. I stood on the porch, my hand resting on the brass doorknob. It was cold. Colder than the air. Cold like a grave. My wife, Elara, stood inside. She did not look at me. She looked at the clock on the mantle. The pendulum swung. Left. Right....
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