The Golden Greenhouse
The orchid was dying in my hands, a fragile, translucent thing that had once been the color of late summer. I held it tightly, my fingers white-knuckled around the stem, as if I could force life back into its brittle veins through sheer will. The air in the precinct smelled of stale coffee and wet wool, a damp, bureaucratic rot that clung to the skin. Outside, the city raged against the grey...
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