The Distant Threshold
The air in the greenhouse was thick, a heavy, humid blanket of chlorophyll and decay that smelled faintly of iron. "You’ve let the roots suffocate," my father said. His voice was not angry, but it carried the flat, final weight of a verdict delivered by a magistrate who had seen too many men hang. He stood by the glass panes, his back to me, watching the ferns unfurl their delicate, dark fronds...
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