The Golden Visit
The fire took the roof first. Then the walls. You watched from the street, your coat too thin for the November chill, while the soot rained down like black snow. The mill was gone. Your father’s hands, once strong enough to bend iron, were gone. You had left him in the village, in the house that smelled of wet wool and old tea. You had come to the city to find work. You had come to find the...
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