The Wistful Petal

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The Wistful Petal

The coat hung by the door. It was a thing of heavy wool, dark as a bruise. Margaret looked at it. She looked at the empty space where it had been. The air smelled of dust and dried lavender. She was a woman who knew things. Not secrets. Not gossip. She knew the weight of silence. She knew how long it took for ice to form on the windowpane in January. She knew the exact pitch of her husband’s...

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