The Wistful Dinner

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The rain had not stopped for three days, turning the cobblestones of the Old Quarter into a slick, black mirror. I stood before the window of my cramped office, watching the water drip from the eaves, each drop a distinct, heavy beat against the silence. My name is Elias. I am thirty-two years old, and I have been a clerk in the city’s tax office for ten years. My hands are steady, but my heart...

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