The Distant Clue
I was scrubbing the ink from my fingernails when the dream hit me, sharp and cold. In the dream, my father’s hands were on my wrists, fastening the silver cufflinks. They were heavy, tarnished at the edges, and he whispered that I had sold them for the funeral. I woke with my hands in the basin, the water black with the day’s work. The basin was chipped on the rim, a repair I’d made with glue...
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