The Pale Bonsai

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The Pale Bonsai

I counted the coins twice. Forty-two dollars and fifty cents. That was all I had left after the last of the bills came due, the ones for the heating oil and the electrician who fixed the wire that sparked in the hallway. I sat on the edge of the bed, the envelope heavy in my hand, the paper crinkling under the weight of my desperation. The town of Oakhaven was gray that morning, a flat,...

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