The Wistful Witness
The ledger is not yours to touch, Elias, and your hands smell of the damp earth from the cemetery where you were digging graves before the rain stopped you. I stood rigid, the ink on my fingers still wet and black, while Mr. Thorne circled the mahogany desk with the slow, predatory grace of a man who had long ago learned that stillness was a form of violence. He did not shout. He never shouted....
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