The Faded River

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The Faded River

The count was precise: four hundred and twelve stitches in the last operation, a number Dr. Arthur Thorne kept in the margins of his personal ledger, a record of his own endurance. He stood now in the corridor of St. Jude’s Hospital, the fluorescent lights humming a low, electric note that seemed to vibrate in the teeth of his twelve-year-old son, Elias. The boy was pale, his skin holding the...

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