The Golden Harbor
The ledger in the doctor’s book listed forty-two pence for the laudanum, twelve for the coal, and six shillings for the last breath of the month, which was due on the first of December. I counted the coins in my pocket, turning them over until the edges bit into my skin, trying to make the numbers mean something other than the end. My father, Silas Thorne, lay in the upstairs room, his chest a...
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