The Wistful Silence
The ink on the rejection letter was still wet, glistening in the harsh, yellow light of the desk lamp, when the first bead of condensation formed on the glass of the windowpane. I stared at it, my pen frozen above the signature line, watching the water bead swell, heavy and dark against the cold air. It was a Tuesday in November, 1924, and the heating system in the Meridian Insurance Exchange...
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