The Faded Attic
The letter lay on the scarred oak desk, the ink still wet where the Mayor’s seal had been pressed. It was a notice of suspension, effective immediately, citing "negligence of duty." You read it twice, the words blurring not from age, but from the dry ache in your throat. Outside, the steam from the boiler room hissed a constant, rhythmic complaint against the windowpane. You were forty-two, and...
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