The Faded Alibi

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The Faded Alibi

The glass case cracked. It was a thin, high-pitched sound, like a twig snapping under a boot, but it cut through the low, persistent hum that had been vibrating in Elias Thorne’s molars for three days. He did not look up from the ledger. His hand, steady enough to turn the brittle page, was not steady enough to hold the magnifying glass. The lens trembled, blurring the ink into a smear of brown...

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