The Wistful Silence
The pen was cold. I held it between my thumb and forefinger, the way my mother had taught me, knuckles white against the walnut desk. The estate sale was in three days. The auctioneer had already priced the chairs, the silver, the heavy wool coats hanging in the closet. He had not priced the manuscript. He had looked at the leather-bound book, thick with pages, and moved on to the lampshades. I...
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