The Faded Photograph

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The coal is short again, boy. Sterling’s voice did not rise, but it cut through the damp chill of the kitchen, a thin blade slicing the air between us. I stood by the scullery door, my hands still black with soot, staring at the ledger open on the table. It was not just coal; it was the arithmetic of our lives, the weight of every winter we would endure because of a number that did not add up....

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