The Wistful Silence

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The drawer was locked. It was the only one that mattered. I stood before it, my keys jingling uselessly in my pocket. The air in the reading room tasted of dust and old paper, a dry, brittle scent that coated the back of my throat. My supervisor, Mr. Thorne, sat at the desk by the window, his back to me. He did not turn. He simply tapped his pen against the wood. A rhythmic, dull sound. I...

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