The Golden Visit
The paper smelled of iron filings and stale coffee. Elias Thorne held the ledger page under the flickering fluorescent light of the mill office, his thumb pressing the edge of the paper against the desk. The ink was dry. The date was three days from now. The amount owed was four thousand dollars. He looked at his right hand. It was trembling. The skin across the knuckles was pale, stretched...
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