The Distant Garden
The basement smelled of damp cardboard and old ink. Elias sat at the steel table, his fingers trembling over the spine of the manuscript. It was Julian’s. The pages were brittle, yellowed with age, but the binding was intact. Elias wanted to finish the catalog. He wanted to close the box, seal the tape, and send the estate to the auction house. That was the job. That was the duty. But the paper...
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