The Faded River

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The Faded River

The ledger held three hundred and twelve hours. I counted them again, the ink smearing under my thumb, a small brown stain that looked like a bruise. It was November, 1912, and the light in the Blackwood Ironworks office was the color of weak tea, filtering through grime-caked glass. I was thirty years old, and I was tired in a way that sleep could not fix. My father’s debts sat on the desk...

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