The Pale Bridge
The ledger book sat on the oak desk, its spine cracked and held together by twine, and I counted the entries for the fourth time that morning, my finger tracing the ink until the paper felt warm under the pressure. There were forty-two dollars and twelve cents in the account, a sum that was not enough to cover the final installment for Clara’s treatment, nor was it enough to pay for the coal...
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