The Distant Joke

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The Distant Joke

Chapter One "NOTICE: PENSION SUSPENDED. EFFECTIVE IMMEDIATELY. SIGNATURE: V. K. Nair, District Magistrate." The paper smelled of wet ink and old fear. I read it twice, the ink bleeding slightly into the cheap bond, then folded it into my shirt pocket next to my heart. My father was coughing in the next room, a wet, rattling sound that shook the plaster of the walls. He was wasting away, his...

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