The Pale Garden

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The Pale Garden

Chapter One "NOTICE OF DEFAULT. Leaseholder: Youssef Habib. Property: 58 Corvid Lane. Amount Due: $14,200.00. Date: October 14, 2008." I held the paper until the edges cut into my thumb. The ink was still wet, smelling of cheap toner and the stale air of the dispatch office. Outside, the swallows were screaming under the eaves of the white town, a sound like tearing silk. I am forty-two years...

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