The Faded Alibi

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The Faded Alibi

The dust in the attic tastes of iron and old paper. I am twelve, and my hands are stained with the grease of the floorboards. I have just pried up the third plank. It was a violent act, a necessary one, and the sound it made was a crack that echoed through the silent house. I am hiding the silver. The last of it. The spoons, the forks, the heavy tongs that my father used for the Sunday roast....

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