The Wife Who Waved Until She Thought I Couldn't See
From the last car of the troop train I watched my wife wave until she thought I couldn't see her anymore. Then she turne...
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The Deposit That Named Him
My phone buzzed on the marble desk, and the sender was the account holding my daughter's rent deposit. The man beside the foreign investor smiled and told me to say the sentence. Six thousand, eight hundred and fifty dollars sat waiting on my screen. On Wexford Street, a crew was already carrying boxes out of my apartment. I had until midnight to decide whose story that money would tell.
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Chapters
- 01 The Buzz On The Marble 457 words
- 02 Approved At 9:31 465 words
- 03 As Of Tonight 392 words
- 04 The Sweep 466 words
- 05 The Yellow Flag 479 words
- 06 The Dock Door 551 words
- 07 Wrong Story, Right Room 494 words
- 08 Turn It Around 411 words
- 09 Under The Chandelier 540 words
- 10 Returned To Sender 505 words
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