HE GAVE HIS MISTRESS MY PADDLE. HE FORGOT THE AUCTION HOUSE BELONGED TO ME

had repaired instead of replacing.

“That was never the house.”

After she left, I opened the safe behind my grandfather’s portrait and removed the Mercer Sunrise.

I carried it to his desk.

For years, I had believed the coin symbolized permanence.

Now it seemed to symbolize something else.

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