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The tall man’s next stop was the pharmacy. He bought some medicine and listened while the seated physician said the old prescription had done no good, so they would switch to a new formula and try it for ten days straight. The new one cost more, and he did not have enough money for it. Still, he nodded.
A butcher’s stall stood ahead. He did not want to pass it, so he took a long detour and circled home.
He had just entered the alley when angry voices reached him. He turned and saw a neighbor at the mouth of the alley, clutching a child and weeping. Inside the courtyard, the few household goods lay upended, as if someone had just ransacked the place.
Don’t tell me… His chest tightened. He broke into a long stride.
Crying and cursing bled from every doorway. He reached his own yard in three bounds. The bench had been knocked over, the bundle of firewood stacked was gone, and the door hung open.
He ran into the room and found his wife tangled with the quilt on the floor. Every object lay overturned. Someone had even pried up the bricks at the baseboard. He had hidden a few emergency coins under there. Those were gone t...
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