Grandfather Won One Hundred Dollars for Naming a Blue Can

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He poured a cup of lukewarm black coffee costing two dollars into a plain white mug and handed it to me.

I sat down in the vinyl chair opposite him, but I did not touch the cup, my fingers instantly finding the silver charms on my wrist.

I rubbed the small silver frying pan charm, its cold edge pressing into my thumb as I watched him continue reading …