Thirty Veterans in Leather Vests Arrived at My Front Door on Tuesday Morning

ten o’clock, the second-floor hallway of the brick office building on Genesee Street smelled of wet wool and the pine floor cleaner the janitor used to hide the dampness in the corners. I stood outside George’s office door, my fingers tracing the smooth silver of my wedding band, twisting it twice around my finger before I knocked.

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