Why Martha Saved Five Hundred Paper Receipts From Her Weekly Grocery Trips

on the wicker table, the yellow hairclip resting on its cover like a small, bright leaf.

Behind me, the front door of the house remained shut, the kitchen window dark where Gerald was packing his leather briefcase for the morning.

I picked up the folder and the clip, the plastic cold against my fingers, and walked back inside the quiet house.

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