HIS BEAUTIFUL CAGE
The city behind us was already moving on, its vast industrial engine churning toward another afternoon, entirely oblivious to the fact that twelve hours ago, its entire future had nearly been rewritten from an offshore server.
"Let's go look at the orchard, Luciano," I said.
He reached out, his bare, calloused hand wrapping over mine, his grip firm, warm, and absolute in the winter air.
"The bread is going to taste different up there," he noted as we turned our backs on the ruins of Halsey Street and began walking toward the car.
"It will," I agreed, leaning my shoulder against his as we stepped off the curb into the quiet, unscripted afternoon. "It'll taste like salt and clean earth. An
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