Illustration for The First of July, from the adult visual novel The House on Meridian

The rent comes in on the first in envelopes and transfers and one bag of coins.

The calendar has thirty days in it and a repair list underneath: window, boiler, roof, attic door.

You can fix one thing this month. One.

There is a woman in room two who wants paperwork and a woman in room four who has not come out.

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