The Parting Gift

Vance

“What should I do with this, Sir?”

I look up to see one of the servants standing over me, holding a box of books. Upon looking through the books, I can see that they’re titles I’ll never read again, so I shrug and wave my hand.

“You can add it to the donation pile,” I say, indicating a pile of things in the living room; the employees get first dibs on whatever they want, and whatever they do