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Chapter 3

           AndtherewasRitaattheedgeofmyfieldofvision,leavingthecafeteria.Iwouldmakethispainalessonfornexttime.Ilostconsciousnessandwanderedthroughmuddysleep…

           WhenIcameto,Ifoundmyselflaidoutacrossseveralpipechairspushedtogetherintoamakeshiftbed.Somethingdampwasonmyhead-awoman’shandkerchief.Afaintcitrussmellhungintheair.

           "Areyouawake?"

           Iwasinthekitchen.Abovemeanindustrialventilatorhummed,siphoningsteamfromtheroom.Nearby,anolivegreenliquidsimmeredinanenormouspotlikethecauldronsangrynativesweresupposedtouseforboilingexplorersuptotheirpithhats,exceptmuchlarger.Nextweek’smenuhungonthewall.Abovethehandwrittenmenuwastheheadofamantornfromaposter.

           Afterstaringathisbleachedwhiteteethforwhatseemedaneternity,Ifinallyrecognizedit.Itwastheheadofthebodybuilderfromtheposterinourbarracks.Iwonderedhowhehadmadeitallthewayfromthemen’sbarrackstohisnewwall,wherehecouldspendhisdayssmilingknowinglyoverthewomenwhoworkedinthekitchen.

           Rachelwaspeelingpotatoes,tossingeachspiralskinintoanoversizedbasketthatmatchedthescaleofthepot.Thesewerethesamepotatoesthathadcomerainingdownonmyheadmyfourthtimethroughtheloop.I’deatenthegoddamnedmashedpotatoesshewasmakingseventy-ninetimesnow.Thereweren’tanyotherworkersinthekitchenasidefromRachel.Shemusthavepreparedthemealsforallthesemenonherown.

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