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to the
clasp on the choker. Tabitha’s eyes widened and she gave a
slight shake of her head as the girl’s hand fell from the
choker and returned to rest behind her back. I looked closer at the
girl's choker and the initial on the choker was a ‘T’.
Could each person in this house have a personal assistant? That
seemed odd.
    “ You
like Artemis? She’s a good dog”, Tabitha continued as if
nothing had happened.
    I looked down and
realized that I had been rubbing the dog’s massive head ever
since entering the kitchen. Something about her presence made me feel
a lot calmer than I should under these circumstances. Artemis met my
gaze. Her golden eyes looked intelligent and supportive; like she
would be there whenever I needed her. I knew that I was reading more
into the dog’s agenda because I had no family of my own. Of
course I would read the simplest of signs as evidence of undying love
and support. Even so, something about this 200lb dog made me feel
less alone.
    “ Yes”,
I said. “She’s a very good, very large dog.”
    “ Gigantic
is more like it”, Tabitha laughed. “Efia doesn’t do
anything on a small scale.”
    “ Where
is Efia?” I demanded.
    I
looked up at the collective gasp that came from the red uniformed
staff. It was the quietest of sounds and I probably would not have
heard it had I not been on edge the way that I was. I glanced at
Tabitha only to see that she was looking at the red clad people with
a look so chastising that I took an involuntary step back.
    “ Efia”,
Tabitha said without looking away from the group, “is around.”
    She was speaking more
to the group than to me so I took this time to study their faces.
Each of them was attractive and healthy looking. Their skin was
flawless, even the teenagers. There were black, brown, olive and
pale-peach colored skin amongst them, making it seem like the United
Nations assembled before me. All the different colors, heights and
ages made for a beautiful picture of humanity.
    Solomon and the third
massive dog entered the kitchen, breaking up some of the tension
between Tabitha and the red uniformed people. Artemis and Apollo
chose that time to walk all of the way through the kitchen and
disappear through specialized a door that opened when they
approached. Solomon tilted his head in acknowledgment of Tabitha and
then toward me before walking to the massive refrigerator.
    “ Have
you eaten yet”, Solomon asked while looking in the stainless
steel masterpiece.
    “ No”,
I said simply. Not knowing what emotion I was feeling I stuck with
hunger. “Do you have grilled cheese?”
    “ I’m
sure we could manage.”
    I noticed that some of
the staff members were caught off guard by my food choice while
others seemed to be relieved that I had chosen something so simple. I
tried to figure out what the correlation was between the relieved and
the aghast and found that it had a lot to do with the initial on
their choker. The people with an ’E’ and the ‘P’
were appalled by the choice, but those with a ‘T’ or ‘J’
smiled and cast quick looks in my direction.
    Since there probably
weren’t any people with a ‘C’ on their neck, I
stepped forward completely prepared to make my own food. I reached
for the bread that Solomon had just placed on the counter when the
girl with the ‘T’ on her choker appeared by my side,
gently moving the loaf of bread out of my reach. She was almost as
silent as Tabitha but she was taller with light brown skin and the
deepest dimples I had ever seen.
    “ Let
me make it for you”, she said politely.
    She looked directly
into my eyes for the first time since I walked into the kitchen. Her
eyes were the strange color of sea foam that sparkled when she
smiled.
    “ Sure.
Thanks. I’m Cheyenne”, I said, extending my hand.
    The girl looked at me
for a moment and then over to Tabitha before shaking my hand in a
very professional manner.
    “ It’s
very nice to meet you, Cheyenne. I am