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laughing at the thought of Patton wearing an apron and a chef's hat, a qualified instructor in Home Economics. Flora patted me on the leg and jumped to her feet, her skirt bouncing so high I caught a glimpse of her underwear.
"Breakfast?" she asked. "I'll call in an order. And when James gets here, feel free to be mean to him. He was really mean to me."
I got dressed for the day while Flora placed an order. When I came out of the closet zipping my jeans, Liu emerged from the corridor wrapped in a towel and dripping wet. She scowled at me and without a word stepped past me to the closet. When James arrived with breakfast, she came trotting out in a skimpy dress and ran up to greet him.
James looked grumpy, disappointed. Poor Liu, the Plan B girl, the remaining option. I could tell how badly he wanted Flora by the way he gawked at her, his eyes slicing through her clothes, stripping her down in his mind.
Liu held him by the wrist and was whispering to him. Already attached, already hurt that he wasn't thrilled to see her.
"Thank you, James, that'll be all," I said, approaching quickly.
James said nothing. He just smiled, nodded, and left.
When the door shut, Liu put her hands on her sides and cocked her head. "Are you trying to ruin my life?"
"Don't be dramatic."
She huffed like a frustrated dog and pointed her bony finger at me. "You know what? I'm gonna tell Patton I want a new room. I'm gonna tell him how mean you are." She smiled and shifted her hips and began to twirl her flat, weightless black hair. A piece of gum in her mouth and she would be a stereotypical eighties girl. "We talk all the time, you know. Me and Patton. It gets lonely up there while classes are in session." She giggled. "He's so flirty sometimes."
Some instinctual part of me wanted to take the bait. I knew she was just trying to make me jealous, but even the thought of something happening between Patton and her made rage build up inside me. I wanted to hurt her. Maybe yank out a clump of that coal-black hair.
But I had Patton to think about. If she really intended to complain to him about me, sen ding her off with a bald spot would do nothing but further her cause.
"I f you want a new room, I'll help you out," I said.
"Guys don't," Flora said, her soft voice like a distant echo.
Liu had tensed up, and for the first time I realized she had pretty substantial muscles for such a scrawny girl. Maybe pulling her hair wasn't such a good idea.
" Good ," she said. "I can't wait to get the hell out of here."
She was crying, and I started to feel ashamed. Liu was fresh out of high school. There should be a maturity gap between us, but I was behaving just as childishly as she.
I ate breakfast alone on the couch while Flora consoled Liu at the kitchen table. Still compassionate after how Liu and James treated her last night.
It was just past seven when I finished, so I left the room, waving to Flora as I passed by the kitchen.
I went out to the lobby and sat for a few minutes by the pool. It was empty, of course, since all the employees were having breakfast before work. I wanted to look for Judy in the cafeteria but I needed a few minutes to calm my nerves.
Sean emerged from the back hallway and headed into the hall leading to my room. I jumped to my feet and jogged over to him, calling his name.
"I was looking for you," he said. "No work this week. All appointments are cancelled. Mr. Shriver left this morning on a business trip."
"What am I supposed to do?"
"That's not my department."
He turned to go back the way he came.
"Hey!" I said. He stopped and I stepped close enough to whisper. "Did you find out anything about that soldier?"
Sean looked around the empty lobby, then set his black eyes on me, mouth forming into an eerie grin. "He's nothing to be concerned about."
"Is the government after us?"
Us? What the fuck, Melissa?
"No," Sean said. "He was
"Breakfast?" she asked. "I'll call in an order. And when James gets here, feel free to be mean to him. He was really mean to me."
I got dressed for the day while Flora placed an order. When I came out of the closet zipping my jeans, Liu emerged from the corridor wrapped in a towel and dripping wet. She scowled at me and without a word stepped past me to the closet. When James arrived with breakfast, she came trotting out in a skimpy dress and ran up to greet him.
James looked grumpy, disappointed. Poor Liu, the Plan B girl, the remaining option. I could tell how badly he wanted Flora by the way he gawked at her, his eyes slicing through her clothes, stripping her down in his mind.
Liu held him by the wrist and was whispering to him. Already attached, already hurt that he wasn't thrilled to see her.
"Thank you, James, that'll be all," I said, approaching quickly.
James said nothing. He just smiled, nodded, and left.
When the door shut, Liu put her hands on her sides and cocked her head. "Are you trying to ruin my life?"
"Don't be dramatic."
She huffed like a frustrated dog and pointed her bony finger at me. "You know what? I'm gonna tell Patton I want a new room. I'm gonna tell him how mean you are." She smiled and shifted her hips and began to twirl her flat, weightless black hair. A piece of gum in her mouth and she would be a stereotypical eighties girl. "We talk all the time, you know. Me and Patton. It gets lonely up there while classes are in session." She giggled. "He's so flirty sometimes."
Some instinctual part of me wanted to take the bait. I knew she was just trying to make me jealous, but even the thought of something happening between Patton and her made rage build up inside me. I wanted to hurt her. Maybe yank out a clump of that coal-black hair.
But I had Patton to think about. If she really intended to complain to him about me, sen ding her off with a bald spot would do nothing but further her cause.
"I f you want a new room, I'll help you out," I said.
"Guys don't," Flora said, her soft voice like a distant echo.
Liu had tensed up, and for the first time I realized she had pretty substantial muscles for such a scrawny girl. Maybe pulling her hair wasn't such a good idea.
" Good ," she said. "I can't wait to get the hell out of here."
She was crying, and I started to feel ashamed. Liu was fresh out of high school. There should be a maturity gap between us, but I was behaving just as childishly as she.
I ate breakfast alone on the couch while Flora consoled Liu at the kitchen table. Still compassionate after how Liu and James treated her last night.
It was just past seven when I finished, so I left the room, waving to Flora as I passed by the kitchen.
I went out to the lobby and sat for a few minutes by the pool. It was empty, of course, since all the employees were having breakfast before work. I wanted to look for Judy in the cafeteria but I needed a few minutes to calm my nerves.
Sean emerged from the back hallway and headed into the hall leading to my room. I jumped to my feet and jogged over to him, calling his name.
"I was looking for you," he said. "No work this week. All appointments are cancelled. Mr. Shriver left this morning on a business trip."
"What am I supposed to do?"
"That's not my department."
He turned to go back the way he came.
"Hey!" I said. He stopped and I stepped close enough to whisper. "Did you find out anything about that soldier?"
Sean looked around the empty lobby, then set his black eyes on me, mouth forming into an eerie grin. "He's nothing to be concerned about."
"Is the government after us?"
Us? What the fuck, Melissa?
"No," Sean said. "He was
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