Chapter 7Javi padded softly down the ladder—as he’d learned to call the steep flights of steps around the ship in the month he’d been aboard—and stopped on the landing before the last flight to deck two. An open space lay below, one side set up as a recreation area with couches and tables, the other as a gym, with a couple of treadmills and stationary bikes, a rowing machine and some weightlifting equipment.
Nobody was in the lounge—it was the middle of the afternoon and most people were working. But Javi had his break between the lunch and dinner shifts. He could have taken a nap, but he’d thought he might come and try out some of the exercise equipment. He’d rarely had access to actual gym equipment. And he’d never had to worry much about keeping weight off. But after a month of plentif
