Chapter Eleven
Taking it All In.
“It is your work in life that is the ultimate seduction.”
– Pablo Picasso.
The next two months were the hardest ones I’ve ever worked in my life. Every day Mia and I would rise every morning, get an order from Keri for a new athletic move, and do it before we were allowed to eat. This caused some grumbling, but I could see why we were doing it. Keri was making sure that we were in top health, because by the third month of Phase Two, we were given orders to prepare for limited work outside our compound.
The athletic field became a new training ground for all the cohorts. We were phased in everyday: gymnastics, track, weightlifting, aerobics. When one cohort was doing volleyball, another would be playing baseball, while another did yoga. The Warblers nev
