The three women settled into a pattern of work very quickly. They didn’t see each other at all during the day. That was the time for their projects. They came together with Rachel for dinner and that was their time to talk. The time to pretend that the past had never changed them and that they were still schoolgirls together. Melissa didn’t challenge this pretence. She didn’t really care about it, one way or another. Melissa was busy.
Her theories of water and her wish to explore weren’t what took up so much time after that first morning. In fact, she delayed her explorations because she wanted to set up her shadows first. Rachel was marvellously helpful. She was enthusiastic about being called upon during the day to talk about pictures. Melissa would take some, talk about them, then go o
