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Three years before the Community
“What’ve you got today?” Sara asked, sitting down at the lunch table across from Hakim, the head business guy for One, and Zach, who were already eating.
Zach peeled back the wrapper on his sandwich. “Some vegan s**t, I think.”
Sara laughed lightly and checked the label on her salad. “The Tree Hugger,” she read.
Hakim nodded. “I think they’re putting us on a diet.”
“Who is?” one of the software engineers, a guy from SoCal named Zhang, asked.
“The caterer,” Zach said around a bite of sandwich.
Zhang shrugged. “I’ve got fried chicken.”
The other three groaned.
“Did you hear about the new tax proposal?” Hakim asked.
“Taxes? Really? That’s what we’re gonna talk about?” Zach asked.
Sara shot him an exasperated look. Their relationship was still a
