Chapter Twenty-Six
I may have been rudely ejected from that awful room, but I was so glad to be out of there.
I was taken to a cafeteria but the food was unrecognisable. The girl behind the counter looked to be about fourteen with her long black hair tied into plaits and her tear-smudged eye makeup. She served up a few dishes of some mushy-looking food and passed me a drink as she attempted a conversation. I wasn’t in the mood to talk.
I thanked her and sat at a nearby table. I was the only person in here and I guessed that they’d planned it that way so they could limit my contact with people.
I had no idea what I was eating, but two out of the three dishes tasted okay. Better than ration packs. The third dish was so bitter that it took several mouthfuls of the other food and some of t
