IXSOME WEEKS LATER, AFTER the last gang of the day had left, one of them came back and handed Andy a note. He read it quickly and then stuffed it in his pocket with a frown. That day we cleaned the kettles in silence. Andy lightened up, but didn't whistle or hum as we cleaned.
We cleaned out the deep sinks after everything else, rinsing them with the last of the hot rinse water, now only lukewarm, and opening the double-sink hot-water tap to clean the last of that water as well. Sponges and scours went on a stainless shelf above the sink and we were done.
I followed Andy out of the transept, and he turned out the lights out of habit, but I grabbed the door and his hand before he could absent-mindedly shut me into that dark.
Out into the warehouse, I stopped him by grabbing his hand. "An
