Chapter 7
It took the boys five more minutes before they made it to the station. Both were carried out as I had. But officers didn't say whether they had made it to whatever line deemed whether we had passed the test. We stand in a line, waiting to be told what to do now. I glance down at my watch. It is 12:56. Someone back there said something about needing to make it through in a specific time? This must be us waiting to find out if we made the right cut off. A screen above our heads shows the times.
HENRI STEELE 20:43.6
ADALINE GOMEZ 21:40.37
SHAWN KELLER 26: 17.56
A woman steps off the train. She looks at the three of us, then up at the screen. I shift slightly to stand straighter. I press my hands into the side of my thighs, so the fatigue I feel making my hands shake isn't visib
