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Days passed in a blur, Jakira’s foot healed, as did the welts on her back, and she learnt how to cook and manage the kitchen from Jally Cook.
The slaves ate once a day, in the early morning, and then picked at any scraps left over from the Rasheed family’s three daily meals, of which there was often plenty. The unfinished food was brought back to the kitchen and the cook divided it out equally between the thirty-two slaves in the household, including smaller portions for the children. They then stopped by when they could and ate their share sat on the stools outside the gauze.
Jally Cook knew all thirty-two by name and they all loved her. If any slave complained of a small portion, at the next three meals they were told there was no portion for them and had to go without. So, none c
