Chapter 16: Damage Control
Female Everesters are tripping over each other to volunteer to run to the seminary clinic across Campus Drive. Not only because of the privilege of a hall pass (which btw is not a physical item in the Philippines) but because the girls have all romanticized Nate’s situation and are feeling like damsels-in-shining-armor.
Finally, Andrea Joy “AJ” Gadon, a CC sister, is selected by Mr. Romero because she’s a track star who has competed in the regionals. She runs to the clinic, which is about 50 meters from the 12-Everest classroom, and returns in just a little over a minute without breaking a sweat. But since AJ can’t carry the nurse on her back, she comes back without her.
As it turns out, the eagle-eyed principal, Principal Aguilar, saw AJ streaking back and fo
