NaraOne afternoon, Sir David suddenly ordered a male staff member and me to deliver medicine and food to that man.Actually, that night wasn’t the first time I’d delivered medicine and food to him. The only difference was that we’d never been ordered to go at night before. Usually, we delivered them in the morning, from breakfast through dinner.That night, Sir David came to the dormitory carrying a basket. Before anyone else could ask, he said that the basket contained medicine, dinner, and snacks specially prepared for that man. Then, Sir David immediately assigned a male worker and me to go to that man’s place and return straight to the factory.The problem was that the man lived on a different island. To reach his island, we had to take a ship, and the trip took about thirty minutes. However, crossing the sea at night felt terrifying to me.I imagined the dark, eerie sea as if it were ready to swallow anything that fell into it. I couldn’t refuse Sir David’s order, or he would pun
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