HE LEFT ME FOR MY STEPSISTER, I MOVED ON TO THE NEXT
We ate our meagre soup in silence, the air thick with feigned despair.
At eight o’clock, the heavy steel bolt on the door screeched open.
A man I hadn’t seen before, mid-thirties, with dull brown hair and tired eyes, pushed the slop bucket inside. He was unremarkable, dressed in the same uniform as the others, but without the hard-edged military bearing. He was just a mercenary, a cog in Mia’s machine, clearly there for the money, not the cause.
Perfect.
He avoided our eyes, clearly uncomfortable with the silent, despairing tableau of women inside.