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“Thank you,” Blue laughed to mask his unease

“Nevaeh, they’ve just arrived,” Korech said, not unkindly “And it’s very late Why don’t we see if they need anything?”

“Oh estured to the kitchen “Do you need anything to eat or drink? We have food and electricity and running water and beds”

“You have running water?” Harlow gaped at her

“Yes, we are very blessed,” Nevaeh smiled

“I would love to take a shower,” Harlow said

That really did sound a An actual shower Even at the quarantine, I had been forced to wash irls’ bathroo over the rest of us

“A shower is all we really need right now,” Blue said, and even he was excited about the prospect Shoere pretty s

“Let’s show them around and introduce theet settled in for the night” Korech looked back at us to see if we agreed, but there was nothing we could really do except nod

The next roo table that could easily seat twenty or thirty people Korech gestured vaguely to two bedroo about the second

He opened the door to the bathrooht of the shower and working toilet, but then heto show us the downstairs

The basement instantly freaked me out It was obviously fairly neith clean slate bricks lining the wall and a sie for a basement, it had only two roole mattresses that were little-like quality of Nevaeh’s dress; they made their own clothes

What disturbed irls who inhabited the base, so they all sat awake in their beds, wearinghair tied back in braids, and they were all thin and pale

They ranged in age from four to around twenty-four Nevaeh was the oldest feirls looked between fifteen to twenty Frouessed she was pregnant

Nevaeh introduced us to all the girls, but I barely heard their names Nausea rushed over me, and I wanted to leave Harlow met the situation without any concern, but this was hoe had lived in the quarantine All the young girls had been kept together, separate froirls sat on their beds, staring at us as we stood by the steps leading upstairs, but strangely, none of thenize Lazlo He was incredibly faroup, but they showed no recognition

The other room in the basement was the bathroom, and it was more like a shower room froiant room with a drain in thethe showers, Harlow tuned everything out She stared at thely