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There was a pause “So soon?”

“Yeah ”

“Are you sure? You can never get this time back ”

“BelieveI want is this time back ”

“All right LetI know I need someone in Sierra Leone ”

“A war zone sounds perfect,” Nina said

“You have serious issues, you know that, right?”

“Yeah,” she said “I know ”

They talked for a fewbetter—and worse—she went downstairs and found Meredith in the kitchen, doing the dishes Of course

Nina reached for a towel “I was going to do that, you know ”

“These are lunch and dinner dishes fro to wash them?”

“Whoa, slon It’s dishes, not—”

“People dying of hunger I know I get it You do things that matter Me, I just run the family business and take care of our parents and clean up after my important sister ”

“I didn’t mean that ”

Meredith turned to her “Of course not ”