Chapter 20 - The Basin

Back in the yard, Helen returned to laundry.
Her hands hurt less now because her work assignment had been adjusted for age after medical review.
Tasha approached carrying clothes.
Helen looked up.
“No.”
Tasha smiled.
“You don’t know what I was asking.”
“Yes, I do.”
Tasha laughed.
Then sat at the second basin.
They washed separately.
No one served the other.
A small thing.
May you like
Huge inside Hawthorne.
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