A Joke About A Helicopter Revealed A Past They Never Expected

up my rag.

“What are you doing?” Aurora asked.

“Finishing my shift,” I said. “The windows are only half-done.”

Chen started to protest, but Aurora held up a hand.

“Let him finish,” she said quietly. “It’s his job.”

So I finished. I cleaned the windows while forty people pretended not to watch. I emptied the trash bins. I mopped the floors. I did my work continue reading …