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Becca had slept for ten hours and was feeling groggy the next morning when she arrived to find a number of women bustling about the lodge. She pushed her hair behind her ears and yawned.

“Morning, Becca.” Gaby walked by holding a tub of silverware, which she set on a table covered with stacks of light-blue cloth napkins.

“What's going on?” Becca had seen no one at the lodge except Gaby, Walt, and Noah during her time there.

“We do work sometimes.” Gaby motioned Becca to the table. When they were both seated, she instructed Becca to take a napkin, fold it in half, and roll the linen around a knife, fork, and spoon. “We have two events this week: a birthday party and a wedding.”

Walt appeared. “Did you ask Becca if she's hungry before you put her to work?”

“Oops! Sorry, Becca.”

“One cannot wo……