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Priya stood at the steel counter with a knife in her hand . A ripe melon sat on the board , and the lunch trays were still empty . The director was bringing visitors . She wanted every tray on the counter before anyone sat down . Fruit was Sam's job . He was not there . He was in the storeroom , looking for clean plates , because the usual plates were still in the dishwasher . Priya could hear the machine through the wall . It hummed and did not stop . She started to cut . The melon was soft , and the knife slipped . A thick piece fell on the floor . She picked it up , threw it away , and cut more slowly . Juice ran to her elbow . She wiped it on her apron and kept the knife moving . Sam came in with a tall stack of plates . He saw the wet floor , the small pile of fruit , and Priya's face . " Leave it , " he said . " I cut faster than you . You know where the trays go . I still mix up the tables . " Priya wanted to finish . She had started the melon , and stopping felt like a mistake . The knife sat right in her hand . Then she heard a laugh in the hall , and a chair moved . She put the knife down . Sam took it . His pieces were quick and even . Priya carried the plates out and set one napkin and one glass at each place . She brought the bread basket . She filled the water jug at the tap , because it was only half full . When she came back , the fruit was in white bowls . One bowl had less in it than the others . Sam lifted his shoulders . " That is all the melon we had . I am not going to the shop now . " The voices came closer . Priya wiped the counter . Sam wiped the knife and put it in the rack . A visitor walked in , looked at the bowls , and took the small one . He sat beside the director and started to eat . He did not ask who had cut the fruit . Priya almost told Sam about the piece on the floor . She closed her mouth . The visitor was already eating , and that story would not change his lunch . Sam lifted the water jug . The second table was still bare . Priya took the empty tray and followed him through the kitchen door . Behind them , someone laughed at the director's joke . In the kitchen , the dishwasher beeped at last . The plates inside it were clean , and they were already too late for this table .
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