Logan gave her a look that had her body warming quickly. “Do you want the table?”
“I want to sit on the grass.”
Mary smiled. “If you need help getting back to your quarters later, you can use one of the wall communicators to reach me. Everything you need is here. Enjoy your evening.”
“Thank you, Mary,” Logan said.
“Yes, thank you so much,” Faith added. Mary was the first human in the dome, besides the nurses, that treated her like a real person. She liked Mary.
“It’s a pleasure to get to meet you, Faith. I hope to have a sit-down dinner with you both and my husband. I have so many questions for you.”
“We would love to do that,” Logan told her.
Once Mary left, their third wheel excused himself to go outside the park to give them privacy.
“Shall we sit?” Logan motioned to the blanket.
“Yes. I wonder what they packed into the basket.”
Faith knelt and opened the basket. There were three large platters with twist dome lists and two small flat plates. She pulled the first two large platters out and opened one lid.
“What did they make us? Is it spa geti?”
She laughed. “Spaghetti is not exactly a picnic type of food.”
“What is considered pic nic foods?” he asked as he adjusted his position, sitting with one knee propped up.
Faith lifted one of the larger platters for him to see. “Chicken salad sandwiches, grapes, watermelon. There’s two bottles labeled lemonade for our beverage.”
He wrinkled his nose. “I can’t imagine anything made of sand tasting good.”
She laughed. “It’s not made of sand. It’s usually bread with meat and cheese, maybe some vegetables. This one has chicken salad in it. I’m not sure if it’s made from real chicken or not. There’s only one way to find out.”
She took a bite, closing her eyes. “It’s real chicken, and it is fantastic. Try it.”
He took the triangle and lifted it to his mouth. Taking a tentative bite, he chewed and swallowed.
“It’s… interesting.”
“Yummy,” she said, eating it up like she’d had nothing like it in her life.
“You said you had pic nics with your family in parks when you were younger. What was your family life like? Did you get along with your parents and brother?”
“I had the best family. My parents were soul mates and so in love even after having two kids. My brother and I were a typical brother and sister. We fought sometimes, but we also loved one another. We did things together like cooking meals when my grandmother was sick. I had thought we would be a team like that in the tunnels, but Felix felt it was best to keep our familial connection low key. He couldn’t play favorites as the leader of our tribe.”
“It hurts you that he would deny your relationship.”
“Yeah, it did. He was my big brother, and I was so proud of him. But I was clumsy and fat and an embarrassment to him.”
Logan looked pissed. “Did he say these things to you?”
“No, but he might as well have.”
“That did not give him the right to involve you in the raid.”
“But the night of the raid, he didn’t want me involved. He tried to send me away, but Waller wouldn’t let him. Waller planned that shit. I don’t know how my brother got involved, but he was desperate for something that Waller promised him. Felix even had Rooster try to get me to safety.”
“What kind of name is Rooster?”
