Cassie DePeckel
👤 SpeakerAppearances Over Time
Podcast Appearances
Life at Santo Tomas is hard, but it's familiar.
Dorothy has no idea what Los Banos will be like.
She's not so sure she could handle anything worse.
Dorothy is the last one called on.
Every other nurse has voted yes.
Cobb looks her directly in the eyes.
Dorothy, how do you vote?
Yes or no?
Dorothy sees the other nurses staring at her, waiting for her answer.
If she votes no, their little group will be broken up, perhaps forever.
Dorothy's eyes drop.
Yes, I'll go.
The other nurses clap.
The 12 anchors will remain united.
Dorothy ekes out a small grin.
Even if she bickers with Cobb and the other nurses sometimes, she simply couldn't face life alone here.
Dorothy still stands at the cracked open door of a boxcar, fanning herself with her hands.
She's red-faced and sweating.
So is fellow nurse Helen Gorzelonsky beside her.
It's at least 100 degrees in the metal cars, maybe hotter.