I turn to go, but before I reach the door, another woman dressed similarly to Lucy, only this time without stockings, enters the door. "Hi, I'm Sofia, the librarian. May I help you both?" she says, as she removes her reading glasses.
"We need some place private," Maria blurts out from behind me. "My breasts are engorged and they need milking." Because of her use of 'we', I am forced to play along. Sofia eyes me curiously.
"Here," Sofia says, as she unlocks what appears to be her office. We both follow her inside. I close the door behind me. "You can use my chair, or my desk, whichever is comfortable," Sofia adds.
Maria sits on the edge of the desk and quickly takes off her blouse and unhooks her yellow nursing bra. "Maybe you could also help," she suggests to Sofia.
I glance at Sofia, wondering what she would say.
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