“Is that the time already?” she exclaimed looking at her watch, “I’d better go and check on the shop and hotel. Thanks for the chat, Mae. I love you…”
“I love you too, Lek. Take care of yourself and then those who love you, or you won’t be able to take care of anyone. Remember that. I’ll see you later, dear”.
Lek checked on both establishments, but the girls they had in charge could run them without any help, so Lek phoned Ayr and arranged to meet her for lunch in a small restaurant in a village near by, where they were unlikely to be disturbed.
“Something has come up,” she told Ayr, “but it isn’t life-threatening, so no need to worry”.
“OK, but I’ll pick you up at eleven, I’m curious and there’s no sense taking two cars”.
When they were seated in the restaurant and had ordered prawns
