Chapter 12Thomas loved watching the young Asian girls because they looked like butterflies dressed in their colourful clothes. The fabrics they wore were pretty and flimsy but they covered their bodies modestly and Thomas liked that. These girls looked wholesome and healthy, untouched and unharmed by the world that surrounded them. The contrast between these girls and the sluttishly dressed teenagers who scorned them was stark. The Asian girls were demure and polite. They never shouted a***e at Thomas or called him names.
“I see you eyeing up the girls,” Alan's voice broke his chain of thought. “Can't say I blame you though, they're gorgeous. Have you got a girlfriend, Thomas?”
Thomas wasn't used to answering personal questions and he hesitated.
“I take it that's a 'no' then,” Alan cont
