Chapter 29
Raksami – or ‘Mr Ron’, as he was better known – stepped into his small house just outside of Krabi town, having finished another day of teaching English at the local school. The familiar sound of chirping birds greeted him as he put down his briefcase and hung up his linen jacket in the hallway. He and his partner, Deng, had lived there for five years. They had made short work of the garden that his partner nicknamed the ‘little paradise’. It was a favourite place for the butterflies and wildlife and the two men would often sit in the shade, talking and admiring the delicate bloom of white, lilac and purple parrot flowers, so called because of their resemblance to a parrot in flight.
He called to Deng, who answered from the back in the kitchen, asking him if he’d like tea. The
