Chapter 11
I head off down the road to get another $2.50 coffee. As I’m stepping into Café Yellow I remember I have not got any lunch. I always have excellent resolutions about bringing something from home. Now I think about it, I could have brought some of last night’s Pad Thai. I was in such a rush this morning I didn’t think about lunch. I back out of Café Yellow before Jono sees me and cross the road to the sushi place.
Carmen from a dress shop further down the strip is on a stool at the window bar, eating very delicately with chopsticks.
‘Hi. Are you going to eat here?’ she asks, as soon as I enter.
‘No, I plan to go back to the office.’
‘Stay here. Keep me company. Then I can tell you the latest news.’
I tell the girl behind the counter I will eat my shrimp and avocado and a te
