16. Alleyway Man
******** next day, Sam emailed the study abroad office back at Golden State saying he had finally decided he would return home for the next semester, apologising for the trouble. There was nothing keeping him at Wei Da after discovering Alim fooling around with another man in the cavernous depths of Building 46. Sandra said she was considering dropping out of her program to move to New York, so it occurred to Sam that none of the sweet things he found that semester would last. Like Sandra had said the night Sam and Alim first shared a bed, even Beijing was changing for the Godforsaken Olympics. Beijing would abandon Sam too.
Sandra and Sam went to Yu Chun a few days after their sleepless night. Sam still needed to inquire after Little Chen, the guard, and the Chinese tea
