And if they but knew it, the feeling was mutual.
Goong called a taxi to take her and Wil back to their hotel and Lek said hello to Noi, who had arrived at the tail-end of the
discussion, but who had hitherto stayed discretely far in the background. They had another drink while Lek finished the books for the day shift, switched the lights and CD player off and handed the bar over to Noi.
Lek decided to walk home with Ayr later and asked Noi if they could sit as customers for an hour or until punters came and disturbed them. Noi and Ayr were happy enough to go along with it. They had nothing to rush off to. Glad of the company of her old friends, Lek wanted to be tired enough to go straight to sleep when her head hit the pil ow.
“I got quite cheesed off w
