Lek slapped him playful y on the shoulder and jumped up behind him side-saddle:
“Oh, you!” she said. “One day I’ll take you up on that and you’ll drop dead with shock.”
Ten minutes later, she was standing outside her block, wondering whether to go for something to eat or not. She felt sad and lonely, but she decided against going for food, considering herself too poor company to inflict on anyone.
The truth was that most men would have paid just to talk to her even in her melancholy mood, but she did not realise it.
Up in her room, she felt total y alone. Her friends were with some drunken louts, but at least they were not alone. She put the fan and the TV on and took her blouse and her shorts off. She looked in t
