“Look, forget I said anything.” Joseph’s smile was forced as he tapped me on the back. “You look like you’ve lost weight, aren’t you eating any food? Don’t tel me you’re studying too much and not paying attention to your stomach?” His words came out in a rush, and I knew he was trying to cover up for his earlier statement. I would not push him. If there was anything I had learnt, it was not to push things. I knew in his own good time he would tell me. We talked a bit before he invited me back to his place to meet his wife. He hadn’t gotten a place of his own yet, so they were staying with his parents. We made our way there and his parents weren’t around, but immediately we got into the house, I heard a loud bark, and something bounded forward and jumped on me. It was Yap, and he was no

