FOURTEENI LEARNT LONG AGO THAT planning anything too diligently ahead of time will just leave you depressed. If you just accept that there are always things that will go wrong, then life won’t disappoint you so much.
I lifted the panel a bit to allow better sound to reach my ears. I heard someone put the door lock on the occupied position, which was followed almost immediately by a knock from the outside. An urgent tap-tap-tap knock.
“No no no, leave it unlocked.” It was the first time I heard Cheng speak. He had an unmistakable accent. It sounded like he might already be by the massage table. Another click, and the door was unlocked again. “He’s my bodyguard, better than lock, nobody will come in,” the Chinese voice told his two masseuses.
I tried to peek through the gap I created, but
