“Yes, I’m sure. Go on. Let me get some sleep, I’ll be fine in an hour. Travelling is not as much fun as it used to be. It sort of takes it out of me now.... Makes me feel thirty years older.”
Goong flopped on the bed and closed her eyes, a signal that she wanted to be left in peace. Lek said goodbye, closed the door and returned to the kitchen party.
Goong loved her friend very much, but at that precise moment all she wanted to do was rest. Even talking was too much effort. She quickly fell asleep, hoping that she would be well enough to last the weekend without giving her friends much cause for concern. She knew that they weren’t stupid and that she would have to perk up so that they didn’t ask too many embarrassing questions. If they did, she would parry them.
“Whoosh, Goong was glad
