“You pay, you can have what you want.”
“Yes, OK, but a few days ago, I was told that I might soon be blind and today, I am told that I will have near-perfect sight by this evening...
“All right, that is not what the doctor said, but as good as...”
“Thailand very good, neh?”
“Yes, I love the place, that’s one of the reasons why I live here, but this is something else. Oh well, let’s go to your cousin’s for a few beers and wait for the phone call.”
“You cannot drink too much, neh? Or no operation tomorrow.”
“I know, I know.”
When the phone call came from the hospital shortly after six-thirty, it was to say that the insurance company had accepted the claim and to offer a ten o’clock appointment which Craig accepted. Five minutes later, the insurance company phoned to check that the cla
