37My mood brightens the moment I step into the brilliant sunshine in the ground floor lobby. I take a deep breath. My heart feels hollow as if something vital has been sucked out of me in the bedroom. I wonder if Weng would come to the wake, and hope he will. Surely he can’t be avoiding me. You don’t drive all the way to pick up someone at the airport for nothing. Especially someone you’ve refused to meet for eons. Every action has an intention, unless it’s a reaction, says Jeev. Weng is far too serious to act without an intention. But perhaps he’s just being kind. There’s been a sudden death and the family is distraught. It’s only natural that as a fellow member of Ah-ku’s Buddhist organisation, he would offer to meet me at the airport. Nothing complicated there. I mean nothing to him. No
