“Are you okay, Charles?” asked Elvin.
Charles smiled and said. “Yes, I’m fine, but I didn’t realise what day it was,” he paused, took a sip of bubbly, and announced. “Today’s my 70th birthday.”
The others looked at him, cheered, raised their glasses, and said. “Happy birthday Nobby.”
“Life begins at 70, or so they say,” said Charles, chortling.
“That’s 40, you old duffer,” said Steve and grinned.
“We will see,” said Charles, with a wry smile.
Jerry, impressed by these jovial old-timers, looked forward to spending more time with them.
Apart from a few nightclubs, such as ‘Heart of Darkness’ and ‘Martinis,’ which attracted the younger foreign customers, there was little nightlife after 2:00 am in Phnom Penh.
They went back to the Amari, deciding to celebrate Charles’s birthday when t
