"Aren't you a Thai citizen?"
The man laughed, and his eyes became brighter. "I have the same nationality as my mother."
"If your mother is Italian, then your father is Thai?"
He looked away from the busy street and stared at the beautiful face now full of curiosity.
"Then why do you think my father is Thai..."
"You speak Thai, so I guess you must be of Thai descent."
"You're smart... but that's not right. I speak fluent Thai because I do business in Thailand."
His tone was not even proud of his pedigree. Some clues in his heart made him uncomfortable, and he wanted to end the conversation.
"Then, you can speak almost any language, and your parents are very proud..." Tayakey's happy tone and smiling face immediately shrank at his sharp words.
"I don't like to talk about personal ma
