before I was forced to ask her, but your asking on her behalf is an excel ent compromise. When can she start?”“Give her a day or so and I’ll send her down, but please don’t mention it to anyone yet.”
“She doesn’t know yet, does she?”
“Er, no, not yet, but she wil jump at the opportunity, I promise you.”
“Al right, I’ll leave it with you, Heng.”
“Thank you, Aunty. I have to go now, Wan is getting dinner ready, would you like to join us, there is always plenty?”
“Very kind, but no thank you, you go and talk with your family, I’m sure you have lots to discuss and thanks for checking with me first. Good night, Heng.”
“Bye, Aunty,” he shouted as he drove home at a snail’s pace.
After an unappetising dinner of cream of chicken soup and chicken blood milkshak
