9 AYR'S BUSINESS PLANSA week after Songkhran, when things had gotten back to normal, Lek received a phone call from her old friend Ayr.
“Hi Lek. I’m back in the village, staying at Mum and Dad’s. Do you have time for a chat? OK, great, I only arrived last night, so I’m taking it easy today – yes, I’m on my own, but Ross may come over in a few days. I just want to get together and have a chat. No problem if Craig is there. It’s not really hush-hush or anything. How about, er, two thirty? Would that suit you? OK, see you then.”
Lek told Craig that Ayr was coming around but without Ross and that he could join them in the garden ‘if he wanted’, but he was more concerned about getting some work done. Lek filled in the time with a general clean-up, but nothing like she would have done if Ayr h
