When Craig appeared at four thirty, Nong got up to be ready for the rush of school children. She also knew that they would probably start speaking English and she didn’t want to appear uneducated.
“We just bought that piece of land, Craig. That is where our new shop is going to go. You should have seen Ayr in action. She played Nong like a violin. I nearly believed her myself!
“That was a good touch about the ‘7-11’. You should have heard her, Craig. Ayr told Nong that she was going to build a ‘7-11’ just down the road. Nong’s face looked so worried... I thought she was going to have a heart-attack! What’s next in your master plan, Ayr?”
“We need to secure that land before Nong changes her mind. I suppose it’s too late to do anything this evening, but we could make an appointment for to
