It was twelve thirty in the morning and the new law required that they close at one a.m.
Not that it was widely adhered to or enforced.
The only concession that most bars made to the new law was to turn the lights and the music off at the official closing time.
Having no customers, Lek moved to the front of the bar and sat with Mott and Fa, who had poured her a whisky and soda with ice. The girls that were stil in the bar after midnight often shared a bottle of whisky. Lek told them her joke about the landmines and they al laughed. Not much was going to happen now, so Lek offered the other girls an early finish.
As she did so, the night watch woman, Noi, arrived. Mott and Fa were about 22 and 20 years of age respectively and thought they
would go and chance their luck
