Second Road. She was not feeling upset or even disappointed, just subdued. She was happy enough, but did not want company, although she felt completely alone in a crowd of thousands. She waited fifteen minutes for a large enough break in the traffic to cross safely in one go – she was in no hurry to get back to their empty room anyway.Then she walked north along Second Road until she got to Soi Diana, which she followed to Soi Buakhao. She could not help thinking that she was stil on her own particular ‘yel ow brick road’. She knew she was near the end of that road, but she still didn’t know where it would come to an end or how much further she had to go. She turned right into Soi Buakhao and walked home in a trance.
As she opened the door to h
