images of naked Asian girls, it was an exceedingly rare sense of triumph; he was most surely going to win.
Once his master plan had come to its perfect conclusion, then he would go to Thailand, but for good. He’d build a luxurious house next to the beach and find a wife or maybe just a few live in friends. And if he got bored he could maybe do a little private investigation work from time to time.
With his hands crossed behind his head, he leaned back in his chair and imagined what it would all be like, sipping cold beer by his own pool as two or three naked girls frolicked and giggled in the water. As he fiddled with the front of his trousers to accommodate the growing presence inside them, that rarely seen smile visited his face once again and revealed a set of misshapen and discolored teeth.
11
“Excuse me?
I lifted my head to see a woman standing at my table, her coffee cup balanced in one hand and a plate with a pastry in the other. At first she just looked like any other woman and I presumed that she simply wanted to ask if she could share my table. But then I saw something in her eyes. I hadn’t seen anything like that for a long time; maybe never. Her eyes were full of trust and a gullible kind of courtesy. I had a vague feeling that even I might have looked like this when I was just a few years old. The look in her bright blue eyes almost sucked me in, as if she were a child and wanted to ask me to play. Her smile was warm, but with a hint of nervousness, as if she was unsure of herself and why she had spoken. I could not resist smiling back at her and it made her look a little more confident.
“It’s just…I saw your scarf when I came in. It’s breath-taking. I’m really sorry to bother you…I’m sure you must think I’m some kind of weirdo for asking you this, but where did you buy it? I didn’t even know I wanted one like that until I saw it. Now it’s almost as I couldn’t live without it!”
She paused and gave me another awkward smile.
“It’s just stunning and makes you look like you should be on the cover of Vogue and I’ve always wanted to look that, but never thought I could, but with a scarf like that…but it’s not that you wouldn’t always look like you should be in Vogue since you’re very beautiful and your hair is stunning and…”
She laughed nervously as she paused for breath:
“…and you must think I’m making a pass at you and in a minute I’ll be thrown out of here for bothering customers and…and…I’m going to shut up now because I’m rambling like fool! Sorry!”
She laughed a little again, but now with a questioning if not concerned look in her eyes. She was really not quite sure how I was going to react to her rambling. My first thought was to simply tell her I bought it in Hong Kong, in a little shop near Hollywood Road and I had been thrilled because there really was only one of its kind. It was an expensive, but a rare find and the woman didn’t look like she could have afforded it. But there was still this unavoidable enthusiasm in her eyes and it made talking to her almost irresistible.
“Please…have a seat,” I said.
“Oh thank you,” she replied and she quickly placed her things on the table.
At one point I feared her coffee was going to go everywhere. But she recovered it and settled down into the chair opposite me.
“I bought it in Hong Kong on one of my travels,” I told her as she picked up her coffee cup in two hands and took a first sip.
“It’s quite a rare and expensive scarf, but honestly I am tired of it. Do you want it?”
She almost dropped her cup she looked so shocked at my offer, but I think I was in an even worse state. I felt confusion; almost panic. What on earth had I done? I, who always considered myself to be very calm and calculating, was giving away one of my favorite scarfs to a complete stranger. She could have no idea how precious the scarf was. Making sure my movements were not rushed, I took a deep
Once his master plan had come to its perfect conclusion, then he would go to Thailand, but for good. He’d build a luxurious house next to the beach and find a wife or maybe just a few live in friends. And if he got bored he could maybe do a little private investigation work from time to time.
With his hands crossed behind his head, he leaned back in his chair and imagined what it would all be like, sipping cold beer by his own pool as two or three naked girls frolicked and giggled in the water. As he fiddled with the front of his trousers to accommodate the growing presence inside them, that rarely seen smile visited his face once again and revealed a set of misshapen and discolored teeth.
11
“Excuse me?
I lifted my head to see a woman standing at my table, her coffee cup balanced in one hand and a plate with a pastry in the other. At first she just looked like any other woman and I presumed that she simply wanted to ask if she could share my table. But then I saw something in her eyes. I hadn’t seen anything like that for a long time; maybe never. Her eyes were full of trust and a gullible kind of courtesy. I had a vague feeling that even I might have looked like this when I was just a few years old. The look in her bright blue eyes almost sucked me in, as if she were a child and wanted to ask me to play. Her smile was warm, but with a hint of nervousness, as if she was unsure of herself and why she had spoken. I could not resist smiling back at her and it made her look a little more confident.
“It’s just…I saw your scarf when I came in. It’s breath-taking. I’m really sorry to bother you…I’m sure you must think I’m some kind of weirdo for asking you this, but where did you buy it? I didn’t even know I wanted one like that until I saw it. Now it’s almost as I couldn’t live without it!”
She paused and gave me another awkward smile.
“It’s just stunning and makes you look like you should be on the cover of Vogue and I’ve always wanted to look that, but never thought I could, but with a scarf like that…but it’s not that you wouldn’t always look like you should be in Vogue since you’re very beautiful and your hair is stunning and…”
She laughed nervously as she paused for breath:
“…and you must think I’m making a pass at you and in a minute I’ll be thrown out of here for bothering customers and…and…I’m going to shut up now because I’m rambling like fool! Sorry!”
She laughed a little again, but now with a questioning if not concerned look in her eyes. She was really not quite sure how I was going to react to her rambling. My first thought was to simply tell her I bought it in Hong Kong, in a little shop near Hollywood Road and I had been thrilled because there really was only one of its kind. It was an expensive, but a rare find and the woman didn’t look like she could have afforded it. But there was still this unavoidable enthusiasm in her eyes and it made talking to her almost irresistible.
“Please…have a seat,” I said.
“Oh thank you,” she replied and she quickly placed her things on the table.
At one point I feared her coffee was going to go everywhere. But she recovered it and settled down into the chair opposite me.
“I bought it in Hong Kong on one of my travels,” I told her as she picked up her coffee cup in two hands and took a first sip.
“It’s quite a rare and expensive scarf, but honestly I am tired of it. Do you want it?”
She almost dropped her cup she looked so shocked at my offer, but I think I was in an even worse state. I felt confusion; almost panic. What on earth had I done? I, who always considered myself to be very calm and calculating, was giving away one of my favorite scarfs to a complete stranger. She could have no idea how precious the scarf was. Making sure my movements were not rushed, I took a deep
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