Breathing Water (2009)
“He hears the surge of the car’s engine. At the count of twelve, he pulls off the hood and finds himself in a small soi. At the end, a black Lincoln Town Car makes a left onto a broad and busy boulevard. Mud has been smeared over the license plate.
Two passing women look at him, standing there, dangling a brown pillowcase from one hand. One of them says something, and they giggle. They step into the street to avoid him.
He needs to know where he is, but before that he needs to know he still has ...a family. He yanks his cell phone from his pocket with so much force that he pulls the pocket inside out. Baht notes flutter to the pavement. He leaves them there, just putting a foot on one, as he dials.
Rose answers on the second ring.
“Everything okay?” he asks.
“I’m making noodles. Does that sound okay?”
“Sounds like heaven.” He stoops to pick up the money.
“I’m such a housewife,” Rose says. “If anyone had told me three years ago I’d be awake at this hour, making noodles with an apron on, I’d have laughed at them.”MoreLess
Two passing women look at him, standing there, dangling a brown pillowcase from one hand. One of them says something, and they giggle. They step into the street to avoid him.
He needs to know where he is, but before that he needs to know he still has ...a family. He yanks his cell phone from his pocket with so much force that he pulls the pocket inside out. Baht notes flutter to the pavement. He leaves them there, just putting a foot on one, as he dials.
Rose answers on the second ring.
“Everything okay?” he asks.
“I’m making noodles. Does that sound okay?”
“Sounds like heaven.” He stoops to pick up the money.
“I’m such a housewife,” Rose says. “If anyone had told me three years ago I’d be awake at this hour, making noodles with an apron on, I’d have laughed at them.”MoreLess
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