Just before we boarded the plane, I reminded Ella to take the other half of the pill and she stuck out her tongue at me, pretending to throw a tantrum in a kid like manner.
It took some coaxing and a bottle of water from the overpriced duty free shop before she took it.
The atmosphere was relaxed and everyone was looking forward to make their way home.
I stole a glance at Mimi who was speaking vigorously on the phone, I’m not sure with who though.
I just settled down at the waiting area, chatting with a few other colleague who tried to press me for more information about the incident the day before but I politely said there’s really nothing.
James : Just a misunderstanding.
We boarded the plane shortly after and before I could settle down by my window seat, one of the auntie asked if she could switch seats with me. She wanted to chat with her good friend who was sitting beside my original seat.
I agreed and moved myself 3 seats down to take one of the aisle seat in the middle of the plane.
3 minutes later, Ella was standing right beside me, waiting for me to make space for her.
Ella : You sit here meh ?
James : I changed with Susan. She want to gossip with her auntie gang.
Nothing happened during the plane ride and everyone went their own way after landing in Singapore.
I took my time at the duty free, trying to find something for Celeste when I saw Mimi talking in an agitated manner into the phone.
She went on about something like not buying her enough things and stuff,that was all I manage to catch on as she is no longer of any interest to me.
Celeste had already dropped me several messages, telling me she’s already gotten permission from her parents to stay over at my place that weekend.
The smiley emoicon with a devilish look told me all I needed to know.
I was quite excited to meet up with Celeste although I was riddled with guilt for what I had done during the Shanghai trip.
It’s very hard to explain and put in in words, I don’t even want to try justifying my actions. It’s just that when you are in that situation, I guess you don’t have much choice.
I went home, did some unpacking and laundry before catching a quick nap, making sure I was well rested.
Celeste would surely want to hear all about the trip and after a few days without me, she should want some release.
At the back of my mind I rehearsed my story, i had to make sure I left out parts that were too sensitive.
7.15pm
Celeste texted to inform me that she’s home, will be heading over to have dinner with me after she wash up and pack.
Celeste : See you at 8pm
8pm
I waited below my place for Celeste and waited.
8.15pm
I called to check on Celeste but there was no answer.
8.30pm
I was a little worried and I went to the main road. Countless cabs pulled up, dropping passengers off but no Celeste.
I tried her phone at least 6 times and dropped her no less than 5 messages.
The thought of heading over to her place crossed my mind but before I could make a decision, my phone rang.
Celeste blabbered quickly over the phone and I had difficulty catching what she was saying.
James : Slow down… slow down….
Celeste : Come over to Ella and Don’s place…. Now!
James : What happened ?
Celeste : Mimi is here again and she’s not alone. There’s a crazy woman with her..
I could hear some background shouting and together with Celeste’s rapid talk, I was getting a headache.
James : I’ll be right over.
9.20pm
It took me a while to get a cab that Friday evening and the bad traffic on TPE took a while to clear. It was already 9.20pm when I alight at Don’s place.
I kept up with the text messages with Celeste, getting constant updates about the situation.
It turns out that Mimi came over with another woman. They were waiting for Don to come back from work, but since Ella was back early because of the trip, they confronted each other.
After some scuffle back and forth, the initial confrontation stopped and the girls went back to the house, but after Don came back, everything started off again and things got more and more aggressive and out of control right in front of their main door.
Celeste told me she initially called Ella, asking if she wants to join us for dinner but she heard her shouting and cursing while asking her to hold on, that was when she panicked and decided to head down to her place.
When she arrived, the 1st confrontation was just about to be broken up.
I made up way up to the flat and an ugly scene unfolded in front of me.
I could see a few neighbours further down the corridor trying to peep out from their unit but no one stepped out.
Don was trying to calm Mimi down while the other PRC woman Mimi was with kept on cursing at Ella who was calmly standing behind the grille gate.
Ella’s arms were folded, the gaze from her eyes steady and cold.
I could see Celeste sitting on the sofa behind Ella and she just looked on helplessly.
The PRC girl is tall, 1.75 by my estimate, she has short cropped hair and she’s got a pretty good build. Not some dainty helpless girl that’s for sure. Her jeans were well worn and a little tattered, she was perspiring badly in her grey t-shirt, patches of wet spots dotted all over as she hurl more curses for Ella to come out from behind the gate.
With the random patches of paint spots on her top, I would have passed her off as some construction worker or something.
Her middle finger flashed repeatly, taunting Ella to step out and talk, between the taunts, she kept saying that Ella should have kept her own husband in check.
Mimi’s scream suddenly broke above all of the noise as she tugged and pulled at Don’s shirt.
Mimi : 你给我个交代！！！ 你现在就给我个交代！ ( You owed me an explaination!!, I demand an explaination now!! )
Don : 你听我说。。。我。。我手机在公司弄丢了。。。( listen to me, I lost my phone in the office )
It took me less than a second to put 2 and 2 together.
News of the photo leak must have gotten to Mimi by then and the original content owner is Don. He had to be the one responsible.
Thankfully he was not dumb enough to just push everything to me.
Don looked at me for help but before I could do or say anything,
The butch PRC girl delivered a front kick towards the gate, the sound of shoe against metal echoed down the corridor, she shouted at Don before her hands grabbed the grilles gate forcibly, shaking it hard, putting undue pressure on the poor hinges.
Mimi : xiaohua!, 别理那个贱货。。 ( xiaohua, don’t bother with that bitch )
Xiaohua : 别浪费时间。。。出来。。大家外边谈 ( Don’t waste time, we talk outside )
Words alone could not stop xiaohua from raining kicks at the gate.
She got off another 3 kicks, rattling hinges while and Don grabbed onto her arm and yanked her away from the gate.
Mimi went for Don, cursing him for spreading her photos while Xiaohua punched Don on the head. It happened so fast that I did not have time to react, I managed to reach forward to support Don as he staggered backwards with a curse.
Don took 2 more punch from xiaohua before he wised up and blocked off her 3rd attempt to hit him and pushed her roughly back down the corridor with a shout, his palm smacked against Xiaohua’s flat chest with a thud, as if delivering a palm of invisible compressed air towards her.
Immediately I heard a neighbour called out from 7-8 meters away that he’s calling the police.
Neighbour : Hey you!!.. I call police…. I calling police … you better stop..
The old grey haired man shouted at Xiaohua, pointing a finger at her while he tried to key in the number on his cordless phone.
Xiaohua : 报什么报。。！！ 你敢。。。你他妈赶报。。（ call what call ? You dare to call the cops ? ）
Xiaohua took 2 threatening steps towards the uncle before she was stopped by Don who yanked her back roughly by her shirt, causing her to lose her balance momentarily
That threw her into a rage and she started raining a successive series of blows on Don.
I held onto Mimi’s left arm, separating her away from the confrontation as she too tried to hold onto Don.
Mimi ： Ahhhh James….!! 放手。。。放手。。。你别管！ ( James, let go, it’s none of your business.
I kept my hold on Mimi, telling her to not blow things up.
James : Let’s all talk things through … this won’t solve….
Before I could finish my sentence, I saw Xiaohua’s sweaty back charging towards me, barrelling down like a runaway train without brakes. I was hit head on, instantly losing my balance as I pulled Mimi down together with me.
It was a pretty hard landing as I staggered and landed on my butt. That earth shaking smack sent a stab of pain into my spine as I struggled to get out of the way of Don and xiaohua who was entangled in a ugly wrestling match on the concrete floor.
Xiaohua managed to kick Don off and to my shock and horror, she went for the old man.
Xiaohua : 你他妈的死老头。。报啊。。。现在叫警察来救你。。 狗屁新加坡孬种。。。全部是没用的孬种。。。！！ ( You dam old fool, go ahead, call the police to save you…..bloody useless Singaporean coward… all useless coward )
Neighbour : I already made the report… you… you don’t scare me…
He stood defiantly in the middle of the corridor despite Xiaohua walking towards him.
My heart skipped a beat and I forced myself to get up and go after Xiaohua . I had this sudden feeling that something terrible was going to happen. Yes, that’s a feisty old man that dare to stand up to that bitch, but let’s take a deep breath and truly understand the situation.
Let’s recall your science lesson back in school.
Think of the law of physics.
If Xiaohua takes a hit at that old man, he’s going to be hurt real bad.
No need for any fancy newton’s law to tell you that.
Something something about moving object meeting a stationary object.
Just follow James’s law of common sense.
If someone bigger, stronger and not in the right state of mind comes at you, you run.
Especially so,if you hair is all white and you’ve survived long enough to collect your CPF.
The problem then was that the old man believes he was still 26 , not 62 as he stood stubbornly with his cordless phone in hand, waving it around like a lightsabre.
Opening up my paces, I closed the distance between Xiaohua and me as I desperately tried to catch up before she reached him
Xiaohua started cursing in broken English.
Xiaohua : You know who I am ?…. you know ? … don’t fuck with me…. Don’t fuck with me…!!
Her right hand was raised up high, her index finger pointing straight at the old neighbour and with each menacing step she took towards him she got more agitated, shouting and cursing in a smattering of English and Chinese.
I grabbed onto Xiaohua in time, yanking her backwards as I stepped into her path, coming face to face with her, blocking her way to the old neighbour.
Her body immediately bounced back, her face came close, almost plastering into mine, staring me down WWE style. Her body pushed against mine, as if daring me to hit her.
Xiaohua ： 怎样 ? 。。。怎样 ?。。。。怎样 ?。。。他妈的要怎样 ? ( what? … what ？ 。。。 what the fuck you want ? )
Our foreheads were almost touching as she glared and dared me to make my move.
I’ve never gotten myself in such a situation since my secondary school days.
The rush of adrenaline set my heart to pump at a faster rate, delivering oxygen rich blood to every part of my body.
I felt my senses heightened, my muscles tensed up, the hair at the back of my neck stood on it’s end.
My blood was boiling.
They really were as I took deep breaths, trying to recall the free calming yoga lessons I attended during holidays.
Don came and grabbed onto Xiaohua, pulling her back, shouting at both her and Mimi.
Don : Enough! …
The lift door opened, instead of seeing officers come out, I saw 2 more guys approaching us, speaking loudly in mainland Chinese.
Mimi immediately went over.
Xiaohua charged forward, coming straight into my face, our forehead touched with significant force as she forcefully pushed her way against me before spitting a glob of saliva into my face, then she pushed me on my chest, causing me to stagger backwards.
I took about 3-4 steps backwards before I felt the hand of the old man behind me.
Xiaohua : Fark you !…. fark you understand…… don’t fark with me.. !!
She pointed her thumb back at herself with a defiant look on her face, her mouth crooked upwards before showing me the middle finger.
I wiped away the saliva and took 2 steps towards Xiaohua but the old man held me back and started shouting at Xiaohua again.
Neighbour : I call police…. I call already! …. You don’t run.
He went on and on about the police arriving soon, daring Xiaohua to stay waving his phone around again while holding onto my arm.
Xiaohua charged towards us but was stopped in time by the 2 guy.
She was kicking wildly in my direction when the 2 guy grabbed hold of her, dragging her screaming and cursing away from us.
Mimi too got up and dragged Don with her, demanding he give her an explanation and they sort this out.
I looked towards Don’s place.
Ella’s hands were still folded, her calm demeanour a stark difference from the chaos outside her gate.
Celeste was looking at me from behind Ella and her hand was covering her mouth, she was sobbing and crying away.
Don : James … you all go back first…. I’ll settle this….. I’ll settle this….
Celeste cried out for Don not to go but he would not listen.
The noise decibel dropped significantly by the time the 2 guys disappeared with Xiaohua into the lift.
Don and Mimi were talking harshly and Mimi kept pushing and hitting Don.
Celeste begged Ella to open the door so she could come over to me.
Ella relented and opened the gate and Celeste ran over, crying and sobbing as she asked if I was ok , trying to clean my face at the same time.
After wiping my face done, she asked the uncle if he was ok and he nodded his head.
Celeste : When is the police coming ? ….
That was when she uncle sheepishly replied.
Neighbour : I…. I scare her only….. when I really want to call…. My cordless phone no batt…
Another neighbour watching on the sideline immediately scolded him.
Auntie : Aiyah… then you don’t keep shouting you call you call….. we all thought you call already that’s why never call….
The bickering continued for a while until Ella apologised to the neighbours and the crowd began to disperse.
I told Celeste I’m going after Don and she sobbed harder.
James ： I’ll be ok… stay with Ella
9.55pm
I made my way down in time to see Xiaohua and the 2 guys getting into a cab.
Seconds later, another one stopped in front of Don and Mimi.
I ran over but the cab had already moved off, heading towards the direction of White sands.
I hailed another one and got into the front passenger seat. I was about to move off when I saw Ella and Celeste running towards me, waving their hands furiously for me to wait for them.
The moment they got on, I told the cab driver to go straight as quickly as he can.
40 seconds or so later, I caught sight of the Cab Don and Mimi was in.
James : Uncle, follow that cab.
Turning back to the girls I asked.
James : What are you all doing ?
Celeste : We can’t let you go alone.
The cabs went up the TPE shortly after, travelling in a straight line down the expressway.
It took the Jalan Kayu exit, turning right towards Seletar camp.
I saw the brake lights came up from about 100 m away after a series of turns and I told the cab driver to pull up into a side road.
Celeste paid the fare while my eyes never left the 2 cab up ahead.
I could see all 5 figures making their way into 1 of the old black and white houses.
There were a couple of random dog barks.
Even with the street lamps, most of the street were pretty dark.
Crickets sang to their hearts content as we watch the cab pull away, leaving us standing by the side of the private estate.
There was a gentle cool breeze coming from our left, as if trying to calm everyone down.
I plotted a path towards the house Don went into and the girls followed closely behind me.
We settled onto a dark spot, the shadows deep enough to conceal us as we peered directly into the window of the unit.
It seemed crowded, I counted no less than 15 people squeezed into the house, properly some illegal sub letting going on.
I could not see Don but I saw Xiaohua walking around with a bottle of beer in her hand, speaking loudly and in an uncouth manner.
How could a girl behave like this, I don’t understand.
I took my time observing the lay of the land, I mentally jot down the street, right down to where the bins were.
I estimated the distance from the gate to the door, the height of the window from the ground.
I felt a hand go around my neck.
Celeste : Dear…. What are we doing ah ?
James : Nothing… I just came here to take a look.
I felt a hit on my head.
It was Ella this time round.
She too duck walked over by my side as she supported her hand on my other shoulder.
Ella : We came all the walk here to talk a look ? Are you mad ?
I ignored Ella and continue to observe the house.
Ella nudged me again.
Ella : How ? call the police ?
James : For what ? I just want to talk to Xiaohua…
Ella gave me a bewildered look and asked.
Ella : What can you possibly want to say to her ?
Ignoring Ella, I changed a spot, moving a little to my right to see more of the house, I risked exposing myself as I ventured further into the light but I needed to do it.
I heard the shuffling to steps and Ella caught up with me again, using my shoulder as support.
Ella : James!… I’m talking to you…. Why do you need to talk to Xiaohua ? … you going to wack her ?
I turned and looked at her, beads of perspiration starting to form on her forehead.
James : I’m a civilised man and a law abiding citizen ok…. I’m really just looking at having a conversation with her…
Ella folded her arms and squatted beside my while Celeste joined up from behind.
Celeste : Dear…. What you going to say to her ?
Without looking back at Celeste, I replied.
James : I’ll introduce myself…..
James : My name is James…… don’t fuck with me….
My face was hard and I could feel the surge of emotions coming up my chest as I watch Xiaohua came out of the house from a side door and lit up a cigarette.
The silence was deafening as we slowly retreated into the dark.
When I turned to look at Celeste, she was breathing pretty hard.
James : What’s wrong with you ? …..
She stuttered but managed to get the words out of her mouth.
Celeste : My name is Celeste….. I’ll fuck with you right now….
Ella rolled her eyes before giving her friend a nudge, causing Celeste to lose balance.
3 minutes later, I decided I had seen enough and I pulled the girls away before making our way to the main road to grab a cab.
Ella was unhappy, Celeste too that we just left without even confronting them. I could not be bothered to explain anything to them, I’m not going there with 2 girls when there’s at least 15 PRC in the house with at least 1 that is mad.
Ella refused to go home, Celeste already packed for my place and in the end, we all ended up at my place.
The girls took turns to wash up and when Celeste was in the bathroom, Ella came over to me her arms going around my neck and I panicked, trying to pry her hands away but she just giggled playfully before whispering by my ears, she deliberately paused half a second between each word again.
Ella : My…..
Ella : Name…..
Ella : Is….
Ella : Ella…..
James : Oei…. Don’t joke la… Ella… stop……
I tried my best to free myself from Ella’s mischievous hug but she held on.
For a few seconds, she even leapt off the floor, clinging both her feet onto me like a koala bear.
She giggled silently looking at the worried expression on my face.
James : Ella please…. Don’t do this…
She rolled her head around playfully, prancing with her arms around my neck.
James : Ella…. Don’t la…. You’re married and….
The mere mentioned of her marriage seemed to have flicked a switch.
She settled down a little with a frown and a pout before circling over to my bed.
James : Are you ok ? ….
She gave a smirk and laughed.
Ella ; You mean me or my marriage ? haha.
Ella seemed a little aloof as she laid down on my bed, spreading her legs wide apart before closing again as if she wanted to make a snow angel on my soft cool bedsheets.
I could not help but pity her, it’s a really terrible thing to happen to anyone, not to mention someone as sweet as her.
I sat on the bed beside Ella and said if she needed to talk, I can lend a listening ear. She just turned away from me onto her stomach, fiddling with her phone. The sound of the shower stopped in the bathroom and moments later, Celeste came out with her head wrapped in a towel.
Crawling into bed with Ella, she continued drying her hair, spraying droplets of water everywhere.
Celeste : So shiok man a hot shower… ahhhhh
The girls chatted on the bed while I settled down on the side with a sleeping bag
I listened to them talk after I switched off the lights.
They chatted as if I was not even there, talking about their school days, which guy they had a crush on and the jerk that tried to go after both of them simultaneously.
It was a surreal feeling as I laid on my back.
The sweet voice of 2 girls just chatting casually on the bed barely a meter away.
You could tell how far back these 2 goes, how well they knew each other.
There was no angst or sadness in their conversation. Just happy thoughts of their graduation trip, the first time they went overseas together, their first interview, their first job, and their first pay cheque.
Their chat was punctuated with lots of giggles and laughter, knee slapping and chuckles as they reminiscence their younger days on my bed.
It made me think of whether I could do that with another guy friend on the bed.
I shuddered at the thought, we would probably say things like.
James : You don’t cheebye… sleep la.
I dropped Don a message, asking him if he was ok and he replied me a while later saying he’s fine.
I updated him on Ella’s whereabouts and I did not hear from him for the rest of the day.
19th June
Saturday
7am
I woke up with a sore back, the thin fabric of the sleeping back did not give me any relieve from the hard floor. Straining hard to get up, I peered over my comfortable bed and I was greeted with a sight that money could not buy.
Ella’s smooth creamy legs totally exposed, her grey shorts crumpled and bunched up tight near her privates due to her sleep angle. I could almost see a camel toe as I stared at her. Her white t-shirt was out of place as well, exposing part of her flat tummy and her belly button.
She looked so peaceful while she slept, there seemed to be a natural smile on her mouth , I can’t explain it but she looked so beautiful as the morning sun shone lazily into my bedroom.
Celeste’s singlet was loose, and her breast and nipple was exposed for about half an inch. Blood rushed to my dick as her shorts too rode a little high. The thin slit of fabric covering her privates might as well not be there as the gap was wide enough for me to peep in.
I had to hold onto something as I spied the stray strand of a pubic hair peeking out, saying good morning to my erection.
Yes, Celeste slept without lingerie, if not for the fact that Ella was there, she would probably be sleeping naked, allowing my hands to roam wherever I wanted to.
I stood at the edge of the bed, as just marvelled at the sight of the 2 girls.
There was some loud blaring of horns, probably some groom fetching his bride and it roused the 2 girls, causing them to each turn to their side.
For the first time in my life, I felt like I’m a divine being.
Celeste slowly turned to her right while Ella slowly turned to her left, effectively opening up the middle of the bed.
My eyes widened and I lifted up my hands palms up into the air as I watched the space being made for me in the middle of the bed.
My aching back begged me to take up the space, to give it the rest it deserves.
One knee got onto the edge of the bed and I forgot how soft and tempting my bed was.
My other knee joined the first on the bed and tears almost rolled down my eyes as my hands touched the soft comfortable spread of my quit covers.
James : Aghhh…. I slid down like a snail, plonking down in the middle of the 2 girls and I could feel my back creaking.
The commotion woke Celeste up and she turned towards me with half opened eyes. She smiled and her leg went over my body as she hugged herself onto me, mumbling words I could not understand.
My erection grew further as I felt my hands reaching for Celeste’s breast against my will.
Ahhh.. that softness and supple feeling of a morning breast.
What the fuck is a morning breast you ask ?
I don’t know. I just made it up.
It’s the breast you touched in the morning, one that was still fresh, wet rested and ready for some good fondling. The prod of Celeste’s nipple on my hand was nothing compare to the prod of my dick on her leg which was pressing against my dick.
I grinded myself against her leg, the smell of her hair turned me on even more.
I felt a wack on my head by Celeste, grumbling something about me being horny in the morning.
I kissed Celeste, ignoring the fact that Ella was lying behind me.
Celeste : Eeeee yearrrr…. Don’t la…dear…. Ella is here…
She whispered into my face, her eyes barely opened.
If I could force myself on Celeste that morning I would, there’s nothing more arousing than a half asleep girl trying to fight me off. That helpless struggle,that sleep depraved mind and the unwilling body.
I could not control myself and I tried to lift Celeste’s singlet off but she grabbed hold of a tuff of my hair.
Celeste : ARghhhhhh…. James…!!…a rghh…
James : ARgghhhhhh…..
A few shook was all it took before I snap myself back to reality.
Celeste mumbled something before turning her back towards me and slipping back into sleep.
James : Sigh…. I exhaled and was about to get up when I felt movements on Ella’s side.
I did not dare to turn but there was no need to.
She propped herself up on her elbow and looked at me and Celeste.
Her hair was puffy and she brushed them aside gracefully, exposing more of her flawless face to the morning sun while her eyes blinked a couple of times. There was this subtle layer of moisture in her eyes, it came with a dreamy look as she got up onto her knees , tilted her head to one side and looked at me.
I just stared at Ella and gave her a ‘ What ?” look.
I saw her look at Celeste before that mischievous grin spread outwards on her mouth again, I immediately tried to get up but Ella was faster.
There was no need for big movements, no need for any pouncing on me or any threats.
Ella grabbed onto my dick with her hand, feeling my erected and hungry manhood through my pants.
I shook my head fearfully but Ella held on.
Like a skilful ring master training her beast at the circus, Ella put 1 finger to her lip, her eyes narrowed to a slit , ensuring that I kept quiet.
I pleaded with her not to fool around but Ella ignored me and started to straddle me. My heart almost popped out of my head the moment one of Ella’s legs went over my body, that familiar feeling of doing Ella back in Shanghai came flooding back into my head.
Then before I could react, I registered movements on Celeste’s side of the bed. I could not breath, my mind could not think.
As gracefully as a cat, Ella brought her other leg over me as well, effectively putting herself in between Celeste and me the moment Celeste turned over.
I immediately rolled away, making space for the girls.
My phone rang at that moment and I went over to pick it up.
It was Don.
James : Yah ?
Don : Can you talk ?
James : Hold on.
I understood what Don meant and I immediately excused myself from the room.
I went out into the common corridor before speaking again
James : What’s up ?
Don : Need your help.
Don went on to say that Mimi threw a fit last night back at her place, almost thrashing her room. It seems even Mimi herself was not aware of the extent of the pictures taken by Don.
Yes she was aware of some posed pictures but she was not aware of those that Don took of them inside the office and at the production plant.
Don came clean and told her all the pictures that was leaked and Mimi cried herself to sleep, demanding that he be responsible.
Don : Xiaohua wants me to leave Ella and marry Mimi.
James : She watch too many HK drama…
Don : James…. I’m serious…. I think the situation looks quite bad.
I lost my temper for a moment and I spoke in a pretty stern voice to Don.
James : What bad ? …. What the fuck is bad ? you are worried about a PRC girl over your wife ? Who is Mimi ? …..
I raised my voice a little, hoping it would knock come sense into Don.
James : Ella is your wife…. Mimi is nobody…. Just someone you fucking sleep with because you could not think with your big head…
Don : Exactly… now I got to be responsible…
James : Don’t be a fucking idoit…. Is she pregnant ?
Don : That’s not what I meant….. James…
I asked Don exactly what he wanted and I could not fucking believe my own ears.
He wanted money.
He wanted me to lend him money.
Don wanted money to give Mimi so she could get away for a while.
James : Am I hearing this right ? … did she cast some spell on you Don ?
Don cut me off, saying that he felt partly responsible for the situation Mimi was in.
I stopped talking altogether and asked Don 1 question.
James : Do you love Ella ?
Don : Of course I do…. But…Mimi … she..
I hung up on Don.
Before I could get back into the house, my phone rang again.
James : What ?
Don : James… just this once… help me.
James : You don’t know what you are asking.
Don raised his voice at me for the first time.
Don : Are you helping me or not !! … Mimi’s going to end up without a job…. Pretty soon with a place to stay…. All because of you !….
My heart ached.
It was like a stab straight to my heart as I digested what Don just said.
Don : Just let me 5k, I’ll pay you back in 2 months…. I promise.
No words could describe how disappointed I was at that point in time. I shook my head, not sure what to say over the phone to Don until he pushed me.
He pushed me to say it.
Don : All this would not have happened if you had let me gone on the trip…. Maybe… maybe everything would have turned out well….. maybe all of this…
I hung on Don for the second time.
I took 3 deep breathes and my phone rang again.
Don : DON”T fucking hang up on me JAMES!! … are you even listening to me!…. people are going to end up homeless….. jobless…
That was when I lost it .
I wanted to scream into the phone.
I wanted to shout at Don.
I wanted to but I calm myself down.
James : Why do you care if Mimi is jobless….. or homeless…. She is trying to break up your marriage… your family…
Don : It’s…. it’s not like what you think….
Before Don could finish, I continued, cutting him off like he was not there.
James : Mimi….. is not homeless……but I will make her homeless….
I took a deep breathe, trying to control my emotion.
James : Mimi…. Is not jobless…. But I will make her jobless….
Don raised his voice at me again, asking me to listen to him but I told him I had listened enough to everything he has to say.
James : Where are you now ? Where ?
Don did not answer me straight away and I answered it for him.
James : You’re at Seletar…
Don : What…. How…
I could tell he was surprised, and a little taken aback.
James : Go home to Ella Don…it’s time to wake up…. I’m not asking you again.
Don was just quiet, but I could hear him breathe over the phone, not knowing what to say.
Don : You don’t understand me James….
I took one final deep breath and replied.
James : Before the sun rise tomorrow morning, I will make sure that very house you are staying in right now is emptied.
There’s no longer any sound coming from the both of us but we knew we were both on the line, just waiting for the other to say something.
Don broke the silence before me.
Don : Good luck…
And the line went dead..
I went back into the house and into the room.
Both Celeste and Ella were up, they were helping each other tie their hair.
Celeste : What are we going to do today dear …. Are we going for breakfast ?…..
I nodded.
James : After that , we’re going shopping.
Thank you for the comments and the analysis haha.
you should all pen your stories.!
Would really really like to edit and update the next batch but it’s too much to go through at this time.
Been thinking how could i split it up and really deliver the essence of how i wanted it to come out and be presented, in the end i decided not to split it up.
You have to read it as a whole.
Next update will be a long one.
I’m sorry i don’t have the energy to edit anything today.
Just took a 2 hour walk home because of the train breakdown.
Lucky got chio bu accompany me walk. 15 min in high heels, 15 min barefoot
The next 1.5 hour in pasar malam slippers. haha.
Will try to update tomorrow.
Cheers
ilock
I had to practise my breathing techniques in order to calm myself down as the girls got dressed.
Ella did not have any clothes with her, she borrowed a T shirt of mine that was a little large but she did not let it faze her. She gabbed and bundled up the excess portion on her left and tied a knot with it, exposing just a thin slit of her flat tummy.
She folded up her sleeves and she looked every bit as good as Celeste who had just changed into a sleeveless grey top. I could see her sliding her strapless bra underneath her top as she buckled it while talking to Ella.
7.45am
The trio of us boarded a cab to Kovan market for breakfast.
The smell of food hit us the moment we alighted and as I watch the 2 girls walked off in front of me, I could not help but felt so lucky to be able to have breakfast with the both of them.
The sun caught their hair, as if showering an unfair amount of light and attention on the 2 girls as they walked towards the seats.
As I headed up the steps, I saw several uncles looking at Ella and Celeste, their careful straying eyes checking them out while they remain mindful of their wives who was by their side.
Celeste got a seat for us and as I sat down, the 2 girls started clearing the table before wiping it down.
I sat opposite both of them and watched as they pushed aside the dirty tissue that was sacrificed to wipe down the tabletop.
They leaned back and crossed their legs at the same time, almost in sync as they looked at me.
James : What you want to eat. ?
Ella : Anything….
Celeste : You decide…
I ordered coffee for us before I went on a ordering spree.
Within 20 mins, I filled the table with various local food and we tucked in.
Our meal was interrupted only with our laughter as we chatted and enjoyed the food.
As I finished the last piece of chee Cheong fun, Ella did a double take at my mouth before reaching over with a tissue and wiped away a stain on my chin.
Ella : Messy eater. … eee..
Celeste saw what she did and growled, slapping Ella on her thigh.
Ella : Oww…
Celeste dipped her finger onto the chee Cheong fun sauce and smeared my mouth again as I protested.
James : Siao ah…
Then she took a brand new tissue and wipe me clean before sticking out her tongue at Ella.
Celeste : That’s my job .. hiak hiak…
Ella just rolled her eyes at her.
I hurried the girls to finish up the food and make a move.
James : We have quite a bit of things to get later.
We drained our coffee and made our way to the neighbourhood shops.
I started at the hardware shop, there was no shopping basket, I just grabbed what I wanted and passed it to the girls to hold.
A wire cutter, some white paint, a cut to size canvas sheet, 1.5m long by 1.2m wide.
Ella : What are we doing James ?
James : hmmm….
I tried to think of an appropriate term but with my limited vocabulary, I could not think of any.
James : ERmm….we’re…
She waved me off and helped Celeste who was struggling to hold on to the additional items I piled on her.
I added super glue, duct tape and gloves to the mix.
We queued up to pay for the purchases before heading down the row to another shop where we got aluminium foil, a particular brand of detergent I had used before and a box of sparklers.
I got a pressurised spray can, something you can pump and spray after the pressure builds up as well.
Heading to the wet market, I went straight to the incense and joss paper shop, asking for 2 big bundles of joss sticks and about 4 columns of various joss paper and some candles.
The fruit stalls provided me with oranges , apples and some pears.
I grabbed a bag of charcoal and a bag of sugar from one of the stall as well before heading to the fish section.
I got some coconut husk as well.
2 squids, some bloody clams concluded my shopping.
Celeste : Eeee…. So yucky…
We got back by cab again and I began assigning the tasks out to the girls.
Celeste is to remove and strip all the sparklers, leaving only the powders portions. I asked her to mix in some charcoal powder, the really fine ones at the bottom of the bag before sealing everything in a aluminium foil.
With the remainder of the aluminium foil, Celeste is to prepare as many balls of aluminium as possible, small ones, about the side of a 10 cent coin.
As she got on to that, Ella blended the squid and clam into a thick mucus like mixture, we kept adding water to get a more liquid consistency. I poured everything into a ziplock back and set it out in the sun.
I went to my wardrobe and took out a set of my army uniforms, stripping away the rank, the name and all the additional badges I got.
I tested the wind proof lighter I got in my drawer and put it into the shirt pocket.
I threw in a cutter as well just in case I needed it.
Ella went on to help Celeste with the aluminium balls while I melted the sugar into a syrup, adding just a bit of water to help with the stirring before pouring it carefully into a 1.5 litre bottle after it cools.
The aluminium balls were ready and I filled half the other 2 x 1.5 litre bottles I had with them.
Ella and Celeste then stripped the coconut husk of the thick fibres, the same kind birds like for their nest, putting everything into a bag.
1.00pm
The girls went out to grab lunch in the afternoon and Ella went back to grab some clothes.
She had asked me earlier if she could stay over again and I agreed. Celeste too went home to grab some additional clothes.
2.30pm
I briefly told the girls what I wanted to do and they just laughed and laughed.
Celeste : Very bastard leh dear…. Haha
Ella : Are you sure ? ….what if…
I reassured them that all should be fine but I needed their help.
My alibi had to be rock solid
Celeste gave me a slap on my arm as I laid out my plan and Ella just laughed.
By 3.30pm
We’re done with the briefing and they all knew what they were supposed to do.
Just to be sure, I did 3 dry runs, saying out the sequence of the events and the girls replied accordingly what needed to be done and said.
4.20pm
I needed to catch some early sleep to make sure I was well rested for the night.
6.45pm
When I woke up, I realised with me taking the centre of the bed, Celeste and Ella had no choice but to each take a side. I was facing upwards, when my head turned right, I could see the peaceful resting Celeste, I turned towards the left and Ella’s hair covered what’s left of her exposed back as her singlet draped loosely to the side.
I got up and stretched, the girls got up shortly after me too and we all headed out for dinner at a nearby coffee shop.
After dinner, the girls used their charm and chatted up a table of uncles with beer bottles all over their table, mostly empty and many more sitting in buckets of ice water.
They managed to get quite a few and we posed for a few photos with them.
9.45pm
I got dressed and packed everything into a big haversack.
Celeste gave me a tight hug in my room before kissing me on my lip
Celeste : Be careful dear…
I nodded as she did a few quick step on the stop before exclaiming that she felt so nervous for me even though she’s not the one doing it.
Celeste : Ahh.. need the toilet again…
As she disappeared back into the bathroom, Ella came forward.
I could see her eyes checking the bathroom door before looking back at me.
I shook my head even before she moved and she just laughed but still put her hands around my neck.
Ella : You look good in uniforms James…
She gave me a peck on my cheek and asked me to be careful
Ella : Stay safe.
I nodded.
I left when Celeste came out of the bathroom.
10.00pm
I hailed a cab and asked the driver to drop me at the roundabout outside Seletar before I make the rest of the journey on foot.
I took a big loop, keeping an eye out for anyone that might be paying me too much attention.
It’s common to see soldiers booking in at night in uniforms, so technically it should be quite safe for me. I tried to act as normal as I could, playing with my phone as I lugged my big back on my shoulder.
I checked to make sure no one was looking before I took a quick 15 steps and disappeared into a thick portion of the scattered patches of forest.
Squatting down, I pulling down my sleeves, trying my best to minimise the impact form the mosquitoes. I gave my entire body a good dousing of insect repellent, the SAF kind, coating thick swaths of it all over my uniform, my neck, even in my hair.
I checked the time and waited another 10 minutes before I slowly cut my way across trees, thick bushes and shrubs to the road on the other side of the small forest.
It was a slow and tedious task, my bag getting caught numerous times in the branches and leaves.
I was perspiring badly, my uniform was drenched with my sweat by the time I finally got to the observation spot I was at the night before with the girls.
Mosquitoes and insects buzzed noisily by my ears.
I wrapped a camouflage netting around my head, tying it up to minimise the insect disturbance and settled down for a long wait.
The lights in the house were on, I could see people walking about.
Xiaohua came out twice to smoke, snubbing her cigarette ends into a ashtray before spitting vulgarly onto the bush at the side.
The grass within the compound were untrimmed and the landscaping were obviously neglected.
There were so many bits and pieces of rubbish on the lawn, even the surrounding area outside the boundry.
Bottles, plastic bags, empty food containers, you name it.
It’s like a landfill.
The poor green area desecrated by the rubbish.
The items seemed to radiate out in a conical shape.
The closer to the house, the bigger and heavier the rubbish. Glass bottles, broken pieces of ikea furniture.
The lighter items like empty drink cans, plastic containers went a little further, I guess they were easier throw.
Random bags of rubbish laid by the bin on the main road. It appears they are too lazy to even drop the rubbish into the bin and make things easier for the collectors.
Even I could finish making my observation, 2 guy came out, talking loudly and they dump a bag of wet rubbish by the bin, it’s contents spilling out, soiling the side of the green bin.
They laughed and said something I could not make out before they too spit onto the grass patch within their own lawn and headed back.
I shook where I was, disgusted by their antics.
A rather fat guy came out next on the phone, talking in a rather animated manner before sitting down on the grass patch that was just spit on by his friends.
I almost puke as he went on to roll up his t-shirt, exposing his tummy, then without warning he laid down completely on the grass patch, chatting on the phone and looking at the stars in the skies.
I counted more people that night, a total of 22 by 12.15am
My leg cramped up several times, and I shifted position again and again.
I was losing water fast from the perspiration, the humid hot air of the forest at night is not kind to the human body. I kept an eye on my water level as I only brought 3 bottles of them out.
They needed to last me for a while and I still need to wash up before I leave the site.
By 12.30am
Most of the lights started going off
At 1am
There were no more lights.
I waited for another 30 minutes before I made my move.
Retreating further into the cover of the trees, I chose my staging area, laying out the canvas sheet on the ground before I started taking out the items I prepared.
There was no way I could lugged the entire bag around, I need to keep coming back for the items.
I started with the squid and clam concoction.
The pungent odour was grotesque and I gagged as I filled the spray bottle with it.
Flies appeared out from nowhere, hovering and buzzing near the spot when I poured the mixture.
I gave the bottle a few good pumps before testing it on a nearby tree.
The mist shot out , powerful and fast, and I was stupid not to check the wind direction, a good whiff of it came into my nostril and I coughed and choked on the smell of fermented dead seafood that had been sitting in the sun for a while.
I took a swig of water to rinse my mouth and started making my way towards the house.
Checking to make sure the road was clear, I got up, sprinted, dashed across before taking cover on the tall grass.
It was a slow approached as I tried to figure out the best spot to reach the back of house where the air con condensers are.
I finally reached the back and I could hear the strong hum of the aircon.
The low fence was hardly a barrier for me as I cleared it effortlessly.
There were no lights at the back, it was dark but the back faced another small road, I had to be careful and be sure no one was looking. If a car approaches, the headlights will illuminate the entire back of house, and I could be caught snooping around.
After making sure the coast is clear, I started spraying the main aircon unit, making sure it takes in as much of the nasty seafood spray I prepared.
I emptied the entire bottle within 3 minutes and quickly made my way back to the staging area.
It won’t kill them but the smell should be slowly permeating into the ducts, getting into their rooms.
That was just the appetisers, I needed more to smoke them out literally.
I got back to my staging area and took the bottle of sugar syrup.
Repeating my route, I got to the back of house again.
Using one of the chair by the smoking point, I propped myself up to reach the roof gutter of the 1 storey bungalow.
I was about to pour the thick syrup into the gutters when I hear the muted sound of a car engine. I jumped off the chair and flattened myself onto the ground in time to see the entire area soaked with bright lights from the headlamps.
The shadows cast dragged lazily across the entire house as the car made it way further down the down before disappearing.
I got up and resumed my task, pouring the thick sweet syrup ono the roof gutters.
Heading to the edge of the grass patch, I drizzled the syrup, leaving a trail right up to the main switches of the air con before pouring a generous amount onto the switch.
I headed over to Xiaohua’s smoking spot and took out the aluminium foil of sparklers and emptied it into the ashtray.
That should give us some fireworks when she next smoked.
Smoking kills … remember that…
I checked to make sure I left nothing behind before going back to my staging area and I waited.
I needed to be sure the initial wave of smell did not cause everyone to come out.
30 minutes later, nothing happened and I went on with my main course.
I took the joss stick and incense paper, heading by the same route, but this time roung I went directly to the back road facing the back of the aircon.
I lit up 1 joss stick and stuck it into the ground checking the direction of the smoke.
I went a bit further down the road, it was brightly lit but I had no choice, a check with the joss stick told me the wind was coming from there.
I lit up a bundle of joss stick, sticking it about a meter apart before I went back to the air con area and waited.
I could definitely smell the pungent aroma of the joss sticks burning.
I left the rest of the incense paper and joss sticks at a dark corner and went back to my staging area.
I took the 2 bottles of aluminium foil balls and placed it by the washing machine at the back.
It was a small sheltered yard and there were numerous types of detergent and softener, for floor cleaning, washing, basically all the cleaning agents were located there. I was glad to see 2 bottles of the same brand I bought.
I placed the 2 bottles of aluminium balls by the washing machine and quickly went back to start packing up my staging area.
I stripped myself fast of the uniforms and boots and quickly changed into my home clothes. All the rubbish I generated was placed into the canvas sheet and I wrapped everything up.
I was just wearing a normal running t-shirt and shorts, I needed to be fast to avoid the mosquitoes.
I checked to make sure the road was clear before I looped from the other end and out onto the main road facing the back of their house.
Dropping the stuff I was carrying to a side, I painted a rough circle with the white paint on the tar floor.
I quickly arranged the oranges and fruit offerings.
I could not care if anyone was looking, there is nothing wrong with making offerings and burning joss paper.
People do it all the time for various reasons.
I lit up the joss sticks and candles, sticking it into the ground as fast as I could, making sure I spread it around a good quadrant of the back of house which was getting the prevailing wind.
I started the burning of the joss paper, saying a quiet prayer, asking for forgiveness if I disturbed any good brothers resting in the area.
Most important of all, I prayed for a good strong wind and a blazing fire.
As I started putting the paper into the small fire, the wind picked up speed,
I could see the general direction of the smoke heading towards the house.
It’s not on target, about 40% off but that was as good as it can get.
I was instantly reminded of the smell at night during the lunar 7th month. The strong smell of burning paper and joss sticks that lingered no matter how high up you stayed and how good your air conditioner is.
Once the fire was big enough, I checked again to make sure no one was looking before I burned the canvas wrapped rubbish.
Thick black smoke rose and I panicked, quickly throwing more joss paper over to cover the burning plastic.
A car approached but paid me no attention, and just drove pass.
5 minutes later, Using a stick, I prodded to make sure the canvas sheet and rubbish were properly disposed before I dropped the remaining joss paper into the burning pile.
Heading back to the aircon compressor, I started dropping the fibres of the coconut husk into the aircon. The cranking and sputtering sound it made as it’s blade met the thick fibre sounded sick.
I threw in a big portion of soil as well and the fan grinded and choke.
I arranged the fibres with some twigs I gathered to resemble a broken nest and scatter it near the fan.
I started dropping bigger twigs and more soil into the fan and after a loud snap, everything grinded to a halt.
I was about to laugh when I saw light coming on at one of the window. I quickly ducked down and went to the washing machine area.
I brought the bottles of detergent to a grass clearing a distance away.
I chose a depression in the ground, and I quickly covered the area with some leaves and twigs, with the amount of rubbish that was scattered throughout the area, it would serve as a good camouflage.
Pouring the aluminium balls into the container of detergent, one with high hydrochloric acid content, I quickly shut the lit tight and ran as fast as my legs could carry me.
I grabbed onto my bag and started on my walk towards the roundabout.
I did not turn around but a smile broke on my face as I heard the loud pop before a low boom reverberated from behind me.
The second one took a while longer but that sickening pop told me what I wanted to know.
I turned around before I rounded the corner and saw that all the lights had came on.
3.45am
I got onto a cab and headed back home. I alighted 3 blocks away and threw away the uniforms at a bin center.
I got into my door at 4.00am sharp and the girls immediately got up, rubbing the sleep from their eyes.
I stripped and went to take a shower while Celeste threw my clothes together with others into the laundry and started the wash cycle.
4.15am
I dried my hair and I was only wearing my boxers.
There were quite a few mosquito bites on me and Celeste started using the makeup she brought on me.
The concealer took care of most of the obvious ones.
4.30am
My phone rang.
It was Don
I let it ring for a while before I answered and immediately I could hear Don shouting and cursing at me.
Don : FUCK YOU JAMES…!!! FUCK YOU…. WHAT the FUCK man ? !!
I let him went on shouting and I feigned innocence.
James : What the fuck ? you know what time is it ?
He started accusing me of trashing their aircon and stuff but most of the time he was just shouting and shit. I could hardly make out what he was shouting.
I could see Ella staring at me, no doubt unable to believe her husband was the one on the phone.
James : You’re mad…. I’m hanging up…
I hung up on Don and asked the girls to get ready.
There was 2 possibility.
It’s either Don turn up with the cops, or he turn up with a gang of PRCs
5.00am
I got a sms from Don, saying he’s calling the police.
Personally I don’t give a fuck who he is calling.
We were all up and ready.
Ella kept an eye on the window, it gave us an unblocked view of the car park entrance while Celeste was in the kitchen, looking at the car park area.
5.15am
Ella sounded the alert.
She saw a cab pull up by the side of the road and 3 person came out.
I took a peep and could roughly make out the figure of Mimi, Don and Xiaohua.
They were just waiting by the side of the road.
10 minutes later we saw a police car pull up and they were walking towards it.
I turned towards Celeste and we began to kiss. She had already changed into one of my white work shirt. Her coloured bra and panty obviously visible.
I fondled her breast, licking her neck and I could feel her grabbing my dick, stroking my limp member.
I needed an erection.
A hard one.
We made out furiously kissing and fondling, and I touched Celeste everywhere, sucking on her nipple but it was no use.
Maybe it was the stress, or the excitement.
I could not stand.
I could not get a fucking erection.
I started to panic so did Celeste.
Ella announced that they were all heading up and Celeste dropped to her knees, pulling my boxers down. Without a word, she took my limp dick and started licking and sucking on my flaccid member.
Celeste : Slurps.zzz… scukkk…slurpszz…
I closed my eyes shut, trying to shut everything out but it was no use.
Ella : Come on James… they’re coming up.
My heart thumped and slammed against my rib cage.
It was no use.
The harder I tried, the softer I got.
Celeste : Shit… shit… shit… come on James…. You can do it.
I felt like shit.
This has never happened before to me.
It must be the stress, I blame it on the stress and being up the entire evening.
Celeste unbuttoned another button, leading my hand to her breast as she sucked onto my dick again.
The warmth of her mouth was so comfortable but it was not enough.
I could feel some blood flowing to my dick but I was not hard yet.
I heard the chime of the door bell and before I could react, I saw Ella pull of her top.
Then everything happened in slow motion.
I fucking kid you not, it happened in slow mo.
At least that’s what my mind perceived
With Celeste sucking onto my dick, Ella came over and kissed me.
My eyes opened wide in shock and I froze, goose bumps rose all over my naked body, hair stood on ends.
Celeste stopped her blowjob.
I was expecting her to stand up and slap me, perhaps push Ella away but perhaps it’s because of the urgency of the situation, she did not.
She took a look at Ella kissing me and directed her to suck on my nipples.
Celeste : His nipples Ella…. His nipples….
With that, Celeste suck back down on my dick, this time round stroking my shaft and massaging my balls.
The rush of blood came concurrently as Ella brushed back her hair and sucked down hard on my nipple, her tongue flicking my sensitive areola and I moaned like a pussy in the dark room.
My dick stood hard and erected by the time the doorbell rang the second time.
Celeste stopped and declared I was ready.
Pulling up my boxers, I let my throbbing dick poked out in all it’s glory and I went to the door with Celeste 2 steps behind.
Ella remained in the room.
I opened the door to see 2 officers.
They stared at me and did a double take.
My erection was obvious and Don went “ What the fuck … “
The officer in front looked at my wet nipple and my erection and he asked if I’m James.
I nodded
James : I am….
He went on to identify himself and told him they received a complain about some disturbance. They wanted to know where I was between 12am till then.
James : Er… I was at home sleeping….until he called.
I pointed to Don, telling the officer that he called and screamed vulgarities at me .
Officer Mohan : Can anyone proof you are at home ?
I opened the door a little wider and there she was. Celeste stood with her hands in front of her as she brushed her hair and looked shyly towards the officer.
Officer Mohan spent a second too long looking at Celeste before looking back at me,
James : We were having sex…. After we got woken up by the call….
Don started to speak in a agitated manner, saying I threatened to empty the house the day before.
Mohan wanted to know if I did make the threat and I admitted.
James : Yes I did…. I did threaten to empty the house…. Because it was overcrowded…. There must have been like 50 people staying inside that 1 storey unit….. it’s definitely illegal subletting and a fire hazard…..
Mimi immediately retorted that 50 is too many before Don shush her down.
James : I wanted to call the authorities….. MOM or something….but I haven made the call yet….
I gestured to Don.
James : Then this person call me early in the morning to fuck me for no reason.
Don raised his voice, asking me not to pretend and own up if I have the balls to do it, I should have the balls to admit it.
I shook my head and feign ignorance.
Mohan spoke again.
Officer Mohan : Besides her… who else can prove you are here the entire night.
He pointed to Celeste but did not dare to look at her.
I nodded and spoke.
James : Got…. 1 more person…
I pointed to Don.
James : His wife… ..
Mohan turned towards Don and gave a puzzling stare and Don was taken aback at what I just said. Mimi and Xiaohua started talking and the other officer asked them to quiet down.
Celeste backed away and Ella showed up at the door.
Don was dumbfounded, the last person he would expect to see at 5am in the morning at my place has got to be his wife.
I addressed Officer Mohan again.
James : Sir… i… think there must be some misunderstanding….He ran off with that PRC girl….. my girlfriend is the wife good friend. Ella has been staying with us for the past 2 nights….
I pointed to Don and Mimi and the quarrel started again.
Xiaohua declaring that everything was just bullshit but I could see Mohan gave Don a disgusted look.
Mohan : How many people you said was staying in that house again ?
He asked Mimi the question directly and I could see the panic and fear in her eyes as she shook her head and hands together, saying no… no… no…. mistake… mistake…
Mimi : No… no… it’s….. all ok… all ok….. wrong ….. wrong information…
She tugged at Don’s shirt hurriedly.
Mimi : 算了。。。。算了。。。 (forget it…. Forget it… )
Xiaohua was quiet to my surprise but I just kept up the fake act.
Mohan looked at Don and asked.
Officer Mohan : So Sir…. Are you still going ahead with the complain ? ….. or if this is domestic issue, you all can settle on your own…
Don glared at me but I maintained my innocence, giving a coy just woke up and having sex look.
Don : Sorry sir… sorry sir…. Misunderstanding.
The group of them left the corridor 5 minutes later and I shut the door behind me.
Both the girls and I were perspiring.
Ella looked like she wanted to cry.
I could not imagine what she must be feeling, seeing the man she married taking the side of the PRC girl.
I got back into the room and my phone rang.
It was Don.
Don : Fuck you James…. There’s no need for that…
James : I don’t know what you are talking about…. I’m very tired… I just want to sleep…