Mari looked lost in thought as she stared out the window. As for him, he was feeling victorious. He’d finally broken through his writer’s block, and after five straight nights of nothing stronger than lots of coffee, his fingers zoomed across the keys of his laptop, putting together his first sto...
The old midwife sat beside Mother, wiping her head with a wet cloth. She was glad Lao Chan had left her the sampan in case Mother went into labor, because Chai had used it to row to the mainland to get the old woman early that morning, right after he and the boys had left for work. Ironically, th...
It had been a long time since he’d made time to just meet a friend for tea, but lately Linnea was acting so quiet that he had to admit he was worried. He knew she wasn’t seeing the boy anymore but Jet was obviously still on her mind. Benfu had never seen her act so depressed and she wasn’t snappi...
That first morning after she’d slept about five hours, Shuwen had woken her and taken her to the police station. They’d filled out a report and after the police had been no help, she and Shuwen had gone back to the bus station and searched again. They spent all day there and a few locals had even...