The Two Sisters of Borneo
“Even three glasses of wine, a fully reclined seat, earplugs, an eyeshade, and the repetitive slow-motion bak mei moves she played over in her head couldn’t overcome her mental images of Amanda and Chi-Tze being beaten by bats in the parking lot of a restaurant. She knew the damage that bats could inflict. She knew the sound they made when they struck bone. She could see the girls’ faces contorted in fear and pain. It roiled her stomach, first with pity, but that swiftly moved on to anger, and t...hen to rage.
She pulled herself out of her seat several times to pace up and down the aisle. That didn’t help calm her. She turned the entertainment system on and off, looking for anything that could distract her. But whatever she watched was soon crowded out by thoughts of Amanda and Chi-Tze. She finally fell asleep from sheer exhaustion when the plane began to cross Japan, about six hours out from Hong Kong. They woke her four hours later for a breakfast she didn’t want.MoreLess
She pulled herself out of her seat several times to pace up and down the aisle. That didn’t help calm her. She turned the entertainment system on and off, looking for anything that could distract her. But whatever she watched was soon crowded out by thoughts of Amanda and Chi-Tze. She finally fell asleep from sheer exhaustion when the plane began to cross Japan, about six hours out from Hong Kong. They woke her four hours later for a breakfast she didn’t want.MoreLess
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