Chapter 3

Soh: I’m very fair. We will ballot later.

There was a short groan as we vacated our seats with Riona chuckling in the background. We boarded the flight and arrived in Kuala Lumpur just after lunch. After the transfer to the hotel, we did the check in and all we could do was wait for Riona’s instruction.

Thursday

2.30 pm

Riona told us she was ready and we gathered at the lobby. We had already passed her all of the black wallets that we had brought over for safe keeping.

As I waited for Riona, I looked at the surroundings: businessmen, tourists, couples on staycation. Nothing interesting. Riona came out of the lift with her backpack and that was when something caught my attention. I saw a member of staff at the reception look at Riona before quickly looking down at his phone, then back up again.

I kept my eyes on him as he turned to look at his colleague before lifting up his phone in an attempt to take a picture of her. He saw me looking and he quickly stopped and went back to his work. I turned and looked at Rizwan who was standing beside me and he nodded. He saw it as well.

Ok, calm down, this could just be us over reacting. Riona is hot, definitely a head turner. The staff could just be interested in taking her picture and posting it in some forum as wanking material.

We spread the word about the employee and walked out to Jalan Ampang. I told Riona about the staff in question and she turned and looked at him for about 2 seconds. The staff knew she was staring but chose not to return the look.

RIona: It’s ok. He probably thinks I’m hot.

It was a short stroll along the road to Wisma. Mohan, Soh and Eric were in the rear. Riona, me and Derrick walked as a group as we chatted. Tommy, Nelson and Rizwan took the front.

The 3 groups walked with a 5m spacing between us, about the length of a car park lot. Nothing tactical to our spacing either, you just basically walk as a group so we can see who’s in front and at the back. It was an uneventful walk, we went to the bank, she did her withdrawal and we walked her back to the hotel.

Riona went back up to her room, while the rest of us were dismissed. She will call Soh when she’s ready to go for her shopping.

4.30 pm

I did not get the ballot much to my disappointment. Rizwan and Nelson tagged along with Riona for her shopping trip while the rest of the group went for foot massages, food and a bit of shopping around the area.

9.00 pm

I was back in the room with Tommy. We chatted as I waited for time to pass.

Jim: How’s your grandmother?

Tommy: Still the same. I visit whenever I can. On days when she can recognise me, she will scold me for taking so long to visit her even though I just dropped by the day before.

Jim: What about your parents? You planning on visiting them soon?

Tommy: Perhaps. I’m not exactly close to them anyway. It was my grandmother that raised me. I’d rather spend time with her.

Tommy spends his weekends at the nursing home, volunteering his time and taking care of his grandmother. I asked if he was seeing anyone and he said no.

Tommy: I’m not exactly young any more. I’m quite tired with playing around.

Jim: Then settle down.

Tommy: You think that’s easy eh? If I find a girl she still needs to accept my family and all that goes with it. I think nowadays if any girl hears I have an old grandmother to take care of in the nursing home, she’ll run far far away.

Jim: Fuck what rubbish. As long as you like each other. The rest doesn’t matter.

Tommy grinned and rubbed his hands together.

Tommy: Yeah If Riona doesn’t mind, I confirm I’ll marry her.

I shook my head and looked at the time. I took a shower, changed into something casual and told Tommy I was going down for a walk and to make a call.

Jim: You want anything?

Tommy: No need. I’ve got HBO channel to watch and that’s enough.

9.50 pm

I took the lift up to Riona’s room and hit the door bell, my heart thumping in anticipation. This is it man. The door opened and I was greeted with Riona’s signature smile.

Riona: Hey Jim, come on in.

When the door opened fully, I could feel the stir in my pants when I realised Riona was in her bathrobe. As I entered her room, I saw that it was a suite. I saw the clothes she was wearing earlier in the day on one of the chairs in the living area. Her jeans neatly folded over, her top resting on top of her jeans. Her bra too, and even her plain grey panties.