"Mother," he yelled in a surprised tone. "You're back." The
engine stopped.
"Of course I'm here. You knew I'd be back in an hour. Where else
would I be?" Her voice screamed out belligerently but it was hollow
and virtually inaudible in the container of the car. The Mercedes Benz
was flaxen and waxed and the woman inside was a bit of the same self in
an idealized way. She was even more young, beautiful and poised than
Kumpee's girlfriend. Her skin was also whiter than the fetid one's
infatuation and instead of being dark, thick, and puffy like a durable
and well tread tire she was a thin sheath, almost like a transparent
condom, and perfectly unblemished.
"Did you go to Ayutthaya?"
"Have you really forgotten where I've been. Even you can't be
that stupid. I told you before I left. I went to Thee Nhai." Thee nai
was the word "Where" in Thai; but she spoke it with such certainty that
he believed in its legitimacy as a city name like Chaing Mai. She spoke
even more loudly from her encasement inside the car but was still
barely audible.
"To see Grandmother?"
"And grocery shopping.
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