Phantacee‘Mindy. This is J. He will be moving in with us.’ ‘Okay? But who’s he?’ ‘Your step-brother for now.’ ‘For now? He’s your girlfriend’s son!’ Her father said nothing more and closed her door, going back to the new kid who was about to join her family of two. Ever since her mum left them…Continue readingCumming Out of Nowhere
Part 1 | Part 2 | Part 3 The instant I turned the door knob, the manager pushed his way into my room and Jing followed closely behind him, walking into Min who was still asleep. There, he handed me two plane tickets, and returned more files we mailed over before my arrival, all signed…Continue readingIt’s Just Business 3
Part 1 | Part 2 | Part 3 For day two, the three of us went to a building about thirty minutes away, and I was left in an office with instructions to prepare all the documents that needed to be signed. The big boy, boss of a multi-million company, Chiang, appeared and we quickly…Continue readingIt’s Just Business 2
Part 1 | Part 2 | Part 3 Upon arrival in the cold capital of China, Beijing, I couldn’t miss the huge cardboard with my name on it, spinning like a helicopter in the hands of the Chinese girl wearing a winter coat. Immediately going up to her and giving her my name card, she…Continue readingIt’s Just Business
About an hour after my parents left the house to attend the yearly seventh month gathering, the creaking of my bedroom door stirred me awake but not to the point of full consciousness. Thinking that it was one of my sisters getting something from my room, it wasn’t until I felt the two sides of…Continue readingOne and Three, on Two