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TEARS OF SUFFERING


            Samphel’s  jaw  dropped.  “No  way,  you  look  like  a
            celebrity  kid.”  He  dusted  Ugyen’s  shoulder.  “I  can’t
            believe it. Come, let’s have tea.”

            Ugyen could only grin at Samphel’s compliment.


            Samphel took him into a cafeteria and ordered tea and
            cream-roll cakes for themselves. Over tea and cake, they
            chatted for a while. They returned home before dusk and
            pressed the doorbell.

            T-I-N-G T-O-N-G!

            Au Lham opened the door. The boys’ virtually-identical
            appearance flummoxed and froze her at the door a while.
            Mouth wide open, she exclaimed, “No way!” She then
            gawked  at  Ugyen  surreptitiously.  For  some  illogical
            reasons, she didn’t like the boy.  She reacted spitefully to
            Ugyen ever since he had walked into their home. Ugyen
            apprehended her reactions but remained acquiescent. He
            walked away from Au Lham and sat beside Samphel in
            the living room. They watched television.

            But Ugyen fidgeted when he saw Au Lham throwing him
            a menacing look from the kitchen door. When Samphel
            said something to him, he only nodded, foot tapping a
            steady rhythm onto the ground.


            He got up. “I think I should help Au Lham,” he said.






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