They started walking slowly.
"I hope to get lucky. I met him today, this old friend of mine, and he said he would stay home tonight because he was tired from our squash match. But if he is not home, then you will have been uselessly walking up the hill.
"Funny that he was the only one getting tired after a squash match... Were you just watching or what?" Ye Rim no longer had any expectations about the rest of the night. So she was just enjoying the moment, or rather trying not to think she was walking uphill on a sloped and solitary street at night. All of this wearing high heels, and taking no money, documents, or phone with her. But right now, she found Dr. Kim and his friends' lifestyle interesting. A Friday afternoon squash match with a friend ... It seemed very unrealistic to her.
"I had an appointment for this evening." Was his response, probably meaning he spared himself or something.
"That's not what I asked, Dr. Kim. I asked if the game wasn't tiring for you."
