The Harvard campus had a chill in the air that morning as Natalie carried a few books and walked with her roommate Beth toward their class. She glanced at her watch; it was already past nine o'clock. Today was April 23, another Monday. If she wasn't mistaken, at this hour in New York on Rek Island, that guy was probably happily chatting with his girlfriend, saying things like "Sweetheart, Jessie, I love you" ... She let out a slight gag and stuck out her tongue.
It had been over a month since Wang Yang had been incarcerated. Including today, there had been five visiting days, and Natalie had been to the first four, but she was absent this time, even though it took less than two hours to fly back to New York from Boston.