Time: 16:50. Location: Shangri-La Spa.
15 days until the honey festival.
"Thanks for the ride, teddy bear" Mandy says, leans through the car window and plants a peck kiss on James' lips, sharing her strawberry-flavored lipstick. "Without you, I would have missed my acupuncture appointment. You are my hero"
"We were going to the same place, how could I refuse? It didn't cost me anything" James replies with a nervous smile. Still in disbelief that he's dating such a sweet and attractive woman.
Mandy enters the Shangri-La Spa, ringing a little bell at the top of the door. On the other side of the lotus flower-patterned window is a small waiting room with a television in the corner showing cinnamon-skinned people performing flashy, acrobatic dance moves. That peaceful place contrasts with the battle of logic between the two little karatekas in the back seats of the minivan.
