She leaned heavily against the back of the chair, "What do you have to say that can only be said on the beach? I had already arranged to play poker with my classmates, and you've messed up my good game!"
She picked up the phone to contact her classmates, "I'm sorry, I'm sorry, I probably won't be able to make it back now. Can you find someone to take my place, someone flexible? Once I get back, she'll have to leave..."
I looked at her and didn't say a word, blaming me for this minor matter. Did you ever take seriously the fact that I've been waiting for you in Paris to the point of insanity?
Some distance ahead, the traffic signal completed a cycle, and the long queue moved slightly. There was a KFC next to us.
"I'm hungry," Qiao Fei said.
"I'll go buy something." I was about to get out of the car.
"Hey," she stopped me, "you have to drive, I'll go. What do you want?"
"A burger, chicken wings, corn, mashed potatoes, um, just the usual stuff." I blurted out, then regretted it.
