The water was still fairly high as it can get low in late summer due to evaporation and careless irrigation which happened a lot back then when the wa...er ran crystal clear, the fish retreated to deep pools and literally had to be stalked as they could see the fishermen much easier than us seeing them and off they,d swim! As the morning stretched toward afternoon the clouds began to clear and with it the temperature rose, the sun hot on our backs and the fish going off their feed as well. After. ”Mom said, “Hello, Sam, nice to meet you too. Please call me Irene. What are your plans tonight, honey? Will you and your friends be here for dinner?”I said, “I hadn’t thought about it. Would it be a hassle to include everyone? We could do pizza instead if it made it easier.”Mom said, “You know what? Pizza sounds wonderful to me. I wasn’t looking forward to cooking tonight anyway. I’ll chip in for it.”I told her, “Don’t worry about it. I’ve got dinner covered tonight.”Mom said, “If you’re set. She was sad but agreed and said “you are leaving day after tomorrow and i don’t want you to”. I said “don’t do this baby, you know i can’t stay more than i have to, it won’t look good.” She said “isn’t there any way you can stay for a few days more?” “I really can’t but i promise i will be back as soon as i can” i replied. And kissed her again and left. I was feeling very bad that m gonna leave soon.I drove to reception venue and to my relief just my friend asked where have i been and i told. "Sun, too, finished her phone conversation.As she turned back to the girl, a knock sounded at the door. Jun pushed Xue out of view of the room's door, then stepped into the bathroom, out of direct line to the room entrance."Who is it?" she said, borrowing Darren's 'sight' to probe the hallway. Only one person was outside the door and he seemed to be burdened with something."Bellman!" came the Chinese-accented English reply.Jun stepped to the door and risked a quick peek through the peephole. A.