Chapter 12

Pai slumped down on the small bed, without even taking his shoes off. He was so damn exhausted that all he wanted to do was just fall asleep. He had just finished his part-time shift at the diner around the corner. He had been in Chiang Mai for past two months now, with so called internship for the Thanawat enterprises. He started work early and ended his shift almost three hours earlier than the other interns so he could manage his shift at the diner. The stipend that Siri’s Nana had promised was good but not much more than what he was earning previously doing two shifts. He had decided to use the stipend to get some savings started and pay off the debts.  He managed his expenses from what he earned from the diner. It was truly tiring.

Being the soft spoken and hard-working person that he was, Pai had slowly but surely managed to gain appreciation from his colleagues and superiors. There were many people of Pai’s age in the department but none of them were i