I was told a couple of ‘my girls’ would be coming to lunch today. I hopped into the truck with Mark to pick them up. My heart was beating like I was a child about to see Santa Claus. I wasn’t told who was coming, but in my heart I knew I would see Rung and Pla.
We pulled onto the street and stopped in front of Soi Eric. I hopped out to look for them and ran straight into Rung. She was waiting with Pla and Jaeb, another bar girl.
I almost didn’t recognize them in the daylight. They looked so… fresh is the word that came to mind. I couldn’t really describe it.
We ate lunch with everyone, and went to English lesson. We played games, told jokes and tackled a pretty difficult puzzle. We then headed over to show them SHE, and made jewelry together. While playing with the pearls, the sun shone in through the windows, bouncing off of their faces.
They were so different in the light of day. Their laughter was genuine. Their smiles weren’t forced. Their eyes weren’t hiding dark secrets. I couldn’t stop staring at the change in them.
We dropped the girls off, and I prayed that they would choose to work in the light.
We headed to their bar in the dark again. Rung and Pla were no where to be found, and Jaeb was on the pole. The darkness, the minidress, the pole- all trying to scream ‘sexy’ but really screaming ‘trapped.’ Her beauty was gone, back into hiding from the true darkness of the night. I ran to her, and she returned my smile.
“I come Thursday.” She told me. ‘I come Thursday.”
“Please. Come.” I said.
We left because I didn’t know what else to do.
