Rich People Problems-Kwan 2017 (WWT)

passed.” My goodness, the First Lady became so overcome I thought she was going to
faint right there at the table! After Felicity left, the First Lady said she should go upstairs
to the office to tell the president the news, and Daisy said, “Alamak, I should call Eleanor!
She didn’t call me, so I bet you she doesn’t know yet!” When the ladies all returned, we
decided to toast Su Yi. After all, she was a mah-jongg maven par excellence. We all knew
never to bet serious money when Su Yi was at the table. Now that she has left us, my
money market account won’t feel the loss, but I know her family will. Su Yi was the glue
that held them all together. Those children of hers are a disgrace. Philip is a simpleton,
Alix is a useless Hong Kong tai tai, Victoria is a spinster, and the one that married the
Thai prince, I never really knew her, but I always heard she was very stuck up, like most
Thais I’ve met. They think just because they’ve never been invaded they are the best. Only
Felicity has any sense, because she was the eldest. But all those grandchildren are also
good-for-nothings. This is what happens when too much money falls on people who are
too attractive. That Astrid, so pretty, but her only talent is spending more than the GDP of
Cambodia on her clothes. Look at my grandsons. Four of them are doctors, three are
lawyers—one is the youngest judge ever to be appointed to the Court of Appeal, and one is
an award-winning architect. (Let’s not mention the grandson living in Toronto who is a
hairdresser.) So sad for Su Yi, she can’t brag about any of her descendants. Just you
watch, everything is going to go down the toilet now.
NICHOLAS YOUNG
Grandson
I had only just arrived at Tyersall Park and was unpacking my suitcases when I heard the
commotion outside my bedroom. Maids were running down the corridors everywhere like
a fire alarm had gone off. “What’s going on?” I asked. “Your Ah Ma!” one of them shouted
frantically as she passed me. I immediately ran up the back stairs to Ah Ma’s bedroom.
When I got there, I couldn’t see anything. There were too many people blocking the way,
and someone was wailing uncontrollably. Victoria, Alix, Adam, and Piya were hovering
around the bed while Uncle Taksin was embracing Auntie Cat, who was still sitting in the
armchair beside Ah Ma. Ah Ling was closest to me by the door, and she turned toward me,
her face swollen with tears. As Adam and Piya moved aside to make room for me, I could
see that Eddie was lying in bed with Ah Ma, holding her body, shaking violently as he
whimpered like a tortured animal. He caught my eye and suddenly, he leapt out of bed
and started screaming, “You killed her! You killed her!” Before I knew what was
happening, he’s on top of me and we’re both on the ground.
HER SERENE HIGHNESS MOM RAJAWONGSE PIYARASMI AAKARA
Granddaughter-in-law
What an odd family I’ve married into. Adam’s aunties are like characters straight out of a