Rich People Problems-Kwan 2017 (WWT)

CHAPTER FOUR
TYERSALL PARK, SINGAPORE
Rachel and her best friend Peik Lin stood on the veranda, looking at the figure of Nick in
the distance as he disappeared into a wooded part of the garden.
“He’s been like this for the past week. Going off for walks on his own in the afternoons.
I think he’s saying goodbye to the place, in his own way,” Rachel said.
“Is there nothing more that can be done?” Peik Lin asked.
Rachel shook her head sadly. “No, we already agreed to sell yesterday. I know it makes
no sense, since we’ve just come into a huge windfall, but my heart still hurts for Nick. It’s
like I’m in sync with his every emotion.”
“I wish I could find someone I could be in sync with like that,” Peik Lin sighed.
“I thought there was some secret new Mr. Perfect you promised to tell me about ‘when
the time was right’?”
“Yeah, I thought so too. I thought I’d finally met a guy who wasn’t intimidated by me,
but like all the other losers, he disappeared with no explanation.”
“I’m sorry.”
Peik Lin leaned on the veranda railing and squinted into the afternoon sun.
“Sometimes I feel like it would be far easier not to tell guys that I went to Stanford, that I
run a huge property development company, that I actually love what I do.”
“Peik Lin, that’s total bullshit and you know it. If a guy can’t handle exactly who you
are, then he clearly doesn’t deserve you!” Rachel scoffed.
“Damn right he doesn’t! Now, let’s go get smashed. Where do they keep the vodka
around here?” Peik Lin asked.
Rachel led Peik Lin back into her bedroom and showed her a small button by the
bedside wall. “Now, here’s one thing I’m really going to miss about Tyersall Park. You
press this button and a bell rings downstairs somewhere. And before you can even count
to ten—”
Suddenly there was a soft knock on the door, and a young maid entered the room with a
curtsy. “Yes, Mrs. Young?”