Rich People Problems-Kwan 2017 (WWT)

Leong cousins Tyersall Park when they already owned most of Malaysia. The only
contenders left were the Aakara boys; his brother, Alistair; and him. Ah Ma had never
thought much of Alistair, especially after he tried to bring Kitty Pong home, but the
Aakaras, she always had a soft spot for them because they were half Thai. She loved her
Thai food and her Thai silks and her creepy Thai maids—everything from that goddamn
country! But he wasn’t going to let those Aakaras win. They lived their lavish snotty royal
lives and only deigned to come for short visits every three or four years, while he made a
point of visiting his grandmother at least once a year. Yes, he was the only one who
deserved the deed to Tyersall Park!
Adam and Piya emerged from the bedroom, and Eddie immediately went in—there
wasn’t a moment of his time to waste. Su Yi’s canopied bed with its ornately carved art
nouveau headboard had been replaced by one of those state-of-the-art hospital beds with
an electronic mattress that constantly shifted the patient’s body weight to prevent
bedsores. Aside from the oxygen tube at her nose and a few tubes coming out of various
veins on her arms, she looked so serene lying there under her sumptuous lotus silk
bedsheets. A heart monitor on a stand pulsed quietly by her side, its screen displaying her
ever changing heart rate. Eddie stood at the foot of the bed, wondering whether he should
say a little prayer or something. It seemed slightly absurd, since he didn’t really believe in
God, but he did promise Auntie Victoria. He kneeled down beside his grandmother, folded
his hands, and just as he closed his eyes, he heard a sharp voice say in Cantonese, “Nay
zhou mut yeah?” What on earth are you doing?
Eddie opened his eyes and saw his grandmother staring at him.
“Fucky fuh…I mean, Ah Ma! You’re finally awake! I was about to say a prayer for you.”
“Nay chyee seen ah! *8 Don’t you start on me. I’m so sick of all these people trying to
pray for me. Victoria kept sending that Bishop See Bei Sien to drone his idiotic prayers
every morning when I was at the hospital, and I was too weak to chase him out at the
time.”
Eddie laughed. “If you want, I can make sure Bishop See isn’t allowed to see you ever
again.”
“Please!”
“Were you awake when Adam and Piya came in?”
“No. Adam is here?”
“Yes, and he brought his wife. She’s pretty, in that Thai sort of way.”
“How about his brothers?”
“No, they aren’t here. I’m told Jimmy is much too busy working to come down. I guess
since he’s a plastic surgeon, there are too many urgent face-lifts and nose jobs that
require his attention right now.”
Su Yi smiled slightly at Eddie’s comment.
“And do you know what Mattie is doing?”
“Tell me.”