Sheena was outraged. How dare this monster kill the poor creature in cold blood. Yes it was a stray, but it is also a creature of God. She had witnessed the horror as she sat at the sidewalk café with her friends, sipping the coffee. On hearing the shot, Sheena had reacted in an instant. She ran to the man, grabbed his air gun and whacked him across the shoulders with it. The man staggered at the force of the blow. Luckily Ram and Latha ran up, and grabbed Sheena, and pulled her back to the coffee shop. The enforcement man was not really hurt. But he was angry. “Kali ini kau nasib baik. You cuba sekali lagi… hah… saya panggil polis,” he shouted at them before he was accosted by his colleagues from the dog catching crew, and they went away.
Sheena was shaking. “He is a monster. I am not letting this go. He has not seen the last of me. Just watch.” She was seething with anger. “The poor creature. What did it do to him? He killed it in cold blood”.
“Come on, Sheena. Cool down.” Latha held her shoulders. “Let’s go away from here.”
“Yeah, I’m hungry. Let go grab a bite.”
They left in the car. There was silence in the car. They knew Sheena needed some space. She had to cool down. She was such a lover of animals. She couldn’t see how people could bring themselves to hurt the poor things.
Soon they were at their favourite shop. Fatty Leong’s Eatery. They went in, and Fatty was there. “Hai, Miste Lam … today wai so rate ? Kam Kam, your favolate taber lesev for you…. Ah Soong ah, 唔該埋 單 唔該 埋單唔 該埋單 ,” Fatty called out to the server.
Ah Soong handed them the dog eared menu books. The three of them made a show of going through the menu, but they always ordered the same things. Every day.
“Ah Soong ah, get us some chicken soup to start la.”
“You got roast suckling pig today ? Yes ? Great, we’ll have that”. This was Sheena’s favourite. She loved roast suckling pig.
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