One lesson to never forget: you get what you pay for. we sure learned that as we sat down to the indulge in our ten dollar Chinese buffet. We chomped on incompetent excuses for fried wontons, slurped on failed attempts of sweet and sour pork, and devoured some truly eccentric egg rolls. Displeased not only with the service, but the food as well, we made a mountain of our disapproval by stacking all the dishes and leftovers in a filthy fashion all over the table.
We tossed the money amongst our (not-so)meticulous mixture of mayhem that we had strewn about the table and left with no desire to return. Scarfing down the stale fortune cookies, we exited with of an air of disgust.
On the way towards the hospital, we grabbed Aids a pack of her favourite cigarettes. We trucked down to the hospital and found her in her room. They had fed her, and she was doing a bit better than she had been the night before. She was able to come out for a smoke with us, and she was able to tell us that her dad had already booked her a plane ticket back home the next day.
This worked out perfect! The husbands and I had been thinking about seizing an opportunity for a rideshare opprtunity (we would pay for a direct shot to Toronto) the next day - we could not have done that, however, if Aids had been left in the hospital. We would have had to stay to ensure her well being. This, however, set all of our plans in to action. Aids would be free tomorrow, and on her way home. We would be on our way forward.
We smoked our smokes and wished each other good luck. Prior, wee had known that we were a travelling crew, and we had known that we would come to separate somehow. Such is the way that travelling always works. You can never be sure how things will turn out - either way, we were three now - me, Scrib, and Fernweh - and we needed to make 60 bucks each to pay for the 30 hour ride we had ahead of us.
Onward and outward!!!!!!!! The husbands pressed forward, leaving Aids with three fresh kisses on her forward. Onward and outward, the husbands went to acquire their two hundred-odd bucks. Onward and outward, the journey continued.
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