Paving the way to the future

“How cruel, leaving without saying a word of goodbye.”

A man’s gentle tone could be heard in an airport’s private lounge. Two people were sitting within, waiting for the airport to open the runway and grant permission for their plane to take off.

Obviously, surprise appeared in the gaze of the woman. The reason was not that someone had gotten through the heavy security, but because she never expected that person to be here at all.

“Mr. Joke? How did you get here?”

Lia asked in utter surprise. Right now, she no longer had the need to disguise herself. In her hand was a tablet with a news article on TST open. It was the latest one written by an overseas press.

It had been only a few hours since the tournament ended. The man shown in the photograph in the article should not be here. He should be at the eye of the storm currently raging in Thailand.

“Ms. Bam said your coach came all the way to Thailand to get you, so I hurried here.”