This week’s picture gives us a flavour of the Far East and memories of Kowloon street markets in Hong Kong, thanks to Roger Bultot.
The variety of stories from the Friday Fictioneer group in response to this Photo Prompt can be read here.
Who Kidnapped Mai Ling?
Mai Ling was waiting at Lantau airport, and she insisted we eat.
She hustled me through a labyrinth of street markets where we ate sweet and sour pork with shrimp dumplings.
The atmosphere was bustling, and in the humidity a wafting of jasmine from her hair interspersed with pungent cooking odours.
We were being observed! I recognised the Chia Tong henchmen.
In the hotel, she hit me with a pillow and told me to go shower.
When I returned from the bathroom, the door was open.
Her handbag and contents were on the bed and her shoes in the corridor.
James McEwan 