Mountain Eagle's "hangover needle" wasn't very effective. After getting the injection, Tessa contentedly fell back onto the bed and used her alcohol-laden breath to chase Mountain Eagle out of the room.
Mountain Eagle's wake-up service hadn't worked, so he reluctantly pulled on his aching back and changed into the boxer shorts and floral shirt sent by Luo Yang, then he went out to the front yard to sit in a lounge chair, staring blankly at the distant sea.
His original plan had been to slip quietly off to Pattaya today, but it looked like that wasn't going to happen.
But he wasn't in a rush. Taigore had trapped those people, and it wouldn't be too late to go and finish them off after they had starved for a few days.
Besides, the follow-up issues with the cruise would take time to develop, and these weren't things that would resolve within just a day or two. They required ample patience.
