Jia Li assured Karim that she would visit them soon and disconnected the call after a couple of minutes of conversation.
Her traitorous heart decided to act up right then and reminded her about the loneliness surrounding her. She argued with it and told herself that she was happier this way but the heart kept mocking her the entire time she took, to get ready for work.
She had found a place to live in one of the tiny one room studios at Covent Garden. Though it was terribly cramped, with no place to even cook, she was happy with the location. It was not overly expensive and was close enough to the workplace. Like every day, she got onto the Tube to go to the Hyde Park station. By now, she was familiar with the local transport and its rush hours.
