2:11 AM, HO CHI MINH, VIET NAM

Huong squeezes her eyes shut.
Tightly.
He climbs off of her.
Walks to the bathroom.
She hears running water, silence, then a flush.
She pretends to sleep.
The balcony door slides open.
He lights a cigarette on the midnight balcony.
She peeks, he’s still naked.
Why won’t he leave?
He smokes in silence, staring into the night sky.