Paris was my home throughout the 80s. I traveled to New York twice a year. The flights out of Charles De Gaulle were scheduled for the morning. Mostly 9am. It took about 3 hours to arrive at the airport on time. One night I was at the Bains-Douches. After three drinks I stepped outside to head home.
"Take me home." Isabelle was a low-level model.
"I have a flight in the morning."
"I'll only stay a few hours." Her skin was cold as marble. She liked heroin. "Take me home and we can have sex. I really want you."
My resistance was non-existent to her and the dope.
I woke at 8:30am.
My flight was in 30 minutes. No taxi could make it from Rue Montparnasse to the airport in that time, so I had sex with Isabelle again. She was dead to the world.
So I understand how the Shinawatras missed their flight from Beijing to Bangkok.
Sometimes your life doesn't fit into schedule of an airline, however conjecture by the Thai media has focused on the couple going into exile rather than face prison time for their crimes, as they are due in court on Monday to face charges of corruption. Neither of their lawyers were at liberty to predict the intentions of the former PM and his wife, Pot-o-jam.
The SET or stock exchange of Thailand rose 4% on speculation the two potential fugitives will stay out of the country and I can't fault their decision.
Thai jails are tough.
