Today, she wore blue jeans with a white short-sleeved shirt, a matching blue baseball cap, and a pair of sunglasses that completely hid her small face.
She first took Kuna to a boutique. After trying on some clothes and paying for them, she used the excuse of going to the restroom to slip away from Kuna.
The first thing she did after running out the back door of the duty-free shop was to hail a taxi to the airport.
She had originally planned to buy a phone and a SIM card to call Howard first, but Aaron had secretly told her this morning that Howard was already on a flight and would be arriving at Serene Isle at two o'clock this afternoon.
She had no cash and no phone. When the taxi arrived at the airport, she handed her credit card to the driver, but he just kept shaking his head.
He only knew a few words of English, so they couldn't communicate at all.
It was then that Ashley Bowen truly felt the helplessness of being in a foreign country, unable to speak the language.
