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Chapter 6 - "Kaneung"
Kaneung went on with her morning as if seeing Sakorn didn’t bother her. She thought she’d be prepared to see him again, but she was wrong. All those years away from him hasn’t changed. She still feels weak and ashamed at what happened that night. She felt like she should’ve fought harder to push him off, to not let him have his way with her because he was an arrogant and selfish asshole. Kaneung tried to hide these emotions, but Kaphon could tell she wasn’t comfortable. He helped her along in pretending that everything is spiffy. Jade couldn’t even tell that Kaneung had any issues with Sakorn.
After Jade excused himself from the table to head to work first, Kaneung quickly slouched down on the dining room chair. Kaphon reached for her hand and held it, giving her assurance that he is on her side and telling her that she’ll overcome this without having to say a word. After a few minutes of resting, Kaneung excused herself to finish preparing breakfast for her mom at the hospital. Thima can't eat the food, but the smell of the food can get her to stir. Thima was getting a lot better. Especially, since Kaneung promised that she’d bring Lynn to visit. Thima was still unconscious for a few hours after Kaneung arrived, but she stirred and her pulse slowed down as soon as Kaneung made those promises.
In the car
Sakorn stopped his car a few blocks away from the house. His heart still racing. It is strange seeing Kaneung again. His heart raced more than when he found out Sakol was back. He thought, “Both of them reappear at the same time?” A lot has happened in a matter of days. Somehow, Kaneung’s return jabbed at his heart more. After a few minutes, Sakorn looked out the window and noticed Jade had passed him. He turned on the ignition and headed to work, trying to get all of this out of his head. “I don’t have time to think of nonsense!” thought Sakorn.
At the school
“NongLynn, this is the cafeteria. The food is actually pretty good. What do you think?” asked Kaphon.
“Khun Por, it is very pretty. I want to eat everything they have here! It smells a-maz-ing!” shouted Lynn, excitedly. Kaphon chuckled and reminded her that they will go visit her grandmother after work. He told her it wouldn’t be wise to go visit on an overstuffed stomach. Lynn sighed and grabbed Kaphon’s hand and dragged him to the front of the line. “I can still get something light, right Khun Por?” asked Lynn. Kaphon chuckled some more.
“So, who is this?” asked Thida with her arms folded. Today, she wore a light grey cardigan over a yellow floral print tank with bright blue skinny jeans and red heals. She thought to herself, “No way is this inappropriate!” Kaphon turned towards Thida and looked at her vibrant clothes. He thought, “Jeez, this girl really likes to stand out!” Lynn peeked out from behind Kaphon and points to Thida. “I like your pants! ja Na (auntie).” Thida loved the compliment. She smiled and stopped crossing her arms. She stooped down to Lynn’s height and smiled at Lynn. “Who might you be?” she asked sweetly.
Kaphon interrupted, “She’s NongLynn, my daughter.” Thida’s smile faded and she stood back up. She placed both hands in her jean pockets and fidgeted. “Your daughter?” asked Thida for reassurance on what she just heard. Kaphon nodded.
Lynn then interrupted, “Na, you look really pink all of a sudden. Are you alright?”
Thida excused herself. Her heart jumped hearing that he has a kid. Sakorn never told her that his brother was married. She ran to her office and sat down in the small cubicle she shared with another staff member. Thida grabbed a book from the shelf and opened it up to scan it and try to keep her mind off of the news she received. But, it didn’t work. She leaned back in her chair and sighed, “P’Sakorn really doesn’t tell me much. All those nights that he confided in me were just me over thinking things. He really can’t be in love with me after all. He can’t tell me everything about him.”
Then at that moment, Thida’s coworker arrives at the office, stands in front of her chair, and asks, “What’s wrong Thida? I’ve been in here for 2 minutes banging on my desk and moving about to get your attention, but you didn’t even see or hear me!” said Cammy. Thida responded, “Nothing, just something I was in deep thought about. I guess the plans for how to get my students to pass their first exam.”
Arts Building @ the University
Sakorn had been able to get Kaneung off his mind when he arrived at the school and piles of papers laid on his desk. Once he finished reviewing all of them, he decided to go downstairs and take a stroll to observe the campus. Sakorn walked to the arts building. Sakol came to his mind suddenly and her face and Moo Lek’s face kept bugging him. He subconsciously walked inside. Something leading him to the building. First, he checked the stage area where the drama class was about to leave. No sign of Sakol. He sighed in relief. But then, he remembered that her class usually practiced on the top floor, in the balcony room. He wasn’t sure if he should go that way or not, but his feet started leading him towards the stairs. As he passed each classroom, he knew the classes would head out and he would be stuck in a crowd of students. It was too late to avoid it, the classes let out and the students ran out of their rooms. Most of them bumped into him and one student greeted him. Then a few more. He chatted with some of them and told them they better head to their next class or they’ll be late. “A student should never be late to class,” he told them.
After the halls cleared up, he went to sit on a window seat that looked out into the art courtyard. Statues created by students scattered throughout. Multiple paintings hung on the art building. Then, he heard a sound. A song played on a piano. The song started off soft, then the powerful sounds escaped. It was excellent playing. He used to play the piano when he was a kid until his mother passed away. His grandfather was a composer and his mother had been adamant about him playing. He couldn’t go on any further when playing it reminded him of his mother. No one played like this here at the university.
He inched closer to the door that the song escaped from. He peeked in and observed the side of the stage. A little girl in a cute yellow dress and pigtails. The song Moon, one that his mother loved. He played this song for his parents on their anniversary and they would dance to it. He started to feel tears stream down his eyes. “Stop it you idiot. You’re a man. No crying!” he told himself. The song ended and a single clap. The little girl got up and smiled at her one audience. She bowed and turned. It was NongLynn. She caught a glimpse of Sakorn and he was startled by it. He quickly turned and walked off. The quickest route was up the stairs. “Khun Lung!” Lynn shouted.
Sakorn walked at such a fast pace that he didn’t notice Sakol walking right in front of him. They crashed into each other and she fell to the ground. Sakorn reached down to help her out, “I’m sorry, I wasn’t looking…”
He noticed it was her and helped her up. His body tingled at the touch. Sakol smiled, “It’s okay. I was on my way to meet you. I wanted to know if you had your lunch yet.”
He nodded but decided he would go accompany her. She looked astounding today. Her body just perfect. They went to sit in her office and chatted, forgetting the years they spent apart. As if, the spark is still there. Sakorn forgot about their encounter the first night he saw her and how it made him mad that she left him. She made it seem like meeting like this is no big deal. They agreed to go out to dinner that night.
At the hospital
NongLynn entered the hospital room. All the tubes would scare any other child, but her mom had prepped her for what she’d be seeing. She walked up to her mom and they held hands as they inched towards Thima. “Mae ja, this is NongLynn. She’s here to see you,” said Kaneung.
“Sawatdee ja, Khun Yai,” said Lynn. She smiled and pulled her hands away from her mom and set them on top of Thima’s hand. Thima twitched. NongLynn began to talk to her grandmother as if she were conscious and awake. Kaneung walked to Kaphon who had sat down on the couch. She sat down and smiled at the site of grandmother and granddaughter meeting.
When they arrived in Bangkok last night, Pin was eating dinner. She immediately ran to Kaneung and hugged her and welcomed her home. NongLynn witnessed this and finally asked, “Is this Khun Ya?” Pin was shocked to see a little girl with Kaneung, but remembered that Kaneung had a daughter. “Khun Ya?” asked Pin. Kaphon grabbed his mother’s hand and pulled her to the dining room chair. He proceeded to tell her that he has been taking care of NongLynn as his own child. NongLynn really considers Kaphon her dad. Pin understood and nodded her head. She reached out and called NongLynn to her. NongLynn smiled widely and ran to her grandmother. Her hug sent sensations to Pin that she wished NongLynn really did belong to Kaphon. Later in the evening, Pin took NongLynn to meet Jade. They hit it off right away and fell in love with this adorable child. No one asked Kaneung who NongLynn’s real father is. Everyone seemed to understand that she didn’t want to talk about it.
NongLynn gave her grandmother a peck on the cheek and kissed her mom goodbye. Kaphon held NongLynn’s hand out the door and they headed home.
At dinner
“P’Sakorn, I know I left you and never contacted you. Espeically about our son,” stated Sakol. I just couldn’t face going back to you after leaving. I was nervous and scared that you wouldn’t believe me if I told you he is yours after I left so abruptly. I just didn’t know if I could face you again after leaving you like that. I knew you’d be mad at me and I couldn’t handle that.”
“It’s okay Sakol. I just wished you didn’t act so rashly at the time. I believe you 100%. Everything that kid did is just like him. He never takes responsibility for anyting. He always gets what he wants. He got to go study abroad after what he did to you. What an easy punishment!” shouted Sakorn, before he noticed how harsh he sounded at the restaurant. He cleared his throat, “Sorry. I shouldn’t bring him up so suddenly.”
Sakol smiled, “I see that nothing has gotten better between the two of you?”
Sakorn shook his head and asked her to change the subject. Sakol agreed. “Do you think we can start over?” asked Sakol. Sakorn looked at her and smiled, “Why start over when we really haven’t ended?”
At Sakol’s house
Sakol invited Sakorn into her house for a drink. He sat taking sips of champagne at the kitchen island, when Sakol reappeared with a cute flowy night gown that had buttons that ran down the front. She had two buttons undone and he could see the curves of her breast peeking through. The temperature in the room began to rise even more and he could feel sweat trickle down the back of his neck. His hands became clammy. Sakol walked over and grabbed a towel off the counter. She stood right in front of him and patted his forehead for him without saying a word. Sakorn’s mind scrimmaged with thoughts of all the things he could do with Sakol. He remembered how she felt beneath him and even on top of him. Their sex life was wild and adventurous. Sakol showed him so many things that he could never forget. He wanted to do those things with her once again. Sakol put the towel down and pressed herself against Sakol. She began to unbutton his collar, the heat rising even more in Sakorn. She knows how much he wants her and she felt in control of him. Sakol placed her lips on Sakorn’s chest and kissed them tenderly. It sent shivers to his spine. He wanted her to take control. She did just that. She led him to her bedroom and closed the door behind them. She pushed Sakorn to her bed and made him sit down. Sakol slowly stripped out of her nightgown. She then walked over to Sakorn and wrapped her legs around him. She kissed him and she removed his shirt. She reached behind Sakorn’s undershirt and played with his lower back. Sakol felt the bulge in Sakorn and knew he wanted to be inside her. She decided to tease him and make him wait a while.
Kaneung returned home after Pin encouraged her to take a break. She felt nervous about returning, but she had to or else NongLynn would be by herself. NongLynn greeted her mother at the door and kissed her father goodnight before heading to bed with Kaneung. Kaneung was relieved that Sakorn wasn’t around. She dreaded seeing him in the morning. Before falling asleep, NongLynn asked Kaneung, “How come I haven’t seen Khun Lung since last night?” Kaneung’s heart stopped for a moment. “You saw Khun Lung? When?”she asked NongLynn, but Lynn had fallen fast asleep.
Kaneung got up out of bed and walked around the pool area. “Can I really hurt him?” asked Kaneung to herself. “Won’t NongLynn be mad if she finds out Kaphon really isn’t her dad?”
Kaneung remembered one summer when she didn’t get to go to the beach and Sakorn fell ill. She stayed home with her mom to take care of Sakorn while everyone else in the family went to the beach for a week of vacation. Every morning for a whole week, Kaneung had to bring tea or coffee up to Sakorn’s room for him since he refused to come downstairs. She thought he was a stubborn baby, but every time she went in, she felt something different about him. He was a nice guy. He always said means things about Kaphon, but he didn’t mention Kaphon once that whole week. Instead, he sat quietly the first day, until he asked for more porridge for the evening. The next morning, she had to wake him up to remind him to take his medicine. He grumbled but got up, only to reveal wearing only a boxer. Kaneung felt embarrassed seeing that and immediately covered her eyes. Sakorn chuckled and asked, “Seriously? Why are you embarrassed? Don’t you see other guys in their boxers all the time? Especially the ones in barn nok? They go swimming in the river all the time don’t they? And they don’t even wear a thing.” He walked over to her and pulled her hands away from her face. He smiled at her and made her heart skip a beat. He always made her nervous before, but it felt different. “Besides, I wouldn’t want to do anything to you anyways. You’re not my type,” stated Sakorn and walked to shower.
The very next day, Sakorn was dressed properly, but she had to spray him with water before he got up. He was pissed that morning and suddenly grabbed her wrist, the one with the spray bottle. He glared at her and she felt too shock about his grasp that she stumbled on top of him in bed. He caught her and held her there. Finally, she wriggled and he released his grip. He smirked and Kaneung excused herself. For the rest of the week, she brought his stuff up early in the morning and left without waking him up. It was awkward and she avoided him at all costs. The rest of the family came home and Kaneung greeted them all. Kaphon grabbed her hand and pulled her to the living room to show her all the things he brought back for her and Thima. She felt like someone was watching her, but avoided it. Sakorn began to act the same, being rude to Kaphon and Pin as usual. “Everything was just in my head,” thought Kaneung. “If only he wasn’t so stubborn, he’d get along with Kaphon again.”
Kaneung put her feet in the pool and let the cool waters make her shiver. “Here,” Kaphon said as he placed a cloak over her shoulders and sat down beside her. “What’s wrong?” he asked. Kaneung looked down at her feet and responded, “Nothing.” Kaphon nudged her shoulder with his and said, “You’re lying to me. If it’s about you know who, we won’t let him get to you. Okay? Trust me. We will make him pay for what he did to you. You will get to go to that school and teach there because I’ll get you a job. He will have to rot in hell.” Kaneung laughed off Kaphon’s overexcitement. “Kaphon, will NongLynn be mad at me?” Kaphon wrapped an arm around Kaneung and sighed, “No, she won’t. Because I’ll be here to help you through it.”
The next morning
Sakorn woke up feeling satisfied. After a lot of foreplay, he finally was able to get that satisfaction he craved for all night long. Sakol gave him pleasure the way he wanted it. He wrapped his arms around Sakol, but she pushed his arm off. “What’s wrong?” asked Sakorn. Sakol sat up and looked pissed. “You kept saying someone else’s name on our third round last night,” pouted Sakol. She spoke softer, “The same name you mentioned when we were together before. But that was only in your dreams. But you said this while you were conscious.”
Sakorn looked confused. “What name?” Sakol turned to look at him and said, “Kaneung.”
Kaneung went on with her morning as if seeing Sakorn didn’t bother her. She thought she’d be prepared to see him again, but she was wrong. All those years away from him hasn’t changed. She still feels weak and ashamed at what happened that night. She felt like she should’ve fought harder to push him off, to not let him have his way with her because he was an arrogant and selfish asshole. Kaneung tried to hide these emotions, but Kaphon could tell she wasn’t comfortable. He helped her along in pretending that everything is spiffy. Jade couldn’t even tell that Kaneung had any issues with Sakorn.
After Jade excused himself from the table to head to work first, Kaneung quickly slouched down on the dining room chair. Kaphon reached for her hand and held it, giving her assurance that he is on her side and telling her that she’ll overcome this without having to say a word. After a few minutes of resting, Kaneung excused herself to finish preparing breakfast for her mom at the hospital. Thima can't eat the food, but the smell of the food can get her to stir. Thima was getting a lot better. Especially, since Kaneung promised that she’d bring Lynn to visit. Thima was still unconscious for a few hours after Kaneung arrived, but she stirred and her pulse slowed down as soon as Kaneung made those promises.
In the car
Sakorn stopped his car a few blocks away from the house. His heart still racing. It is strange seeing Kaneung again. His heart raced more than when he found out Sakol was back. He thought, “Both of them reappear at the same time?” A lot has happened in a matter of days. Somehow, Kaneung’s return jabbed at his heart more. After a few minutes, Sakorn looked out the window and noticed Jade had passed him. He turned on the ignition and headed to work, trying to get all of this out of his head. “I don’t have time to think of nonsense!” thought Sakorn.
At the school
“NongLynn, this is the cafeteria. The food is actually pretty good. What do you think?” asked Kaphon.
“Khun Por, it is very pretty. I want to eat everything they have here! It smells a-maz-ing!” shouted Lynn, excitedly. Kaphon chuckled and reminded her that they will go visit her grandmother after work. He told her it wouldn’t be wise to go visit on an overstuffed stomach. Lynn sighed and grabbed Kaphon’s hand and dragged him to the front of the line. “I can still get something light, right Khun Por?” asked Lynn. Kaphon chuckled some more.
“So, who is this?” asked Thida with her arms folded. Today, she wore a light grey cardigan over a yellow floral print tank with bright blue skinny jeans and red heals. She thought to herself, “No way is this inappropriate!” Kaphon turned towards Thida and looked at her vibrant clothes. He thought, “Jeez, this girl really likes to stand out!” Lynn peeked out from behind Kaphon and points to Thida. “I like your pants! ja Na (auntie).” Thida loved the compliment. She smiled and stopped crossing her arms. She stooped down to Lynn’s height and smiled at Lynn. “Who might you be?” she asked sweetly.
Kaphon interrupted, “She’s NongLynn, my daughter.” Thida’s smile faded and she stood back up. She placed both hands in her jean pockets and fidgeted. “Your daughter?” asked Thida for reassurance on what she just heard. Kaphon nodded.
Lynn then interrupted, “Na, you look really pink all of a sudden. Are you alright?”
Thida excused herself. Her heart jumped hearing that he has a kid. Sakorn never told her that his brother was married. She ran to her office and sat down in the small cubicle she shared with another staff member. Thida grabbed a book from the shelf and opened it up to scan it and try to keep her mind off of the news she received. But, it didn’t work. She leaned back in her chair and sighed, “P’Sakorn really doesn’t tell me much. All those nights that he confided in me were just me over thinking things. He really can’t be in love with me after all. He can’t tell me everything about him.”
Then at that moment, Thida’s coworker arrives at the office, stands in front of her chair, and asks, “What’s wrong Thida? I’ve been in here for 2 minutes banging on my desk and moving about to get your attention, but you didn’t even see or hear me!” said Cammy. Thida responded, “Nothing, just something I was in deep thought about. I guess the plans for how to get my students to pass their first exam.”
Arts Building @ the University
Sakorn had been able to get Kaneung off his mind when he arrived at the school and piles of papers laid on his desk. Once he finished reviewing all of them, he decided to go downstairs and take a stroll to observe the campus. Sakorn walked to the arts building. Sakol came to his mind suddenly and her face and Moo Lek’s face kept bugging him. He subconsciously walked inside. Something leading him to the building. First, he checked the stage area where the drama class was about to leave. No sign of Sakol. He sighed in relief. But then, he remembered that her class usually practiced on the top floor, in the balcony room. He wasn’t sure if he should go that way or not, but his feet started leading him towards the stairs. As he passed each classroom, he knew the classes would head out and he would be stuck in a crowd of students. It was too late to avoid it, the classes let out and the students ran out of their rooms. Most of them bumped into him and one student greeted him. Then a few more. He chatted with some of them and told them they better head to their next class or they’ll be late. “A student should never be late to class,” he told them.
After the halls cleared up, he went to sit on a window seat that looked out into the art courtyard. Statues created by students scattered throughout. Multiple paintings hung on the art building. Then, he heard a sound. A song played on a piano. The song started off soft, then the powerful sounds escaped. It was excellent playing. He used to play the piano when he was a kid until his mother passed away. His grandfather was a composer and his mother had been adamant about him playing. He couldn’t go on any further when playing it reminded him of his mother. No one played like this here at the university.
He inched closer to the door that the song escaped from. He peeked in and observed the side of the stage. A little girl in a cute yellow dress and pigtails. The song Moon, one that his mother loved. He played this song for his parents on their anniversary and they would dance to it. He started to feel tears stream down his eyes. “Stop it you idiot. You’re a man. No crying!” he told himself. The song ended and a single clap. The little girl got up and smiled at her one audience. She bowed and turned. It was NongLynn. She caught a glimpse of Sakorn and he was startled by it. He quickly turned and walked off. The quickest route was up the stairs. “Khun Lung!” Lynn shouted.
Sakorn walked at such a fast pace that he didn’t notice Sakol walking right in front of him. They crashed into each other and she fell to the ground. Sakorn reached down to help her out, “I’m sorry, I wasn’t looking…”
He noticed it was her and helped her up. His body tingled at the touch. Sakol smiled, “It’s okay. I was on my way to meet you. I wanted to know if you had your lunch yet.”
He nodded but decided he would go accompany her. She looked astounding today. Her body just perfect. They went to sit in her office and chatted, forgetting the years they spent apart. As if, the spark is still there. Sakorn forgot about their encounter the first night he saw her and how it made him mad that she left him. She made it seem like meeting like this is no big deal. They agreed to go out to dinner that night.
At the hospital
NongLynn entered the hospital room. All the tubes would scare any other child, but her mom had prepped her for what she’d be seeing. She walked up to her mom and they held hands as they inched towards Thima. “Mae ja, this is NongLynn. She’s here to see you,” said Kaneung.
“Sawatdee ja, Khun Yai,” said Lynn. She smiled and pulled her hands away from her mom and set them on top of Thima’s hand. Thima twitched. NongLynn began to talk to her grandmother as if she were conscious and awake. Kaneung walked to Kaphon who had sat down on the couch. She sat down and smiled at the site of grandmother and granddaughter meeting.
When they arrived in Bangkok last night, Pin was eating dinner. She immediately ran to Kaneung and hugged her and welcomed her home. NongLynn witnessed this and finally asked, “Is this Khun Ya?” Pin was shocked to see a little girl with Kaneung, but remembered that Kaneung had a daughter. “Khun Ya?” asked Pin. Kaphon grabbed his mother’s hand and pulled her to the dining room chair. He proceeded to tell her that he has been taking care of NongLynn as his own child. NongLynn really considers Kaphon her dad. Pin understood and nodded her head. She reached out and called NongLynn to her. NongLynn smiled widely and ran to her grandmother. Her hug sent sensations to Pin that she wished NongLynn really did belong to Kaphon. Later in the evening, Pin took NongLynn to meet Jade. They hit it off right away and fell in love with this adorable child. No one asked Kaneung who NongLynn’s real father is. Everyone seemed to understand that she didn’t want to talk about it.
NongLynn gave her grandmother a peck on the cheek and kissed her mom goodbye. Kaphon held NongLynn’s hand out the door and they headed home.
At dinner
“P’Sakorn, I know I left you and never contacted you. Espeically about our son,” stated Sakol. I just couldn’t face going back to you after leaving. I was nervous and scared that you wouldn’t believe me if I told you he is yours after I left so abruptly. I just didn’t know if I could face you again after leaving you like that. I knew you’d be mad at me and I couldn’t handle that.”
“It’s okay Sakol. I just wished you didn’t act so rashly at the time. I believe you 100%. Everything that kid did is just like him. He never takes responsibility for anyting. He always gets what he wants. He got to go study abroad after what he did to you. What an easy punishment!” shouted Sakorn, before he noticed how harsh he sounded at the restaurant. He cleared his throat, “Sorry. I shouldn’t bring him up so suddenly.”
Sakol smiled, “I see that nothing has gotten better between the two of you?”
Sakorn shook his head and asked her to change the subject. Sakol agreed. “Do you think we can start over?” asked Sakol. Sakorn looked at her and smiled, “Why start over when we really haven’t ended?”
At Sakol’s house
Sakol invited Sakorn into her house for a drink. He sat taking sips of champagne at the kitchen island, when Sakol reappeared with a cute flowy night gown that had buttons that ran down the front. She had two buttons undone and he could see the curves of her breast peeking through. The temperature in the room began to rise even more and he could feel sweat trickle down the back of his neck. His hands became clammy. Sakol walked over and grabbed a towel off the counter. She stood right in front of him and patted his forehead for him without saying a word. Sakorn’s mind scrimmaged with thoughts of all the things he could do with Sakol. He remembered how she felt beneath him and even on top of him. Their sex life was wild and adventurous. Sakol showed him so many things that he could never forget. He wanted to do those things with her once again. Sakol put the towel down and pressed herself against Sakol. She began to unbutton his collar, the heat rising even more in Sakorn. She knows how much he wants her and she felt in control of him. Sakol placed her lips on Sakorn’s chest and kissed them tenderly. It sent shivers to his spine. He wanted her to take control. She did just that. She led him to her bedroom and closed the door behind them. She pushed Sakorn to her bed and made him sit down. Sakol slowly stripped out of her nightgown. She then walked over to Sakorn and wrapped her legs around him. She kissed him and she removed his shirt. She reached behind Sakorn’s undershirt and played with his lower back. Sakol felt the bulge in Sakorn and knew he wanted to be inside her. She decided to tease him and make him wait a while.
Kaneung returned home after Pin encouraged her to take a break. She felt nervous about returning, but she had to or else NongLynn would be by herself. NongLynn greeted her mother at the door and kissed her father goodnight before heading to bed with Kaneung. Kaneung was relieved that Sakorn wasn’t around. She dreaded seeing him in the morning. Before falling asleep, NongLynn asked Kaneung, “How come I haven’t seen Khun Lung since last night?” Kaneung’s heart stopped for a moment. “You saw Khun Lung? When?”she asked NongLynn, but Lynn had fallen fast asleep.
Kaneung got up out of bed and walked around the pool area. “Can I really hurt him?” asked Kaneung to herself. “Won’t NongLynn be mad if she finds out Kaphon really isn’t her dad?”
Kaneung remembered one summer when she didn’t get to go to the beach and Sakorn fell ill. She stayed home with her mom to take care of Sakorn while everyone else in the family went to the beach for a week of vacation. Every morning for a whole week, Kaneung had to bring tea or coffee up to Sakorn’s room for him since he refused to come downstairs. She thought he was a stubborn baby, but every time she went in, she felt something different about him. He was a nice guy. He always said means things about Kaphon, but he didn’t mention Kaphon once that whole week. Instead, he sat quietly the first day, until he asked for more porridge for the evening. The next morning, she had to wake him up to remind him to take his medicine. He grumbled but got up, only to reveal wearing only a boxer. Kaneung felt embarrassed seeing that and immediately covered her eyes. Sakorn chuckled and asked, “Seriously? Why are you embarrassed? Don’t you see other guys in their boxers all the time? Especially the ones in barn nok? They go swimming in the river all the time don’t they? And they don’t even wear a thing.” He walked over to her and pulled her hands away from her face. He smiled at her and made her heart skip a beat. He always made her nervous before, but it felt different. “Besides, I wouldn’t want to do anything to you anyways. You’re not my type,” stated Sakorn and walked to shower.
The very next day, Sakorn was dressed properly, but she had to spray him with water before he got up. He was pissed that morning and suddenly grabbed her wrist, the one with the spray bottle. He glared at her and she felt too shock about his grasp that she stumbled on top of him in bed. He caught her and held her there. Finally, she wriggled and he released his grip. He smirked and Kaneung excused herself. For the rest of the week, she brought his stuff up early in the morning and left without waking him up. It was awkward and she avoided him at all costs. The rest of the family came home and Kaneung greeted them all. Kaphon grabbed her hand and pulled her to the living room to show her all the things he brought back for her and Thima. She felt like someone was watching her, but avoided it. Sakorn began to act the same, being rude to Kaphon and Pin as usual. “Everything was just in my head,” thought Kaneung. “If only he wasn’t so stubborn, he’d get along with Kaphon again.”
Kaneung put her feet in the pool and let the cool waters make her shiver. “Here,” Kaphon said as he placed a cloak over her shoulders and sat down beside her. “What’s wrong?” he asked. Kaneung looked down at her feet and responded, “Nothing.” Kaphon nudged her shoulder with his and said, “You’re lying to me. If it’s about you know who, we won’t let him get to you. Okay? Trust me. We will make him pay for what he did to you. You will get to go to that school and teach there because I’ll get you a job. He will have to rot in hell.” Kaneung laughed off Kaphon’s overexcitement. “Kaphon, will NongLynn be mad at me?” Kaphon wrapped an arm around Kaneung and sighed, “No, she won’t. Because I’ll be here to help you through it.”
The next morning
Sakorn woke up feeling satisfied. After a lot of foreplay, he finally was able to get that satisfaction he craved for all night long. Sakol gave him pleasure the way he wanted it. He wrapped his arms around Sakol, but she pushed his arm off. “What’s wrong?” asked Sakorn. Sakol sat up and looked pissed. “You kept saying someone else’s name on our third round last night,” pouted Sakol. She spoke softer, “The same name you mentioned when we were together before. But that was only in your dreams. But you said this while you were conscious.”
Sakorn looked confused. “What name?” Sakol turned to look at him and said, “Kaneung.”
