Part -41
Nadech let them inside his bedroom and locked his door.
Mark: (worried) Dude, What the hell happened? When Michael called and asked me to meet you to get the details of his engagement party I was shocked beyond anything. I immediately picked Mint and rushed here.
Nadech just sat on his chair, looking down depressed.
Mint: (worried, placing her hand on his shoulder) P’Nadech, please tell us what happened. You have to tell us.
Nadech: (depressed) Engagement. That’s what happened. “Michael and Yaya’s engagement”. What do I do? I still have no idea why she is doing all of this.
Mint: (concerned) P’Nadech, I swear on my life Yaya loves you a lot. There is no way in hell she can change just because you were with Matt for 3 days.
Mark: Yes Nadech. I don’t think that’s the reason too. Just imagine if it was the real reason she wouldn’t have taken it so far so soon. Plus don’t you wonder, what was the need to get engaged so fast?
Nadech: That’s exactly the point. If I really have to assume that she doesn’t love me then why doesn’t she just inform Michael about me and make him take action? Why do her eyes always tell me that she loves me? Trust me I could see that she was not happy at the engagement. She was smiling, but she was not happy. In fact that gave me the strength to stay there. Why don’t I see the same love towards Michael? Well that’s the only thing I’m absolutely sure about, that she doesn’t love Michael.
But I can’t take any action till I know the reason but it’s so frustrating that she doesn’t give up.
Mark: Nadech since we are sure about Matt not being the problem, I think it’s best if we concentrate on Michael.
Nadech nods.
Nadech: Mint I want you to talk to her as fast as possible. Try getting something out of her.
Mint: (nods) I will go to her house and make sure I talk to her today itself.
Nadech: (depressed) She is not at her house Mint. Michael has gifted her a new house. She is there.
Mint: (shocked, wondering) P’Nadech doesn’t it seem strange, you have pleaded her from 2 years that you will buy an apartment for her and she has always refused. You even built her a house and she agreed to stay there only after the marriage, but she readily accepted his?
Nadech: (dull, sighing) Yes Mint.
Mark: (wondering) Nadech, when exactly did all of this start?
Nadech: When I came back from America.
Mark: (stressing) No, I mean the exact situation when things seemed wrong.
Nadech: (thinking) I don’t know exactly….. (Something flashed) Wait a minute. When I confronted Yaya about avoiding me, she said that she waited for 2 hours after the jet landed and seeing that I dint call, she switched of her phone thinking I’m with Matt. But the truth is, her phone was not switched of at the time or few hours after that. My first call to her from America was 6 to 7 hours after I landed and her phone was still on. It was only after my first call that her phone was turned off. Why would she lie?
Mint: (realizing) Around the time her phone was turned off, she was in Michael’s office. And she didn’t come back the whole day.
Mark: (excited) Idea. I will go and get hold of the CCTV tapes and see what exactly has happened. But it will at least take 5 days to get the tapes. Michael office is a heavily guarded.
Nadech: (angry, declaring) Everything is pointing towards Michael. I swear, if I get to know that Michael has any involvement in this matter other than liking her, I will make sure his world turns upside down.
Mark: (worried) Nadech, just hang on. Don’t take any rash decisions.
Mint: (worried) Yes P’Nadech. You need to wait until we know what we are dealing with.
Nadech: (calming down, nodding) Hmm. But it is absolutely essential that Yaya herself confesses everything to me.
Mark: Why is that?
Nadech: (standing up) If she is fighting so hard to stay away from me, having the guts to sacrifice our love then she herself has to overcome all of this and confess to me. She needs to know that she candepend on me. She needs to believe in our love and take the chance. She needs to know the depth of my love and trust me and tell the problem. She needs to know that I can’t exist without her.
Mark and Mint just look at each other, worried.
Nadech: Mark somehow get the CCTV tapes.
Mark: Nadech what about the party?
Nadech: Mark book the whole of four seasons resort for one full day and 5 luxurious suites for the next day. Invite all of his friends. Hire the best DJ in the city. I will take care of the payment.
Mark: Why the extra day?
Nadech: It’s a late night party so I want Michael, Yaya and Matt to stay for another day; besides I don’t think I can talk to her during the party, so the extra day. Inform Michael about the party details.
Mark: Alright.
Nadech: (requesting) Mint please talk to her today.
Mint nods with concern.
Mark: Come Mint I will drop you to her house after booking the resort.
Nadech: (happy) Thank you so much guys. I don’t know what I would have done without you both.
Mark: (patting) Shut up dude.
Mint: P’Nadech we are here for you. Please don’t worry.
Mark and Mint left.
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Mark finishes all the arrangements and drops Mint at Yaya’s mansion and goes to meet Michael.
Mint asked one of the maids to call Yaya. The maid returned saying that she is not at home. Suspicious as to why the maid went upstairs in the first place, Mint told her she will come back tomorrow and left. She went around her house and looked through the window.
Yaya: (coming down slowly, worried) Did she leave?
Maid: Yes mam she did. I told her exactly what you had asked me to tell.
Yaya: (relieved) Thank you so much. (pausing, worried) Please don’t inform this to Michael. (Mumbling) I mean… he will feel bad that I dint invite my friend to my engagement.
The maid nods. Yaya dint want Mint to get dragged the mess.
Mint saw this and left. She could see that Yaya was worried about the maid knowing and informing Michael, so she couldn’t afford to rush in and question as she dint have any idea about Yaya’s situation. Mint informed all of this to Nadech.
Mark and Nadech spend the next day preparing for the party and making sure all the arrangements are done.
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