CHAPTER 6
Throughout the whole plane right, Kob kept to herself. She would either read or just sleep. She didn’t bother to look around or see who was seated next to her. Nor did the person seated next to her did. On the mist of her sleep, a dream crept upon her. “Kob…Hunny” the voice called for her through the fog, the voice that she will always remember, one of her mother’s, “it hurts, my heart hurts. How could your father do this to us?” As Kob walked closer to the voice, the image of her mother appeared before her. She was crying, her mother was always crying…those teardrops of pain. The closer that Kob got to her mother, the more the image started to get further away from her and slowly her mother began to disappear. “Khun Mae ka….MOM!!!!” Kob screamed as tears flowed down her cheeks. The word mom came out of her mouth louder, but her eyes were still closed shut. Suddenly a tap caused her to come back to reality and Kob abruptly shot up and opened her eyes to see another pair of beautiful eyes staring at her.
“Miss. Are you okay? Miss?” The man next to her asked. Kob shot him one of her cold stare, but he kept looking at her, admiring her beauty, “are you okay? I think you were having a nightmare. You kept yelling out mom” He asked in English.
“I’m fine” she finally answered back coldly in English. “Poo chai Ba” she said in Thai afterwards with an annoyed face.
“Kor tod Khun” He said back as Kob’s face change with a hit of embarrassment. “I was just worried because you were yelling. I didn’t want any scene because the other passengers were starting to stare.” He continued in Thai.
“Sorry. I’m fine, it was just a nightmare” Kob said and was about to open her book again when the guy continue to talk to her, unaware that Kob was not interested in talking at all.
“So you’re Thai?” He asked. “Your English is really good.”
“I’ve live and work in New York for over ten years”
“I see. So you’re getting sick of New York huh. Going back home now?” He asked some more.
“NO! I love it here in New York. I’m just going for business, but I’ll come back to New York soon enough. And how about you, Thailand for business or….for pleasure, something I heard many foreign guys do now.” Kob asked as she realized that this man seated next to her was quite charming, but he was also quite nosy.
He chuckled at her remark, “Oh no. I’m actually going back home”
“HOME? In Thailand?”
“Yes, my home in Thailand”
“You live in Thailand, are you even Thai?”
“Why? Do I have to be Thai to be able to live in Thailand?” He asked her back.
“No, I was just quite surprised, that’s all. You don’t even look Thai and yet your Thai is quite fluent.”
“Oh that’s because I’m half Thai and English/Korean”
“Ah I see, that is quite a mix there”
For the remainder of the plane ride, the two talked. He kept her entertain throughout the whole ride when they were awake of course. They found out some things about each other. He told her about his family in Thailand, about how he had a half brother, just like her, the only difference was that they both loved each other dearly whereas Kob hated her so call family, but she kept that from him. He also told her that they had the same mother and different dads. His mom remarried and had his brother. He then told her some jokes that made her smile, a smile that he wanted her to always give out and keep. He likes seeing her smile and wanted her to smile more. Throughout the whole ride Kob found out more about him then he did with her.
As the plane started to descend to the ground, the flight attendants announced that they have arrived in Thailand and she wanted everyone to buckle up as the plane will start to descend. Kob look one look outside and swallowed hard as it reached the ground and the plane moved toward where the exit tunnel was. She sat on her seat as people started to get up and gather their things, a moment later; she got up to retrieve her bag. “Well it was a pleasure meeting you. I hope to see you around” the man that was seated next to her said.
“Vice versa” Kob replied back and as quickly as a wind, she walked and exited the plane while the man was busy retrieving his bag in the compartment above. The man quickly realized that the beautiful woman that he had met was gone. He quickly tried to catch up with the woman, but by the time he made it through the crowd and the tunnel, she was nowhere in sight, “SHIT! I forgot to ask her for her name. What a dumbass I was” he blamed himself for being dumb because he has the chance to do so, but didn’t, cause after all they were on the plane for hours. He looked around the busy airport and sigh to himself as he hopes that faith will bring them together again. With that he started to walk his way to the exit when someone bumped into him and fell to the floor, he look to see the female on the floor quickly getting up to straighten herself, her back to him.
“Oops sorry. My mistake, I wasn’t looking at where I was going” the woman said as she turned to look at who it was she had bumped into, her eyes widen as she laughed, “BOSS! Omgosh, I didn’t know that you were coming back today. What a coincidence” she said
“And what are you doing here Rita, being as clumsy as always”
“A beautiful on at it too right Boss” she joked. “I’m here to pick up my cousin”
“Cousin? I never knew you had a cousin”
“Well, there are a lot of things you don’t know about me. I know not to mix work with my personal life” she told him.
Her boss just smile as he heard someone calling out his name, “MR. Dennis O’Neill sir”
“Well that’s my ride Rita. I’ll see you at the office then” he said as he walked away. Rita stood there and watches as he suavely walked out of the airport exit.
Rita then stared at her watch, wondering where on earth her cousin was, when all of a sudden a pair of hands wrapped around her body from behind, “Rita!” Kob yelled as she hugged on tightly.
Rita turned to face Kob and gave her a warm big hug in return, “I miss you so much. Well look at you now, stunning as ever” Rita told her.
“I would say the same about you Rita!”
With that said, they walked hand in hand to where Rita’s car was parked. On the ride home, Kob looked at the surroundings; she saw how much Bangkok had changed over the years. Though the place has changed, it still looked at gloomy as it was when she left. A city of despair and pain. A city that had brought nothing but pain and misery to Kob. The more she thought about her mother, the more anger was built within her, the more her heart was filled with fire, the fire of anger. She had closed her heart from this city since the day her mother had left her to be alone in this world. Close by, Rita can sense that Kob was thinking about her mother once again, she quickly tried to start a conversation with her, “So how long are you staying?” Rita asked.
“Hopefully not long” Kob answered.
“Kob, you know how much mom and I miss you”
“I know. I miss you guys too, but I hate it here, there are too many memories” Kob said sadly.
“Just open your heart to all the beautiful things life got to offer, open it to love that you can receive”
“I can’t. I closed my heart a long time ago, I don’t want to experience what my mother had gone through” Kob said as Rita tried to change the subject again.
“So you got a promotion, Vice-President. That is really something!”
“I know, Mr. Henney is a wonderful boss”
“Who? The father or the son?” Rita joked as they both cracked a laugh, “I wonder how this Daniel looks like, he must be a hottie” Rita added.
After while, they arrived at the front gate of the house, Rita had told Kob that she did not tell her mom that Kob was coming because she wanted her mom to be surprised. Rita parked her car in the driveway and one of the servant came down to get Kob’s things, Rita asked where her mom was and they were told that she was in the yard gardening. The both of them quietly sneak back there and Kob went behind her aunt and gave her the biggest hug from behind. “Rita what are you doing?” Piyada yelled.
“What mom. I right here” Rita said as she went in front of her mom.
“Then who’s this?” she asked as she turned to see that it was Kob, “KOB! Hunny” she said excitedly and gave Kob another hug. The three of them went to sit in the gazebo as Piyada nagged at Rita for keeping the news of Kob’s return from her. Rita told her mom that she wanted her to be surprise and surprised she was. Piyada wondered why it was that Kob had came back for and it seems like Kob was able to read her aunt’s mind because just then Kob informed her Aunt of her curiosity. Kob told her that she was back in Thailand because she had accepted a project for her company. She also added that she hopes for it to finish as fast as possible because already she wanted to go back to New York. Later on that day, Piyada cooked some dinner for Kob, she had made all of her favorite dishes, everything that Kob has not tasted for years. Though there were plenty of Thai restaurants in New York, nothing is like a home cooked meal. After dinner, Kob went into her room, everything was still the same, Kob went to showered and got into her pajamas as she laid comfortable on her bed and made a phone call, “Daniel, hey I’m here” she said.
“Su! I miss you already” Daniel responded. The two talked for a bit when Rita entered the room, Kob quickly said her byes to Daniel and hung up. Rita smiled and went to sit next to Kob, Rita had some unanswered questions and Kob knew exactly that Rita came in for answers. “So what company are you taking over” Rita joked as Kob’s face became serious.
“Grand Diamond Hotel” Kob told her.
“No way! Kob! Are you serious?” Rita almost yelled out.
“Oh I’m serious; it just shows that faith is cruel to me. It just won’t let me escape from them long, but I’ll show them this time. I’m going to make them suffer how I have” Kob said coldly.
“Kob, what are you planning to do?” Rita asked.
“I don’t know yet, but I think I’m going to give Grand Diamond a visit tomorrow” Kob said.
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