Chapter 3:
Deuan Island:
Shivering, burning hot, Mann spoke out Saifon's name. The sun had risen and the rain had stopped already. The villagers were making their way back to their village to see what was left of it, while Ton and Tor were left behind to watch over Mann. Soon Mann opened his eyes and sat up.
"Saifon!" Mann exclaimed "Where's Saifon?"
Mann looked around to find everyone gone and Tor looking at him.
"Mann, you're up already." Tor said.
Mann nodded in response.
"How are you feeling?" questioned Tor.
"I'm fine, where's everyone?" Mann asked, "Where's Saifon.
Ton finally walked in after taking a bath.
"Everyone went back to the village and Tongbai had the men go out to look for Saifon." Ton replied.
Hearing this, Mann got up to go look for her as well. With a blurred vision, Mann stumbled back and forth, struggling to go out. Ton and Tor had to come and grab him for him not to fall to the ground.
"You should rest first." Ton said.
"But I need to go help Saifon." Mann argued.
"Tongbai already went to the trap and she's not there anymore." Ton informed, "She probably got out and found a place to hide."
Before Ton even finished speaking, Mann had already passed out again.
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Saifon awoke to the voices of the men from the village calling her. She had forgotten that there was the stranger still sleeping beside her. When she looked down at him, she realized his head was bleeding, hence explains the blood on her hand last night. Wondering how he got injured, Saifon slowly got up and slowly bent down to get a clear look at his face. Her heart raced as her face was only inches away from his. She could feel his breath hitting her face. Carefully looking at his closed eyes, to the tip of his nose and down to his lips, she couldn't help but smile. He was sound asleep peacefully like an angel.
"Like an angel from above, sent to rescue me." Saifon's smile spread from ear to ear, "My Angel."
Saifon looked up again until her eyes met with the most beautiful eyes ever staring back at hers. She froze, not knowing what to do. In this moment that time had stopped, her breath caught. There were questions in his eyes as he stared at her. He had never seen her before.
"Saifon!" Saifon looked up, finally escaping that alluring stare of his.
She gulped and quickly stood up, heading toward the opening of the cave.
"I'm over here!" Saifon shouted.
The group of men came running toward her in worry as she smiled at them, so glad to see their faces again. Looking at them, she wondered where Mann was.
"Where's Mann?" Saifon questioned, "Did he make it to the hide out with Saijai?"
"He made it, but caught a fever, he's still resting." Nat, the tallest one of them all replied.
In worry, Saifon almost forgot about the stranger as she told them to hurry so she could go see Mann. Then men nodded and was about to go, when a pair of hands wrapped themselves around Saifon's shoulders, causing her to fall backwards into the burning hot chest of her savior.
"My head hurts." he said.
The men gasped in shock at the sudden incident. They looked him over and noticed that they didn't know him.
"Who are you?" Natee, the youngest of the men asked.
Unable to answer, and with a headache, he passed out onto her. Saifon had to grab onto the side of the cave to stand.
"Help me take him to the village, I'll explain later." Saifon ordered.
The men nodded in response and quickly went to Saifon's side to help carry the stranger to the village.
Tangsrisuk household:
Worried all night long, Pranon wasn't able to get any sleep. He sat by the phone waiting to hear news of how the ship was doing. Only when Wi walked in did he turn his focus away from the phone.
"Non, don't think too much, keep faith, I'm sure they will be okay." Wi assured.
"I know. You too Wi. Because of me, you had to come back and take care of Aunt Ying and didn't get to sleep." Pranon replied.
"It's nothing, It's my job." said Wi.
Pranon smiled and grabbed Wi's hand, giving it a peck.
"I'm glad I have you." Pranon said.
Wi let out a giggle as the phone rang. Pranon quickly grabbed it and answered.
"Hello?" said Pranon.
"Hello, is this the Tangsrisuk household?" the other line asked.
"Yes." Pranon answered.
"We have news to tell you that Sir and Mam had gotten back safely..." the person said.
"Thanks for the info." Pranon said and hung up, jumping, "Mom and Dad are okay!"
Wi's smile filled her face, happy for Pranon that his parents were okay as Pranon picked her up in his arms and spun around. Jen who also stood there went running to tell the good news to Aunt Ying. Pranon set Wi down and ran into the house after Jen and pulled Aunt Ying who stood in front into a hug.
"Aunt Ying, mom and dad are fine, I'm going to go pick them up!" Pranon exclaimed.
Aunt Ying nodded with a relieved smile.
"Go on Pranon, go pick up your parents." Aunt Ying said, gently patting Pranon on his left cheek.
Pranon gave her one more hug and a peck on the cheek before running out the door. Wi stood there and watched as Pranon got into the car and drove off after saying goodbye to her.
Phuket, at the Dock:
Mr. Tangsrisuk pulled his wife off of the ship as she cried. She had been crying the whole night that her eyes were swollen and her strength was gone. She glanced back at the ship once more and let out a loud cry, falling to the ground.
"Honey, don't cry too much, it'll be bad for your health." said Mr. Tangsrisuk.
"How do you expect me to not cry, my son fell off into the ocean and I'm supposed to smile like nothing happened?!" Mrs. Tangsrisuk cried, "I don't even know how he's doing right now, if he's dead or alive."
Mr. Tangsrisuk knelt down and pulled her into his arms.
"I'm not telling you to smile like nothing happened, but stop crying, I'll have our people out to look for him." Mr. Tangsrisuk replied.
Mr. Tangsrisuk gave his wife a pat on the back trying to confort her, when Pranon came running. Seeing his mother sitting o the ground crying, the smile on his face disappeared and was replaced with a worried frown. What was wrong, why was his mother crying? Pranon looked around for Tawan, but he was nowhere.
"Mom, dad, where's Tawan?" Pranon questioned.
Mr. Tangsrisuk looked up at Pranon in a glare, angry that Pranon brought up Tawan's name at this time. Mrs. Tangsrisuk let out another cry hearing Tawan's name. Noticing his father's face, Pranon realized he had done somethng wrong and he backed away.
"Don't come here and bring up that name." Mr. Tangsrisuk scowled at Pranon.
Pranon nodded, feeling useless. By now he knew something was wrong and Tawan had gone missing.
"Mom, don't worry, let's go home to rest." Pranon said and bent down to help his father lift his mother up.
Mrs. Tangsrisuk got up and pushed Pranon away.
"Don't touch me, I'm going to go look for my son!" she shouted.
Pranon stopped in his tracks and was shocked. Mr. Tangsrisuk looked over to him.
"I'll take care of this, you just go do what ever you want." Mr. Tangsrisuk said as he held onto his wife and led her back toward the car.
Pranon stood there as tears welled up in his eyes. He was hurt.
"My son?" Pranon murmured, "Am I not your son too?"
Just as he was about to go, Yod stepped out in front of him. Yod had been following Pranon a while ago, when Pranon just drove out of the house.
"And who are you? Aren't you their son as well?" Yod questioned sarcastically, "Oh wait, their adoptive son. They don't care for your feelings."
Pranon glared at Yod, with his fists clenched. He was already feeling small, he wasn't about to let any one else put bad thoughts into his mind.
"You know nothing, Yod, step away." Pranon warned.
"How do i not know?" Yod replied, "Have you forgotten that I was adopted too, only my misery came long before yours."
Pranon blinked out some tears as he remembered the past. How culd he ever forget that miserable time he had spent in the orphanage? Being made fun of every day that he was a kid with no parents. Yod was another orphan just like him and they were all each other had when they were feeling down.
"You know you still have me." Yod smiled, "Remember we would always tell each other our worries and sadness?"
"How could I forget?" Pranon answered.
Yod nodded, coming closer.
"Just leave me alone." Pranon said as he pushed pass Yod and walked away.
They were grown up now and he doesn't need to tell Yod anything that he doesn't want to. Yod stared after Pranon with a smirk.
"Just wait, one day you'll feel the pain I had to feel." Yod stated.
Deuan Island:
The sun was high up in the sky, the wind blew strong. The ocean had risen as the after effects of the rainstorm the night before. Waves were crashing onto the rocks on shore. Birds chirped, and you could hear the squeaking of animals speaking to one another. He woke up to the sound of people shouting, helping each other with getting their village to dry up. Opening his eyes, he found a straw ceiling above, he felt a hard platform beneath. He sat up and looked around with a stabbing migraine.
"Where am I?" he questioned.
Tor, who was ordered to look after him looked up from what he was doing when he heard the man speak.
"Oh, you're up." Tor said.
The man turned to look at Tor.
"Who are you?" he asked.
"I should be asking you that instead, How did you get on the island?" Tor questioned, "I've never seen you before."
The man squinted his eyes in thought which only made his migraine worse.
"I don't know." he answered.
Tor nodded and looked at the man in question.
"Wait here, I'll come back." Tor said and ran out the door to go get Saifon and the elders.
When Tor had disappeared, the man stood up and headed out the door to explore the unfamiliar place. The bright sun almost blinding him, he brought his hands up to block it. In front of him was a long walkway that led to the seaside, where at the end was a small dock. He made his way down and sat down on the bench located on the right side of the dock.
Soon enough Tor had returned with Saifon and Mann. They went straight into the hut to find no one there.
"Eh, where did he go?" Tor questioned.
"Check to see if anything is missing, what if he was a robber?" Mann asked.
Saifon shook her head at them.
"If he was a robber, why would he save my life?" Saifon questioned, "By now he would've killed me then."
Mann stared at Saifon feeling bad that he wasn't the one to rescue her. If he was, she would've praised him instead. Saifon peeked outside and looked around until she spotted the man sitting at the dock.
"Over here guys." Saifon informed.
Hearing Saifon's voice, the man looked in their direction as Saifon and Mann headed toward him. The man looked at them in question.
"Who are you?" the man asked.
"I'm the person you saved last night, don't you remember?" Saifon questioned.
The man scratched his head in thought until he looked up at her and remembered, the girl he had fell asleep on last night.
"Oh, it's you!" the man exclaimed, excited that he recognized someone.
Saifon smiled at him.
"So who are you?" Mann questioned the man.
The man looked up at Mann.
"I'm.... Uh, I'm...." he began to say, "Who am I?"
Saifon looked at Mann in confusion.
"If you don't know who you are, then how are we supposed to know?" Mann replied.
"Oh, you guys haven't known me before?" the man asked, "So are you knew to this place?"
Mann and Saifon looked at each other then bursted out laughing.
"You are knew to this place, we have been here since we were born." Saifon answered, "Just think carefully, what's your name?"
"I...I..." he tried to think.
Just then, Kaew came running toward them.
"Saifon, Mann, Tongbai called for a meeting, it's very important." Kaew announced.
"Okay, we'll come." Mann said.
Kaew nodded and ran off ahead. Mann and Saifon looked around for Tor, but he had already ran off to go play.
"Who's going to watch this man then?" Mann asked.
Saifon looked around.
"You go ahead Mann, I'll stay here and watch him." Saifon answered.
"But he's a man and you're a woman." Mann stated, "What if..."
"Don't worry about me, you know how strong I am." Saifon assured Mann, "And if he was going to do anything, I wouldn't have lasted this long, plus, you are a man, your decision in the meeting is important."
Mann thought for a while and nodded in agreement. He gave Saifon a pat on the back before running to the town.
Stanley Household:
Pulling into the driveway, Yod parked his car and got out, heading in to an awaiting angry father. Mr. Stanley glared at Yod as Yod made his way up to him. Out of no where, Mr. Stanley smacked Yod on his left cheek.
"Dad, why did you hit me?" Yod questioned, wiping the blood from the corner of his lips.
"I am not your father! You Unlucky piece of shit!" Mr. Stanley shouted, "I told you to go sign the contract with Wongwilas Airport, why haven't you done it yet?!"
"Dad, I tried to, but they wouldn't accept." Yod answered.
Mr. Stanley glared at Yod with a hatred that couldn't be described with words. Yod could feel his heart tearing from his chest as he tried to hold in his pain and tears.
"You wanted to be the boss so you killed my son, now you better find a way to get that contract or you can go live out with the digs where you belong!" Mr. Stanley cursed at Yod.
Yod looked up into his father's eyes in disbelief. That incident had been so long ago, but Mr. Stanley still held a grudge.
"Dad, I told you that was an accident." said Yod.
Mr. Stanley turned away.
"Just go back to hell and leave me alone." Mr. Stanley said, "It was a mistake to adopt a devil like you."
Mr. Stanley spitted at the ground and plopped down onto the couch, grabbing his binder and got back to his own work, not caring about how Yod would feel.
Yod clenched his fists and went up to his room. Throwing himself onto his bed, he let it all come out. That moment that Yod regretted the most once again flashed through his mind. It was an after school day back when Yod was only nine years old and his big brother Chai was only 11. They had been walking home from school when Chai came up behind Yod and grabbed his homework packet from him. Chai ran ahead so that he could have enough time to rip the packet up. Yod chased behind Chai and as they got to the cross section, Chai had already managed to rip up the packet. Yod caught up to Chai, but not being careful, Yod tripped over a bump in the sidewalk and accidentally pushed Chai in front of an oncoming car.
"It was an accident! I told you, an accident!!!" Yod cried out, "If you aren't going to believe me, then why keep me with you and torture me like this?!"
Yod threw the lamp that was on the counter beside his bed, across the room onto the wall. The glass had broken onto his hand, but those wounds didn't hurt half of what the wounds in his heart felt.
Deuan Island:
The towns people gathered at the usual place as Tongbai pulled Ton up into the front of everyone. Mann moved closer to the front waiting to hear what the meeting was for.
"Today we gather here to celebrate the boy who turned into a man." Tongbai announced.
Everyone cheered, yet still unsure who Tongbai was talking about. Tongbai gave Ton a pat on the back.
"Yesterday, before the rainstorm, Ton had been a man who threw away all his fears and went into the ocean to save the life of one of our future men, Tor, the younger brother of Kaew." Tongbai said, "Not only that, but he had saved Kaew's life from a poisonous snake as well."
Finally everyone cheered again this time knowing the reason. Once someone does something brave and/or saved someones life, they will be considered an adult after that incident as well.
"Therefore, Ton is a fully grown men now and he will be allowed to choose a wife to wed." Tongbai stated, "Do you have anyone in mind?"
Everyone laughed at Tongbai's sarcasm. They all knew Ton and Kaew had been waiting for this day since a year ago. Ton blushed as he looked over to Kaew who blushed the same shade of red, looking back at him. Mann shook his head in glee. Finally Ton and Kaew could get married, but when will his time come?