13. I will stay in Pattya

After searching for Emma for some time, Sam goes to his house. By seeing Sam come without Emma, his father scolded him by saying what a useless son I have. You couldn't bring a girl back.

 "Phor(dad)! You are scolding me because I couldn't capture her. But, how could you let Jack and his wife go away? Emma would have returned for them. But you let them go. Look at now, we are not able to trace anyone of them."

 James says with anger, "Are you having any brain? I let them go because our relatives are looking at me as a bad person. And saying it is a crime to do a forceful marriage."

 James is thinking about how to find them. Sam says "Paa! I have seen her in the mall. She is with another man. But I missed her when Singto came at the right time to that place."

 "Your Boss knew them?"

"No. He came to park his car. I think he has come to buy something in the mall."

 "In which mall you saw him? Did he see you with our men?Did you ruin your image in front of your boss?" said James with an inquiring tone.

 "It's the XYZ Mall. Nope! He didn't see me with them. After I saw Singto in the mall, I exited from the mall without knowing him. "

"At least you did one good thing this whole day. Thank God! Your boss didn't see you. I am building a good rapport slowly with Prakaray's as they are going to be Number one in business within 3 years."

 James is in the thoughts of how to find Emma? As the night becomes darker he says to Sam, go and eat something before you sleep. After saying that he goes to his room.

The Next day:

When sunrises the whole room turns brighter. Singto wakes up from his bed. Because he is an OCD person, he folded his blanket and kept it on a shelf. He goes into the bathroom. His bathroom looks marvelous. It has a big bathtub, an indoor plant, and a beautiful sink with a long mirror.

 He opens the tap to fill his bathtub. He brushed his teeth, took off his shirt, and looked at his six-pack body in the mirror.

He says to himself, "Who is going to hug this body? Where is my soulmate?" A glimpse of Chut-Thai girl flashes in his mind. He thinks it has been 18 hours, the lady who bewitched him. But he couldn't shake her image off.

 He thinks, "Why am I remembering that lady? Am I falling for an unknown girl like Gammu? I advised him to not fall for an unknown girl. Then what am I doing to myself? If I have seen that lady again, can I restrict my heart? Didn't she say that she did not get married yesterday? Then why did she wear that dress? Is she attending a marriage ceremony?"

 He hears the water is flowing away from the bathtub. He snaps out of his thoughts and he sighs and goes to bathe.

*********

In the hotel, Emma was arguing with her Aunt that she is not going back to New York until she finds her father.

 Her Aunt argues back "Do you want to die? Have you not seen those thugs? If we stay here, I don't know what will happen to us."

 Emma doesn't know how to argue back. See signs with her eyes to her uncle to convince Sophia. When Jack couldn't understand her sign language, She said, "uncle, please say something to aunt. I want to find my father. You know I suffer from bad dreams. I don't want to suffer anymore. I want closure. Why do I dream like that?"

Jack thinks for a while and says, "Emma, I will agree with you to stay here, if my friend accepts you to stay with them. If not, I will not allow you to stay in a dorm nor in the hotel. As you have a threat from Sam's family. If my friend doesn't agree to stay with them,you will go with us."

 Emma zooms in on her thoughts. After thinking of all the pro's and con's, she says, "Alright! uncle! I will do as you say. I just want to know about my past."

Jack dials "Khun Da".

 Khun Da answers the call by saying, "Jack! How are you? Sorry! I didn't take the call as my phone is in flight mode. After a long time, you've called me. What's the matter?"

 Jack says that "I'm good. I need a favor from you. Can I ask?

"Yes! You can ask. What do you want?" 

"You know my adopted daughter, Emma."

"Yes!"

 " We arranged her marriage with James's son. She ran away from her marriage because she didn't like marriage. And they become violent. She has a threat from Sam's family. But she has some work here. We feared those people might harm her. I know your son has a good name here. If she stays in your house, no one will dare to look at her. What do you say, "Khun Da"?"

 Khun Da says, "It is okay. I don't have any problem with that."

 Jack says "Thank you. Thank you very much."

 When Emma hears "Thank you", she feels extremely happy. She jumps, giggles, and says a lot of thanks to Jack. 

 They eat breakfast happily. After that Emma dresses up like a boy, puts a cap and a nose mask.

 Sophia asks, Emma! where are you going?