Chapter 3 - The What If's?

'It's not him, it can't be him? There's no way it's him. How can it be him? He is supposed to be in Cuba for a shoot, Yes Li Hua knew what his ex-boyfriend of 2 years was up to! I mean he was just browsing the internet when suddenly Shufen's interview popped up on his phone! Sue him for watching the whole interview and besides, there's no harm in randomly watching, no checking up on, yeah! that's a better phrase, there no harm in checking up on what your ex is up to?' Hua was on a monologue in his mind. 'Also Zhao Shufen doesn't like to travel alone, let alone on a ferry. Ever since he watched the movie 'Titanic', Zhao Shufen was afraid of any water transport, remember when Hua nearly lost a kilo trying to get Shufen to ride a pedal boat with him during one-off their couple getaways and yet Shufen didn't get into the ride ... so how can he travel on a ferry, that too alone. Not possible. Therefore it's not him.' Concluded Hua finally after debating for the past 10 minutes.

'But what if he is not alone? What if the other 2 bastards were with him?'

Hua's mind drifted away to the morning radio that they heard during the ride, Wu Kun that devil was supposed to be talking about something, what if it was about the bachelor trip? 'He was after all going to get married in few days! What if they too are going to the same island for the trip? I mean it is after all the perfect location for those 3, a private beach house on a faraway island, away from the crowd and reporters. JUST PERFECT!'

Hua at once jumped from his seat? He looked at Liang with worried eyes! That is not the case, is it? The main purpose for Hua to plan the trip out of the city, away from all the noise, was to get Liang away from all the buzz. Hua at once felt a fear grip his heart. He could no longer just assume. He had to be sure but what could he do?

'Maybe he could go up again, and check and make sure! Yes, he should do that! It's not them, so he doesn't need to worry, but it wouldn't cost him anything to just confirm and be sure. Once he confirms nothing is wrong he can be at peace. He will just go up and check!' Hua thought as he stared at the stair that leads upstairs. 'But what if it is them and Hua comes face to face with Shufen and the rest? What then? What will Hua do? What will he tell Shufen? Will Hua jump in the water along with Liang and Wei and swim back to the city port? Or will he force Shufen and the other 2 to jump into the water and swim back? Could he turn the ferry back to the city by acting out a fake emergency? What could a fake emergency even be? Medical is pretty huge! Yeah! a fake medical emergency. Brilliant! but what?'

By the time Hua could come to a conclusion he heard a loud voice, "Hello passengers, we will be reaching the island in above few minutes, you can see the ISLAND from here." the voice as if giving time for all the passengers to see now in close view the island, paused and then after few seconds continued. "Once we reach the island I request everyone to get down and form a line, first the lower deck will board off and the upper deck passengers, so I hope the upper deck passengers will sit and wait patiently till the further announcement. When you get down you will meet the in-charge personnel who will give you details regarding the island and your stay. That's all I hope you have a pleasant time on the island" with this the voice died down.

"Finally," said Wei who was now awake because of the loud announcement, started stretching in his seat, Liang also was now prepared by rolling the earphones around his fingers and keeping them inside the bag. Hua just smiles at them. The things going around in his head didn't let him be as happy as the other two.

Should he just forget and let it go? He was anyway just assuming, so it doesn't really matter. yeah! let us just forget these useless worries. Hua finally thought as the ferry was getting pulled into the port. But it wasn't easy.

"Hello, passengers we have now reached the port like it was announced before the Upper deck will board second and first it the Lower deck. So I request all the lower deck passengers to get off the ferry and form a line next to the ticket counter. From here you can see a person standing next to the counter he will be the one who will give you your bungalow keys and assign you with a driver and personal driving cart with will take you to your bungalow. I request all passengers to keep checking their luggage while getting down. We will not be responsible for any cases of missing luggage. Thank You. I hope you enjoy your stay here"

Hua, Liang, and Wei gathered their suitcases, helping one another and other passengers, they reached the ticket counter and stood in line. The ticket counter was next to a big parking lot where many golf carts were parked. Wei bent and saw nearly 10 people in front of them. He looked at the guys and whinnied, "I think we will be waiting for a long time." Hua to slightly bent as saw a group of few men at the beginning of the line, one guy had a list in his hand and the other guy had lots of keys, maybe that's the keys to all the reserved bungalows, the third guy had a microphone in his hands. The passengers were to tell the first guy their name who would confirm by checking in the list. Once confirmed the 2nd guy would hand over the designated bungalow key to the 3rd guy, who would announce a cart number through the microphone. Once the designated cart came, the driver would help the passengers with their luggage and drive the passenger away. It would definitely take a long time.

"Well! there's nothing that we can do about it can we?" questioned Liang, causing Wei to stop winning. "but" Wei wanted to continue but he knew both Liang and His Hua get were tired from the travel. Whining and irritating them would not be a good choice right now. But Wei was Zhang Wei, a person who could never just stand in silence, so he started talking to the people behind them, entertaining them as well as himself. Liang was slowly eavesdropping on the conversation occasionally giggling at Wei's silliness, while Hua tried. He really tried to get into the conversation and forget about his stupid fear. But the unsettling feeling in his stomach kept coming back. He wanted to get rid of it. If only there was a way to confirm. He kept looking around for a way. When he spotted the man with a list in his hand and an idea struck him. He could finally confirm.