PORSCHE
I rode the motorcycle with a back rider who looked like he had just lost half of his life and was about to face the day of judgment. Out of nowhere, my uncle Athie called to pick him up. After that, he didn't speak, didn't ask questions, and didn't answer any questions asked. Except to ask me to take him home.
"Get down first," I said in a soft voice.
He followed me slowly and frowned as I turned the key, turned off the engine, and slowly pushed the motorbike into the hollow backyard. Then I managed me to jump and climb over the wall to lift myself up.
"What are you doing?" My uncle asked a little confused before I reached my hand out to him.
"Shhh! Be quiet. Hurry and come up." Uncle reached out his hand, then I pulled up his body to the edge of the wall before I jump to the floor as light as possible.
"Why do you have to sneak into your own house?!" Uncle snorted softly, blowing his hair.
Uncaringly, I asked him to get off the wall of the fence. I looked left and right before opening the back door very slowly so as not to make the slightest sound and went through it myself.
"Phew! Finally managed to survive one more day." I took a deep breath before I hurriedly turned and gave a forbidding look at Athie who was following behind me who was going to press the light switch.
"Don't turn on the light!" I whispered.
"What is your problem?" He asked, not understanding.
Cautiously, I walked with a lighter to light the candle that was half-melted after using it last night.
"Don't be too loud." I answered, which made my uncle even more confused when I took the fan out of the drawer.
"The heat will pass, don't turn on the air conditioner!"
"Huh? You didn't pay the electricity bill?" Athie asked confusedly as he picked up the fan before I walked to the window, slightly opening the curtains. I saw two men in black sitting on cool motorbikes and looking inside my house.
Damn it! When will they stop?!
It's been 2 days. The asshole had sent people to follow me in the club and also at home until I felt like a rat being haunted. It's a good thing I took a break from work at the club when Jade says someone always comes to ask for a guy named Jom every night. This makes a tingling sensation crept up my spine. Plus, Jade's words frightened me even more into a corner.
"What problem does Mr. Kinn have with you? Hurry up, meet him and apologize to him. I can tell he is not an ordinary person."
The fear deep within my heart that I try to hide, is growing more and more each day. When gang men look for me everywhere asking for Jom, it confirms that Kinn is after me and won't let him get to me that easily.
"What the hell did you do to get noticed by the mafia, Porsche!" Athie said, as he walked and stood beside me behind the curtain. He looked in the same direction as me.
"Seems like I have done something, but what? what was it?" I hurriedly changed the subject, not daring to say anything about the watch that I extorted. Taking something valuable from a mobster until he came after me.
"..."
My uncle sat on the old sofa and sighed.
"Oh, you're back." I greeted my brother Che' who was wearing a sleeveless shirt and sweat- soaked shorts. He looked like someone who runs a marathon.
"Oh, Che you're back." Uncle greeted him too.
"Yes. Hey, tonight I'll sleepover at a friend's house," Che replied to Athie before turning around and looking frustrated at me.
"Why?" I asked.
"I'm too lazy to have to climb the fence to enter my own house, the AC can't be turned on, electricity is prohibited, and I can only charge my cellphone. This is crazy! I am asking you Phi seriously, do you have any problem with anyone?"
I put my hand on his shoulder in deliberation.
"Turn it on, damn it!" I cursed until he frowned and brushed my hand away.
"Oh and come out from the back door," I repeated. He rolled his eyes and walked back upstairs.
"Porsche! You don't owe anyone because of gambling, do you?" Athie brought up the topic again.
"No! Of course not. It's nothing. Ah, now that I remembered, what is wrong with you uncle?" I replied in a deep tone, staring at him sitting nervously.
"It's me who needs money right now."
I'm tired of listening to the same stories. Athie asked for the money that he needed at least ten times a year.
"No, there's no more gold this time. My mother sold it off to pay the debt," I said in a soft voice, walking to get water from the kitchen to drink.
"If you can't help me this time, I don't know what to do!" Uncle Athie exclaimed in trepidation.
"How much is it this time?" I asked back.
"Five million." Suddenly my hand that was lifting the water bottle to my mouth caught on mid-air in shock.
"Huh?"
"This time, it is not the same as before. They will kill me. You must help me!" His face was a picture of frustration.
"You're crazy! Where will I get the money from, let alone it' fucking five million?!" I speak honestly.
"Before you only owed a few hundred thousand and that alone had you hunted and beaten down. Now you owed a large amount enough to buy everything in this house. But why don't you ever give up? Where is your common sense this time?"
"I don't know. I really don't know. You have to help me," Athie sat restlessly on the sofa, wandering around until he uttered a curse making me wonder.
"Damn! The house is mortgaged, and they will take it over soon."
"Huh, the house is mortgaged?" I thought for a moment, as far as I know, Athie's house has already been confiscated right?
"Right now, I am eating and sleeping in a casino. I came out to remind you that the house is going to be confiscated and repossessed."
"House? Which house do you mean uncle?" I asked in surprise, the alarm started to pool in the pit of my stomach. I knew the answer the moment his expression changed and looked at me with regret.
"Uh. I'm sorry. But I really didn't know what to do." The answer makes me widen my eyes, barely wanting to believe what came out of his mouth.
"What?! Don't tell me about this house."
I walked over to Uncle Athie asking for an answer and silently begging it wasn't what I thought.
"Yes, I mortgaged this house, but I can't even pay the interest. If I can't get the money to make up for it in three days, this house will be confiscated!" Uncle replied, squeezing my arms tightly, I almost stopped listening by the end of the sentence.
"But this house is my house. The last legacy of my parents. Why did you do this?"
The pain of betrayal came seeping like a poison in my chest.
I quickly came back to my senses, walked over to the drawer before opening it. I looked for the house title and ownership documents that were no longer there. I turned my head to look at my uncle furiously. My eyes were deadly and every word was barely hanging from my throat.
I am now twenty years old, this house is mine. Uncle is the guardian of all my family assets because I was a minor. All the assets left by my parents, there was nothing left. Only this house he promised he would never touch and would hand over to me and Che. But what is this?
"Why are you doing this to me?"
"I am sorry," he said in the softest voice.
I almost lost my mind, I wanted to walk and hit my head against the wall to wake up from this nightmare. He is the only relative I have. He should be the one who my brother and I can depend on for everything because he manages all my parents' legacy. But he just caused trouble every day.
"Three days." I said in a soft voice, repeating my uncle's words that this house of mine would be gone in just three days. But in these three days, I have to raise money to pay off debts and redeem this house.
"It's more than five million baht." A booming voice spoke with eyes staring at the ground in front of him outside the door.
The loud sound hitting the door broke the silence in the house. My gaze darted immediately towards the door before widening my eyes.
"Shia!"
A group of men dressed in black broke into the house. Among them was a familiar figure. He looked elegant. His features are so strong I can't seem to act accordingly.
"Anakinn!"
Shouted my uncle before hurrying up from the sofa, staring at the newcomer in surprise. Just as stunned as I was because the person I have been trying to avoid is now standing in front of me.
With all the problems in my life, I started thinking about what to do after this.
"Hey, what are you doing in my house?!" I asked loudly, glaring at him.
"What? In three days, this will be mine!" He replied with a smirk. I looked at my uncle who was looking back at me, nodding in response.
Don't tell me that my uncle owes this bastard!
"What's with the commotion?"
Che walked down the stairs and frowned as he found a mysterious man standing in our home.
"Who are you?!" My brother screamed in surprise.
"Go back to your room," I said while turning to him. I'm not ready to tell him anything at this point.
"Why? What's wrong?" The stubborn bastard rushed over to me, in confusion.
As for me, I stared back at the face of Kinn, who was standing with his hands in his pockets, assessing the situation very calmly.
"Move!" I shouted out loud. Che looked doubtfully at me.
"Everything will be fine right?" He asked again.
"Go up for the meantime. I will be fine." I turned my head to look at my brother with sharp eyes before he slowly climbed the stairs. I waited for the sound of the door closing from upstairs to be heard, then continued looking at that bastard's face.
"Uh. This–" Uncle's voice destroyed the awkward atmosphere. I admit this all took me by surprise. This incident was beyond what I had ever thought until my mind ran out of things to think about.
"Khun Annakin, how did you get here?"
"Why can't I come? this place is half mine, right?"
"Uh. May I ask for more time please?" Uncle asked calmly.
"Three days," the calm voice answered immediately.
"Five million, if including the price of the land deeds, it will be six million two hundred baht."
My heart trembled when he spoke like that. How could he say that with words and gestures full of pride? I'm acting tough, but my legs are shaking, almost hard to move forward.
"But Mr. Kinn-" Before I could speak, a heavy hand lifted and forbade me to speak.
"But I have an offer." A soft voice spoke. Uncle's hopeful eyes turned to him.
"What is it? I'm ready to do anything, as long as Khun Kinn gives me a chance." Replied my uncle.
"You! Work for me."
His index finger is raised, pointing at me. I'm even more confused than before. Work? What kind of work?
"And I'm going to increase the payback period to two years." His eyes are calm, hard to read, and stare at me incessantly.
"Work?"Uncle looked at me.
"Be my bodyguard. Then I'll talk to my father about the debt."
I took a deep breath thinking about the series of events that had happened over the past few days and sneered.
"Huh! Who are you? The most Important person in the world? So what? Don't you already have enough bodyguards?" I asked mockingly.
He's just a person who can't take care of himself. Bodyguard my foot! Is he thinking he's in the movie The Godfather of Shanghai?!
"Shut up!" My uncle shouted at me.
"Why?! This is your problem, so solve it yourself. Why should I get dragged into this problem?!" I wanted so much to sever my relationship with my uncle and said it with all my anger.
How did this responsibility suddenly come down to me? Why did my uncle mortgage the house and now order me to work for Kinn? What did I do wrong?
"Then you can say goodbye to this house." I prepared to run towards Kinn, but the two bodyguards prevented me from reaching him first, so I stopped. I looked at him angrily.
"Now it will belong to my father!" He didn't give up. He knew it would provoke me and he said it with a light smile.
"Damn you, Kinn!"
His attitude really ticked me off until I felt my patience wearing thin. I shouldn't have saved your bastard ass!
"Stop it! If you want to get back the house, shut up and accept his offer."
"But I'm not responsible for this problem!!! I won't work for it!"
"Why are you scared?" Kinn is fishing, baiting me with his words.
"Huh, are you an idiot? Who wants to take a risk Seeing your family who is associated with gambling and the black market, being your bodyguard, means that I will be supporting your hands and feet, right? And if I could choose who to work with, why would I do something so risky for you?"
The sentence I just spoke is probably the longest sentence I have spoken this year. I don't want to get involved in something like this. It's not worth it. I'm especially worried for my brother's safety. If I choose to walk this path, my life would not be peaceful and happy.
"In three days, gather the money. If not, move out!" Kinn still threatened me with that.
"You shit!" I shouted loudly at him. I know my stamina is not at its best right now, but I still jumped at Kinn, trying to get his throat even though I knew his four
bodyguards would immediately cut my steps off, make themselves a shield, and hold me tightly.
"Stop it!" Athie tried to calm me down. "Stop!"
Uncle pushed me so hard I hit the wall. I looked at my uncle angrily.
I cursed him endlessly in my heart. Feelings of regret, anger, helplessness. I loathe him. I tried to gather myself together, thinking of ways to get this house back.
"..."
Silence took over. All the eyes inside the house looked at me before I spoke in a deep voice.
"If after this, I decide to take my house back, how much should I pay?"
"How much?" Kinn turned his head to ask his subordinate.
"You can't leave me, if in three days you can't raise the money, then I'll die. Why don't you just work with him?" My uncle whines.
"I don't care! I will take back this house." I said aloud.
"So where will you get the money?" Asked uncle.
"I have a job, I'll ask for time, and I'll take back this house." The first sentence I addressed to my uncle, before saying the last sentence and turned to look at Kinn.
"Anyway..."
"How about me!! What about my debt!!!" Uncle's voice was loud before he rushed over and grabbed my arm, shaking my body.
"You're taking this matter lightly! But you won't even be able to make a million any time soon. At least for now I will work with him."
I'll make the money and get this house back.
"I don't want to get involved with a world like that!!! I am worried about my brother's safety!" I shouted loudly before taking a deep breath. I walked past my uncle and approached Kinn again. His bodyguard walked forward, blocking me as usual, so I stopped. Then dared to gather all the words and order him to leave.
"I'll definitely need time to work and raise money within this year. But I'm going to take my house back."
"Where are you going to live for that long?!" Shouted Uncle.
"I can survive!" I tilted my head to answer my uncle, who seemed to have started going crazy.
While I'll be working on savings to make enough money to take my home back, I'll be renting an apartment with Jade. At least there will be enough money to save little by little.
"It's up to you, but the five million owed, it should be paid in three days." Kinn grinned before walking out of the house. As soon as the man in black disappeared, things in my house were thrown to the floor by my uncle like an insane person.
"What are you doing?! You know, three days if in three days I cannot get the money, I'm going to die. They'll hunt and kill me!"
"Ah, about that, you can handle it yourself! Why should I help you? I love my life, I love my brother's life too!" I screamed and left in an equally loud voice.
"If I die, it's because of you!!" Uncle shouted angrily again.
"Then the reason why I have become like this isn't it because of you?! You are selfish! Just thinking about yourself! My parents' assets have all been sold. And now you want to make me your substitute to pay off your debt? Is my life worthless in your eyes?"
I'm still standing and arguing with him. Those ferocious eyes continued to stare at me endlessly. I will never give in to him again after he has taken our properties including this house.
How could he possibly have the heart to pawn my parent's last treasure? Indeed, in the end, the house that should be mine, will disappear in a blink of an eye!
"You can curse me for being selfish! Damn! Do it!. But didn't you ever think about my safety. Your father's brother, who took care of and looked after all your parent's legacy? Don't you remember when you were in middle school, I was the one who took care of you?"
All the 'goodness' that uncle said, made me clench my fists. Although I don't deny that my uncle was very nice to me at first. But what he is doing to me and Che now is very serious.
I stood trembling, thinking about everything he said for a moment. Am I giving up? Accept a job that looks dishonest and put myself at stake. Should I do it to help one relative and sacrifice my brother's safety, or should I–
"Don't do it, Phi. Hey, don't do it." I raised my head when I heard that voice. Che, got off the stairs, walked over and hugged me tightly.
When I saw my brother, my heart pounded, barely holding back my inner weakness. I closed my mouth tightly, trapping my senses as deep as my heart. I slightly raised my hand and stroked my brother's head. Che had probably secretly listened and already knew about it.
"Please don't work like that. Who will I live with?" He said in a trembling voice. This is the main reason I will never let myself easily surrender my life to anyone. I will never leave my brother alone. His life was lonely enough. And I will do everything to protect him because I love him more than my own life.
"We don't need a house. I don't mind where we live. But don't leave me." Che hugged me tighter as if afraid that I would disappear.
"I know..."
"Huh! Listen to me, it's not easy. When you were in middle school you hit and kick people quite often. But look, you're still alive. What are you afraid of?!" The scab interrupted.
I don't think that I want to count this person as my relative anymore. My eyes stared at him in disbelief that this man was my father's real brother. With father's love for me and Che', he would never be able to get such words out of his mouth.
I remember the day Kinn was chased by people who wielded knives and other weapons, and that situation wasn't a situation where a kid like me had to get mixed up.
Hit and kick, anyone can do it. But If I put my life at stake and took the risk of involving the only person I love in the world into such a situation, I wouldn't do it!
Che and I grabbed a few things from the house and rushed over to Tem's house. Tonight, I can't live in the same house as that person. I can no longer respect him as an uncle. He went on a rampage, didn't stop talking, and kept trying to convince me to take the job. I was afraid I wouldn't be able to stop myself from hitting him in the face.
"Drink this first." Tem gave me a glass of water. The two people sitting in front of him at this hour looked stressed and didn't want to talk.
"Thank you."
"What happened?" Tem asked me with a worried face.
"I'm sorry I bothered you." I said, my gaze looking out over the balcony but I couldn't find anything to focus on.
"What's bothering you? My friend, all this time, I'm just waiting to say, what can I do for you?"
I turned my head to look at his eyes and the handsome face of a friend who was sending me a faint smile. Holding my shoulders in encouragement before I slowly told him the story.
"My house has been confiscated."
"Huh? What happened?" The surprise in his face was unbearable, and he asked in a low voice.
"Uncle lost it at gambling." I almost choke on my reply. I don't want to mention or think of that person.
"Damn. My friend, I can't believe it. But Full and I know your uncle's background. So, you don't have to explain much about it. So, what happened? What are you going to do?"
I shook my head instead of answering. I knew I would not be able to make money in a timely manner and I did not know what to do from this moment forward.
"I'm just going to bother you tonight. I am going to a friend's house tomorrow." I said.
"Actually, you can stay here with me." Tem said in a depressed voice.
"Thank you, but tomorrow I'll go see my friend. I've talked to him about looking for a dormitory. I'll find him as soon as possible, but in the meantime."
"Shit! You don't have to talk like that. You can stay here. I'm at your disposal, Porsche." Said Tem. No matter how bad my life has become, I am glad that I still have good people around me.
"Thank you very much." I said in a soft voice.
"And have you contacted Jom?"
"At first, I was going to Jom's house, but he's not answering. Maybe he's asleep."
"About him, since last night he didn't answer my calls. I wonder if he has a new chick."
"Are you going to take a shower? Tonight, you two can sleep on the bed and I'll sleep on the sofa."
"Why get hard on yourself? Che, go to sleep with Tem, I'll sleep on the sofa."
Both of them nodded. Today I am so tired. My problem is not done, my house is confiscated, and my life has completely turned upside down.
Anyway, tomorrow I have to rush back to work as usual to earn money and redeem the house.
THE NEXT DAY
"Shit, what's wrong with him?" Tem cursed as he repeatedly dialed the call. Today, Jom was gone all day.
No, since yesterday no one was able to reach him. Until the class finished in the afternoon, there's still no sign of him. Usually if he is sick or unable to attend class, at least he will notify us in our line group. But now, he has just disappeared, like he has been swallowed up by the earth.
Tem and I gave up and tried to ignore it. So, I went back to the dorms and searched the internet for information about cheap dorms in the vicinity. Some pretty good and affordable places. But before that I have to prepare to go see Jade.
1
"Not again. My club shouldn't end up looking like this!"
As soon as my bike hit the ground, a familiar strange guy's voice sounded so loud that I quickly turned around in surprise. My feet hurriedly stepped inside.
1
"Jade! What happened?" I shouted loudly seeing the club in a bad way as it looked like it had just finished waging a war. Tables and chairs have fallen down, broken glass and bottles scattered on the floor. I saw a figure sitting on the floor, weeping and mourning.
"Porsche!!! We have to talk about something!" The harsh voice shouted back that left me dumbfounded.
Usually, Jade's voice would sound like a cute girl, but today she let out her real voice. It was like a real man borrowing his wife's dress. She approached me and dragged me to the office.
Oh my God! What is this about? I thought.
"Ahh! I will go crazy if it will be like this every day!" Shouted Jade while she bangs her head against the wall.
Wailing until I have to cover my ears with my hands. "What happened?" I asked in a halting voice.
"Who are you in trouble with and what have you actually done?" Jade never has said harsh words to me before. Today she spat at me, which left me shocked. She held me tightly on my left shoulder.
"What have I done?" I asked, wondering what this is all about. Apart from leave of absence for two days, I have done nothing wrong to provoke any trouble. Jade looked at me calmly before letting go of me.
"Huh. I have told you not to cause trouble, have I not?" Her second voice came back with the handkerchief in a Chinese pattern covering her tears.
"I didn't do anything, Jade!"
"Like hell! What are you doing with Khun Kinn!" I was even more shocked when I heard his name. Yes, I have a problem with Kinn. About the house, but the five million was not because of me.
"Today when opening the shop, Khun Kinn's bodyguard asked if the person named Porsche still works here. When Che answered yes, he threw things in the air. Things just got repaired, now they are all messed up. Damn, Porsche! What are you going to do?!"
From the first two sentences and turning into a harsh voice, the last sentence makes me unable to control my rage. What Jade told me is driving me crazy with madness.
"I did nothing!" I answered her.
"Can you leave? They gave me an ultimatum: if I don't fire you, the club will experience chaos like this every day!" She said.
Shit! What the hell. I'm surprised at what had happened.
"Wait, Jade. What's all this?" Me, who rarely showed emotion is now teary-eyed, pleading evident on my face.
"I have to ask you a favor about this but- sorry Porsche, but can you leave the club for me?" Her face was not as angry as earlier, but turned into fret.
"I can't. Please, you can't kick me out." Absolutely not. Where else can I find money to redeem my house?
Damn Kinn! Why are you doing this to me?!
"But I can't fix the club anymore." Tiny drop of tears came rolling down her face.
"But, Jade, you can't fire me. Where else can I get money." I said honestly, my voice as soft as a whisper.
"I've had financial problems too. I still don't know where to find money this time to fix the club."
I glanced out through the glass and saw the utter chaos of the club, plus some of the staff who had a terrible sense of fear that they weren't safe.
"I really didn't do anything this time." I heaved a deep sigh. Although I am sure I didn't do anything wrong to Kinn, when I looked at Jae's face, I blamed myself for all this.
"Porsche, please leave."
"..."
I looked at Jade's face. At this very moment, I felt so down. I've seen an annoying story in the past two days. Now I feel like I'm at ground zero, losing myself and not knowing how to deal with these emotions.
"Do not look at me like that. Jade loves Porsche. But now, you and I must love ourselves."
I think I understand everything. I caused the destruction of the club twice. I couldn't blame Jade if today, she really decided to kick me out.
"But what do you need? I am ready to help with anything but money because now I really still can't stand it!"
"Then Jade, can you help me land a job at the P'Q shop?"
"The shop in the alleyway next door?"
"Yes, can I get to work right away? I really need money."
"Are you sure they won't follow you and tear down the shop?" Asked Jade and I said I wasn't sure and I do not know. I put my hand on the temple and massage gently trying to think of something to get out of this.
"Okay, wait a minute." Jade pressed the phone before walking out to talk. I know how angry she is.
But when she asked me to leave work and help me to work in a new place without a doubt, it reminded me that Jade still loves me.
"Okay, come on, you start working tonight." Jade came in and told me the details. Jade told P'Q that she would be closing the shop for a long time. There was a little problem, so I asked her if she could help me go to work at her friend's shop in the meantime.
"So, before I go, do you want me to do something first?"
"No need. You better go, Q is waiting." I nodded. I walked out of the club and went straight to the new shop.
I cannot wait for the time to pass. I had to hurry and get to work and earn some money. My burden is too heavy to just sit around. I assumed that the whole thing might be nothing. Or was it a misunderstanding? The person who came to Jade was probably the same gangster, they are still angry and chasing me.
The first night passed at Phi Q shop, everything was normal and happy, I was secretly stuck with more customers than at Jade's place until I felt even more tired than usual. I have to really get used to it and adjust. Learning this job and becoming a new employee for me is not easy.
It's never easy on me. What is happening to me now is my own fault. I can't blame the heavens or the earth.
Once at Tem's condo, I punched the code for the door to enter the room, but my eyes met with the figures next door, punching the wrong code.
"What are you looking at?"
The man turned around to look at me with a sharp gaze. I didn't mean to see. Then glanced around at those who were 'playing' in front of the room.
Hey, my eyes are perfectly fine. Of course, I could see what they were doing with my eyes.
"Fuck!"
I swore, looking at him fearlessly. He looked at me too. Before we got into a fight, the woman sent her husband to the room.
What have I done? I am not doing anything. I just dialed the code to enter my friend's room. I entered Tem's room tired. I immediately rushed to take a shower and did everything quietly because my friend was already sleeping. When I finished showering, I walked back to find Tem standing, staring at the bedroom wall with an annoyed expression.
"Did I wake you up?" I asked my friend.
"Damn it! The couple in the next room did!" Tem said, his face facing the white wall.
I frowned and focused on listening to the male and female voices through the walls. It was the couple I had met in the front of the room.
"Shia, you guys! Can't you guys be quiet? We can't get to sleep over here!"
I felt awkward when he screamed loudly and hit the wall hard! But the voice sounded louder than before. Even more so and it seems like they are doing things that I didn't expect.
"Fuck, Earth! Do it quietly!"
"I'm sorry!"
Then I was amazed when a voice responded to Tem. He walked away from the wall, but his face was still as frustrated as before. I, who was standing and watching, saw my friend's behavior and remembered what he said.
"Is this what you meant when you said the voice of a woman is always so loud until you can't sleep?"
In the past he used to say that the room was so noisy that it made it difficult for him to sleep and wanted to move many times.
"Yes! But not only women, several times he has brought a man!"
He walked over to get water and poured it into a glass, then drank it all. Before he spoke, "More importantly, that bastard is my neighbor next door! I hate him! Bastard!"
Then he emphasizes the sentence while facing the wall and raising the middle finger to it.
I noticed that my friends now looked frustrated by a different problem. So, I invited them to do merits. Hundreds of days, a thousand years, I never thought of going to a temple, I felt that my merit was very little and was running out.
IN THE CAR
"Should I move to the same dorm as you?"
Normally I didn't believe in merits and sins, but from the past events I really have no spiritual defenses, so I wanted to approach Dharma. I thought that if my life would become more cursed than this, I would be ordained for the rest of my life and never feel alive again.
"If you are annoyed, you can play a song." Tem said.
"I'm not an easy sleeper. I have trouble sleeping, if there is even a little noise, I can't sleep." I continued chatting with this bastard.
He drove to the highway to get out of the lane. And then we looked for the shrine nearby. We kept driving until we were almost outside the university when suddenly, Tem's cell phone rang.
"Hm, your bastard friend is calling."
The screen shows Jom. He pressed the button to answer the call and turned on the speaker.
"Hey, do you still remember that you have friends."
[You-ch-help me]
His voice was weak, barely audible, Tem put on the brakes suddenly. I was quite surprised to hear Jom's voice.
"Why you?! What happened to you?" My worry spiked up and asked back in grief.
[Help me, behind the cafe]
Tem quickly turns the car in the direction he mentioned. I have a strange feeling like this is something related to me.
Am I the one who caused this?
"Tell me clearly. Where are you?"
Tem and I looked along the side of the road and saw the bystanders beside the divider. Tem immediately turned on and off the signal, parked the car, and hurriedly got out.
"Shia, Jom!"
Tem and I screech out in surprise. The people in the area opened a path and let us pass. We saw a man sitting on a utility pole in a very miserable condition, face covered in bruises and shoe marks all over his shirt.
"You are here."
Exclaimed Jom. Seeing me, he smiled even though his eyes were swollen and closed on one side. His hand hugged me tightly.
"What happened?" I asked. My voice is almost breaking.
"I don't know. When I was walking to buy meatballs, several motorbikes approached me then they asked me if I was Jom, a second- year Sports Student or not. When I said yes, said Khun Kinn had a gift for me. Then they beat me up and put me in a van. As soon as I got up, they beat me again."
His voice was hoarse. As if he was running out of breath, stubbornly interrupting his body, even though he was not bleeding, he looked so bad I could barely touch him.
The fact that he forced Jade to fire me and terrorized my friend, made me realize that he was suppressing me by oppressing those around me to make his wish come true. I quickly dialed the number that called yesterday. The one I remember the ending so well. Waiting for it to ring for a while, and once lifted, I hear a cool laugh come across the line.
[You finally contacted me.]
"What have you done to my friend?!" I shriek back down the next end of the line.
[What the! I haven't done anything to your friend.]
"What the hell do you mean you didn't do anything? If it weren't for you, there wouldn't be a way for my friend to be beaten like this!"
[Oh! I meant to teach you a lesson, but my men misidentify the person.]
The sound of loud laughter came through the earpiece of the phone.
"Damn!!! My name is Porsche! Damn it!!! What are you trying to play here?"
[Oh. Your name is Porsche, so it is true my men beat up the wrong person.]
I almost slammed the phone down when I heard him laugh again. How does he not know my name?
"If you intend to bother me, what do you want!"
[Work for me!]
"I won't do it." I focus on his voice again.
[Hmm. Then, your brother's name is Che, right?]
When I heard him say that my thin line of patience was gone. "Don't you dare touch my brother!"
[Umh, Nong Che's school is near my house.]
"You fucking bastard Kinn! How did you know!"
[Come and see me.]
I immediately hung up and a message came through which had an address that had been sent through to my cell phone. I gritted my teeth in anger. He deliberately forced Jade to fire me, so I don't have a job. Intent on harming the people around me to corner me until I cannot find a way out. He literally did everything just because he wanted me to work for him!
PORSCHE
I rode the motorcycle with a back rider who looked like he had just lost half of his life and was about to face the day of judgment. Out of nowhere, my uncle Athie called to pick him up. After that, he didn't speak, didn't ask questions, and didn't answer any questions asked. Except to ask me to take him home.
"Get down first," I said in a soft voice.
He followed me slowly and frowned as I turned the key, turned off the engine, and slowly pushed the motorbike into the hollow backyard. Then I managed me to jump and climb over the wall to lift myself up.
"What are you doing?" My uncle asked a little confused before I reached my hand out to him.
"Shhh! Be quiet. Hurry and come up." Uncle reached out his hand, then I pulled up his body to the edge of the wall before I jump to the floor as light as possible.
"Why do you have to sneak into your own house?!" Uncle snorted softly, blowing his hair.
Uncaringly, I asked him to get off the wall of the fence. I looked left and right before opening the back door very slowly so as not to make the slightest sound and went through it myself.
"Phew! Finally managed to survive one more day." I took a deep breath before I hurriedly turned and gave a forbidding look at Athie who was following behind me who was going to press the light switch.
"Don't turn on the light!" I whispered.
"What is your problem?" He asked, not understanding.
Cautiously, I walked with a lighter to light the candle that was half-melted after using it last night.
"Don't be too loud." I answered, which made my uncle even more confused when I took the fan out of the drawer.
"The heat will pass, don't turn on the air conditioner!"
"Huh? You didn't pay the electricity bill?" Athie asked confusedly as he picked up the fan before I walked to the window, slightly opening the curtains. I saw two men in black sitting on cool motorbikes and looking inside my house.
Damn it! When will they stop?!
It's been 2 days. The asshole had sent people to follow me in the club and also at home until I felt like a rat being haunted. It's a good thing I took a break from work at the club when Jade says someone always comes to ask for a guy named Jom every night. This makes a tingling sensation crept up my spine. Plus, Jade's words frightened me even more into a corner.
"What problem does Mr. Kinn have with you? Hurry up, meet him and apologize to him. I can tell he is not an ordinary person."
The fear deep within my heart that I try to hide, is growing more and more each day. When gang men look for me everywhere asking for Jom, it confirms that Kinn is after me and won't let him get to me that easily.
"What the hell did you do to get noticed by the mafia, Porsche!" Athie said, as he walked and stood beside me behind the curtain. He looked in the same direction as me.
"Seems like I have done something, but what? what was it?" I hurriedly changed the subject, not daring to say anything about the watch that I extorted. Taking something valuable from a mobster until he came after me.
"..."
My uncle sat on the old sofa and sighed.
"Oh, you're back." I greeted my brother Che' who was wearing a sleeveless shirt and sweat- soaked shorts. He looked like someone who runs a marathon.
"Oh, Che you're back." Uncle greeted him too.
"Yes. Hey, tonight I'll sleepover at a friend's house," Che replied to Athie before turning around and looking frustrated at me.
"Why?" I asked.
"I'm too lazy to have to climb the fence to enter my own house, the AC can't be turned on, electricity is prohibited, and I can only charge my cellphone. This is crazy! I am asking you Phi seriously, do you have any problem with anyone?"
I put my hand on his shoulder in deliberation.
"Turn it on, damn it!" I cursed until he frowned and brushed my hand away.
"Oh and come out from the back door," I repeated. He rolled his eyes and walked back upstairs.
"Porsche! You don't owe anyone because of gambling, do you?" Athie brought up the topic again.
"No! Of course not. It's nothing. Ah, now that I remembered, what is wrong with you uncle?" I replied in a deep tone, staring at him sitting nervously.
"It's me who needs money right now."
I'm tired of listening to the same stories. Athie asked for the money that he needed at least ten times a year.
"No, there's no more gold this time. My mother sold it off to pay the debt," I said in a soft voice, walking to get water from the kitchen to drink.
"If you can't help me this time, I don't know what to do!" Uncle Athie exclaimed in trepidation.
"How much is it this time?" I asked back.
"Five million." Suddenly my hand that was lifting the water bottle to my mouth caught on mid-air in shock.
"Huh?"
"This time, it is not the same as before. They will kill me. You must help me!" His face was a picture of frustration.
"You're crazy! Where will I get the money from, let alone it' fucking five million?!" I speak honestly.
"Before you only owed a few hundred thousand and that alone had you hunted and beaten down. Now you owed a large amount enough to buy everything in this house. But why don't you ever give up? Where is your common sense this time?"
"I don't know. I really don't know. You have to help me," Athie sat restlessly on the sofa, wandering around until he uttered a curse making me wonder.
"Damn! The house is mortgaged, and they will take it over soon."
"Huh, the house is mortgaged?" I thought for a moment, as far as I know, Athie's house has already been confiscated right?
"Right now, I am eating and sleeping in a casino. I came out to remind you that the house is going to be confiscated and repossessed."
"House? Which house do you mean uncle?" I asked in surprise, the alarm started to pool in the pit of my stomach. I knew the answer the moment his expression changed and looked at me with regret.
"Uh. I'm sorry. But I really didn't know what to do." The answer makes me widen my eyes, barely wanting to believe what came out of his mouth.
"What?! Don't tell me about this house."
I walked over to Uncle Athie asking for an answer and silently begging it wasn't what I thought.
"Yes, I mortgaged this house, but I can't even pay the interest. If I can't get the money to make up for it in three days, this house will be confiscated!" Uncle replied, squeezing my arms tightly, I almost stopped listening by the end of the sentence.
"But this house is my house. The last legacy of my parents. Why did you do this?"
The pain of betrayal came seeping like a poison in my chest.
I quickly came back to my senses, walked over to the drawer before opening it. I looked for the house title and ownership documents that were no longer there. I turned my head to look at my uncle furiously. My eyes were deadly and every word was barely hanging from my throat.
I am now twenty years old, this house is mine. Uncle is the guardian of all my family assets because I was a minor. All the assets left by my parents, there was nothing left. Only this house he promised he would never touch and would hand over to me and Che. But what is this?
"Why are you doing this to me?"
"I am sorry," he said in the softest voice.
I almost lost my mind, I wanted to walk and hit my head against the wall to wake up from this nightmare. He is the only relative I have. He should be the one who my brother and I can depend on for everything because he manages all my parents' legacy. But he just caused trouble every day.
"Three days." I said in a soft voice, repeating my uncle's words that this house of mine would be gone in just three days. But in these three days, I have to raise money to pay off debts and redeem this house.
"It's more than five million baht." A booming voice spoke with eyes staring at the ground in front of him outside the door.
The loud sound hitting the door broke the silence in the house. My gaze darted immediately towards the door before widening my eyes.
"Shia!"
A group of men dressed in black broke into the house. Among them was a familiar figure. He looked elegant. His features are so strong I can't seem to act accordingly.
"Anakinn!"
Shouted my uncle before hurrying up from the sofa, staring at the newcomer in surprise. Just as stunned as I was because the person I have been trying to avoid is now standing in front of me.
With all the problems in my life, I started thinking about what to do after this.
"Hey, what are you doing in my house?!" I asked loudly, glaring at him.
"What? In three days, this will be mine!" He replied with a smirk. I looked at my uncle who was looking back at me, nodding in response.
Don't tell me that my uncle owes this bastard!
"What's with the commotion?"
Che walked down the stairs and frowned as he found a mysterious man standing in our home.
"Who are you?!" My brother screamed in surprise.
"Go back to your room," I said while turning to him. I'm not ready to tell him anything at this point.
"Why? What's wrong?" The stubborn bastard rushed over to me, in confusion.
As for me, I stared back at the face of Kinn, who was standing with his hands in his pockets, assessing the situation very calmly.
"Move!" I shouted out loud. Che looked doubtfully at me.
"Everything will be fine right?" He asked again.
"Go up for the meantime. I will be fine." I turned my head to look at my brother with sharp eyes before he slowly climbed the stairs. I waited for the sound of the door closing from upstairs to be heard, then continued looking at that bastard's face.
"Uh. This–" Uncle's voice destroyed the awkward atmosphere. I admit this all took me by surprise. This incident was beyond what I had ever thought until my mind ran out of things to think about.
"Khun Annakin, how did you get here?"
"Why can't I come? this place is half mine, right?"
"Uh. May I ask for more time please?" Uncle asked calmly.
"Three days," the calm voice answered immediately.
"Five million, if including the price of the land deeds, it will be six million two hundred baht."
My heart trembled when he spoke like that. How could he say that with words and gestures full of pride? I'm acting tough, but my legs are shaking, almost hard to move forward.
"But Mr. Kinn-" Before I could speak, a heavy hand lifted and forbade me to speak.
"But I have an offer." A soft voice spoke. Uncle's hopeful eyes turned to him.
"What is it? I'm ready to do anything, as long as Khun Kinn gives me a chance." Replied my uncle.
"You! Work for me."
His index finger is raised, pointing at me. I'm even more confused than before. Work? What kind of work?
"And I'm going to increase the payback period to two years." His eyes are calm, hard to read, and stare at me incessantly.
"Work?"Uncle looked at me.
"Be my bodyguard. Then I'll talk to my father about the debt."
I took a deep breath thinking about the series of events that had happened over the past few days and sneered.
"Huh! Who are you? The most Important person in the world? So what? Don't you already have enough bodyguards?" I asked mockingly.
He's just a person who can't take care of himself. Bodyguard my foot! Is he thinking he's in the movie The Godfather of Shanghai?!
"Shut up!" My uncle shouted at me.
"Why?! This is your problem, so solve it yourself. Why should I get dragged into this problem?!" I wanted so much to sever my relationship with my uncle and said it with all my anger.
How did this responsibility suddenly come down to me? Why did my uncle mortgage the house and now order me to work for Kinn? What did I do wrong?
"Then you can say goodbye to this house." I prepared to run towards Kinn, but the two bodyguards prevented me from reaching him first, so I stopped. I looked at him angrily.
"Now it will belong to my father!" He didn't give up. He knew it would provoke me and he said it with a light smile.
"Damn you, Kinn!"
His attitude really ticked me off until I felt my patience wearing thin. I shouldn't have saved your bastard ass!
"Stop it! If you want to get back the house, shut up and accept his offer."
"But I'm not responsible for this problem!!! I won't work for it!"
"Why are you scared?" Kinn is fishing, baiting me with his words.
"Huh, are you an idiot? Who wants to take a risk Seeing your family who is associated with gambling and the black market, being your bodyguard, means that I will be supporting your hands and feet, right? And if I could choose who to work with, why would I do something so risky for you?"
The sentence I just spoke is probably the longest sentence I have spoken this year. I don't want to get involved in something like this. It's not worth it. I'm especially worried for my brother's safety. If I choose to walk this path, my life would not be peaceful and happy.
"In three days, gather the money. If not, move out!" Kinn still threatened me with that.
"You shit!" I shouted loudly at him. I know my stamina is not at its best right now, but I still jumped at Kinn, trying to get his throat even though I knew his four
bodyguards would immediately cut my steps off, make themselves a shield, and hold me tightly.
"Stop it!" Athie tried to calm me down. "Stop!"
Uncle pushed me so hard I hit the wall. I looked at my uncle angrily.
I cursed him endlessly in my heart. Feelings of regret, anger, helplessness. I loathe him. I tried to gather myself together, thinking of ways to get this house back.
"..."
Silence took over. All the eyes inside the house looked at me before I spoke in a deep voice.
"If after this, I decide to take my house back, how much should I pay?"
"How much?" Kinn turned his head to ask his subordinate.
"You can't leave me, if in three days you can't raise the money, then I'll die. Why don't you just work with him?" My uncle whines.
"I don't care! I will take back this house." I said aloud.
"So where will you get the money?" Asked uncle.
"I have a job, I'll ask for time, and I'll take back this house." The first sentence I addressed to my uncle, before saying the last sentence and turned to look at Kinn.
"Anyway..."
"How about me!! What about my debt!!!" Uncle's voice was loud before he rushed over and grabbed my arm, shaking my body.
"You're taking this matter lightly! But you won't even be able to make a million any time soon. At least for now I will work with him."
I'll make the money and get this house back.
"I don't want to get involved with a world like that!!! I am worried about my brother's safety!" I shouted loudly before taking a deep breath. I walked past my uncle and approached Kinn again. His bodyguard walked forward, blocking me as usual, so I stopped. Then dared to gather all the words and order him to leave.
"I'll definitely need time to work and raise money within this year. But I'm going to take my house back."
"Where are you going to live for that long?!" Shouted Uncle.
"I can survive!" I tilted my head to answer my uncle, who seemed to have started going crazy.
While I'll be working on savings to make enough money to take my home back, I'll be renting an apartment with Jade. At least there will be enough money to save little by little.
"It's up to you, but the five million owed, it should be paid in three days." Kinn grinned before walking out of the house. As soon as the man in black disappeared, things in my house were thrown to the floor by my uncle like an insane person.
"What are you doing?! You know, three days if in three days I cannot get the money, I'm going to die. They'll hunt and kill me!"
"Ah, about that, you can handle it yourself! Why should I help you? I love my life, I love my brother's life too!" I screamed and left in an equally loud voice.
"If I die, it's because of you!!" Uncle shouted angrily again.
"Then the reason why I have become like this isn't it because of you?! You are selfish! Just thinking about yourself! My parents' assets have all been sold. And now you want to make me your substitute to pay off your debt? Is my life worthless in your eyes?"
I'm still standing and arguing with him. Those ferocious eyes continued to stare at me endlessly. I will never give in to him again after he has taken our properties including this house.
How could he possibly have the heart to pawn my parent's last treasure? Indeed, in the end, the house that should be mine, will disappear in a blink of an eye!
"You can curse me for being selfish! Damn! Do it!. But didn't you ever think about my safety. Your father's brother, who took care of and looked after all your parent's legacy? Don't you remember when you were in middle school, I was the one who took care of you?"
All the 'goodness' that uncle said, made me clench my fists. Although I don't deny that my uncle was very nice to me at first. But what he is doing to me and Che now is very serious.
I stood trembling, thinking about everything he said for a moment. Am I giving up? Accept a job that looks dishonest and put myself at stake. Should I do it to help one relative and sacrifice my brother's safety, or should I–
"Don't do it, Phi. Hey, don't do it." I raised my head when I heard that voice. Che, got off the stairs, walked over and hugged me tightly.
When I saw my brother, my heart pounded, barely holding back my inner weakness. I closed my mouth tightly, trapping my senses as deep as my heart. I slightly raised my hand and stroked my brother's head. Che had probably secretly listened and already knew about it.
"Please don't work like that. Who will I live with?" He said in a trembling voice. This is the main reason I will never let myself easily surrender my life to anyone. I will never leave my brother alone. His life was lonely enough. And I will do everything to protect him because I love him more than my own life.
"We don't need a house. I don't mind where we live. But don't leave me." Che hugged me tighter as if afraid that I would disappear.
"I know..."
"Huh! Listen to me, it's not easy. When you were in middle school you hit and kick people quite often. But look, you're still alive. What are you afraid of?!" The scab interrupted.
I don't think that I want to count this person as my relative anymore. My eyes stared at him in disbelief that this man was my father's real brother. With father's love for me and Che', he would never be able to get such words out of his mouth.
I remember the day Kinn was chased by people who wielded knives and other weapons, and that situation wasn't a situation where a kid like me had to get mixed up.
Hit and kick, anyone can do it. But If I put my life at stake and took the risk of involving the only person I love in the world into such a situation, I wouldn't do it!
Che and I grabbed a few things from the house and rushed over to Tem's house. Tonight, I can't live in the same house as that person. I can no longer respect him as an uncle. He went on a rampage, didn't stop talking, and kept trying to convince me to take the job. I was afraid I wouldn't be able to stop myself from hitting him in the face.
"Drink this first." Tem gave me a glass of water. The two people sitting in front of him at this hour looked stressed and didn't want to talk.
"Thank you."
"What happened?" Tem asked me with a worried face.
"I'm sorry I bothered you." I said, my gaze looking out over the balcony but I couldn't find anything to focus on.
"What's bothering you? My friend, all this time, I'm just waiting to say, what can I do for you?"
I turned my head to look at his eyes and the handsome face of a friend who was sending me a faint smile. Holding my shoulders in encouragement before I slowly told him the story.
"My house has been confiscated."
"Huh? What happened?" The surprise in his face was unbearable, and he asked in a low voice.
"Uncle lost it at gambling." I almost choke on my reply. I don't want to mention or think of that person.
"Damn. My friend, I can't believe it. But Full and I know your uncle's background. So, you don't have to explain much about it. So, what happened? What are you going to do?"
I shook my head instead of answering. I knew I would not be able to make money in a timely manner and I did not know what to do from this moment forward.
"I'm just going to bother you tonight. I am going to a friend's house tomorrow." I said.
"Actually, you can stay here with me." Tem said in a depressed voice.
"Thank you, but tomorrow I'll go see my friend. I've talked to him about looking for a dormitory. I'll find him as soon as possible, but in the meantime."
"Shit! You don't have to talk like that. You can stay here. I'm at your disposal, Porsche." Said Tem. No matter how bad my life has become, I am glad that I still have good people around me.
"Thank you very much." I said in a soft voice.
"And have you contacted Jom?"
"At first, I was going to Jom's house, but he's not answering. Maybe he's asleep."
"About him, since last night he didn't answer my calls. I wonder if he has a new chick."
"Are you going to take a shower? Tonight, you two can sleep on the bed and I'll sleep on the sofa."
"Why get hard on yourself? Che, go to sleep with Tem, I'll sleep on the sofa."
Both of them nodded. Today I am so tired. My problem is not done, my house is confiscated, and my life has completely turned upside down.
Anyway, tomorrow I have to rush back to work as usual to earn money and redeem the house.
THE NEXT DAY
"Shit, what's wrong with him?" Tem cursed as he repeatedly dialed the call. Today, Jom was gone all day.
No, since yesterday no one was able to reach him. Until the class finished in the afternoon, there's still no sign of him. Usually if he is sick or unable to attend class, at least he will notify us in our line group. But now, he has just disappeared, like he has been swallowed up by the earth.
Tem and I gave up and tried to ignore it. So, I went back to the dorms and searched the internet for information about cheap dorms in the vicinity. Some pretty good and affordable places. But before that I have to prepare to go see Jade.
1
"Not again. My club shouldn't end up looking like this!"
As soon as my bike hit the ground, a familiar strange guy's voice sounded so loud that I quickly turned around in surprise. My feet hurriedly stepped inside.
1
"Jade! What happened?" I shouted loudly seeing the club in a bad way as it looked like it had just finished waging a war. Tables and chairs have fallen down, broken glass and bottles scattered on the floor. I saw a figure sitting on the floor, weeping and mourning.
"Porsche!!! We have to talk about something!" The harsh voice shouted back that left me dumbfounded.
Usually, Jade's voice would sound like a cute girl, but today she let out her real voice. It was like a real man borrowing his wife's dress. She approached me and dragged me to the office.
Oh my God! What is this about? I thought.
"Ahh! I will go crazy if it will be like this every day!" Shouted Jade while she bangs her head against the wall.
Wailing until I have to cover my ears with my hands. "What happened?" I asked in a halting voice.
"Who are you in trouble with and what have you actually done?" Jade never has said harsh words to me before. Today she spat at me, which left me shocked. She held me tightly on my left shoulder.
"What have I done?" I asked, wondering what this is all about. Apart from leave of absence for two days, I have done nothing wrong to provoke any trouble. Jade looked at me calmly before letting go of me.
"Huh. I have told you not to cause trouble, have I not?" Her second voice came back with the handkerchief in a Chinese pattern covering her tears.
"I didn't do anything, Jade!"
"Like hell! What are you doing with Khun Kinn!" I was even more shocked when I heard his name. Yes, I have a problem with Kinn. About the house, but the five million was not because of me.
"Today when opening the shop, Khun Kinn's bodyguard asked if the person named Porsche still works here. When Che answered yes, he threw things in the air. Things just got repaired, now they are all messed up. Damn, Porsche! What are you going to do?!"
From the first two sentences and turning into a harsh voice, the last sentence makes me unable to control my rage. What Jade told me is driving me crazy with madness.
"I did nothing!" I answered her.
"Can you leave? They gave me an ultimatum: if I don't fire you, the club will experience chaos like this every day!" She said.
Shit! What the hell. I'm surprised at what had happened.
"Wait, Jade. What's all this?" Me, who rarely showed emotion is now teary-eyed, pleading evident on my face.
"I have to ask you a favor about this but- sorry Porsche, but can you leave the club for me?" Her face was not as angry as earlier, but turned into fret.
"I can't. Please, you can't kick me out." Absolutely not. Where else can I find money to redeem my house?
Damn Kinn! Why are you doing this to me?!
"But I can't fix the club anymore." Tiny drop of tears came rolling down her face.
"But, Jade, you can't fire me. Where else can I get money." I said honestly, my voice as soft as a whisper.
"I've had financial problems too. I still don't know where to find money this time to fix the club."
I glanced out through the glass and saw the utter chaos of the club, plus some of the staff who had a terrible sense of fear that they weren't safe.
"I really didn't do anything this time." I heaved a deep sigh. Although I am sure I didn't do anything wrong to Kinn, when I looked at Jae's face, I blamed myself for all this.
"Porsche, please leave."
"..."
I looked at Jade's face. At this very moment, I felt so down. I've seen an annoying story in the past two days. Now I feel like I'm at ground zero, losing myself and not knowing how to deal with these emotions.
"Do not look at me like that. Jade loves Porsche. But now, you and I must love ourselves."
I think I understand everything. I caused the destruction of the club twice. I couldn't blame Jade if today, she really decided to kick me out.
"But what do you need? I am ready to help with anything but money because now I really still can't stand it!"
"Then Jade, can you help me land a job at the P'Q shop?"
"The shop in the alleyway next door?"
"Yes, can I get to work right away? I really need money."
"Are you sure they won't follow you and tear down the shop?" Asked Jade and I said I wasn't sure and I do not know. I put my hand on the temple and massage gently trying to think of something to get out of this.
"Okay, wait a minute." Jade pressed the phone before walking out to talk. I know how angry she is.
But when she asked me to leave work and help me to work in a new place without a doubt, it reminded me that Jade still loves me.
"Okay, come on, you start working tonight." Jade came in and told me the details. Jade told P'Q that she would be closing the shop for a long time. There was a little problem, so I asked her if she could help me go to work at her friend's shop in the meantime.
"So, before I go, do you want me to do something first?"
"No need. You better go, Q is waiting." I nodded. I walked out of the club and went straight to the new shop.
I cannot wait for the time to pass. I had to hurry and get to work and earn some money. My burden is too heavy to just sit around. I assumed that the whole thing might be nothing. Or was it a misunderstanding? The person who came to Jade was probably the same gangster, they are still angry and chasing me.
The first night passed at Phi Q shop, everything was normal and happy, I was secretly stuck with more customers than at Jade's place until I felt even more tired than usual. I have to really get used to it and adjust. Learning this job and becoming a new employee for me is not easy.
It's never easy on me. What is happening to me now is my own fault. I can't blame the heavens or the earth.
Once at Tem's condo, I punched the code for the door to enter the room, but my eyes met with the figures next door, punching the wrong code.
"What are you looking at?"
The man turned around to look at me with a sharp gaze. I didn't mean to see. Then glanced around at those who were 'playing' in front of the room.
Hey, my eyes are perfectly fine. Of course, I could see what they were doing with my eyes.
"Fuck!"
I swore, looking at him fearlessly. He looked at me too. Before we got into a fight, the woman sent her husband to the room.
What have I done? I am not doing anything. I just dialed the code to enter my friend's room. I entered Tem's room tired. I immediately rushed to take a shower and did everything quietly because my friend was already sleeping. When I finished showering, I walked back to find Tem standing, staring at the bedroom wall with an annoyed expression.
"Did I wake you up?" I asked my friend.
"Damn it! The couple in the next room did!" Tem said, his face facing the white wall.
I frowned and focused on listening to the male and female voices through the walls. It was the couple I had met in the front of the room.
"Shia, you guys! Can't you guys be quiet? We can't get to sleep over here!"
I felt awkward when he screamed loudly and hit the wall hard! But the voice sounded louder than before. Even more so and it seems like they are doing things that I didn't expect.
"Fuck, Earth! Do it quietly!"
"I'm sorry!"
Then I was amazed when a voice responded to Tem. He walked away from the wall, but his face was still as frustrated as before. I, who was standing and watching, saw my friend's behavior and remembered what he said.
"Is this what you meant when you said the voice of a woman is always so loud until you can't sleep?"
In the past he used to say that the room was so noisy that it made it difficult for him to sleep and wanted to move many times.
"Yes! But not only women, several times he has brought a man!"
He walked over to get water and poured it into a glass, then drank it all. Before he spoke, "More importantly, that bastard is my neighbor next door! I hate him! Bastard!"
Then he emphasizes the sentence while facing the wall and raising the middle finger to it.
I noticed that my friends now looked frustrated by a different problem. So, I invited them to do merits. Hundreds of days, a thousand years, I never thought of going to a temple, I felt that my merit was very little and was running out.
IN THE CAR
"Should I move to the same dorm as you?"
Normally I didn't believe in merits and sins, but from the past events I really have no spiritual defenses, so I wanted to approach Dharma. I thought that if my life would become more cursed than this, I would be ordained for the rest of my life and never feel alive again.
"If you are annoyed, you can play a song." Tem said.
"I'm not an easy sleeper. I have trouble sleeping, if there is even a little noise, I can't sleep." I continued chatting with this bastard.
He drove to the highway to get out of the lane. And then we looked for the shrine nearby. We kept driving until we were almost outside the university when suddenly, Tem's cell phone rang.
"Hm, your bastard friend is calling."
The screen shows Jom. He pressed the button to answer the call and turned on the speaker.
"Hey, do you still remember that you have friends."
[You-ch-help me]
His voice was weak, barely audible, Tem put on the brakes suddenly. I was quite surprised to hear Jom's voice.
"Why you?! What happened to you?" My worry spiked up and asked back in grief.
[Help me, behind the cafe]
Tem quickly turns the car in the direction he mentioned. I have a strange feeling like this is something related to me.
Am I the one who caused this?
"Tell me clearly. Where are you?"
Tem and I looked along the side of the road and saw the bystanders beside the divider. Tem immediately turned on and off the signal, parked the car, and hurriedly got out.
"Shia, Jom!"
Tem and I screech out in surprise. The people in the area opened a path and let us pass. We saw a man sitting on a utility pole in a very miserable condition, face covered in bruises and shoe marks all over his shirt.
"You are here."
Exclaimed Jom. Seeing me, he smiled even though his eyes were swollen and closed on one side. His hand hugged me tightly.
"What happened?" I asked. My voice is almost breaking.
"I don't know. When I was walking to buy meatballs, several motorbikes approached me then they asked me if I was Jom, a second- year Sports Student or not. When I said yes, said Khun Kinn had a gift for me. Then they beat me up and put me in a van. As soon as I got up, they beat me again."
His voice was hoarse. As if he was running out of breath, stubbornly interrupting his body, even though he was not bleeding, he looked so bad I could barely touch him.
The fact that he forced Jade to fire me and terrorized my friend, made me realize that he was suppressing me by oppressing those around me to make his wish come true. I quickly dialed the number that called yesterday. The one I remember the ending so well. Waiting for it to ring for a while, and once lifted, I hear a cool laugh come across the line.
[You finally contacted me.]
"What have you done to my friend?!" I shriek back down the next end of the line.
[What the! I haven't done anything to your friend.]
"What the hell do you mean you didn't do anything? If it weren't for you, there wouldn't be a way for my friend to be beaten like this!"
[Oh! I meant to teach you a lesson, but my men misidentify the person.]
The sound of loud laughter came through the earpiece of the phone.
"Damn!!! My name is Porsche! Damn it!!! What are you trying to play here?"
[Oh. Your name is Porsche, so it is true my men beat up the wrong person.]
I almost slammed the phone down when I heard him laugh again. How does he not know my name?
"If you intend to bother me, what do you want!"
[Work for me!]
"I won't do it." I focus on his voice again.
[Hmm. Then, your brother's name is Che, right?]
When I heard him say that my thin line of patience was gone. "Don't you dare touch my brother!"
[Umh, Nong Che's school is near my house.]
"You fucking bastard Kinn! How did you know!"
[Come and see me.]
I immediately hung up and a message came through which had an address that had been sent through to my cell phone. I gritted my teeth in anger. He deliberately forced Jade to fire me, so I don't have a job. Intent on harming the people around me to corner me until I cannot find a way out. He literally did everything just because he wanted me to work for him!
