Memories under the Cherry Blossom Tree

Ch 37 The plan...

When Kong finished telling the entire incident with Jay, no one spoke for a few minutes..It was a lot of information to digest and tats what Arthit and Lee were doing..

Lee's mind was working on the legal aspects while Arthit's mind was working on methods to make Jay suffer..Kong sat in silence trying to erase every bit of the details he had just recited from his memory..

Arthit's fingers were still entwined with Kong's..He was not in the mood to let go..not after wat he had just heard..If his family had not turned him out his tuan would have been safe..now he knew why his smile was different..the innocence was gone from it..

Kong turned to look at Arthit trying to read his expression..Did he hate him after wat he heard?..did he feel revolted when he saw him?..but the fact that Arthit's hand was still on his was a consolation to Kong..

"Arthit I know wat your plan regarding Jay might be..but it's not going to be easy..We need proof. Those other boys who were suspended and any previous victim's testimony might be useful. We could even ask the management and teachers..but it's going to cost a lot of effort and money as they're all afraid of Danny.." Lee spoke up..

Arthit nodded..he knew it wouldn't be easy but he would bring tat bastard to justice even if it's the last thing he did..."Spare no efforts P', any financial support, you can count on me..just make sure he's given the highest sentence in the book..Death."

"Definitely...ll make sure of that..shall we go talk with the others now, about wat you wanted to discuss?"

Arthit looked at Kong as if asking he's ok..Kong nodded and Arthit and Lee helped him out of the room..

They saw tat the others were either playing a carrom or relaxing on the couch..

Arthit was surprised to see Rome sitting amicably with Bright, who had an arm around the junior's shoulder..listening to him talk about something...he made a mental note to ask him later wat had happened..

When they saw Arthit, Kong and the Inspector, all gathered around in the living area seating themselves in the various couches and chairs..

Kong again began his narrative of wat had happened in the warehouse when he had been kidnapped..He repeated the exact words Namtarn had used to tell him of her father's dealings..when he finished they all turned to look at Lee to see wat he would say to this...

After a minute's thought the inspector said.."Thank you for giving me this information guys..it ll be useful as we have been looking for this group for a long time..before we blindly arrest anyone we need solid proof of their acts if not the criminals will slip through the loop holes in justice...

Firstly Kong you need to be protected 24/7 as, if they find out you are alive and Namtarn has revealed this to you, they may come after you cause you can be a witness to Namtarn's confession. Moreover Namtarn's father may consider you being alive as a threat to his plan of getting her married to Arthit...I doubt Namtarn has told anyone tat you know as she thinks u died in the fire, but still I don't want to take risks..Bright if possible put a bug on him with a tracker tat s active always. "

Bright nodded giving an ok sign to say he'd get it done..

" Next to get the proof from the hospital and orphanage, we need a set of trusted people working in the hospital..Rojnapat foundation has quite a few branches, am I right Arthit?"

"Yes P', we have 6 branches in Bangkok..quite a huge area to monitor..and we don't know who to trust right now except ourselves.." Arthit said, realizing the magnitude of the situation..

"Let's see..Bright can you hack into the cctv's of all these hospitals? If you can do tat i can allot a team to monitor those screens."

"Yes P' I can try to do tat.."

"Good, then the next step is to have a person in the inside...You five are going to be applying for internships this month right? Arthit can you talk to your brother and get them allotted to each branch including u??"

" He might ask why we are asking to work separately instead of together..he knows how close we are.." Arthit said..P'King was known for spotting a lie 10 m away especially in his little bro..

"Then let's get him into the plan as there's still one hospital left after u 5 take one each."

Arthit pushed his fingers through his hair..he had wanted to avoid involving his family but it seems inevitable as they ll need his brother's help at some point of time regarding permissions and I.d's or access codes " Ok P'..I ll meet up with him and explain things..I hope he ll help us instead of freaking out for putting us in the field.."

"I could allot undercover agents Arthit but they won't be as plausible as you people..No one would suspect you or your frens as you are already doctors and ur excuse for being there s genuine..but ask him not to worry as we ll be monitoring you always.."Lee explained.

The next step is the orphanage,  how many of those Arthit?"

"Two, but only one to which Uncle Philip has access, as the other s taken care of entirely by Mae.."Arthit said..

"Can you get Tay a counselor internship there?"

"Sure P', tat won't be a great deal."

"Tay, I want you to talk to the kids if possible..do you practice hypnotherapy?"Lee asked.

"I took an elective course on it last year but I need to practice.." Tay replied..

"Then practice and make it perfect as you may need it to get confessions from the kids or information on any shady activities involving them, with hypnosis we don't need to worry about the kids talking to anyone about u..keep your eyes open.. we ll try to put the orphanage on surveillance too."

Once you all are in, the next step will be to scare ur uncle into action Arthit..I suggest you take Kong to meet your family then..I know that Namtarn's arrest has not gone out in the press,and he would have hidden it from your family, so he may still have hopes on u..once you take Kong back he will panic, try to cover his tracks and bail out with wat money he can gather..tat s where he will lead us to whoever s behind this whole operation. The big brains and contact with the other countries..If we get them we can put a permanent end to this."

Everyone in the room was silent absorbing all that had been said..The plan was dangerous, yet none of the seniors showed the slightest inhibitions in going through with it..

"P'Lee won't it be too dangerous for mere college students, wat if they're found out and someone tries to harm them?" Kong voiced the fear in his mind..

"I understand your concern Kong..if they agree to this, they ll have a month before they join the internship. During this time I can arrange for them to be trained in espionage..It ll be helpful for them to protect themselves and also help them to spy without getting caught.."

The seniors all nodded at this..They agreed that they are ready to do this, excited even. Once Arthit spoke to P'King and gets his permission they can go ahead..

"P'Lee if Namtarn tells someone tat Kong knows her dad's plan before we get to them, won't they be alerted?" Rome asked concerned tat the plan may fail..

"Namtarn and Jay are kept in  separate cells Rome. No communication s allowed between them. From wat I gathered Jay doesn't know she slipped up. Knowing Namtarn, she won't dig her own grave by admitting her mistake now tat she thinks Kong s dead. Still I ll monitor all her communications with the lawyer and visitors discreetly so tat we ll know if she slips. And we ll try to keep Kong's survival a secret as long as possible..."Lee assured them..

As the group sat down to have dinner, everyone was silent,each in their own thought of wat had been said and wat awaited them in the next few weeks..but determined to see it through and put the bad guys behind bars..