Accidental love

18.

The young CEO of the Jaturapoom empire is busy preparing the cake early in the morning. Helpers are busy packing other dishes for the kids. Everything has to be perfect and on time. After all, it's his wifey's birthday. He packs the freshly baked cake. He messages his friends reminding them to reach out on time. He takes 1 look at all the things and drives away in his car to the orphanage.

Thanks to their good credits and internships, Forth along with his gang was able to graduate early. ParkLam joined him in his company while MaxTul went to the states to help Max's father in his business. They threw a farewell party a day after ParkLam's proposal at the beach after graduation that was attended by their friends and family.

Lam and Yo were busy checking the preparations around the orphanage while Park was finishing up an urgent meeting at the office. The crazy doc gang arrived there directly from the hospital where they do the internship. After a while, PoshWai and Park almost reached at the same time and joined the others.

Ming's parents use to celebrate his birthday along with other kids in different orphanages every year since his birth. From high-school onwards, Ming and Yo tagged along with each other for the same. And now, Forth has made sure to do the same for his wifey. He reaches the orphanage and his friends help him to settle the food and cake around the table.

They made sure to complete everything before the kids could come down for their breakfast. Thanks to Lam, he already got the kid's daily schedule from the in-charge there. Soon, the kids come downstairs and are overjoyed seeing so many people with yummy dishes around the table. Their eyes are sparkling and the in-charge inform them about the people who prepared it.

They all thank the elders and give them hugs before launching on the food. Forth is busy feeding them and playing along while others adore them. They all know how much Forth is trying to stay strong for his family, friends, and company, but is breaking up every day piece by piece. Only if Ming was here with him to share his pain. They would have made the day much more special together only if he was here. Thinking all this, Forth cleans his teary eyes and focuses on the kids.

Forth notice a baby in Lam's arms from afar and go towards them. Lam is busy cooing the crying baby while others are amused to see this side of him. Up until now, it was the blushing Lam that would amaze others, thanks to Park, but now this is something new. Lam tells Park that he was busy feeding the kids when he heard someone crying in the nearby room. He went and saw the tiny baby waking up from his nap and looking around with his teary eyes, so he picked him up and brought him outside.

The incharge smiles on hearing this and informs them about the new addition to their orphanage, San. She informs that San came a few months ago after his parents died in an accident. All are cooing over him, but he is busy chewing his fist. Lam's full attention has turned to the kid despite others' presence. Pha can see Forth's misty eyes and pats him on the shoulder. Only if Ming was there with him today, they would also have their baby around the same age as San.

Its been 1.5 years since that drastic evening when he got the news of Ming's death. He remembers how he was busy in a meeting when Park came running to his office. He told him that Ming's dad was crying heavily and called him to his place immediately. Forth rushed to his father-in-law while trying to call Ming repeatedly, but of no use. He reached their house with ParkLam behind and saw his father-in-law who was weeping badly in the living area while grandpa was trying to console him, but had teary eyes. 

Seeing this, Forth tried to calm himself and asked the reason while his own heart was having so many fearful thoughts. His whole world stopped when his father-in-law told him the news about his mother-in-law's car crash. Forth's stumbled backward while Park held him tight. Lam came out of the shock first inquired the details about everything. 

Ming's dad told him how the police came to his office earlier that evening to inform that some locals found his wife's car at the bottom of the cliff, which burned into ashes. When the police reached the spot, the whole thing was in its worst condition. They found 2 bodies inside, 1 woman and 1 man, burning inside the car to a point that even their identification was impossible. Thanks to 1 of the locals who wrote the car number when he first saw it that helped the police to reach them.

Forth dropped to his knees while ParkLam was also unable to hold back their tears. Forth remembered that his mother-in-law took Ming for an outing that morning. He remembered how Ming was not picking his calls earlier. He suddenly shouts out loud and denies the facts while ParkLam is having a hard time controlling him. He pushes everyone away, breaks everything around, and is mumbling like a mad man while all others are sobbing hard. 

Soon, Yo came running to the house followed by the crazy doc gang and PoshWai, but his steps halted seeing the state in front of him. Park and Lam were holding Forth who was wailing out loud while Ming's father and grandpa were also crying. Forth was blaming grandpa that he might have done everything as he threatened them in the past. He wanted to kill that old man, but grandpa was a crying mess and blaming himself for staying away from Ming all this time. No one could imagine that he hated Ming seeing his state now. Lam noticed Yo and other 1st while Pha grabbed Forth to calm him down. 

Everyone was stood frozen at the place when Lam spits the worst news of their life. Wai and Yo lost all the strength in them and dropped on the floor while others were having a hard time even believing what Lam said. They just saw Ming last weekend and now he is not even there anymore. Their last rites and other rituals went in a blur as no one was able to come out of the shock. Forth's parents were in the worst condition, seeing Forth lifeless, they felt like losing both their sons. None of their friends were strong enough to even console Forth's bleeding heart who lost his whole world. 

They were not even over the news yet when they heard the news that Ming's dad couldn't survive the death news and died of a heart attack a week later. It was the worst time for everyone. They were all dead, but at the same time couldn't die. Forth locked himself in his bedroom for days without any food and water. No one could bring him out until his mother begged him saying that Ming would never be at peace seeing him like this.

Forth had cried himself to sleep in his mom's embrace for weeks. He shut himself from the outer world and kept staring at Ming's pictures for days. Lam had to force him out of the house. He knows how much their whole gang had to control themselves from breaking down seeing Forth in such a vulnerable state. Everyone tried their best methods to find out what exactly happened that day, but there wasn't even a single clue that why they went to the cliff.

Slowly, Forth started draining himself at work. His Ming died, no clue could tell him the real cause, his home reminded him of Ming every second, and every time he tried to get any clue about Ming's death, it was a dead end. His dad had to do a serious conversation with him at last. He pleaded with him to stop whatever he was trying to do and focus on his health. His dad cried and begged him saying that he doesn't have enough strength to lose another son.

Forth broke down at the state and promised his dad that he won't do anything to make them suffer. He will live for his family, his friends, and his Ming. He started focusing on his work, stayed healthy to keep everyone's heart at ease, and went out with his friends. He would always chuckle at his friends who were trying hard to make him feel any better. How could he let them down? He tried to become their old Forth in the best possible way. 

Forth doesn't notice that he is crying already at 1 corner of the orphanage. Beam pats his shoulder and brings him back to reality. He wipes his tears while giving a reassuring smile to Beam. They join the kids back and spend their day with fun games and a lot of food. Later at night, he comes back home and cries himself to sleep while holding Ming's photo close to his heart.