Corrupted Souls (Laws of attraction / Kinnporsche / Kimchay)

Chapter 5

Charn walked out of the office, Arm was there waiting for him, he told him that Pol had already placed his suitcase in the guest room and that he could take him there unless he had something else to do. Charn agreed and right after getting there, he started working on his laptop to look for articles or news about Kim's incident. After working for an hour, more or less, he stopped and looked away from the screen.

"Why do I feel like I forgot something... nah, it was probably nothing important" he said to himself and then got back to work. In the meantime, Tinn was calling Rose. He was preoccupied: most of the times Charn left their house because they had an argument, he tended to go to Rose, then Rose would secretly call Tinn right after his arrival to tell Tinn that his husband was fine.

"What do you mean by that? He always comes to your house when he leaves! Why should he change his habit all of a sudden? Rose, please, we are friends and I can assure you that I didn't do anything bad to him... I'm worried... if you don't want to tell me where he is, at least tell me he's safe!" Tinn said.

"If you shut up a god damn minute I may even get to answer you! So, now that you're silent, he isn't here and I'm saying the truth, I wouldn't lie just because that bastard asks me to do it. You're right though, why would he change his habit? To be honest, I don't think he knows about our secret calls about him, I'm pretty able to hide this kind of thing" Rose replied.

"I should call him, I need to know he's safe..."

"Tinn, is there anything else? You aren't usually this worried, is there anything you would like to tell me?" Rose asked confused.

"Well, he got an offer from that Theerapanyakul guy... I told him I didn't like the idea of my husband working for people like that and he got mad at me, then he left. That's it" Tinn explained. For a few seconds he didn't get a reply, then Rose offered a strategy:

"The Theerapanyakuls? I see... well, I can't say I'd be surprised if I find out he went to their manor. Listen, I'm going to call him, just give me a few minutes to try, then I will call you again to tell you how he is doing" after hearing these words, Tinn agreed and hung up. He put the phone close to his chest and sat down on an armchair in the living room, waiting for Rose's response.

"Hello, Rose, what's wrong? It's pretty late" Charn picked up his friend's call almost immediately.

"Where the hell are you? Do you ever think about the consequences of your action, you idiot? Your golden retriever husband of yours called me a few minutes ago, desperate because he didn't know if you were safe or if some mafia gangster dropped you in a pool of acid" Rose yelled.

"Oh shit... that's what I forgot a while ago. Do you think you can call him and tell him I'm fine? I'm a little busy right now and I don't really want to interrupt my work for..."

"You're going to call him right now, I'm not here to fix the mess you always create. Remember, if you hurt Tinn again I will slap some common sense into that dense head of yours!" Rose interrupted him.

"Why are you so protective over him? Aren't you supposed to be my friend, not his guardian?"

"I'm your friend when you don't cause troubles, and since it happens quite often, I have to be the person who reminds you that right now you're not only responsible of yourself, but of the pain you cause to your partner too, clear?"

"Fine, fine, I'll call him, good night"