Not a Thing

Chapter 4

Roselyn Paramaanantra stares at the photos of her son and his best friend at the mall and another set of her son's best friend with a child. She now knows that the young Kittiyangkul has a child with an unknown parent but no one has ever tried to touch the subject because of his family's influence. Of course, Roselyn doesn't like missing out on the details so she has to find details on the child.

What struck her from the pictures was when her son and Kavin's son seemed to be talking. As soon as she stared into the kid's face, she was shocked.

It feels like a young Thyme staring back at her. That's exactly how Thyme looked when he was younger.

Is that the reason why Thyme never bothered to find anyone because he was hiding that he had a son with his best friend? Or did Thyme impregnate someone and ask Kavin to hide the kid? Is that why Kavin left?

A lot of questions were building up in her head. So she decides to call Thyme once and for all.

Thyme answers after two attempts of calling him.

"Thyme Akira Paramaanantra!" Roselyn shouts as soon as the call starts.

"Mom! Not even a hello." Thyme says.

"How dare you, Thyme! How can you hide this from me!" Roselyn hysterically says.

"Hide what, Mom?" Thyme asks, confused.

"That you have a child! That kid with Kavin. He's your son, isn't he? That's why you met him at the airport. You're hiding him from me. Did you impregnate some random person and ask Kavin to keep your child? You irresponsible brat!" Roselyn bursts.

"What?" Thyme says, even more confused.

"Don't what me, Thyme Akira! Bring that boy into my house because he is my grandson." Roselyn orders.

"Mom, he's Kavin's son. What are you talking about?" Thyme clarifies.

"Oh, is he? So he's your son with Kavin? Stop denying it, Thyme!" Roselyn insists.

"Mommy, I swear to the gods. I'm not hiding anything from you." Thyme replies.

"You met him at the airport, Thyme. You knew he was gonna return. Did you intentionally book your flight home from India during the same time Kavin and the child landed? You even have pictures of Kavin going to the toy store. Are you two together?" Roselyn asks some more.

"Mom, I met Bright at the airport coincidentally. I was wearing the same clothes as Kavin so he thought I was his dad. Kavin and I went to the store to buy gifts for Bright because I wanted to. It's the first time I'm formally meeting the kid. Lastly, Kavin and I are not together. We're just best friends." Thyme calmly answers all of his mother's questions.

"And how did you get those pictures, anyway? That's creepy." Thyme says.

"I bought it from the paparazzi. Why do you think they're not out yet and you're not headlined by all those tabloids? You're welcome, son." Roselyn sarcastically tells his son.

"Honestly, I don't know if I should be happy or sad that it went straight to you." Thyme wittingly answers.

"You should be happy that your mother cares for you," Roselyn replies.

Bright was walking down the stairs excitedly. He could not wait to open up his gifts because he heard from his Papa that they were from the F1 shop.

"Hellooo, Uncle Thyme! I'm back!" Bright announces and Roselyn hears it on the other line.

She instantly feels a weird connection with the little voice and she grows even more skeptical of her son.

Sure, the kid calls him Uncle Thyme but a lot of things can explain this. She's still convinced her son is hiding this from her.