Breath (TulHin)

Chapter 41

When the heart breathes again

“Congratulations on your fifth birthday, Nong’ Phupha.”

“Yes. Nong 'Phu, he's five years old now!”

It's been over a year since Tul and Wadee divorced. Wadee immediately moved to France with her new boyfriend, but right now, they are both back in Thailand to celebrate little Phupha's fifth birthday and it is thanks to their presence that the child smiles more and more. One hand of him holds his father's and the other his mother's, so little Phupha is not at all interested in his new stepfather. Tul smiles apologetically to both Wadee and her new boyfriend.

“Mom will move back in with Nong Phu, right?”

Every day, Phupha looks more and more like Tul not only in his face, but also in his eyes. Therefore, whenever the little one asks her for something, she is always happy to oblige, but this time, she feels a little overwhelmed. She seeks help from Tul who immediately steps forward and lifts the baby onto her shoulders making the little one scream with incredible joy.

“Come here. If Nong Phupha doesn't share the cake, how long will his friends have to wait to eat it?”

Tul tells his little son between laughter and that he too smiles happily and then takes him to the center where all his kindergarten friends who were invited to participate in the celebration are gathered and immediately returns to his ex-wife's side with a embarrassed expression.

“You don't have to think too much. N'Phu is fine.”

Tul tells her, without telling Wadee that in his absence, his son has become as stubborn as Tin when he was young. Now he is very busy, so Phupha spends a lot of time alone with the employees and with his stepmother Rassa, who did not hesitate to take care of him until she turned him into a spoiled child. Fortunately, during this period, Tin often brings Can home, so the child has become a little more attentive. How can Can cause this change in Phupha? Even Tul isn't sure. We conclude that when the child becomes completely unbearable, Can attacks him directly on the head without paying attention to the presence of the father. So, at this point, the kid already has a better character, especially when he has P'Can next to him. Like for example, now...

“Man, you don't want to share cake with those little kids, they won't ask for it. I better split it up and distribute it.”

Can, in the middle of the jungle of children, shouts from afar, but receives praise full of joy, when he approaches the table, divides the cake into small pieces and personally begins to distribute the plates with the cake to each of the children and takes the rest for himself. He has everything under control.

“P'Can, don't eat it all!”

“Speak well, bad boy.”

How could his brother have a wife of such a childish nature?

“Nong Phu is fine. But what about P'Tul?”

Wadee asks, not able to resist. After more than a year of separation, the love she once felt for him has turned only to affection because during the years that she was his wife, he always honored her and cared for her.

“Phi, are you still there?”

Wadee looks him in the eyes and can't help but ask, “Do you still have that stone?”

Tul frowns, but still raises his hand with the stone he always carries with him, showing the girl the stone which now seems smaller and more elegant due to the fact that he has always held and caressed it for almost six years.

“Why don't you follow the owner of that stone?”

Tul looks at Naphawadee's face in disbelief as she sends him a smile and continues to speak to him sincerely.