If I loved you

Thoughts of a thoughtless mind

A second update...

Just for today

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And please don't forget to give those twinkling stars...

They told me the same story. How New and Ploy were destined to be together but after her untimely death it becomes impossible, until and unless the monk came up with a solution. Now Non and New are going to get married and fulfill the prophecy. They are really proud of these ridiculous ideas and told me with great enthusiasm every detail whether I was interested or not.

'So many obstacles from the start. But in the end everything is going to be fine.' Mae poured me a drink.

I am not a good drinker and now after having two glasses of wine I was feeling very brave. I boldly asked,

'Why New? You could have gotten anyone. Why New huh?' I was getting angry more and more.

'He is the chosen one. Before even he was born the monk said he will bring prosperity to both of our families but if we choose someone else who is not related to Wachanit family.....our family will perish. It has to be him.'

'What a bad luck!' I muttered under my breath, feeling distressed.

'We wanted to raise him as our own but that woman! That wretched woman made everything a mess!'

New's mom? They are definitely talking about New's mom.

'She is dead now. Don't stress Mae.'

I snapped my head up! What! New's mom is.....dead!

'That woman not only stole him from the hospital she hid him so well that it took us many years to find him.'

Oh! They are talking about that nurse who had stolen New when he was a baby.

'We killed everyone who was involved in this mess. Now nothing will stop us from getting what we wanted Ha ha.'

Everybody is totally drunk in this table including me but by some miracle I am still fully awake.

'He was in the orphanage. Then how do you recognise that it's him? There were so many other boys.......why him.' This question is really nagging me for a long time.

'Ha ha, it's an intriguing question. You are smart. Actually when he was born we went to see him and gifted him our family heirloom......a jade pendant. It's a unique piece of jewellery. Not possible to make a duplicate. When our men were searching the whole country they were particularly looking for a boy with a jade pendant. It took us twelve years to find that nurse and she confessed to us before her death that she didn't take away that pendant and it's still with the boy. She gave us the address of that orphanage. That's how we finally found him.'

What! But...! This pendant belonged to Mrs Jones! She gave us many things along with this one. New got a ring and I got the...... pendant. It was like winning a lottery! What are they talking about!

So it was me who brought disaster upon New by gifting him that ..... pendant! It belongs to Mrs Jones. Maybe she got it from one of the boys when they were brought to the orphanage and kept it with herself. The she gave every one of us a special gift on a Christmas eve. I got the pendant by chance and New got a ring, just like Phuong got a photo frame and Tharn got a keychain.

So it was me who........ pushed my bad luck to him! If I kept that with me.....today I would be in his place......

I got up hurriedly and came out of the room without looking back. I was feeling suffocated.......

The rain has stopped a while ago but the ground is totally wet. I stood near the courtyard, gasping for air. How could I make this blunder! I ruined the life of the boy whose only mistake was that he accepted my gift and wear it on his neck.