“Oh, what the hell! Ever since she moved in here, there’s never been a quiet day in this house.”
Jaew, the elderly housekeeper, stormed into the horse stable and sat down, clearly upset. Normally, she wasn’t talkative, preferring to keep her feelings to herself to avoid being judged. But ever since the boss’s daughter moved in three months ago, Aunt Jaew had been on edge.
Intuorn
I was hiding in a corner, trying to escape the chaos and constant noise of other people’s thoughts. Seeing Aunt Jaew, I stood up to make my presence known, hoping to stop her from cursing further. As soon as she realized someone was there, she quickly straightened up and cleared her throat.
"How long have you been here, Lay?"
"I was just taking a nap around here. I woke up because I heard someone complaining. Was it you, Aunty?"
"I didn’t hear anything."
"Maybe I heard things. What brings you here, Aunty?"
"Ah… just watching the horses,”
The elderly lady said, looking around nervously before quickly apologizing.
“I just remembered that I need to tell the kitchen staff to make steamed shrimp with vermicelli for In.”
"It’s okay."
She wasn’t lying; Intuorn had indeed ordered the elderly housekeeper to make steamed shrimp with vermicelli in thirty minutes. The problem was,
we were in the middle of nowhere. Jaew was frustrated because she had no idea where to find shrimp.
Even if she did, she would have to drive all the way to town to buy them, which was impossible to do in thirty minutes. The trip alone would take an hour.
Three months had passed, and the people here still weren't used to the town girl, the boss's precious daughter. They could only mumble in their minds, which was annoying because I could hear every word. But I had to ignore it since it wasn't my business. Honestly, I didn't care much about In because I had nothing to do with her.
Out of everyone, In was the one who was the most afraid to mess with me... because she felt guilty.
Guilty for being the person who hit me with her car, causing my current state.
Three months ago, I woke up in a hospital surrounded by people asking me who I was, where I came from, and what I remembered.
The truth was... I didn't remember anything.
When everyone realized that I had no memory, they seemed relieved and started discussing what to do with me.
"Advertise to find her relatives."
"No! We can't let anyone know that In was driving drunk and almost killed someone. It’s her future that’s at stake."
Mr. Anek, Intuorn's father, insisted firmly.
For a moment, I could see in his thoughts that he wanted to get rid of me. But he was a businessman, not a murderer. He just wanted to protect his daughter. After much debate, he decided not to advertise it, but he couldn’t just leave me either. If I remembered, things would get out of hand.
"Take her with us."
"Take her with us? Where will we keep her? It's too dangerous."
"Send her to the farm in Korat. It's far from people. Let In stay there until we're sure she's okay, then bring her back."
It was a quick and decisive solution. You might wonder why none of the
police or hospital staff helped me. That was partly because the hospital was owned by Intuorn's family, and they had relatives in high-ranking police officers.
