One More Time ( Becky x Freen )

Chapter 7

Araya traveled around the Ratchadmnoen Nai Road area looking for her daughter. She and her driver, Nawat, spent hours driving around the city, stopping at the park her daughter liked to go to and also going to Mario's store to look for her daughter, but Mario wasn't there, so she didn't get to ask him about her daughter.

She did not really know much about the streets, as they moved a year ago because it was closer to her company, as her old house was about thirty minutes away. She thought it would help her be closer to her daughter while she was away.

However, Araya regretted letting her daughter run away from home, but she didn't know what to do anymore. She had asked Heidi to watch her daughter when she wasn't home, but Heidi clearly didn't seem to be doing the job well. However, she couldn't complain anymore because Heidi was her niece and she knew how stubborn her daughter would be whether she wanted something or she wanted nothing.

And lately, when she knew how her daughter became friends with Finn, she felt somewhat relieved to see that her daughter was making friends instead of spending 24 hours at home and doing nothing. Also, she started to feel the change in her daughter who became more independent and cheerful than before. That's why she thought it was okay to let her daughter spend time with Finn.

But the thing is, no matter where her daughter went, she would pick up the phone and call home before 6 PM. Her daughter was afraid of the darkness, she would call her mother to pick her up when it's getting dark. But today, it was past 7 PM and the call never came.

She was very worried.

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After driving through the city for almost two hours, she finally found her daughter at the sidewalk cafe, sitting at the cafe table with a young woman about her daughter's age. Araya immediately asked Nawat to go down a side street and rushed across the street.

"Mommy?"

"Oh my, there you are, baby!" Araya walked over to the table and hugged her daughter's head to her chest, tears coming out of her eyes. "You're here. I was looking for you, baby. I was so worried na..." She sighed in relief.

"Watdee ka... I'm sorry, is this your daughter, Khun?" The young woman interrupted.

"Oh! Watdee ka... I'm sorry na." She loosened her grip on her daughter when she saw there was someone with her daughter at the table. "Cai ka, I was looking for her for hours, thank goodness she's in good hands. I'm Araya na ka." She said as she extended her hand for the young woman to take.

"I'm Looknam na ka." The young woman greeted her with a handshake and looked at her daughter who was watching them. "I found her crying across the street and she said she was hungry so I brought her here. I'm sorry, Khun Araya, I didn't know..."

Araya's face softened. "Please call me Araya, and you don't have to apologize na, thanks to you for taking care of her. She wouldn't pick up her phone and I was worried, she usually doesn't talk to strangers, I'm surprised she's okay with you." Araya smiled as she sat next to her daughter.

"Oh, she didn't talk much when I asked for her name and address, she just ate her food." Nam said while laughing.

"Why don't you tell Looknam your name, baby?" Araya asked her daughter, smiling.

"I'm Becbec ka, nice to meet you, Looknam." Becbec said while holding her mommy's hand.

"Just call me P'Nam, Becbec. It's nice to meet you too na." Nam said and Becbec continued eating her burger.

As she watched the girl eating her food, Nam began commented.

"I thought about sending her home, but she didn't want to talk to me, I didn't know what to do. I thought she was drunk, but then I realized that she is..." Nam was searching for a correct word to say it without sounding rude. "... different? I'm sorry if this sounds rude..." Nam interrupted, worried if she offended her.