When my mother found out what had made me like this, she fell to her knees on the floor and cried a lot. She was worried about me and also about Get. I sit down and hugged the old woman with understanding.
"It's okay, mother. We'll find her. If it really comes to that, I'll wish."
"No, Got... I can't bear to see you suffer anymore. Your body can't handle it... I'm sorry for even thinking about taking shortcuts. It's okay; I'll ask your father to gather people to help find Get. You just stay here."
"No, I'll go with you."
"Let me go too. I want to help."
Miriam, who had been quiet for a long time, offered. My mother looked at my girlfriend and shake her head in disagreement.
"You're just a little thing, you'll only get in the way."
"It's better to have more people than less. Please let me help. I feel responsible for this."
"What do you mean?"
Seeing that my mother was starting to get suspicious, I quickly changed the subject.
"Let’s go."
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At the moment, my mother was more worried about Get than anything else and didn’t want to waste any more time, so she put her suspicions aside. We all got into the van and headed to the place where Get had disappeared. Sitting next to Miriam, I noticed that she was staring out the window, lost in thought, and I wondered if she was thinking about the lie I told her. I couldn’t help but reach out to hold her hand.
"Are you okay?"
"So much has happened today."
"You should be resting in your room."
"I can’t. I couldn’t relax, especially with something like this happening… Your sister is like this because of the wish you were forced to make."
"Don’t blame yourself like that. I knew very well and still agreed."
"You did it because you were afraid I would be mad at you."
Miriam squeezed my hand tightly, looking like she was about to cry.
"I’m sorry you."
"For what?"
"It seems like meeting me has only brought you pain."
"What pain?"
"Your arm."
"Don’t think about it. I was just careless.".
"You're always like this. You never blame me for anything, which makes me feel even more guilty. You don't know how much hurts my heart right now."
Miriam held my face with both hands and looked deeply into my eyes.
"After all this is over, my life will be yours."
"What are you saying?"
"I'm serious."
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I wasn't sure what Miriam meant. Just as I was about to ask, she turned to look out the window, not wanting to answer any more questions. The place where Get disappeared wasn't far from Bangkok, so after over an hour of traveling, we arrived. The team had dispersed to search.
"They spread out to look for her. The ones here are on standby in case Maya comes back... Oh."
"No, this is Got, Maya's older sister."
