The wedding day finally arrived....It was the day she would belong to
someone else. It seemed like a big wedding. Not a celebrity wedding, but it
looked luxurious and very beautiful to normal people. I was curious about
the wedding guests, especially Aoey's side. She was adopted by teacher
Salee. She had no relatives or family, so who were the guests? There was a
table for friends from elementary school. A table for high school friends. A
table for Master Salee's friends. Well... at least I had some friends. It was
nice to see that she had friends, so she wouldn't feel too lonely. But where
should I sit me?
"Are you Genlong?... Oh! You are really Genlong. You look amazing as
always. I'm Si, we met once in Phuket."
Si, my friend from primary school. He was the one who took Aoey and me
to see each other again. I looked at the man who looked older than
Professor Salee. He may have never put sunscreen on his face.
"Hello, yes, you look good."
"Is this your greeting? You're saying I look good now, right?"
Maybe I haven't gotten enough sleep. My greeting sounded so hostile. Now
I knew where to sit once I saw Si. Most of the friends who came from the
interior were already married. Some even had children. Everyone looked at
me with admiration.
"You look as beautiful as you always were when we were young. You
looked so impressive,"
Said one of the friends whose name i didn't remember. I smiled proudly.
"Thank you."
"I remember when you moved, Aoey was sick. She was so attached to you."
My childhood friends talked about our memories in the past and the
memory when I left town.
"She stole my scissors to cut her hair. Luckily one of the teachers saw her
and stopped her in time before she went bald. She cried and blamed herself
for having lice because she thought that was why you had chased her away.
That was nice.."
It was a fun topic for other people to think about, but for me, it was very sad
to hear. It could be true like she said, she fell in love with me first. So much
love from her that now it hurt again. On the table, only water and soft
drinks were available. Some other tables had some alcohol. I felt like time
walked too slow today. The bride and groom should be there walking
towards the stage, but nothing happened yet. The guests seemed hungry
now, but the food wouldn't come out until the couple was there. We were
waiting. We wait and wait. Was something happening? One of the friends
go out to look outside and ran back with some news. She seemed excited.
"Someone is here to ruin the wedding. The bride and groom escaped.
They're talking now."
"What a show!"
I left quickly and, as my friend said, the bride and groom were no longer
there. Tod, who just entered, waved at me..
"Hello, Gen. When did you get here?"
"You don't seem surprised to see me here."
"Oh?"
I had told Tod that I would return to John and never informed him that I had
changed my mind and canceled the return trip. The handsome boy wasn't
surprised to see me. Instead, he greeted me as if he expected to see me.
"Do you know that I didn't return to Macau?"
"Yes I know."
"As?"
"I talked to John on Facebook. He told me you would come to the wedding
before you came back."
"You never spoke to me."
"I was occupied. There are so many dramas I have to get into."
While I was talking to Tod, I saw someone familiar pass by out of the
corner of my eye. I suddenly ran after him and grabbed his hair before he
went down the stairs.
"Why are you here?"
Great looked at me surprised and changed to a smile.
"Oh! What a surprise!."
"It wasn't a coincidence that your friend had a wedding here, right?"
"Yes, it's a coincidence."
"There's only one wedding here tonight. I thought your friend's name was
Koh?"
"Fuck the name,"
Great shrugged.
"To me, Aoey is always stupid."
"Why did you come to her wedding?"
"You are here too. Why can't I be here?"
"Why didn't you come in then? Where do you come from and where are
you going?"
I wasn't feeling well at that moment. Great's words echoed in my head when
we met at the mall. And now my friend had told me about someone who
ruined the wedding...
"Was it you, Great!"
"Whoever hurt you, I will return the damage."
"Why are you here, Great? Are you the reason the bride and groom aren't at
the wedding?"
"I didn't do it,"
He said with a smile and tried to block my hands that wanted to hit him.
"No, it's not about me at all. It's about you!"
"What?!"
"I ruined the wedding. Oh! I feel damn good!"
I pulled his ear and dragged him down the stairs quickly. Tod ran after us
when he saw that I was about to kill my brother.
"Calm down, Gen. His ear could come off."
"That really hurt. I just got my ears pierced."
My brother said with tears in his eyes, full of pain. I twisted his ear even
more and hit him in the middle of the back.
"What the hell did you do? Did you ruin the wedding?!"
"It wasn't that bad."
He rubbed his ear gently.
"I just said that they are getting married happily while my sister has to sadly
watch her lover's wedding.."
"What the hell are you talking about? When did you see me sad?"
"Come on! Stop fooling yourself. You were depressed and went to see a
doctor for years. How much pain can you feel being here at their wedding?
I thought you were planning to return toMacau, I bet she asked you to stay,
right?"
"You're not that smart. You're usually pretty dumb."
I turned to Tod, who looked away.
"It was you, wasn't it?
"I did nothing."
"You are the one behind everything. Come on, Todd! Why did you make it
harder? I'm going back tonight."
I sighed and scratched my head.
"I will come back and marry John like you told me."
"Are you going to marry John? That's great,"
Great tapped me on the shoulder and agreed with the idea.
"Johnathan is the best for you. He is handsome, rich and intelligent. People
like you, Genlong deserves a man like John, not a girl like Aoey. She has
nothing. She just has good looks, beautiful eyes and everything. She's only
good for sex."
"Everything you said is backwards."
Her downside is that he hurt you. She didn't deserve you at all."
He thought I was the best even though Aoey hurt him too.
"That bitch caused problems for our family and we had to move to Macau
and she never realized what she did."
"Don't say it too loud!"
"If people listen to it, what?"
"Do you want other people to know that our family ordered someone to be
killed?"
I said with pain.
"What we are dealing with now is karma. You shouldn't bother anyone.."
"If Aoey didn't exist, then there would be no karma. You still love her, that's
why you pity her."
"Killing her stepfather put our father in big trouble. There was even a video
of her and that's why you had to hide. Aren't they all problems derived from
her?"
"I think you've gone crazy. Let's go back. Let's go to the airport."
I pushed him to the exit of the hotel.
"I don't want to leave now. I need to know if the wedding will be cancelled.
I told the boyfriend that you and her were dating and that you were still in
love. I think she is getting married just to get back at you. Hahaha Am I
cool or what?"
"Excellent!"
I raised my hand high prepared to hit him but he didn't try to hide, instead,
he showed me his face.
"Why are you so worried about that? The groom should know the truth. You
love her and you did so many things for her. Aoey and the boyfriend should
know."
"Why are you talking about this?"
"When people are getting married they should know everything. Aoey
asked you to be here. She still has feelings for you. Maybe this is her plan
to use the boyfriend to get revenge on you. I'm the real hero, telling the
truth to the boyfriend."
"Great!"
"She has to stop thinking that you are a bad person. Genlong, who lived a
luxurious life, had to live in the countryside, you had no money, you had to
borrow money, and finally you gave money to Tod to publish Aoey's book.
About the watch, and the problem with her stepfather that you asked dad to
solve it. Our family has so many problems that we had to run away to
Macau just because you love her. What do you get from all this? You don't
even have a girlfriend, on top of that she hurt you a lot."
"For."
"No, I won't. I can not stand. How dare she get married and let you suffer?
You are the one who is sad here."
"Is it true, Gen?"
The sweet voice of someone familiar came from behind. I was sleepy. I
didn't have to turn around to see who it was. I slowly turned around to see
Aoey in a white wedding dress. Her face was full of tears.
"Hey..."
"I never knew what you did before. I only learned that your family was
investigated for money laundering. I only knew what you told me. I never
knew about my stepfather. I never knew you had to go through all that
because of me."
The soft eyes walked towards me and shook me.
"Is it true about my stepfather? Did you really ask your dad to do that?"
I froze and didn't know how to explain it. I remained silent.
"Yes it's true."
Great responded and pushed Aoey away from me.
"Don't go near her. You don't deserve her."
"Enough, Great! If you don't want me to talk to you, then don't say
anything."
"I don't want her to be happy. Her happiness is created by our misery. Do
you realize how difficult it is that we can't live in Thailand? Can't we have
Som Tam and Tom Yam Kung?
Was that our misery?"
I looked at him and shook my head. He shouldn't mention that. Great
continued to harass Aoey by pointing his finger at her forehead.
"Genlong lost almost 10 kilos in a few months and almost committed
suicide because she felt guilty for leaving you alone in Thailand. It was all
your fault."
"Great, stop it!"
"In the last 3 years, she recovered by drawing cartoons on the Internet to
earn a living, even though our family is very rich. She just said that love
needed money and she hoped to be with you one day. And now she has to
come to your wedding. She doesn't deserve this. Bitch!"
Great pushed Aoey to the ground. Aoey was crying now. I wanted to help
her, but her boyfriend rushed in.
"Ten... please take her inside. My brother and I will return to Macau soon.
I'm sorry for the chaos at your wedding."
When Aoey heard that, she rushed to hug me because she didn't want me to
leave.
"No, I won't let you go...I won't let you go."
"Don't listen to Great, Aoey. He is lying. She does it just for fun. This is real
life, not a novel. Who would do something like that for other people?"
"You! You did that. Stop denying it."
Great continued and at the same time tried to take Aoey's hand away from
me. But she clung to me as if I could disappear at any moment.
"Let go of my sister."
"Please stop Great."
"What's the matter? Tod told me all about how she treated you. Damn!"
Great shouted.
"I'm really asking you. You are her best friend, her girlfriend. How can you
not know what she is like? When you first arrived in Bangkok, she
welcomed you even though you two were separated for more than 10 years.
She secretly asked mom to publish your novel because she didn't want to
ruin your confidence, so you would have money to go to school. She really
didn't have to do that. She went to your first day of college orientation. She
went on a date with a guy just to ask him to take care of you. She secretly
bought all your books to help you. She bought you a bird because you said
you were alone. Do you think people like this would easily walk away from
you? You never thought about her, huh?"
"Enough. I was wrong...I was wrong."
Aoey cried like a little girl and put her face on my chest. I cried seeing her
cry like that.
"Great, I said that's enough. It doesn't help. Here... please take your
girlfriend. We are going to come back."
"I'm not getting married anymore!"
She hugged me tightly and shook her head...
"I'm not getting married. I can't love anyone else. Please do not leave me."
"Hey..."
"I'm sorry, I never knew anything about this. I only blamed you because
you hurt me...please forgive me and don't leave me."
"Aoey, your boyfriend is waiting for you. You'll be late... you have to go."
I tried to get her hands off me, but she decided to hold on. Great saw that
heldn't let me get lost and he wanted to help me, so he threw Aoey away
from me.
"Hey!"
The little girl was now on the ground. Now all the guests gathered to see
what was happening because the bride and groom were not at the wedding.
Teacher Salee rushed to help her daughter and looked at all of us. She
seemed very confused..
"What happened?"
"Gen... you love me, right?"
Aoey cried.
"If you love me so much. Because you leave me? Are you angry for what I
did?"
"No, I am not angry."
"Why do you keep rejecting me then? I'm about to get married. At least tell
me for once how you really feel. Why do I always have to be the one to say
it first? Why don't you tell me the truth that I should know."
"If you don't tell it, I'll never know anything, please... tell me once and for
all. It could be the last chance."
She cried. I shuddered when I heard that. I never really showed her any
emotion and always let her come to me first. The little girl was always the
one who started everything. Although she was angry, she still wanted to
express her feelings. If only I could have said it, we might not be there
today.... I finally walked over to her, who was now sitting with Teacher
Salee. I knelt down, looked at her and told her as sincerely as possible.
"I love you, Aoey."
"There isn't a day that I don't love you
