Channel 3 is one of Thailand’s biggest multimedia stations established since 1970’s. It houses the country’s biggest and brightest star, most are household names around Thailand and even in the international scene. The Channel also churned out numerous box office movies and hit television series and was consistently on top of its game for many years until the Pandemic happened.
As a primary commercial television station that offers entertainment, everything halted due to health restrictions and the Channel was forced to limit what was shown, thus, it came along with the withdrawal of sponsors and advertisement.The company was hit so hard, they plummeted into the entertainment scene. Unfortunately, what followed was the lay off of employees and measures for the company to be cost efficient.
Tawan is familiar with this all. The Channel has been one of their clients, doing security checks with venues, protecting their artist in events, doing crowd control and making sure that no paparazzi nor crazy fans violate the privacy of the client. Their company covered all those services while she just content herself to act behind the scenes, making sure everything is processed correctly and all drills were applied efficiently. All these were services that required a small but reasonable fee for the struggling company.
That is until her Father, a retired Military General asked her to be the personal bodyguard of the hottest rising star in her generation, Ira. What made it even peculiar was that, the client is willing to pay an exorbitant amount of money just to have their services and specifically asked for her.
“Why me? We have a lot of reserved agents ready to be deployed anytime, Sir.” She’s not one to complain and doesn't hesitate to follow orders but for years, she's been living a peaceful life after spending time in the Special Unit of Thailand’s Military and is loving the solitude that she’s having. She understands if it is just a simple bodyguard duty during events but the client is requiring her to basically live with the Pop Star 24/7 for approximately Five months. She can rest whenever the client has off days but based on the file that's now displaying the schedule of Ira, even having time to piss is impossible.
“This is a high profile client and aside from their personal request, I trust no one but you.”
She’s not new to this kind of job but there’s something odd how a Popstar, no matter how famous they are, would require a top notch bodyguard to the extent of having them in close proximity at all hours. Her question though was answered right away when her Father stood up and face the window, overlooking the tall skyscrapers of Bangkok and its light slowly coming into life.
“Someone wanted to cause her harm and the client wanted to catch who the perpetrator is.”
That's what Tawan remembered and it's been a month since her talk with her Father and when she started the job. She prided herself as someone who has patience in everything, cool and reserve. Someone that is ready to leap into any action whenever needed but she found herself praying these past few nights for more patience to have her temper keep at leashed.
“Ms. Ira? Ma’am?” She called out.
Even with an unpredictable schedule, she finds comfort to know that the Pop star is a creature of habit. At first, she thought that the woman was a spoiled princess, well, in some way, she is but she's not one of those who brought her way into the show business but she’s been a witness of endless night practice and vocal training of the Pop star, her perseverance and dedication to perfect her craft is palpable with each music she’s releasing and without a doubt, is deserving of the fame she’s having. Regardless of it all, Ira would always wake up at six in the morning, fully dressed up and ready to start her day. She would have her breakfast of toast and berries (there should always be blueberries and all should be freshly picked and not stored) and nuts before attending her first schedule of the day and then the rest of the time will depend on her commitments.
