ASSESSINATION AT MIDNIGHT

44 (ENGLISH)

IN ONE OF THE RESTAURANT'S TABLES ...

Bin sighed while, lowering his head, he looked without seeing the white tablecloth that was covering the table where he was sitting with Arthit.

The truth was that, when he had risen that morning, he had not even imagined that the young prosecutor would appear at the police station, first thing in the morning, with the firm intention of speaking with him.

"And to think that if it is not for one of my new colleagues, who told him where to find me, I wouldn't have known anything about what's happening with Toptap ...", he told himself while, under the tablecloth, he clenched his fists because of the helplessness he was feeling.

- "Arthit ... I assure you that I didn't know anything. I didn't even have the slightly idea about  what you just told me ..." - he muttered with regret.

And, no doubt, he wasn't lying.

He knew that his cousin felt something for the young man, especially after catching him kissing a picture of Krist but ... Toptap had sworn that it was something unrequited, something that had arisen a little before he left for his honeymoon. A feeling that he had been trying to forget out of respect for his wife and the son they were waiting for.

"And I believed him as an idiot ... I can't believe he has been playing with all of us ... that he lied to us in this way ..."

- "Bin ... can I ask you something?"

The young man quickly raised his face and, fixing his gaze on Arthit, nodded quietly.

- "Why are you working with the scientific police?" - Asked, finally, the young man sitting in front of him while leaving his drink on the table - "as far as I know, you were going to enter one of the elite teams ... What made you change your mind?"

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Tee smiled as soon as he saw the young man's back who, even with his white coat on, was talking to Arthit at one of the tables.

- "Bi ..." - began to say while raising a hand as a greeting. However the words that reached his ears made him shut up ...

- "Toptap asked me this as a personal favor for Krist ..." - Bin had just said while letting out a helpless sigh - "he .. he wanted me to help two people who were going through a bad time" .

Arthit, with a slight growl, raised both hands towards his eyes as he thought that his beloved nephew needed, no doubt, to find himself a hobby ... one that would made him stop getting into matters that did not compete him ...

As in police investigations ...

As in cases of serial killings ...

As in the relationships of others ...

- "Do not tell me more ... let me guess. He wanted for you to approach Tee so that, seeing both of you together, Tae would feel jealous and finally decide to fight for their relationship..."

Bin sighed and nodded. All this without noticing how a young man, a few steps away, lost his balance and had to sit in one of the chairs that was near him.

- "But .. there is something I don't understand ..." - Arthit muttered with a frown - "if Tae and Tee have broken things off.. why are you still here?".

Bin laughed while shaking his head sadly.

- "Because I could not leave ..." - he whispered, in a thin voice, while making two people turn their heads sharply to observe him  - "I... I couldn't leave Tee. I... I like him".