CURSE

Est Supassara has everything money can buy - except the one thing he needs most: his parents' attention.
At seventeen, the lonely only child of a wealthy Bangkok family has already been expelled from two schools for fighting. Violence is the only way he knows how to be seen.
When his father's best friend's son, William Suriyakul, is asked to look after him, Est expects another temporary babysitter. Instead he meets a calm, steady 27-year-old man who never raises his voice, never walks away, and somehow makes the emptiness quieter.
What begins as a simple Phi-Nong bond becomes Est's first real attachment... and his deepest secret. He falls hard for the one person who sees him as a younger brother.
A year in Chiang Rai should have been a fresh start. For a while, it is. William's family treats him like a son. Est finally feels like he belongs.
Until William introduces the woman he plans to marry.
Jealousy turns into something ugly. One reckless moment by the river changes everything.
A life is lost. A family is shattered. And Est is left with a new name: curse.
Five years in a reformatory cannot wash away the blood on his hands or the silence in William's eyes.
When Est finally walks free at twenty-two, the past is waiting for him - colder, sharper, and far more unforgiving than before.
Some mistakes can be forgiven.
Some people can never forget.