POV Philai
I gave my condolences to Khun Nueng and tried not to show any weakness, but when I returned home I collapsed, Anueng told me that she would sleep again later, that she wanted to go check on her tutor, I needed that time for myself to grieve, so I simply didn't oppose it, my love was no longer here and it was the only thing I could think about.
Our love was forbidden, they separated us and we learned to accept it, they forced me to get married and she was forced to get pregnant, I was never happy and I know she wasn't neither. My husband died after getting sick, but it was too late for us.
The last memory of us that I have is when I approached her with the intention of resuming our relationship years after my husband died to escape together, since my parents and hers were no longer there, but she closed the door on my face and told me that a relationship between us would never be possible, from that day she changed and now she looked at me as if I was unworthy and at the events of my daughter and her granddaughter, I was the one who come up to greet her, she never came down from that cloud of superiority and today that she is no longer here I regret not having tried a little more, I gave up and did it for my daughter, for society. When Piengfah got pregnant so young, the only thing I could do to avoid embarrassment was to send her as far away as possible, but I'm not going to lie, I also wanted to have someone to take care of, to get ML Sipakorn, the royal woman who knew how to make me crazy, out of my head.
***40 years ago****
-I will work for the Sipakorns and as a thank you gift, they gave us their recommendation, so that our daughter can go to the best university.
-Our daughter in a university, that is the best thing that could have happened to us this year.
-They will take care of everything, this weekend we will go to the palace, they invited us to eat.
-Dad, my grades are not the best...
-That is why the Sipakorn daughter will help you, she has already finished her degree but since they have lots of money left over, she does not want to work, so she will be your tutor.
-But..
-No ifs, you will go and end of the conversation!
When they arrived at the Sipakorn palace Philai could not help but be amazed at the great place, these people of royal blood sure knew how to waste money and it was something that someone from the middle class would find incredible, the woman had been raised without luxuries and to see all that it seemed to her, that this was how her life should have been, she struggled to fit in, she always had a weak personality, since growing up in a middle-class family was like being a “nobody.”
The man of the house received them and the whole family bowed their heads cordially, Philai's father was just another employee and this was actually a great honor.
Once at the table of dimensions never seen before for the youngster, the first thing she saw was M.L Khaekai sitting with an unfriendly face, her father seemed very strict and she, like a rebel without a cause.-Daughter, show your respects, you will have to help her.
-Dad, I already told you, I don't want to work!
-You will do it and that's it.
The dinner went very cordially and when it was over, the adults stayed talking while Khaekai was asked to go and discuss the topics she should prepare so that the other girl could have better grades to enter the prestigious university, to which she would be recommended.
-So... I need help in calculus and...
-Look, I do this only because they force me, so don't get too comfortable in my room, in my palace and in my life!
-Uuh.. okay..
-Don't sit there!
-And where then? There's only this chair and the bed... maybe you want me in your bed? - I smiled at her to see if the beautiful woman in front of me would ease her stress.
-Are you out of your mind?!
"No, but if you think I'll be your floor cloth, you're wrong." I said, getting very close to her. I had never done something like that. I always respected people of higher rank or everyone in general, but this girl was going too far. Since I arrived, she's been looking down at me and I wasn't putting up with her majesty.
-Who do you think you are to come and raise your voice to the honorable M.L Khaekai?
Now it was her turn to get closer to me and this brought me back to my senses, I just lowered my head, the woman seemed angrier at this.
-Right now you will apologize!
-I- I'm- I'm sorry.
-You get on your knees!
-What?
-What you heard!
My eyes began to water and the woman in front of me no longer seemed so angry, but she was still waiting for me to do it and since I had no choice I did it.
-Good, that's how I like it, now tell me what are those subjects you need help with and I'll make notes for you.
After I told her everything, she gave me a couple of books and told me to read them and practice the exercises of it that she would pick up for me, in two days she'd take me an exam.
I listened to her and practiced as much as I could, honestly her cold and expressionless personality was scary. When she picked me up I thought we were going to study at the palace, but instead she took me to a very nice library, it had a lot of plants and all this made me feel a little better about the woman who took me there, she had a car and that was something unthinkable for a woman at that time, only someone from high society could have it, seeing her driving in silence made me reconsider that perhaps she was not as bad as person as she appeared to be, she looked sad, her gaze was somehow lost in the road, as if looking without looking.After she helped me with my studies, she took me to a park full of flowers, she spoke very little, only what was necessary and when we got there, I decided to be the one to approach her in a not so cold way.
-I see that you are a very thoughtful person..
-Mhm
-Well, I mean, you're just saying what's polite, I like that.
-…
-It seems incredible to me that you can drive.
-I can teach you but you can't tell anyone.
-Oh really, like for real?
-Yes, why not?
-The other day in your room...
-My room is my room and no one has the right to enter or sit or touch anything if I don't give them permission first!
-I see..
-I don't care about the car because it belongs to my father.
-It is not yours?
-No, we have several but they are all his.
A bee landed on her arm and M'Khaekai opened her eyes wide, the girl next to her smiled, used to working with bees in her grandparents' field, she put her hands together and caught the bee very slowly. The contact with the soft skin of the girl's hands made the honorable woman feel a familiar sensation that she had felt before.