Chapter 17

Pai and Siri found themselves together on the bed, the younger man spooning his Pai in a secure embrace, after talking for almost an hour. Siri didn’t think he had to hide anything from his Pai so he had told Pai everything that had happened since the night of the marriage. Siri explained how his Nana had ordered him to not contact Pai at all and how she had given him the ticket to Chiang Mai this morning. He had told how he had found out Pai had left the town and how he had sought sanctuary at the old apartment. He had told how his Nana didn’t expect him to have any relationship with Boonsri, although he avoided revealing the fact that his so-called wife was basically a gold-digger. The younger man had finished by telling Pai how he believed that his Nana really did mean it when she had promised to make everything right.

Pai was quiet the whole time as he listened and noted the similarities between whatever had happened in the past four months with him. How Mrs.