AllFreeNovel
Share Us
Chapter 28
Sammi
3:00 PM SATURDAY
The stench of the Chao Phraya permeates my nostrils as I kick stones along its path. The sun’s reflection, along with an incredible, clear view of Bangkok is glistening in the water.
The sight is beautiful.
Unfortunately, my mood is anything but.
Percy’s story keeps playing over and over in my head, like a terrible earworm that buries its way deep inside of me. Her recollection of everything is so unbelievable and so outlandish that I have no choicebutto believe it.
Percy has never lied to me. Not when it matters. I know her and respect her enough to trust what she tells me.
And while I don’t remember any of it, her story was sodetailedthat I have no choice but to take it as the God’s honest truth.
Fucking tequila.
My vice is certainly good for causing me a headache.
And amnesia. Let’s not forget about the blank slate I woke up to.
How is it that I’ve lived the course of an entire porno-thriller movie plot in the last two days and barely remember even half of it?
I just don’t even fucking know.
What Idoremember, though, are the vivid details of my encounters with Lock. With flashbacks rolling in all day, I can’t believe how I’ve been acting. It all makes sense now.
“Sammi! Hey!”
Lock’s voice snaps me out of my thoughts before I even lay eyes on him.
The tuk tuk he’s riding in comes to a stop alongside me, and we’re now face to face.
He’s all smiles at first. One look is enough for him to realize that I’m no longer in the dark about Eggbert. His smile fades into a look of concern.
He knows that I know.
“Okay. Get in.” He opens the door. “There’s somewhere I want to take you.”
I get into the tuk tuk and sit next to him. We’re squeezed into the little vehicle so tightly that our thighs are brushing against each other. It makes for a very uncomfortable start to our trek.
He gives the driver a location, but I’m too focused on my discomfort and the repeating story in my head to hear his instructions.
“You knew, didn’t you?” I ask.
He doesn’t even have to answer that. He was there, according to Percy, and I can see it on his face.
Looks like the joke’s on me. I’m the only one who’s been out of the loop. And here I was like a fucking moron, feeling guilty about fucking Lock, feeling anxious about marrying Eggbert and completing my perfect, logically sound life.
“Yeah, I knew,” he answers softly. “I’m glad that you figured it out, though.”
I look up to find Lock’s eyes searching mine. They’re not telling me‘I told you so,’nor is he saying it.
“Well, then why didn’t you tell me? I mean, it kind of works in your favor, don’t you think?” Considering how long he’s been chasing after me, trying to make me his, it’s so easy to assume he’d be the one to tell me.
“Seeing you hurt doesn’t work in my favor, darl. You needed to see it for yourself,” he replies.
