Sunset at Jaopraya

Chapter 26

Chapter 26

"Pol, can you go home today?"

"No, I can't, I still have to be here for a couple more days"

"You are such a two headed snake, I thought you said you don't want to stay here" Ta Bua complained to his buddy.

"When I actually stay here, it's not that bad. There's a good place to sleep and meals 3 times a day"

"Is that all you want in life Pol, we still got more important task to do you know. If I make it big, don't complain that I didn't tell you"

"What are you talking about? What important task?"

"Let's go Ta Bua, so Ta Pol can rest" Aom quickly cut in and get up from her seat before the old man spill the beans.

When Aom walks up to the house, Mrs.Orn looks up at her and pointed her head toward the storage room.

"He's in there, what are you planning to do next?"

"I already go arrange things with Ta Bua before I came back. I told him to patch up the cabin behind the orange orchard, any big holes, door and windows has to be fix. I think we should be able to move him there tonight"

"Did you run into Kimhan when you were at the boat dock?"

"Yes, I did" Aom answers her mom back almost in a whisper voice.

"What did she say?"

"Not...nothing much, but I just found out that if...anyone finds out about this, we wouldn't be the only one who get in trouble. She...would be too" Aom tries to leave the words execution by shooting out from the conversation, so her mom wouldn't be more worry than she already is.

"Hurr... Kimhan always has to get into dire situation because of us. Just because she is the one who come and search our house, I think if this get out she would be in more trouble than we are. It's like she betray her troop"

Aom tries to shake off those words that her mom just said, so she quickly got up and walks to the storage room. The room is pretty dark because the window has to be close, the prisoner looks up at the petite girl that just open the door and change his sitting position to be more polite.

"I am so sorry that you have to go through all these trouble because of me right?"

Aom keeps quiet, lean her body against the wall and didn't answer that question.

"I know that Japanese soldier saw me, what he said was meant for me to know that he saw me. What is he going to do next?"

"Nothing, tonight I'm going to move you out of here"

"Why is he not doing anything?"

Again Aom didn't answer that question, but deep down in her heart she believes nobody know about Kimhan more than her!

"I know the Japanese soldiers punishment toward prisoner very well. Every time a prisoner escape and they caught them, the punishment would always be cruel and weird. First, they would force that prisoner to dig a hole, tide his hands and let him run, after that the prisoner would be a living target for the soldier to shoot or slash with a samurai sword!" William's voice is fill with hate and disgust.

"I remember one time, the prisoner wasn't even dead yet and they bury him alive! One of my friend almost got that same fate, but when they were about to do that, he ran toward them and put out his neck to be cut off. He died immediately so he didn't suffer!" the speaker swallow hard as he speaks and remember those painful memories but the listener still keep quiet.