Freen sat on her favourite place looking out the window. She sat on the Same window for two days now. But she wasn't looking for her north star anymore. She knew she had found what she was looking for in Becky. She stopped looking out the window and started to read some books.

In the meantime nam already noticed this change in behaviour of freen and called heng to come and see if he can bring her out of her emotional bubble.

Freen didn't got up from her place until midnight. She reread all the books one by one. Every single book until she felt subtle pain in her chest. The same pain she felt every time she thought of letting go of becky. The same pain she felt when ever she saw her north star. How can she have the same feelings for two different person.

She missed every single moment she spent with her. She regretted ever reading the book about Disney princesses. She also went to the garden in midnight to see that the rose plant under the moonlight that was destroyed by faye's wrath and was still alive. She was so shocked to see a little rose plant can withstand faye's wrath but not her. Why was she so weak?

She went closer to it. The plant's stem was broken but the leaves were still alive. A teardrop fell to the ground without her knowledge. Freen tried to heal the little plant. It was healed but the broken stem was not repaired. The slouching plant straighten up and stood proudly with a broken stem.

" Good girl!" Freen smiled.
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Becky on the other hand recovered from weakness and came downstairs to eat with everyone.

" Dad!" Said becky standing on the last stair.

" Becky! Are you feeling well dear?" Asked her dad.

" Yes! Dad" said becky.
Becky slowly came down counting every step. Although she doesn't remember anything since she stepped into the castle and last thing she remembers is running away from a demonic tornado. Tornados doesn't even occur in this part of the world. Even she was curious about it. Now that she escaped the castle she feels like a part of her is still in the castle. Something is attracting her towards the castle.

She shook away the thoughts of going in the castle from her head.

Becky knew something was missing within her. She just couldn't pin point it.

Becky came closer to the dining table to discover a fifth person who wasn't a member of her family.

" Becky!" Nop stood up and hugged becky tightly.

Becky also smiled. She was relieved to see nop. She thought the piece that was missing from her heart was nop. That fact that she couldn't quite grasp was nop. She was just missing nop. She haven't seen nop in so many days. They were practically together in every day of their life for more then two years. He was Becky's roomate before they went into a relationship. Even after that they stayed like roomates. He was very attentive of Becky. He took care of everything for becky. He also respected her values and boundaries. He never crossed the line drawn by Becky. He made her smile.

Becky met him and hugged him but she was hesitant because her family was their. Becky isn't someone who is fond of public displays of affection.

Becky slowly pushed him away and said ," nop when did you came to hopesville?"

" I came here with you, don't you remember? I never left. I just left yesterday for your dad's medicine. And when I was informed of your arrival I drove here like a madman. I am so happy to see you unharmed." Said nop with excitement.

" That's good." Said becky containing her smile. Then she looked at her dad for approval of something even she didn't knew why she was hesitant of talking to nop.

" Becky! Nop stayed here after they abducted you. He even sued the mayor he is serving his time now. We went near the castle too. But some kind of power was stopping us. We were lost. We kapt coming back to the same place. We thought we will never get out of the forest. But thanks to a strange woman who lived in that forest we came out. Of course she asked for a lift to this town. She came for her monthly supplies. She was wired though!" Said richie who saw through her sister smile. He knew becky was at sea with her memory lost she definitely needs a backstory.

" She was very jolly person. She talked so much with us. But she was wired too. she was wearing clothes from eighteen hundreds. And to be fair I first thought she was coming from a costume party." Said richie.

" Not eighteen hundreds. But more like traditional thai costume. We developed so much that we forgot our culture. It's good that someone still remembered their roots." Said becky's mom. Who was silent till now.

" Mom you went there with them.?" Becky was surprised to hear her mom going into the forest since her mom hated the forest.

" Humm! We all went there. After the mayor was arrested by the city police the guards from the forest was lifted and we all went in to find you.." her father said.

Becky teared up knowing her parents went above and beyond to save her. Specially nop who had no obligations towards her family after she was gone yet stayed and even went to look for her.

" Thank you mom, dad, Richie and you nop.. Thank you so much." Becky went in to hug her dad who was sitting closet to her.

" You are my princess Becky. We will do anything for you my love." Her dad hugged her asured her no matter what happens they are with her in every situation.

Nop smiled happily when he saw Becky in peace.

" That's it! You two are getting married!" Becky's mom said suddenly.

" What?"

Everyone screamed in unison.

" Yes! Nop is a good person. A perfect son-in-law. And he seems to love Becky so much. And now that she is back we are not wasting another day. Becky should marry nop as soon as possible." Said becky's mom.

Her dad smiled in approval," of course I liked him before and after this disaster now that we know he won't leave little girl in distress. I think you two should get married asap."

" Dad!" Becky was flustered with this sudden marriage proposal.

Becky ran back to her room. She shut the door as hard as possible. She can hear the chit chattering of her family.

They were really happy she thought. But when she came back to her room and looked at the empty book shelves her lost childhood photos she felt the piece of her missing again. He had everything here. But she still missed something. She just couldn't remember what it was.

What happened in that castle?

Why are my books missing?

Why is my childhood photos missing?

Who gave me those scars?

Why don't I feel physical pain from these?

All of these questions flooded her mind.

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I just watched "laappataa ladies" movie. It's so good.

And this song became my favourite. And felt like this chapter's sense matches this song so I pinned it.

I have already listened to this song over 100 times.

I know some of you might not understand the song. But Arijit Singh's voice and this excellent melody can Break any language barrier I think.

This song is so good.

Love you guys 😘 thanks for being patient with me. I'll try to more consistent from now on I promise 😁