JASMINE VANHLUPUII POV
"Aw ni e,hmangaih na vanga innei kan ni," James'a en kal pahin kati sep a,a chhan pawh aih ka tih chuan eng thil nge thleng dawn ka hre ve kar a.Hepa hian ka awm ati nuamlo, "min lampui la pawi iti angem," atih chuan "ka tihpalh.." ka sawi zawh hma chuan ka kutah vuan in lamtual lamah min phei pui a.
Ka kut chu a dârah min dah tir a, "lungngai suh" ka beng bulah ati sep.Tawlh sawn tumin ka nem ṭang ṭang a,mahse a lamah min pawt hnai leh zêl sia, "ka kal angai" tih paha kal ka tum chuan ka kawngah nghet zetin a kuah a.
"I ngai miahlo," ati chang run a,ka hnung in thil vâwt thlêr a deh chuan ka mengkawk mai. "Aw ngawi reng in awm la, balcony lamah phei rawh anih loh chuan..." Atih leh chuan ka hlau ve tawh takzet,hnam dang anni bawk nen inthah mai an hreh dawn hauhlo.
Balcony lamah chuan kan phei a,kawngka a khâr dâwn ṭep tih ah ka tlân thut a.Mahse ka kawr leh pheikhawk sang bun avâng chuan ka tlan theilo,minlo man leh vatin bangah min nawr bet a,ana ve det.
Silai arawn phawrh chhuah chuan ka meng lian tawh viau mai,ka hlau lutuk chu ka khur dar dar thei. "Ka sawi ang in ti ang che miss Jasmine,anih loh chuan ka that hreh dawn hauhlo che ania," ati nghut a.
"Min kal tîr rawh," ka tih deuh ṭhat chuan min beng deuh pawp a,ka mitttui a tla sawk thei,thinrim zetin kalo nem ve ṭang ṭang a. "Shhh,i au leh chuan silai hi ka hmet puak ang," tih pahin ka hmui arawn hup a.
Kan awmna ṭang chuan min kal hran puiin plants awmna lamah min phei pui a,tuman min hmu thei hauhlo ang,ka hrawk ah min rek bet tlat bawk sia,kawngka pawh arawn in hâwng ri pawp mai.
"Thu pakhat mah sawi chhuak suh," ati sup a ka lu ah silai in ala tin reng, "Jasmine," Nathan'an atih chuan tal chhuah tumin ka bei a, "lehlam ah sawn va en leh rawh u," ati deuh tuar a.
Ka kâ ka ang chiah chu James'an lo hup vat in ka lu ah silai in min chhu deuh pawp a,ngatinge keimah kher engmah ka tisual siloa.Ka hrawk te chu aro hulh thei in ka hria,ṭanpui tu tur auh duh viau mah ila ka hrawk ah silai in min tin tlat sia.
"Shhh,ka that dâwn che chuan khapa kha a thi thei chauh ang," ati leh a mahse eng vanga min that tum nge anih. "I pasal thil tih kha i hriatpui em,i hria em ka fapa min thah sak asin," atih chuan mak kati lutuk.
"A that" James'an ati leh sup a, "chuvang chuan ka that ve ang che," tih pahin a kut ka kâ aṭang ala sawn a,nilo nilo silai a rik rual chuan ka auchhuak ṭhat mai,ka mit chu ka meng a James'a tlu riai riai chu ka hmu nghal.
A dar aṭang thisen a chhuak a,min khawih tu an awm chuan ka auchhuak leh ṭhat, "shhh,shhh keimah Amore,a ṭha vek ania" Nathan'an ati sup a.
Ka kut in a kutah kalo vuan vat a, "ka kalsan che vangin ka tihpalh Amore,ka hmangaih che" tih pahin min pawm a ka chhîp ah alo fawh vang vang.
Car a min luh pui hnuah hotel lam pan in kan inkhalh chhuak nghal a,kan tlan chhûng zawngin tumah kan ṭawng lo.Hotel room a kan luh rualin ka thawmhnaw min phelh sak a,khumah chuan min muttîr nghal.
"Shhh Amore,kalo let leh vat ang" atih hnuah kawngka ah a chhuak a, James'a thusawi ringawt kha ka beng ah ari nawn tluk tluk.
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"Jasmine,Amore tho rawh le" Nathan'an tih pahin a lamah min pawt a,ka mit ka men rualin ka biang ah alo fawp zeuh.Kalu chu anat reuh em avang chuan chêk tlak tlak in ka khawih a, "Jasmine ilu hi ana ania,khawih suh" thu tak zetin Nathan'an alo tivat.
Nathan'a lak aṭang ka awm hran deuh dawrh chuan "engthil nge itih!" Ati chang bawl a, "a...a fapa..i thah sak amaw ngatinge," tih pahin ka en kal a,a lu a tuai zeuh a.
"Chhan a awm animai,lo kal tawh rawh le" atih chuan kalu ka thing a.Bathroom lamah ka phei a,mahse ka thleng hman hauhlo,bangah Nathan'an min nawr bet a, "min hmulo der hauh suh" ati nghut.
"Ngatinge khatia itih kher a,fapa anei ve asin" vin zeta ka tih chuan ka darah leh kawng ah nghet zetin min kuah a, "a chhan i hriat a ngailo" ati leh hmuk tawh.
"Ka hriat a ngai,mifel tak mai i that ringawt a ngatinge" tih pahin a vawn na ṭang kalsawn ka tum a.Ka khabe ah lo dâwm in min kuai dâk a, "mifel a" tih pahin a chêk tlak tlak mai.
"Ka that thei Amore,a aia na pawn ka siam thei,a chhan chu chhan ṭha tak a awm tlat,va inti fai rawh kan haw dawn" atih chuan che changlo in chhuat chu ka melh ngawt ngawt a.
"Nathan eng nge a chhan,apa thiam loh vang ani em,apa in a ngaihthlak duhloh vang che ami" kati deuh sep a.
Ka lama lo phei pahin ka khabe ah alo dawm a,bathroom chhûngah min nawr lut nghal. "I inbual duhlo amaw,aṭha lawm ka pui ang che" tih pahin ka kawr chu a pawt thlêr a,ka panty haklai a phelh nghal,nem sawn ka tum chuan ka hmuiah alo fawp a.
"Aih...tual thah hmang ini,min kal tîr rawh" ka tih chuan ka hmui alo hup vat a. "Tual thah hmang maw,aw Amore khapa kha ka that thei ani khatiang misual mi thah tum kha,ka pawisa min rûk sak a tum bawk a ka naute pahnih lai a that bawk asin,drug addict mai mai anih kha chuan Jasmine naupang ka that ang ah ila ngai tho em," ati hrawk a.
Ngawi reng in ka awm reng,ka thluak te chu an chawl duk nimaiin ka hria.Min chawi kâng chuan a kawngah ka ke in kalo kherh bet ve vat a, "mi thah hi anuam ka ti bikin i ring emni," tih paha ka taksa alo fawh chuan ka mit ka chhing tawp a.
Ka mal a alo hmer chuan a kawr awm ah nghet zetin kalo ṭham ve a, "mi â pasal atân inei ang ah i ngai em ni,psycho amaw minti emni" ati chang leh run a.
"Anuam em,Amore" tih paha ka taksa alo fawh dan dan chuan kalo thaw hak,kalu thing vatin "ka tihpalh" kati sep a. "Mi ka that anih pawn chhan awmlo in engmah ka ti ngailo Jasmine,i thluak bur te reuh te ah khan hre reng reng rawh," tih pahin min hlang thla a,ka hmui a alo fawh leh hnuah bathroom aṭang a chhuak zui nghal.
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Ka lehkhabu la a chhiar ka tum chu Nathan'an ka seatbelt alo phelh vat a,min pawm in a mal ah min ṭhut tîr nghal. "Min en rawh" thupe zeta atih chuan ka enve mai a,ka biangah lo dâwm in ka hmuiah a fawp zeuh.
"Nichina min chhang let ang khan min chhang let tawh suh i hria em," atih chuan kabu ve nghat a, "min chhang let leh anih chuan hrem na tawk tûrin in ring rawh," atih chuan ka mengkawk mai.
Ka nghawng leh adang dang ah alo fawp a,a kut a chet kual tîr reng chuan kalo dang vat. "Min dodal suh," ti sup in ka beng alo seh deuh nar nar a,awm sawn deuhin kan bula Bell chu a hmet vat.
Ding ka tum chu min pawt ṭhu leh vat a,air hostess chu kan lamah intur nen alo phei a,kan awm dân a hmu chu a meng deuh kawk.
"Eng nge in duh ang sir," chunu chuan ati sep a, Nathan'a intur hming mak deuh sawi hnuah a thli chhuak vat a. "Chuan i nupui khan eng nge aduh ang," atih chuan kalo zak ve ringawt,ka hmêl aṭang chuan hnam dang kani tih a hrethiam nghal ani chêk ang chu keimah min zawh loh danah.
"Cranberry a in ang," Nathan'an atih chuan air hostess nu pawh chu a kalsawn vat a, "ka lehkhabu saw kava la lawk ang" tih pahin ka ding a.
Ka lehkhabu ka lak hnuah ka seat ah chuan ka ṭhu leh vat,mahse a reilo Nathan'a bawk chuan a mal chungah min hlang leh a. "Sawtah sawn ka ṭhu duh asin," tum deuh bur a ka tih chuan "ka phal ami" tih pahin a lu ka darah alo nghat a.
Kan intur pawh alo thleng vat,vawiin chu nidang aiin kan ṭum hma riau leh nghal a,in kan thlen rualin bathroom lama luh mai ka tum chu Nathan'an minlo pawm vata khumah min muttîr nghal.
Ka thawmhnaw chu a phelh mawlh mawlh a, "Nathan ka.." dan tumin kalo bei ve ṭang ṭang a.Ka bra chu a phelh der tawh,ani pawh a thawmhnaw inbel lai chu a phelh sawk sawk a.
"Ka theilo" zawi deuh sap a ka tih chuan a tawp ve chawt a, "f**k" ti chhuak deuh hawk in a sam a tuai puak a,ka zak lutuk chu bathroom lamah hmanhmawh deuhin ka tlan lut nghal.
"Kala insum ṭang ṭang ang Jasmine,mahse i thi neih a zawh hunah chuan ka theih ring suh" kawngka pawn lam aṭang alo tih chuan bathroom chhûngah keimah in ka nui ka nui mai.
(Ni hnih hnuah)
"Khami hnuah khan eng thil nge thleng ka hre tawhlo," Ava'in ati sep a, "engtin nge chupa chuan a chhûngte ngei chungah a tih theih" ka tih chuan a thaw hak a.
"Thil pakhat, Nathan'a hi sual viau turah i ngai a mahse ahma a thil tih tawh ah khan a fel asin," atih chuan hrethiam lo zetin "eng nge alo tih tawh a," kati sep a.
"Chhûngkaw buai deuh ka tih te kha khatah khan ava in rawlh a,timai ang kanu min hrilh ania,khatah kha chuan kum sawmpariat chiah ala ni nghe nghe,apa lah kha khum bet in a damlo a naupang tê ala ni bawk nen a rilru a buai ve viau ang,mi chhungkaw inthah laiin ava dang thei ania ngaihtuah rawh," ati leh a.
"Chumi te chhûng chu anla dam em,khawnge an awm" ka tih chuan "an pangai tawh,state dang ah an insawn a tûnah chuan an chhûngkua pawh an ṭha vek tawh," atih chuan kalo bu nghat a.
Tuna a sawi lai mek hi Nathan'an chhungkaw in tih buai lai ava ṭhelh chungchang vel ania,an naupang ber in an unau zinga upa ber a that anti anih kha mahni thisen zawmpui ngei that duh tu chu a sual hle ani ang,eng anga thil lian tham pawh lo ti sual mahse mahni unau te ngei han thah chu a rapthlâk kati takzet.
"Chuan chupa a unaupa that tu chu khawnge a awm tak," ka tih chuan minlo en a. "Hrilh che chu ka duhlo viau,mahse kan chhungkaw zînga mi ini ve tawh sia hriat i phu ve in ka hria," ati leh hap a.
"Nathan'a tan hian hna a thawh sak ṭhin a,a personal assistant ah a hmang," atih chuan ka meng phâwk khawp mai. "Engtin maw!!" Ka ti chhuak hluai a.
"Khatia a unaupa a thah takah khan Nathan'an a hruai hrang a,khami te chhûngkaw chanchin kha News ah te alang nasa sia,keini pawn kan hre ve khatia tual that tu alo hruai lût kha kan chhungte an lungawi lo hle a,mahse kan chhungkaw chungah engmah tilo tûrin a intiam a,engmah ala tilo reng bawk eng vanga hetia Nathan'a hian hnaih nge anih tih hi tuman kanla hre theilo," atih chuan hnuailam ka melh ngur a.
"Ngatinge ni ang le" ka ti deuh sap, "tuman kan hrelo Jasmine" Ava'in alo ti veleh a, Lincoln a hian a unaupa ngei a that a.Engtin nge Nathan'a hian a tana thawk tura a rin theih zawk, Lincoln'a chu ka hlau reuh tak tak ani.
Lincoln'a chu an chhûngkaw background a chhe hle mai,an chhûngkaw chanchin ka hriat hma chuan ka hmu pangai viau asin le. Nathan'a pawh zawh ngei ka tum,thil eng emaw tal min hrilh mahna.
A office lamah ka chho a,a room chhung a thawm ring deuh ka ring chuan ka ding deuh dat.Kawngka chu zawi muanga hâwn ka tum laiin a in hâwng thut a,minlo en ṭhap mai.
Nathan'a chu mak ti zetin ka en a,James'a hi engtin nge hetah a awm leh daih theih.Chair ah an phuar a,a lu leh hnar aṭang thisen a chhuak bawk, Nathan'a chuan a sam a tuai deuh pawk a minlo en ve reng.
Nathan'a bula ding Lincoln'a chuan min en zeuh hnuah Nathan'a chu a en veleh a, "lo buaipui rawh u" Nathan'an atih hnuah ka lamah alo phei zui nghal. "Ka tihpalh,kalo kal tawh miahlo ang" ka sawi zawh chuan hallway lamah min phei pur der tawh.
"Vawi engzat nge tilai a lo kal tawhlo turin ka tih che!ka nupui hian ka thusawi a zawm dawn nange," atih chuan ka mittui ka biangah alum thla pap a,kan roomah min hruaiin bangah min nem a.
Ka mit kalo chhing deuh tawp,ka kawngah min kuah in ka darah a lu a nghat a.Thawk kala deuh vang vang, "ngatinge i hriatthiam duhloh,mi hlauhawm tak tak an awm asin,i chungah thil pawi a thleng palh thei asin," tih pahin a awm hla deuh a.
Ka hmuiah dam dap in alo fawp a,a thinrim ka hlau takzet.Ka rin ang ngeiin a mitmeng ah chuan thinrim na ka hmu thei,ka biangah a kutin alo tuai hauh hauh a.
"Zawnga khan a khawih che tiro,silai ten ka nupui a tin ngam amaw," sehchilh zet hian arawn ti leh hrawih a,ka biangah lo fawp in a kut a dahthla zêl a,ka kawngah a tawp chawt.
"Tah hian lo awm rawh,kalo let leh ang" tih pahin room aṭang a chhuak daih a,eng nge a ngaihtuah leh tawh Hrechhuak thut in Nathan'a chu ka zui vat a,thinrim in a chhuak anih kha a office kawngkhâr chu ka hawng pawp a,ka rin ang ngeiin Nathan'a chuan silai in alo tin va va a, Nathan'a awmna lamah phei vatin a awmah ka kut ka nghat a.
"Khawngaih in that suh," zawi sap a ka tih chuan "thah che a tum asin," ati leh hrawk a. "Chupawh nise,midang nunna i lâk kher a ngailo," ka ti leh sep a,tûnah hian ka hlauhna te kha an bo vek nimaiin ka hria.
Tun chapter chu a boring deuh maithei
