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  By 3:00am they were booked into a hotel along Nanai Road, after stopping off at the Seven Eleven store to buy a small tube of tooth paste, two tooth brushes and some condoms. Moon grabbed some snacks and a drink. At that time of night all the Seven Eleven shops were full of farangs with young Thai girls and they all seemed to be buying toothpaste, brushes and condoms. The Thai girls also always seemed to be grabbing as much snack food as they could carry. Why not! The farang would be paying.

  Tika spent the evening alone, dining at the open air restaurant at the front of the hotel looking out over the Andaman Sea. When she got back from the beach she showered and rested on her bed. She continued to try to read the novel that she had brought with her from Jakarta, but she was still struggling to get into it. She telephoned her mother as she always did in the early evening and they both delighted in talking to each other, re assuring themselves that the other was okay. Bethari did not tell Tika about Yuda raping her, but she did warn her daughter that she thought that Yuda would be looking for her. Tika already knew that he would be looking and she just wanted to know that her mother was safe. Bethari told her that she had no problems, and was happy and well living with her niece.

  Tika always dressed well for dinner; she had a very real and natural elegance about her. She was a lady with class. She enjoyed the cooler air of the night as she ate the fresh lobster and looked out over the sea. She was the only single person in the restaurant but she didn’t mind this at all. She nodded and smiled to the few people who paid her any attention and she was comfortable on her own; it always gave her time to think and she had a lot to think about. She didn’t want to be thinking about Simon, she had other things to be thinking and worrying about. She had to decide what to do about her future and how she could protect her mother and herself from Yuda, but Simon kept coming into her thoughts.

  She kept thinking about his brilliant smile and his bright blue eyes. His hair, his body: she ran it all through her mind again. She smiled to herself as she remembered what he had said, the way he played guitar for her and the way they splashed around in the sea like teenagers. How she wished that he was sitting there with her now, a candle lit dinner for one just wasn’t very romantic. Tika had never drunk alcohol or smoked a cigarette in her life, so, after she had finished her meal and drunk her orange juice, she had nothing else to do but sit and look out at the sea in the near distance. A man sat in the corner and played a guitar to entertain the diners; Tika didn’t think he was as good as Simon. After a while she returned to her room and she read some more of her book before she went to sleep.

  Chapter 5

  Tika awoke early and the sun was already brilliant and hot in the blue sky.

  The rainy season in Thailand had already officially started, but most days it was still remarkably, rain free, or at least just in short heavy downpours that soon seemed to dry up. Tika jumped out of bed and pulled the heavy thick lined curtains back. The view down to the sea was breathtaking.

  Tika had already taken this photo, but she took it again anyway. She felt really happy today. Her spirit felt alive and full of joy: she hadn’t felt like this in years. She didn’t know if it was because she was in Thailand, or because she had met Simon, but it was making her feel so good.

  After breakfast Tika went back to her room to get changed for the beach. She knew that Simon had already seen her in both her white and gold bikinis, so today she put on her green one. A man wouldn’t even think of these things! She also wrapped a green coloured sarong around her and applied just the slightest amount of brown eye shadow and a shiny lip gloss. She checked herself out in the full length bathroom mirrors and there was no doubt about it, she looked amazing. Happy with her appearance she left the hotel and wandered along the beach for the half hour it took her to reach the spot where she found Simon, propped against his palm tree strumming his guitar. He stopped and smiled at Tika as soon as he saw her. She couldn’t help but smile back and she laid her towel out next to his in the shade of the palm tree. Simon noticed straight away that today she had some make up on, and he thought that it really brought out her beauty.

  There was no shy awkwardness at all and they asked all the usual ‘How are you? How did you sleep? What did you do last night?’ type of questions, and then the conversation just flowed. Tika laughed a lot and realised that this was the first time since her father had died that she had really felt happy. Simon enjoyed making Tika laugh. She looked so cute and her laugh was really pleasant to hear. After twenty minutes of constant chatter. about anything and everything, Simon said, “Tika, would you like to go exploring today?”

  “What do you mean?”

  “I mean on my bike. I’ll take you back to your hotel now to get changed and we’ll go exploring. I don’t know where we’ll end up, we’ll just end up somewhere!”

  Tika liked the idea. It sounded exciting and she had not seen anything yet, other than the hotel and the beach.

  “Okay, it sounds nice. What do I need to wear?” she asked.

  “Are you allowed to wear shorts?”

  Tika burst out laughing. “I’m allowed to wear whatever I want. I’m wearing a bikini now, aren’t I? You are so funny,” she smiled.

  “I asked because I didn’t know if Muslim women are allowed to wear that type of clothes.”

  “I wear whatever I want. It’s fine, but it’s very sweet of you to ask. So what shall I wear?”

  “Well, it will get hot and humid away from the beach, so maybe some good walking shoes and some shorts and a top, maybe take a spare top as well.”

  Tika was really excited now about the prospect of exploring a little around Phuket.

  “This sounds like a great adventure. I’d love to go exploring with you. Shall we go now?”

  Tika had never been on a motorbike before. Simon sat on and started it up and tucked his guitar between his legs. Tika climbed on the back and couldn’t help but wrap herself tightly around Simon before the bike had even moved off. She was excited about the ride, but also a bit scared.

  Simon drove it more slowly than he usually would have done, because he didn’t want Tika to be scared. He wanted her to love it, and she did. Simon dropped her off outside her hotel and went to his own to drop off the guitar and get changed. Twenty minutes later he picked Tika up from outside her hotel. She stood in the shade of the reception waiting for him, idling the time away chatting to the uniformed hotel security man, who made it his business to salute everyone as they entered or left the building. Tika looked great, wearing a white short sleeved blouse, kaki coloured shorts and her sunglasses made her look really cool. This time she jumped on the back of the bike with a lot more confidence, but she still held onto Simon very tightly, as inexperienced passengers always do, but Simon and Tika both liked it. They rode along the Beach Road and Simon stopped to buy Tika a floppy canvas hat that matched the colour of her shorts.

  “Here, you’ll need this; the sun is very hot today.”

  Tika put it on and she modeled it very well.

  They headed north out of Patong, sticking to the road that followed the coast, passing through Kamala and Surin beach. They stopped at a little roadside market and bought fresh fish, salad and fruit, and some sticky rice that was wrapped in a banana leaf; they planned to cook the fish on the beach later. They stayed on roads that hugged the coastline and as they continued heading north, the scenery was breath taking. Beautiful pink blooms of wild orchids decorated the greenery of the roadside, and the bright coloured flowers of the Heliconia plant, which looked like delicate little birds clinging to a stick, gave a very tropical and exotic feel to the journey.

  Eventually they drove down a dirt track and ended up on a deserted beach. They sat on a fallen palm tree and looked out over the sea.

  “This is just so beautiful.” sighed Tika.

  “Do you want to stay here tonight?”

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�Where?”

  “Here. We’ll hire a beach hut or book into a hotel or something, separate rooms of course.”

  Tika laughed.

  “Separate rooms in a beach hut?” she said.

  “Well, maybe a hotel then.”

  “A hotel would be fantastic, but I don’t want separate rooms Simon.”

  They found a nice spot at the edge of the sand, where the beach was fringed with palm trees before it turned into rainforest. They collected large stones to make a circle in the sand in which to light a fire and cook their fish. They collected sticks and logs for the fire. Tika couldn’t remember being this excited since she had been a little girl. She had wanted to escape to Thailand to get away from everything, but she had never imagined it would be like this. In her wildest dreams she never thought she would be sleeping with a handsome English man, but she knew that on this night she would be.

  They spent the entire day on the beach and stayed until after they had watched the red sunset. They found a decent hotel not far from the beach and checked in for one night. They were both hot and tired and looking forward to a shower. Tika could feel her body start to shake as they walked hand in hand towards their hotel room door and, when Simon opened the door, the only thing that Tika could see was the big double bed. She didn’t notice the sea view, the balcony, the en-suite, the flat screen TV or the beautiful landscape painting in reds, yellows and golds that hung over the bed. Simon pulled her into the room and closed the door behind her.

  “Come on,” smiled Simon. “Let’s go and have a shower.”

  If Tika heard him then she didn’t acknowledge him. She just watched him as he stripped naked in front of her, tossing his clothes over the chair nearest to the patio doors.

  Tika gazed at him open mouthed before she could think of anything to say.

  “I’m sorry to stare at you. I have only ever seen one naked man in my whole life and that was my husband. You look incredible, really. I don’t know what to say.”

  “We all look the same, I guess.”

  “No, you couldn’t be more wrong, you look amazing. My heart is beating so fast now. Look you makes me shake.” Tika was blushing again.

  “Come on Tika, take your clothes off, we’re going to shower together.”

  “I don’t know if I can.”

  “Do you want to?”

  “Yes, I think so, but I think I’m too shy for you to see me naked.”

  Simon put out his hand and Tika took it, he pulled her towards him.

  “Okay, I’ll undress you,” he said so gently.

  Tika couldn’t help but gasp. As he started to undo her blouse buttons she gently cupped his hands in hers, but he continued to undo her blouse and she did not want to stop him. She closed her eyes. Her heart was pounding so hard in her chest she thought it was going to explode. He peeled the blouse back off her shoulders and tossed it over the chair. He reached his arms around her and kissed her gently on her lips as he unclipped her bra. She was too dazed to kiss him back. He tossed it over her blouse. Simon dropped to his knees to undo her shorts. She rested her hands on his broad muscled shoulders as he undid the button, pulled down the zip and slid her shorts down to the floor. She stepped out of them and he threw them with the rest of her clothes. He slid his fingers under each side of her thong and pulled it down over her thighs. Her pussy was shaved and smooth.

  “Wow!” said Simon. “You look so beautiful. I love your body.”

  “My heart, it’s beating so fast. I think I‘m going to die.”

  “You are not going to die Tika. Come on, let‘s shower.”

  Simon took her hand and they walked into the bathroom and stepped into the shower. This was the most outrageous thing Tika had ever done in her life and she found herself holding her breath. This really was being wild and it was as exciting as she had imagined that it would be. They held onto each other in the warm water. Tika was happy being held in his strong arms and she could feel his soft penis brushing against her tummy. This felt perfect to Tika. This felt like paradise. They washed each other and rinsed off before they towelled each other dry, then walked back into the bedroom and fell naked onto the bed, still wrapped in each other’s arms. They both enjoyed being naked together and just held onto each other and kissed for the longest time.

  “I’m 40 years old!” sighed Tika.

  “I know, you told me.”

  “This is the best day of my entire life and I have waited for 40 years for this day. I can’t tell you the happiness I feel in my heart. I forgot how beautiful the world can be. Thank you for giving me all this Simon.”

  “Tika, it was you who made this day special. It‘s a day we will both remember forever I think.”

  Tika turned her face towards him and kissed him on the cheek and snuggled tightly into his body. This really was her perfect day and she didn’t want it to end.

  Simon moved so that he could kiss her and she kissed him back: it was a long slow kiss, gentle and soft. He let his hand slide over her body to cup her breast. His touch made her sigh and he felt her nipple erect under his hand. He rolled her erect nipple between his fingers. She couldn’t stop herself from moaning out loud. His touch felt gentle and kind. She hadn’t been loved in such a long time and the anticipation of his love filled her body with passion. She could feel her own wetness between her legs. Simon kissed her face and then gently onto her neck. She could feel his warm breath and it made her whole body tingle. His teeth gently pulled at her ear lobe. It felt so sensual to Tika and her breath was coming in little gasps. He kissed down to her shoulders and she felt his mouth move over her breasts in turn, licking and sucking on erect nipples. Her body tensed with the surges, like electric tremors that passed through her body as he sucked her nipples into his warm wet mouth. She closed her eyes and enjoyed her sexual submission to him. Her body was going into involuntary convulsions as he teased and caressed her entire body with his mouth. Tika gripped onto his shoulders, her finger nails piercing his skin as she climaxed.

  “Oh Simon! I have never had this before. My husband has never done this to me. I never knew that it felt like this.”

  Simon didn’t answer. He used his fingers to feel her swollen passion: warm and wet and sticky. She gasped for breath at his touch. Her whole vagina felt so sensitive now she bit on her lip to stop herself screaming out.

  “I want to fuck you Tika,” Simon said in hardly a whisper.

  “Yes, yes please fuck me. I really want you to fuck me.”

  Simon gently slid himself inside of her. She was losing control of her own body as the sexual pleasures sent her muscles into spasm. She cried tears of happiness as she felt his huge penis slide gently into her, little by little, slowly, with each gentle firm thrust he put more of his throbbing inches inside her and then built up speed and rhythm as he fucked her. He held onto her waist and used his power to pull her onto his shaft. Tika was not able to stop herself anymore and she shouted and screamed and cried and cursed and repeated over and over again

  “Oh yes, Simon, fuck me!”

  He did and Tika climaxed three times before she felt Simon shoot hot and sticky inside her as he finally came. He lay down on top of her holding her face and kissing her mouth, still moving and throbbing inside her. They held onto each other until his erection subsided.

  Tika held onto the back of his head and stroked his long hair. Simon was breathing deeply and Tika was smiling. Her perfect day had just got so much better.

  Chapter 6

  Yuda stormed into Jaya’s office just as Jaya got up from behind his desk to feed the tropical fish in the tank across the room from his desk. Yuda sat in Jaya’s chair.

  Just after Tika’s father had died, Yuda stormed into the office, just the way he had done this morning as Jaya was dictating a letter to his secretary. On that occasion Yuda kicked Jaya’s chair
and told him to ‘Move’. It had caused Jaya much embarrassment and, on that same day, he went out and purchased the fish tank. From then on, whenever

  Yuda came into his office he got up to feed the fish. Sometimes Yuda would sit in his chair and sometimes he wouldn’t. Today he did. The office was large and modern and had fantastic views of the city through the huge windows. The partitioned walls were also glass, which allowed Jaya early warning of Yuda’s approach. The office was just one floor below Yuda’s, which took up the entire top floor of the building.

  “Any more news on Tika?” demanded Yuda.

  “No, not yet. I take it you have had someone check out the address where her mother is staying?”

  “I went myself. Tika is not there and the stupid old woman doesn’t know where she is. Can we get her phone tapped? She must be in touch with her. Have we still got a contact in the police?”

  “I will look into it Yuda.”

  “You know what will happen Jaya, if we don’t find her?”

  “Well, I understand the risks.”

  “They are risks that I’m not prepared to take Jaya.”

  “I don‘t see that we have any other option, but to wait and see. We have to take the risk. I think we both knew that when we stole the company.”

  “We didn‘t steal it. It belongs to me.” Yuda started to redden with rage.

  He was not a man who could control his emotions.

  “Yuda, you only own this company because we tricked Tika and her mother into believing that you do. It’s not worth the paper that it’s written on and any decent lawyer will see right through it. When they go back further they will see how much money you have been taking from the company over the years. Everything was stolen. That’s not the issue, the issue is how can we minimise the risks. I don‘t want to go to prison anymore then you do.”