A Crazy Night Novel

Night had fallen by the time Vito returned from the village chief’s house.

Standing at the door, Miriam pulled him into the woods outside the courtyard.

“How did it go at the village chief’s house?” she asked after making sure Christina wouldn’t be able to hear them.

Vito recounted everything truthfully. The village chief’s roof was severely damaged, but with everyone’s help, all the broken pieces had been cleared out. What remained was for the village chief to patch his roof with some new tiles.

Yet, Miriam didn’t care about that. Thinking about how Christina had asked about the village chief’s phone today, she fell silent for a moment before asking. “What happened to his phone?”

“It’s broken,” Vito answered.

A smile formed on Miriam’s face. Everything was going exactly as she had planned. “Let’s go. It’s time for dinner.”

While seated, Christina noticed the two return together.

“Vito,” she called out to him softly.

Hearing the woman call his name, Vito scratched the back of his head awkwardly, not knowing where to look.

Having interacted with him for the past few days, Christina was no longer surprised by his demeanor. Miriam, on the other hand, gave him a light slap on the head in frustration.

Then, Vito swiftly began scooping out the food from the pot.

“You must be starving.” Miriam served Christina’s portion of food on a plate.

The latter smiled and shook her head. “Not at all. I haven’t done a lot today, so I didn’t use much en she replied while pushing the plate toward Vito instead.

“You must be hungry, Vito. You were busy helping out at the village chief’s place all day.”

kind gesture,

the three of them sat at the round table and

said Christina after dinner. “Could you

no, but he glanced at Christina’s leg out of concern. “Is your leg okay?”

her, but there were some things she had to discuss with him in private. “It’ll be fine. We won’t be so far out.” Miriam would grow suspicious if they were to wander off too much.

him, too, Vito could only accompany Christina on her walk

help of a cane. Meanwhile, Vito stayed by her side, ready to help her at any time.

other and arrived at a slope before

admire the vast sea and sky full

sat on it. Then, seeing Vito remain standing, she invited him

unease written in his eyes, Vito pursed his lips. “I-It’s fine.”

talking to a girl alone. He

him. “It’s so pretty out here. I’ve never seen a night sky as lovely as this,”

eased slowly, and

pouted and lowered her gaze. “I miss home. I don’t even know how my family is doing now.”

too. “Give me a few days to fix the boat, and I’ll

Vito weren’t

she didn’t want to wait any longer.

other boat we can take?” Christina glanced up

many motorboats on the island; most boats here could

could get home using

his father, and the young man was usually in charge of selling

had malfunctioned, and that was why Christina remained stuck on this

He bit his lower lip and kept mum as he remembered