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.”

Christina’s kind

at the round table and ate

out for a walk,” said Christina after dinner. “Could you come

he glanced at Christina’s leg out of concern.

he was worried about 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

could only accompany Christina on her walk outside the

only proceed slowly with the help of a cane. Meanwhile, Vito stayed by her side, ready to help her at any

and

and

it. Then, seeing Vito remain standing, she invited him over. “Don’t just stand there, Vito. Have a seat too!”

eyes, Vito pursed his

time talking to a girl alone. He simply didn’t know what to do.

Christina decided not to pressure him. “It’s so pretty out here. I’ve never seen a night sky as lovely as this,” she exclaimed, gazing out into

few exchanges, the atmosphere between them eased slowly, and Vito was no longer as tense as

home. I don’t even know how my

made Vito feel upset too. “Give me a few days to fix the boat, and

that Miriam and Vito weren’t lying about

want to wait

there no other boat we can take?” Christina glanced

the island; most boats here could only be rowed

was no way she could get home using

behind by his father, and the young man was usually in charge of selling the fish they caught with

was why Christina remained stuck on this island for so

dazzling eyes, Vito didn’t know what to say. He bit his lower lip and kept mum as he remembered his