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.”

note of Christina’s kind gesture,

the round table and ate

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

Christina’s leg out of concern. “Is your leg okay?”

knew 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 too much. Miriam just so happened to hear Christina’s response and agreed that the two needed to spend some time alone. “Take Christina out for a walk, Vito. Just don’t go too far,” she

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

could only proceed slowly with the help of a cane. Meanwhile, Vito stayed

two said nothing to each other and arrived

sea and sky full of stars from

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

Vito pursed his lips. “I-It’s

a girl alone. He simply

his nervousness, Christina decided not to pressure him. “It’s so pretty out here. I’ve never seen a night sky

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

“I miss home. I don’t even know

upset too. “Give me a few days to fix the boat, and I’ll take you back.”

Christina concluded that Miriam and Vito weren’t lying about

she didn’t want to wait any

there no other boat we can take?” Christina glanced up at him.

that there weren’t many motorboats on the island; most boats here could only be rowed with paddles.

she could get home using the latter.

and the young man was

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

bit his lower lip and kept mum as he remembered