I'm not a saint

Sam couldn’t help but smirk at the immediate admittance of whose fault it was, amused that it would save her the time to blow up and tell them to fucking watch where they were going. “Well, that was quick. Glad we settled that,” Sam said, letting out a laugh, knowing she wouldn’t have apologized either way. “You seem oddly familiar,” she added, furrowing her eyebrows together as she tried to place the face. “Have you been in Charming long?” Sam asked. 

“I thought it would be better for both of us if I saved us the time an argument would take.” She shrugged, small smile playing at the corners of her lips. Problem solving was something her father had always found incredibly important, saying that it was wiser to back down in most cases. “I’ve just been here for a few days, but I used to live here a couple of years ago.” 

with: @rizalino​

Ever since she came back to Town she has been agonising about how she should approach Riz and where and when would be the best time for her to do so. The smart move would’ve been to text him first, but from the dozens of texts she pre wrote on her notes app, none felt right. Although even though she’d argue that it felt like a cop out, it wasn’t the full reason. Sarai needed to see his reaction to seeing her again. Did he hate her? Would he be happy? Angry? Upset? Texts couldn’t convey emotions as one’s eyes could. So here she was, entering Sweet Escapes. There’s no going back now. Going to his place seemed too much and she didn’t know if Seth would be there and if Riz would allow her to see him. Did her son even know who she was? There were a lot of things they needed to talk about and while those conversations were better held in private, he couldn’t throw the door in her face in public. Hopefully. There was only one way to find out. “Hey. Long time no see...” 

Catalina nodded in understanding, did she want to spend her time watching over a man and a kid that didn’t have any enemies? Not really, was the money worth it because the woman in front of her was rich as fuck? Of course. “Also I would suggest not telling him you hired a P.I. to stalk him whenever you do see him, I don’t think the man will take it well, hell, nobody takes it well.” Catalina shrugged, but she was prepared to be dealing with yelling and possible restraining orders because some people thought she wanted to stalk them, luckily these cases are closed. “I have some pictures for you, like you wanted.” She grabbed the file from the sit next to her and slid it to Sarai. “From what I saw, he loves that kid.” Catalina paused and looked into the woman’s eyes. “He bakes cookies for a living, Sarai, a man like that doesn’t just get up in the morning and goes fighting, considering that kid is his life, the reason for his fighting has to be something that he’s almost willing to risk his life for, underground fighting can be dangerous, you don’t do it unless you want to, have a death wish or you need money.”

“I didn’t hire you to stalk them, just to make sure nothing bad happened to them while I wasn’t here. Don’t say it like that, it sounds horrible worded in such a way.” She winced, shaking her head. Of course he’d be upset, he’d be furious at her, which is why he shouldn’t find out. Perhaps it would be better if she didn’t tell him, it wasn’t like she was doing anything bad after all, her intentions were good. “Thank you.” She treasured the pictures Catalina sent her of her son, looking over them with a small smile when she saw his tiny face on the pictures. It wasn’t the same as being there and sometimes looking at them broke her heart, but she knew she deserved to feel that pain. For what she had done. Of course he loved Seth, he loved him even before he was born. While she went into each doctor’s appointment with nerves, he went in with excitement. She remembered it was if it was yesterday. “I need you to find out what the reason for him fighting is. I don’t care how you get me this information, just do it quick.” There’s no way he would tell her if she asked. 

“I’d like to think about it as a happy accident, this is a small town after all.” Catalina shrugged and called for the waiter to get her another drink, since this one was about to be empty pretty soon. “Oh yeah, I didn’t think he was the kind of person that was that angry, you know?” Catalina was confused when she first saw Riz but her poker face hid it pretty well. “But yeah, your…whatever he is, he was there and was pretty good, a bit, you know, bruised because of the match but yeah, my very own eyes saw it.” She said, taking her drink in one shot. “Now, I doubt he made me as his little stalker but he definitely saw me there.” Catalina wasn’t bothered about that, she was a good PI and if Sarai wanted her to continue watching over them, then she would. “Does that change anything for you?”

“It is a small town.” She allowed, ordering a drink as well when the waiter arrived at their table. A glass of wine would be needed to help her process this information. It was hard to wrap her head around it. “He’s not. Well at least he didn’t use to be.” She looked down at her hands guilt flashing on her face for a moment before she hid it under a mask of indifference again. Was it her fault? Did he need money? There were tons of questions flying around her mind. Her heart ached when she heard he got hurt, of course it made sense given the fighting, but it still was unpleasant for her to hear it. She didn’t answer what he was to her because honestly, she wasn’t sure what to say. He was more than just an ex boyfriend, but they were never married. He was the father of her child. “It doesn’t change anything. Just be discreet and keep watching over them. I just want to make sure they’re alright and I’m not sure how they’re going to react to my arrival. 

location: flor amor 

with: anyone @charmingstarters​

If there was one place Noah tried to avoid at all costs it was Flor Amour. It was nothing personally against the store nor the stunning Italian lady who owned it nor the ever so lovely sales assistants but it all fell down to his allergies and nose which couldn’t control itself from the array of scents and aromas the store exhumed on the daily.

But he was on a mission and it was the first stage in his plan to get a certain temperamental brunette back so with a grimace he walked into the store, a tinkling bell announcing his arrival and he tried to hold his breath for as long as possible. He couldn’t remember the last time he had actually brought flowers and the displays in front of him was daunting. 

“Fucking hell…” he muttered to himself, wrinkling his nose as he held his breath once more.

When she used to live here, Flor Amor was her favorite shop in the entire town. It was pretty quiet and there weren’t too many people in there at the same time. The huge amount of colorful flowers always seemed to put a smile on her face or calm her down when she got in her head about one thing or another. It was where she spent a lot of time during her pregnancy actually. She had been browsing the store for quite a while, raising her head when she heard someone new come in.

“Are you alright?”  

Catalina put her phone down on the table and look at Sarai. “Nothing too wild, I did find out something accidently though.” She shrugged, she didn’t know if telling Sarai about the fighting was smart, but the woman did pay her to keep at eye on her son and ex-boyfriend or husband, honestly Catalina couldn’t remember, she was a little bit drunk and the file was in her office. “Did you know I do underground fighting on the side? Well, guess who I saw there before my match and no, it wasn’t your son.” Catalina wiggled her eyebrows at the woman. 

“I’d rather you find things out on purpose, since that is what I’m paying you for.” She rolled her eyes inwardly, but hey, information was information in the end and that’s what mattered to her. “I did not know that, no.” Sarai commented, but she could see it.  Everyone had secrets after all. Her eyes widened at Catalina’s next words. “That’s impossible.” He was way too nice for that. It wasn’t his scene. “Was he actually fighting?”

Where: La Luna Who: anyone! @charmingstarters​

Catalina was tapping away on her phone, trying to pass the time until the person she was supposed to meet here would arrive. She’s not usually early, usually people waited for her to arrive to places but she made an exception this time. “Thanks.” She said without looking up to the person that refiled her drink for the night. Catalina felt like she waited for ages until a chair was moved and a person sat in front of her. “Took you long enough.”

“Sorry I’m late. I had my internet installed at my new place and the guys took longer than I thought they would.” She rolled her eyes, setting her purse down at the table before sitting down herself. They chose a table near the back as she was afraid of running into someone she shouldn’t. “So, are there any updates? Anything important I need to know about?” She needed to figure out what to do, she couldn’t just show up at his doorstep unannounced after all. 

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Full Name: Sarai Penchan Malee Bannarasee 

The name Sarai has biblical origin and it means princess, she is named after her grandmother on her mother’s side. The other two names were chosen by her father.  Penchan because she was born on a full moon and Malee because Jasmine’s are her mom’s favorite flowers.

Pronouns: she/her

Age: 31

Birthday: May 31st 

Zodiac sign: Gemini 

languages spoken: Lao, Central Thai, English, French, German, Mandarin, Arabic, Japanese, Vietnamese 

@charmingextra​

 “Oh my.apologies! I did not see you there. It’s my fault.”