'Can we bring it home?' Malaysian Mystery Memoirs: Something Smells Fishy…
I married Athit, a Thai national, against my parents’ wishes. He was my first love, I was 20 years old and pregnant, and I believed we were endgame. His parents, particularly his mother, were far more accepting towards our union, which was what initially motivated us to move to Thailand after I birthed our first child. Or at least, that was the plan.12 weeks into my pregnancy, Athit left our home in Rawang on a work trip and never returned. Not to me, and not to his parents in Hat Yai either.
Athit was a commercial diver when we were together, and had left all his gear behind. I threw them away but kept a few educational, marine life-related books, which James grew interested in. “Mum, I saw this really cool fish just now. I really wanted to show it to you. I’ve never seen anything like it,” he quipped. I hate to admit it, but I assumed that he had just said so to prove me wrong.
This was out of pure respect and as a way to commemorate her compassion. When Athit left me, she took my side and said, “May he sink all the way down to Hell.”The rest of the family, excluding Athit’s father, had ostracised James and I, treating us like outsiders, as if our tie to the family was illegitimate.
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