The Loyal Pin – Episode 14

By starrymag | November 7, 2024

By: Lisa Steinberg

 

 

The episode picks up as Prik (Orntara Poonsak) and Pia (Sutthatip Wutichaipradit) are walking together and Pia asks if it’s true that Prik will accompany Princess Anil to the North. Prik confirms and says that they will be gone maybe almost a month, it’s up to the Princess who says that she wants to stay there as long as possible. Just then they encounter Lady Pin (Sarocha Chankimha) who asks if the Princess will be going to Phrae again and Pia and Prik confirms. Lady Pin looks utterly forlorn. She asks them if Anil will be staying at Chao Fah Palace and they confirm. Lady Pin asks why it’s so sudden, but Prik and Pia both don’t answer.

At the Pine Palace, Lady Pin stands outside the closed doors and nervously frets about going inside. Just as she is about to reach for the door handle, the doors open and Lady Uangfah is standing there. They greet each other and Lady Uangfah (Sarochinee Petampai) says she is just taking her leave. She tells Pin that she will find Anil upstairs.  Pin cautiously walks in to the Pine Palace and is anxious. As she gets closer to the stairs Anil (Rebecca Patricia Armstrong) begins to walk down them. An angry Anil looks at Pin and asks why she is there. Pin tells her lady night Anil said she didn’t feel well, she wanted to know id Anil is better. Anil retorts that apart from her heart which Pin has shattered in pieces, she is fine. Pin asks Anil if she knows how her words cut into her heart and bring her pain. Anil sharply tells her that she thought she knew, but sometimes Pin has seemed to have made in such an unpredictable way. Pin is on the verge of tears. She says sometimes she doesn’t have much of a choice. Anil says then how come Pin chose the one that causes so much pain to the both of them? She goes on asking if even now Pin is certain that her choice she made is the best one? Pin begins to cry and reaches out grabbing Anil around the waist. She rests her head on Anil’s shoulder and the tears fall down. Anil is shocked, but stoic. Pin rubs her hands against Anil’s back. Pin says she knows she has made the wrong decision. That she has been a fool. She says she disgusts herself every time she has to stand next to that man. Pin weeps uncontrollably. She unwraps her arms around Anil and looks at her. She tells her she heard Anil is going to Chao Fah Palace. She begs Anil not to go. Anil says that she wants to leave so she doesn’t have to see Pin together with Khun Kuea. Anil asks why Khun Kuea has to move into the Lotus Palace. Pin tells her that it is at Princess Padmika’s request. She says she also wants to be able to keep seeing Anil like she used to. Pin cries more and says that Khun Kuea will only marry her name. She tells Anil to please believe her, she was born to be Anil’s, and Anil’s alone. Anil roughly tells Pin then she might not go to Chao Fah Palace. Pin is in disbelief but smiles. But Anil tells her, in fact, she will go to further her studies in England and never return! Once again Pin begs Anil nit to go through cascading tears. She tells Anil that she used to promise Pin that Anil would never leave her again. Pin asks once more for Anil not to go. Anil shakily puts her hand to Pin’s cheek and wipes at her tears. Anil tells Pin to go back, as she never wants to see Pin’s face for even a second. Anil turns around and walks back up the stairs as Pin stands crying profusely.

Lady Uangfah and Anil now leave the Pine Palace and head to their car. Anil opens the door as Lady Uangfah gets inside. From nearby Lady Pin sees them together. Anil sees her and the two make eye contact. A frustrated Anil walks angrily to the other side of the car and gets inside. Anil drives off and Lady Pin stands there.

Stopped at a gas station for fillup, Anil and Uangfah sit quietly. Uangfah breaks the silence and asks if Anil agreed to go out with her that day in order to avoid Lady Pin. Anil apologizes for using Uangfah as an excuse. Uangfah tells her it is okay, but she is afraid that Lady Pin might misunderstand and get the wrong idea which would cause her more distress. Uangfah says she doesn’t want to make the situation worse. Anil tells her that there is nothing worse than what it is currently. Uangfah says she knows that Anil is heartbroken, but is also not much different than her. Looking out the car window, Uangfah spots Khun Kuea (Chatchawit Techarukpong) at a shop closeby…and he is with a woman! Anil turns around and spots him through the window as well with his arm around a woman. At first she is shocked, but then she hurriedly gets out of the car and runs after the pair. Anil unfortunately isn’t able to locate them in the busy market area.

Sitting down in a restaurant, Anil and Uangfah talk. Uangfah comments that the woman with Khun Kuea didn’t seem like a friend, she was more like a lover. Anil says that it’s too bad she couldn’t catch up with them or they would have found out the truth. She says that it’s just been one day since the engagement and now he is cheating on Pin. Uangfah says how she feels pity for Lady Pin if he is such a horrible man and how miserable Pin’s life would be after the wedding. Anil says if that’s the case, she will never forgive him. Uangfah tells her that Pin is only engaged to Khun Kuea, they aren’t married yet and there is still time to fix the situation. She goes on to say the opportunity is up to Anil now, and that she should not give up. 

Back at the Front Palace, Anil meets with Prince Anan (Kanin Stanley) and tells him about what transpired. He tells her it’s just as he thought, and that some of his subordinates came to warn him about Khun Kuea when they knew that Lady Pin was getting engaged. They told him that Khun Kuea is a Casanova and is secretly seeing multiple women. He tells Anil that he decided to investigate Khun Kuea to help her and Lady Pin. He says he followed Khun Kuea and he thought maybe he was seeing his secretary. But it turned out his secretary already has a husband. He then tried to investigate more, but still couldn’t find out much. Anil says she will take care of the rest. At first she was ready to give up on Pin, but if Khun Kuea is behaving in this manner, she cannot let this happen. Prince Anan tells her if she needs any help to just let him know. He is willing to help.

Anil meets with Prik and offers her some money. Prik is apprehensive and asks what the Princess would like her to do. Anil gives Prik the money and says she wants Prik to keep an eye on Khun Kuea at his workplace, and report anything suspicious to Anil. 

Princess Anil, Prince Anan, and Prik all sit at a table with each other by Khun Kuea’s office trying to act inconspicuous. Prik explains that after a few days she noticed that Khun Kuea often leaves around the late afternoon. Just as Prik says, not long after waiting, Khun Kuea emerges from the building. The group gets up to follow him and we then see them pull up to a restaurant in their car. Khun Kuea sits inside at a table and a woman approaches. Prik explains that is the owner’s daughter, Aoyjai, and that she is a very sweet girl. Whenever Khun Kuea would come to the restaurant he would make eyes at her and try to talk with her. He would take a long time eating his food deliberately. She goes on to say sometimes Khun Kuea will go back to the Ministry after he eats, but most of the time he would skip work. She doesn’t know where he goes afterwards, as she doesn’t have a car to further pursue him. Khun Kuea gets up to leave and the group attempts to follow him, but unfortunately a person on a bike darts out at their car and falls down. While they get out of the car and help the bike rider, they end up losing Khun Kuea.

Back at the Palace, Anil and Anan sit down exhausted. Anil thanks him for his help, and Anan says he won’t be able to come with her tomorrow. Anil says it’s okay, she will go with Prik tomorrow as the wedding day is approaching fast snd she is running out of time to help Pin. 

The next day Pin is in the Parlor and she pours tea for Princess Alisa and Princess Padmika. Padmika (Charm Osthanond) asks if the Princess has already gone out for the day. Princess Alisa (Alicia Hiranprueck) says that yes, Princess Anil has been coming home late every day lately. She comments that Anil must be hanging out with Miss Aon as she has been. She then notices Pin and asks her how the wedding preparations are going. She says all is well, and she will go out today with Khun Kuea to try on her wedding dress.

Padmika meets with Pin and gives her a beautiful Sabai. She tells Pin that apart from Princess Im, she has never embroidered one for anyone but she did it for Lady Pin. Padmika asks if Khun Kuea is coming to pick her up that afternoon and Pin explains that he asked a servant of his to tell Pin he won’t be able to make it today as he has some business to attend to. Padmika wonders what business he has that is more important than his own wedding. 

Prik and Anil pull their car up to the same restaurant again, but don’t see Khun Kuea. Anil says they are going to go and talk with Aoyjai! Prik and Anil sit at a booth and Aoyjai comes to their table to take their order. Prik orders a lot of food and Anil says she will have what Prik is eating. As Aoyjai turns to leave Prik stops her and asks if she can ask her a question. Prik plays her part well by inquiring about the charming handsome man who comes to the restaurant often and looks like a stage actor. She pretends not to know his name and gives a description to Aoyjai. Aoyjai says that is Khun Kuea who isn’t a stage actor, he works for the Ministry. She says he is handsome. Prik says someone so handsome must be married, but Aoyjai says he told her he is single. She says he asked her out a few times to the movies but she declined as she used to see him drive by with another woman by his side. She was afraid someone might accuse her of having an affair if she went out with him. Prik suggests maybe the woman is his colleague, but Aoyjai says she doesn’t think so since she saw the woman wearing a university uniform. 

Next Prik and Anil wait outside of Khun Kuea’s work place again at a table. When he comes out they follow him again secretly. The two track him to a house and wait in the car for him to come out again. After a long period of waiting he comes out and he is with a woman who he kisses on the cheeks. Prik says that kissing someone like that, those two are clearly more than friends. Anil is fuming mad. Khun Kuea drives away and Anil says she is going to go and speak with the woman. Prik and Anil leave the car and approach the gate of the house. At the gate they call out if anyone is there, and the woman hesitantly and slowly comes out of the house holding her stomach. She is clearly pregnant. The woman asks them who they are here to see and Anil tells the woman, it’s her they want to talk with. Anil goes on to say that she has something to tell her about Khun Kuea.

Inside the house the three ladies sit down and talk with one another. Anil apologizes and asks if the woman is pregnant by Khun Kuea and the woman tells her yes. Anil then asks if the woman knows that Khun Kuea already has a fiancé. The woman is surprised and says how can he have a fiancé when she is his wife! Prik inquires if Khun Kuea married the woman properly and applied for the certificate. The woman tells them no, not yet, but he told her that she would do so soon. Anil tells the woman that she must be clueless than because a few days ago was his engagement ceremony with Lady Pin at the Sawettawarit Palace. The woman doesn’t believe Anil. She says that she is pregnant with his child and he bought her that house, why would he do that? Anil pulls out two photos from her purse that of Khun Kuea and the engagement ceremony. She says that was just the engagement ceremony, and that the day after tomorrow Khun Kuea will be officially married at the palace. Anil tells the woman that it’s not too late for her to object to the wedding. Anil will help her. The woman says she is too scared to do it. Anil tells her that what this woman decides will determine the fate of Lady Pin and the woman’s own. She begs the woman to consider. 

Cut to Anil back at the Palace talking with Prince Anan and telling him about Khun Kuea’s pregnant wife. Anil asks if they should tell Princess Padmika to cancel the wedding. He tells her that they need solid proof or if the woman doesn’t show up herself, he is afraid the wedding will proceed. If Khun Kuea insists on his innocence, there is nothing they can do to him, and it’s them who would be ruined. Anil says she must find a way to have him admit it to Princess Padmika. Prik worries because she says they only have one day left before the wedding. She says also Miss Savitree seems like she loves Khun Kuea very much, so much that she is afraid  that she doesn’t think the woman will cooperate with them. Anil is visibly upset.

The next day back at Miss Savitree’s home Anil and Prik try to speak with her again but she throws them out. She says she doesn’t dare to do anything against Khun Kuea. Anil yells at her that she is willing to be his mistress and secret wife for the rest of her life? Miss Savitree says if she goes against him he may hate her or they may end up fighting and their relationship ends. Anil asks if she will let her child be fatherless? Will she let him cheat on her and Pin at the same time when he isn’t even married yet? Miss Savitree thinks for a short moment and says no, she is willing to live her life with the quality that it is now. Prik says there is only one day left until the wedding, what should they do? Anil says there is only one option to help Lady Pin. Prik asks if Anil and Lady Pin are going to run away together. Anil says she never said she would do that. She explains she is going to tell Lady Pin and Princess Padmika the truth so that she will cancel the marriage. Prik wonders if Padmika will believe them.

At the Lotus Palace Anil delivers to Padmika about Khun Kuea’s wife. She says if Padmika doesn’t believe her, she can ask Prik. Prik nods and says it’s true. Padmika is in disbelief. She wonders why the woman hasn’t shown up and spoken for herself. She is the person who should find the marriage most unacceptable. Anil is concerned that Padmika doesn’t believe her. Padmika says she has always known Anil to be persistent, and she would do anything to get what she wants. This time she doesn’t want Pin to get married. Padmika says even if what Anil says is true, she can’t cancel the wedding just because Anil says so without evidence. The wedding will proceed tomorrow. Anil tells her if she doesn’t cancel the wedding, Padmika will surely regret it one day. Unbeknownst to the trio, Lady Pin stands far away and has listened in on their conversation.

As Anil slowly walks leaving Lotus Palace she encounters Lady Pin. Pin tells Anil that she believes her. She says she is thankful that Anil still cares and tries to help her. She goes on saying that things have gone beyond their control now, and she is afraid she won’t be able to change anything. She says it must be her own karma that she has to pay for. Anil tells her if she wants to run away from it, she will go with her. All she has to do is say it. Pin says she wishes she could do that. But if she follows her own heart, their aunt, her and His Highness – all of their names will be tainted. Anil cries and says so you choose to walk a painful path as if living in hell for the rest of her life? Pin says yes. Anil is stunned. Pin tells her she is willing to live the rest of her life with all of the pain to redeem herself for all of the wrongs she has done Anil. Anil tells her that if that is the case she wishes Pin happiness. Anil and Pin cry. Anil takes the ring that Pin gave her from her hand and drops it on the ground then walks away. Pin drops to her knees profusely crying and clutches the ring to her chest.

It’s the day of the wedding and Lady Pin is finishing getting dressed and ready. Prik is assisting her and tells her she looks breathtaking. Pin asks her if Anil will attend the wedding and Prik responds definitely not. The Princess already left the night before for Hua Hin. Pin wants to know how Princess Alisa could allow Anil to go on such a special day. Prik says that Princess Alisa didn’t allow because Anil did not ask for permission, she merely informed her about it. Pin inquires if Anil went alone and Prik says she went with Miss Aon only. Just the two of them. 

Anil sits at the beach in Hua Hin and thinks back on the memories she made there last when she vacationed with Lady Pin. When she gave Lady Pin her ring with her grand gesture and Pin accepted. Drawing hearts in the sand and Anil chasing after Pin trying to get her to go with her into the water. Anil twirling Pin, the two hugging each other, sharing kisses while sitting on the rocks. 

Lady Pin sits on her bed holding Sasa bunny as she thinks about some of her special memories of Anil. When they were young and first met, when they snuck out to go to the carnival, when they sailed their krathong before Anil first left for England, when Anil returned from England and taught Pin the different kinds of kisses, when they both declared that they belonged to the other. Pin sits and cries.

Khun Kuea and his family start to walk toward the palace with offerings as the wedding is about to begin. Princess Padmika helps Pin put the finishing touches on her wedding attire and they leave for the wedding ceremony. Khun Kuea and his family greet Miss Orn (Tanida Bavornkaisri), Parawatee (Lalichat Warawirojpol) and Lady Uangfah as they enter the Palace. As Khun Kuea enters the palace he sees Lady Pin sitting on the couch waiting and smiles at her. The marriage ceremony begins and His Highness (Apinan Prasertwattanakul) begins with adorning Khun Kuea and Lady Pin with traditional customs. 

We flash to Princess Anil sitting on the swing at the Hua Hin crying. She clutches at her necklace and tears fall incessantly.

The episode ends as the focus is on Lady Pin with the marriage ceremony almost complete.

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