Picture a night in Pattaya—glamorous yet slightly gritty, where the neon lights reveal tales as complex as the intersecting alleyways. But in the pre-dawn hours of July 8, the stage was set not for karaoke or dance shows, but a wild brawl between two impassioned, albeit intoxicated, lovers. The world watched via whispers down the grapevines as chaos unfolded inside an otherwise unnoticed apartment on Soi Kopai 4 in the heart of Bang Lamung district in Chon Buri province. The clock had just struck 1:39 AM when the Pattaya City Police Radio Centre received the kind of call that officers both fear and loathe: a violent spectacle was erupting in an apartment building. Patrol officers, sleeves rolled and adrenaline shooting like extras on a bad TV show, and the valiant rescue team from Sawang Boriboon Thammasathan Foundation dashed off to play peacemakers. The third-floor arena they encountered was a battlefield…