They always say that you should make a good first impression and there’s a reason for that. Your first impression forms the base of the person’s perception of you. The way you dress, the way you talk, walk or the time that you arrive – all these things can be taken into consideration. Without speaking a single word to you, that person may have already judged you and labelled you. It can’t be helped though, that’s just human nature.

‘I know that it’s not my place to say this, but how can this happen?’ Minki sighs as he finish reading the files that Kang Dong Ho brought over to the office.

‘Something feels extremely off about this,’ I added, attempting to scan over the files once again.

‘I don’t understand how any of this can happen. Someone has submitted files on my behalf that I haven’t authorised or signed,’ Dong Ho groaned frustrated, ‘How can I have supposedly signed off on this report if I haven’t even had the 3rd inspection yet?’

‘You did have it yet? It’s dated for almost 2 weeks ago,’ I added, pointing out the date on the top right corner of the report.

‘We were supposed to have it then, but Daniel had to cancel on me that day, and I’ve been flooded with new cases. We had to reschedule to next week,’ Dong Ho informed.

‘We’ve got to dig deeper into this, it isn’t right,’ Minki said, determined to find the truth, ‘how can someone judge someone and decide to take their child away if they haven’t even met them before?’

‘Working late guys?’ Manger Sungwoon said, leaving his office with his briefcase.

‘Yes sir, we have an interesting case on our hands and we want to really want to make sure that we are reading it correctly,’ Min Ki replied.

‘Alright then, make sure you lock the doors before leaving,’ He said before leaving.

‘Goodnight sir, see you on Monday,’ Min Ki said.

We went over and over the files that we had – every single file regarding Kang Daniel and his son. Highlighting important dates and key points. Calling people involved. And what did our team of three end up finding? That there are too many missing files, reports poorly documented and signatures that have been forged.

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One of the things that Minhyun and I had agreed on was to catch up with each other at least once a fortnight. This is to ensure that we are both remaining civil, and that can be updated on baby information. I can’t withhold the information about the baby from him – that wouldn’t be fair would it?

‘So how have you been?’ Minhyun asks taking a sip of his green juice.
Apparently Soomin has made them both go on one of those health cleanse diet, so we’re currently having juice in a much too over-priced café. Not only that, this café is at least a good 30 minutes from my apartment, and an even further 50-minute drive away from his apartment. If it were my choice of location, we’d probably be sitting at some fast food place.

‘I’ve been good, busy at work though,’ I reply, eating a piece of watermelon from my fruit salad. It’s called a s