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Cowardice
“Please make it fast, I still need a plane to catch Soo”
“You’re really supposed to miss it anyway.” She muttered silently making it slightly inaudible for the other person.
“What?”
And with that the tall lady started her pages and pages of explanations. Everything, everything that happened that night she narrated to her, every little detail. And the whole time Tiffany’s eye browse didn’t stop meeting each other. Every word she utters is making her confused. Why? Why does she have to tell her that now?
“What’s your point SooYoung?”
“My point is, Siwon. He doesn’t deserve to be this miserable, even a bit. He didn’t cheat on you, nor had affair with other girls especially me.” She tries to defend the other party, clearing his name, which the bottom line is the right thing to do. This is the least she can do for all the mess she had brought Siwon. Mess that caused him his relationship with Tiffany. Being miserable in which God knows he just doesn’t deserve.
“Enough of this nonsense please. I’m so done with Siwon. He’s yours now and your soon to be family.” And there, she just busted out her confusion since this girl in front started talking.
What’s the point from the beginning? She asked her to let go of him and let her take over. And now she’s asking her again, but now is to take Siwon back. Just, What The Hell. Does she not know what hardships she has had? She sacrificed a lot for heaven’s sake. And now she feels like it just went to waste, it just doesn’t make sense at all.
“And that is why I am here Tiffany. He only loves you, believe me.” She reaches for her hand rested on her lap and lightly squeezing it as if sending wireless signals, but the latter shakes off the feeling as she immediately stood up from the couch they’re in.
“I don’t think I’m supposed to hear these things anymore. We’re over. So if you’ll please excuse me, my flight i----“ she eyed her wrist watch as if everything she just heard isn’t affecting nor will affect her, but deep down its actually killing her insides and that is why she need to find an alibi that would get her away from this suffocating situation.
“Because..”
“I’m sorry but I really have to go now.” Her suppressed tears are currently on the far corner of her eyes, about to reach its peak point of falling. But her eyes are more powerful than she is, totally betraying her command of not to spill even a drop of liquid from it.
“Because I have done wrong. And I’m really sorry.” The more she tries to hold it in, the more tears she needs to wipe from her cheeks.
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“If I tell you that Siwon isn't the father of my child, will you still leave?”
***
“Ahjumma, please I really need to talk to him. Please” Familiar. Is this dejavu? Seems like this specific scene has already happened.
“I know, But he’s just not here anymore. I’m sorry.” The older woman sympathized with her but what can she do? She can just watch her on the brink of tears.
“Unnie?” suddenly the little sister appeared from nowhere and immediately turn to hug her Unnie. And as of what she has discovered earlier this morning, she can already see this scene coming. And it’s happening right now.
“I need to talk to him Ji, please tell me where he is, please.” She’s almost close to begging the other girl, who is also close to tearing up.
“They said people tend to write everything they can’t say.” She greeted her with eye browse meeting each other as she’s totally lost with what the other girl is saying to her.
“Here Unnie, I found this in Oppa’s drawer and its obviously for you” with eyes in the verge of giving up she accepted the paper Jiwon is handing her as of the moment. And as she flips the white paper, a tear drop silently flows unto her cheeks.
Her name is written on it. TIFFANY.
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