Moon Sung Nam - This Life

Chapter Thirteen

I walk straight to my unit feeling extremely tired until I notice my clothes and luggage is sprawled all over the floor and there’s a padlock around the doorknob preventing me from entering my own place. “Oh no,” I look up and a paper is plaster against the door.

EVICTION NOTICE

Missed payment for five months. Come back tomorrow to get your other stuff.

“No, no!” I shake my head and takes out my phone from my pocket and starts calling my landlady while slightly jogging in place because it’s too cold. I’m going to freeze to death here. “Please, pick up, please pick up.” I sigh heavily and try to remove the huge padlock and closes my eyes in defeat. “Why now? Why am I so unlucky today?” I start typing and sends a message to my Landlady.

Would Ye Bin mind if I stay for the night?

I lift myself up and runs upstairs to Ye Bin’s unit. I start to knock on her repeatedly while calling out her name. “Why isn’t she answering? Are they sleeping already?” I start peeking through the window but the lights are closed. “Ye Bin? Ye Bin! They aren’t home?” I chew on my lower lip and looks around.

I start calling and also sends a message to Ye Bin telling I was kicked out and if I could stay to her place tomorrow.

Where will I stay? Sauna? But spending one night there is too expensive for me. It’s not included in my budget.

With heavy shoulders, I start walking back to my unit and just stares at the eviction notice. “So, where are you going to stay for the night, Ha Eun?” She takes out her phone and checks the balance of her account to see if she could at least stay somewhere cheap. “I will be sending this to my mother. No, I can’t use it.” Shaking my head I start picking up my clothes and opens my luggage, putting everything inside and closes it. “Great luck, Ha Eun.”

I start walking towards the staircase while carrying my luggage and once I reach the last floor, I turn around to look at the building. “It’s old anyways! I’m just going to find a better looking apartment!”

You have no other choice tonight, Ha Eun.

I start dragging my luggage and once I reach the end of the street, I holler a cab and tells the driver to bring me to the nearest 24/7 sauna. I check on my phone and there’s still no response to the Landlady nor Ye Bin.

“It’s been a rough day for you?” the driver who is around his mid-50s asks me and I smile while nodding my head weakly. Was it too obvious? “It’s really hard to make a living these days. During my y