"I love him mom, please.... " Grace yelled almost crying.

"I can't let you spoil your own life." Mrs Oh said in an ice cold voice.

"This is my life... " Grace said between her sobs. 

"Unnie....mom....What happpened?" Sehun asked standing at the door unable to process what was going on.

Grace ran to him and hugged him, her face was pale and eyes were swollen, anyone could say, she was crying for long. 

"Will anyone tell me why is my sister crying like this?" he was furious.

"Ask your sister..." saying this Mrs Oh went inside her room and slammed the door. 

"Grace my child... Go to your room, it's late you should rest. I will talk to her tomorrow... Sehun, take her to her room." Sehun's grandma said caressing Grace's head.

There was a knock on Mrs Oh's door.

"It's open", Mrs oh said.

"Mom... I brought your dinner." Cara said holding the plate in one hand and opening the door with another hand. 

"Please take it back... I have no appetite." Mrs oh said, her tone sounded a bit down. Cara stood there.

"Why are you standing there? Go and rest, you had a long day." Mrs Oh said sitting on her chair. 

"Mom please eat something." Cara said coming near her. Before joining the office, Mrs. Oh seemed unapprochable. But now she at least can talk with her. 

"keep it there, I will later." Mrs Oh said opening a book to read. 

"I will come back later to check." Cara said keeping the plate on a table. 

"Can you please talk to Grace.... " Mrs Oh said as Cara turned to go.

"But... Unnie loves him. Can we at least once try to understand her feelings." Cara said carefully not to sound rude. She knew it was a sensitive topic.

"You can say that easily at your 20s. But Love is not everything, you will realize that after you will have mouths to feed but no money." Mrs Oh said closing the book. 

"And what if you have everything but nothing is right, nothing gives you happiness? Can you live such a life?" Cara asked but Mrs Oh didn't reply.

"When, Grace's father was found with cancer, doctor said there is no hope, but there was no way I would have given up in his life.... There is no way I would have let him suffer, while sitting idly. There were days when I couldn't bring food to my children and my mother in law, because I have to save money for his medicines. He would cry, he would pray to God for his death. Can you imagine how hard is that situation? I had no-one to rely on. I was alone and lonely." Mrs Oh said breaking into tears, it was first time Cara saw her showing emotions, it must have been hard for her. For a moment she wanted to hug her but she knew they did not share such a bond still she wanted to but before she could, Mrs Oh wiped her tears herself.

She wanted to tell her, it was okay to cry but rather she said, "Mom, you were really  strong."

"Being strong is hard, i did not have a choice. I had to... How can i let her bring that upon herself?" Mrs Oh asked.

"You have been through so much...but why did you do that? You could have leave them." Mrs Oh looked at cara with unbeleivable expression in her eyes.

"How could i leave my family when they are in need." her voice contained irritation.

"Exactly... You did not have to... You choose to...because you loved them. Thats what Unnie is doing. " Cara said putting a hand on her shoulder. She remained silent.

Cara stood under the shower, her tears mixed with hot water of shower kept wetting her face, she stood there for god know how long. She was thankful to some extent that Sehun was with Grace and not in the room.

Today was a long day indeed. She was unable to process how eventful it was. Her dream and her biggest fear both came true today. But was she relieved that everything was over now? And now she doesn't have a huge burdern to carry anymore, but she was somewhat worried.

Worried that something might change between them... probably Later when Sehun thinks about what she told her today he might feel even more insecure. He might think she did not give enough effort for their relationship as she did in the past, which is true. She knew she barely did anything for their relationship, she barely did anything for Sehun. More tears rolled down her cheeks without halt until she heard a soft knock on the door.

"Are you there, little one?" Sehun asked standing near the door.

 Wiping her tears , she said "Yup" turning off the shower.

"oh, okay... Unnie is asleep okay, grandma is sleeping with her. I will be in the study, i have some work. Don't stay up late,okay..." Sehun said softly and Cara said a soft okay.

"From now i will put twice more efforts for us" that was a promise Cara made to herself.

Sehun opened his laptop. The same audio pooped up. Sehun pressed the play button and it hit him, he was in tears, everything made sense, he couldn't imagine what she has been through. Everything she said today, kept running through his mind. He could not bear to hear it anymore. He closed the laptop and locked the pendrive in the drawer. 

He went to his room and hugged Cara. A hug which was like embarcing with all his might. Cara was just going to bed. She took few seconds to reciprocate the hug. The hug was not warm, but a sad one. It gave a sense of worry. Cencerned, she asked,"Is everything alright?"

Sehun didn't answer.  He just tightened his hug. Cara started rubbing his back. After a while as Sehun was a bit calm, Cara gave him a kiss on his cheeks. He looked at Cara, looking deep into her eyes, he held her hand.
"I am sorry..." he murmured.
"I am hungry." Cara replied putting a finger on his lips.

"Sit, i will make us a hot bowl of Ramyoen." Sehun said going downstairs.

By the time Sehun was back, Cara had given their balcony a cozy look. Few pillows, a mat and few little bulbs.

And they had their little date night watching beautiful stars in each others embrace.