![]() She knew her mother was sick, although they still didn’t let her younger sister know that. It was going to take quite some years for it to become bad, but that meant she needed treatment for it as soon as possible and neither of the parents knew what to expect.Īs the older sister, Laura from behind the wall couldn’t help but start pulling her fingers while thinking of a solution, anything. It was around that period that Laura’s mother started to fight with a disease which was causing her muscles to slowly go into atrophy. “The disease is barely at the beginning, I need to make the best of the strength I have left.” “I’ll try to take more hours at work, while I can still work,” the mother said, picking up the cup of tea she was drinking. “I really don’t know how we will manage…” He was so agitated he couldn’t bring himself to sit down. “Private school for the girls also got more expensive,” her father added, the man standing up for a while now. Bernard Private Catholic School in Gangseo, Seoul, was just near the door, hiding from her parents while listening in to their conversation. “… The treatment will become more and more expensive,” Laura’s mother said, sitting down at the table in the kitchen talking to her husband. “Which is kind of fucked up when you think about it, seeing as I’m a girl, but I was pretty protected, so I guess I didn’t need it. “Growing up, my dad never let me join any sports that had anything to do with fighting,” Laura began her story, stirring the sugar into the tea. “I want to know everything,” Daniel said, holding the cup with both hands, only to pull his hands away when the cup became way too hot for him. “Do you want the long story or the short story?” Laura asked, not giving Daniel a chance to talk first. But, he had to put his serious face on and look her dead in the eye while talking. He didn’t know what to ask her, if he were to be honest. The girl reached out for some sugar, still silent while her friend was looking at her, eager for the girl to talk already. Once the tea was made, Daniel brought two cups to the little table he had in his room, giving Laura one and keeping one for himself. “Yeah, I think we do,” Daniel said, gaining some confidence from her words. “What do you mean?” he asked, holding onto the counter. He was so panicked that he overanalyzed anything she said. Her voice made Daniel turn back, a bit confused about her words. “You’re fine,” Laura said suddenly, looking towards him. And last time they met, Laura was pretty angry at her, so Daniel feared that his secret would come out with one wrong move. He was genuinely shaking, this felt different from that man knowing, this was a friend of his. It was such a little thing, it even got Laura reaching out to help him, but her friend was back up on his feet in the blink of an eye and already putting some water to boil. “Y-Yeah, I think I have some tea,” Daniel said, getting up, only to trip and fall back down. “Do you happen to have some tea?” Laura asked, trying to straighten her back, but she knew she would fall back into a more slouched position. How did she figure it out? What made her figure it out? Did anyone else notice whatever it was that she noticed? Did this make an enemy out of Laura? Or maybe an ally? Did this mean he would have to fight Laura? Even his breathing wasn’t regular anymore, his chest going up and down at a rapid pace.įor a few moments, she stood in silent, hoping that he will calm down, but the silence was only making Daniel more and more panicked over the situation. If she were to be honest, the girl’s never seen him look that distressed. He was all pale in the face, almost as white as a sheet of paper. Taking her hand off the phone, Laura looked down at it for a moment.Īnd with that, Laura hung up the phone and put it down, raising her head to look at her friend. “Yes, okay, but please, don’t wake him-, me up, please.” “Hold up, Jerry,” she said, putting a hand over the phone. “Jerry, wake him up again,” Laura said, looking Daniel in the eye once again as she spoke. With a little nod, she grabbed her phone and straightened her back. Raising her eyebrows, Laura stood silent for a moment and gave him time to change his answer, but Daniel seemed set on his course of action. “Got me with what?” he asked with a forced chuckle as he put his glasses on. He wanted to play it dumb, pretend he has no idea what she’s talking about, ask her what she’s doing there. That sentence kept ringing through Daniel’s mind over and over and over again, like it was part of his biggest nightmare that just came true. ![]()
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