Love, Life, and Jennifer
Clarence
I've arrived in Cleveland, Ohio after 8 hours of travel.
And I'm still wondering if I'm going to continue on this journey, or if I'm going to stay here.
Ah, ja... Regarding Clarence, why did I contact him, and not Rob or the others?
It's all because Young Joon doesn't know the slightest thing about Clarence!
Not even my friends know Clarence!
Only my High School friends know Clarence, but they don't live in DC anymore.
Clarence doesn't have social media either, so he won't be one of the people Young Joon will track down on my social media!
And... Yep!
If you're asking me how I got to know Clarence, Clarence was the first person to be my friend, when I first lived in America.
We're still connected, via a public phone, because that's what Clarence asked for.
He even offered to help me, wherever I needed his help.
I decided to call Clarence when I saw a pay phone.
"Clarence, it's me..." I said across here
"Yes, Elle..." Clarence answered across the street
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Clarence came back to help me find a place to stay.
He lent me his identity card to rent an apartment for me.
"How long are you going to run away like this?" Clarence looked me in the face
"Are you tired, constantly helping me, Clare?" I looked at Clarence's face
"Even I would be willing if the angel of death changed my life to help you, Elle." His words are so sincere.
Clarence's words really touched me, then hugged her.
"Tell me, what else do you need?" Clarence said warmly, I let go of my embrace
"I want to take it all off..." My gaze is empty
"You mean?" Clarence looked confused.
I paused for a moment before answering Clarence's question.
"Can you get me a divorce file?" I looked at Clarence's face seriously.
That was enough to make Clarence swallow. He did not answer, but...
"Elle, this is a little dangerous, and..."
"I won't force you." I interrupted Clarence's words.
"Give me 3 months to finish it!" Clarence made sure
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I lay on the bed, recalling every detail of the events I experienced during Park YoungJoon's time as wife.
It makes me feel pain, every time I think of our sweet memories.
My days here are filled with tears.
Almost every day I cry, lamenting my love story.
I don't think I've been here for 2 weeks. And there's no sign of Young Joon looking for me here.
Clarence gave me a phone registered in his name.
There's only 1 contact there, Clarence!
I didn't have to go to the pay phone anymore to contact her, and also, she set me up a social media account in her name, to look for any information I might need.
I immediately fiddled with the phone Clarence gave me.
And I also opened up the social media that Clarence made for me.
So quiet! Ahahaha! Social media is really boring!
I started pressing the search list icon, I started typing my account name there, and...
I couldn't help but cry at the screen of this phone...
Young Joon used my social media...
He posted a photo of us there...
He posted some writing...
He also uploaded a screenshot of a message about some of the rules he sent me in the morning before I left him.
'I'll completely finish you off if I find you... Go home, my dear wife...'
I looked at every post she posted, and on her last post, she uploaded a picture of me wearing the maroon red dress I wore when we went to her office.
Yes, that's the photo Young Joon took when we were about to leave for his office!
Young Joon uploaded it 1 hour ago, he wrote a caption on the photo
'Whoever finds this girl, I'll give her my entire fortune'.
The comment column was full, and I looked at the comments one by one, the content was on average praying for Young Joon to find me soon, and some comments gave hints to Young Joon, he said, and Young Joon replied to her.
'it's like the girl who cut her hair at my aunt' commented the woman named Mariana in reply by Young
'where is the location of your salon?'
'in the DC mall' reply the woman
'thank you' Joon replied
'sama-sama, hope you find your wife soon, bro'
Then I saw another comment
'wasn't this girl who came to our store at the time, and bought a lot of clothes using a titanium credit card, Bett?' as a woman named Eleanor marks her friend, Young Joon immediately replies
'where is your shop, miss?'
'DC blues, in DC mall' reply woman named Betty
'thank you' Young Joon replied
I immediately pressed the social media exit button, then contacted Clarence.
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Clarence was here, and I expressed my wish to him.
"I have to move out of here, Clare." Myl
"Where else are you going?" Ask Clarence.
I'm starting to think.
Clarence seemed to think, and...
"We're going to see my aunt in Kansas." Clarence said convincingly, and I nodded
"We're going through a long journey, prepare yourself." Clarence reminded me
"Of course." I said convince Clarence,
"Clare, maybe I should change my appearance a little." I said
"You mean?"
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I was at a salon, yeah! I want to change my appearance completely!
I dyed my hair green, then went to a tattoo art store, and tattooed my right back, then pierced my nose.
Along the way, Clarence seemed to be concerned with my current appearance
"Is this not excessive, huh?" Grieved Clarence
"Yahahaaaaa!!! I'm a new person now!" I defended myself
"Yes, you're right! I barely even recognize you!" Clarence's face looked irritated.
I saw a shadow of myself through the rearview of the car.
Let alone Clarence, even I don't recognize myself right now.
"How much longer are we gonna be?" Much
"Two hours, be patient."
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Aunt Clarence looked at me from toe to toe, and I was a little awkward
"Is this girl your boyfriend, Clare?" Clarence's aunt asked Clarence with a strange look
"No, bi! He was my neighbor, his parents were on duty abroad, and he was alone at home, he was unwilling and not allowed to stay at the man's house "Clarence is so great at making up! The book makes enough sense!
"Are you not in school?" This time, the somewhat stocky middle-aged woman asked me.
"Pulse... I took a leave of absence 3 weeks ago." I lied to him
"Why don't you go with your parents?" Look at Clarence's aunt
"Pulse... That's... That's..."
"That's right, Bi! He could get Ebola if he follows his parents as a volunteer in Africa!" Clarence interrupted me immediately.
I looked at Clarence's face in amazement.
"Aaaahh... All righty! You can stay here, and sleep in my son Hannah's room!" Say auntie, then bring me my stuff
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Clarence's Aunt Margaret, she's a pretty chatty, yet kind person. He lives alone in this big house.
He has 3 children.
2 Daughter and a son.
His two daughters are married, and settled in Canada, while his son is serving as an air force.
Clarence occasionally visited his aunt, because Margaret's aunt loved Clarance very much. Clarence was the only child, of the only siblings Margaret's aunt had.
"Elle, I can't come here too often, they'll be suspicious of me." Clarence said before returning to DC the other night, after we got here this afternoon.
"Yes, I get it."
"Take care of yourself, let me know if you need anything." Say again.
We were glued for a while, until Clarence looked me in the face, and brought his face closer to mine. I took the initiative, immediately hugging her. Clarence was surprised
"Thank you very much, Clare." Clarence returned my embrace. Then I took off my embrace.
"Be careful... Call me, if you've reached DC." My message
"Yes, goodbye, Elle, Bi... I'll have Elle with you..." Clarence said, and Aunt Margaret nodded.
After Clarence died, my aunt took me in for a chat
"Is it between you and Clarence, nothing to do with it?" Aunt made sure, and I looked at her face, then smiled
"I think of him as my own brother." Answer me
"Have you never given him a chance? My clare seems to hold a taste in you." Aunt Margaret looked curious.
About Clarence.
To be honest, he did express his feelings for me once, when we sat in High School first.
He's one level below me.
Clarence's a pretty shut-in kid, that's why he doesn't have many friends.
He had a handsome face, with an attractive smile, and a cool appearance.
Many girls tried to get close to him, but Clarence was not interested in any of them at all!
It makes them jealous of me!
I always thought of him as my own brother, and he would never change.
I always keep him from chasing girls or chasing dogs!
Haha... Clarence's afraid of dogs! Weird, right?
But he always took care of me from idle men who always tried to disturb or hurt me. Even to this day, he still takes care of me.
When she expressed her feelings for me, I laughed out loud! And he was so angry with me back then, that he wouldn't even see me, even rejecting every phone call from me.
Until one day, when I went to the bookstore to look for material on one of the subjects, I saw it, and immediately greeted him.
He avoided me, but I chased him.
There are many things I have said to her, including about my marriage.
He looked upset when he found out that I was married, and immediately said...
"You're probably gonna need me." Clarence said, handing out a small paper half the size of a regular business card.
It just says phone number.
"Don't call me by phone or landline." He gave me a warning
"You mean?" Ask me for wonder
"Call me only by public phone! And I'll see you soon, whenever you need me." He said then leave me.
I don't even understand why I never opened my heart to her.
Haaaahh... That brown-haired white kid...