
"So, I'm just sitting in front of you,..." Oppa finished wrapping my legs and dropping me off made me feel like he was my driver, I really didn't feel good sitting alone in the back.
"Nothing."
"It's not polite."
"I've been more disrespectful to you." I'm quiet now. "And you're still upset about that?" He was apologizing for what he said earlier.
"You know that's not what I mean, I'm not mad about the kiss, I also know you were unconscious at the time, what I mean is I just don't want to see you drunk yourself anymore. It was a futile act..." He was quiet some heard my words.
"For nothing." He took a long breath. "You've been thinking why they were given to me and then taken for granted, and it's probably my fault, why it feels like my life is more in vain. I thought about it for a long time and found no answer..."
"The life of a man does not belong to another man. Not even our own. Life and death are predestined, we live with the goodness of each responsible to the Creator. You've been trying to be a good husband and father, they're happy with you, you've passed your duty. Living dead is not your fault unless you kill them. The accident is fate, all you do now is walk without regret through the life you're still given, maybe your other family still needs you, your father and your mother. You can't defy fate, blame fate, or even blame yourself..." He was silent hearing my words.
“I don't know anyone as young as you can answer me like that.”
“Am I wrong?”
“Hmm..either, only sometimes ..” He did not continue his sentence.
“It feels unbearable.” And he kept quiet and did not argue with me. “Then you'll start to cycle it. No one would say such an experience is easy.”
“Thank you.”
“Thank you for what..”
“Helps to attract me, maybe a little gives me another angle..” He saw me through his eyes.
“Hmm..” I didn't say anything about it. “You always say I'm chatty. You even scolded me for chattering when you were drunk.”.
“Take it easy your fussiness it helps.” I'm laughing now.
We got home. Mama's probably asleep, she told me I'd be home tonight. He's used to my work hours that sometimes come home early in the morning or very late at night. But the middle room light was still on, usually he was sitting there. She hasn't slept?
“Yuna? You're home?” My mom hasn't slept yet.
“Goodnight.” Oppa greeted Mama.
“Ehh, why?” I held onto Oppa with my legs wrapped, he took me to the living room couch. Mama approached me.
“I sprained because not careful. This is my current boss Doctor Joshua Woo, he's not very good at languages.”
“Ohh good night Doctor Joshua, thank you for delivering Yuna.”
“It’s okay. It's wrong I also didn't warn him”
“Dok, thank you for delivering. The doctor can go home.” I don't want to hold it for too long, it's night after all.
“Good. Good night Mom I'm back.”
“Let me inter.” Mama drove him. While I was trying to walk into my own room .
“You are on the road not careful. Yun, is that your boss now?” Mama came to my room after dropping off Oppa.
“Iya Ma.”
“Kok can go gathering with you. Wife where?”
“Ohhh that Doctor Joshua the widower Ma, his wife and his son died a fitting accident in Korea. Kasian deh Ma's. Just moved about three months, but the patients have a lot. I was appointed as an assistant to him because he fluentnya Korea ama English, can learn a lot Ma not stingy knowledge, was to our patient's gathering as well , his patients ngajakin as well as his friends want consul ...” Mama looked at me for a moment.
“What age?”
“Hmm 40 passes. Still handsome ya Ma..” I smiled thinking about it, not the rich handsome Leo, if lined up maybe more half say Leo is more handsome, but he looks dandy, and definitely loves the family.
“By Leo..” Mama trifling.
“Can your feet? It's bandaged? Can walk by yourself”
“Later I use plastic. Can Ma slowly, this has been confirmed his position ama Oppa, not so sick anymore.”
“You called your boss Oppa?” Mama was astonished.
“Ohh hgga, .. likes detachment. I call him Doctor Tetep, where dare Ma..”.
“Oooo... Yes, Mama lived first. Someone wants to be helped again. Need mama get me some medicine?”
“Engga Ma.”
“OK. You are tomorrow off.”
“Iya Ma.”
Mom left later. I don't know if he realized anything about Oppa coming here.
Mama runs a building store, Grandpa also opened a building store. This week was her only holiday schedule other than holidays, so she was usually home. I admire him of course, he can get into a field that is on average controlled by men. But the beginning of the journey is not as smooth as this, first pioneered he fell awake, sometimes deceived, sometimes the order is difficult, I know the nights he saw his own bookkeeping and could not sleep. But he kept trying there, until now he already had two shops.
But strangely he didn't want me to run his business, he said it wasn't a field for women. The competition is tough, it's a lot of hard stuff, I don't know what it means he never told me, and all I can do is not make him worry about me. Even a male cousin of mine is now with him. But I thought, I wanted to be a doctor and he said he would try to make it happen.
“Yun, Mama is cooking. Eat yuk..” Sometimes on Sundays he cooks himself.
“Iya Ma.” This is our usual long talk.
“Leo really never come again Yun?”
“Leo? Hmm why did he come.”
“Not rich he likes you huh..” I shrugged my shoulders.
“Yahh, Yuna doesn't feel anything about her. Aja Ma...” I spoke frankly to Mama.
“Iyakah, whereas Mama saw her son well.” Why are you suddenly talking about Leo.
“We won by Ma.”
“Not that lifetime is more connected than the one who is far away?” Suddenly Mama's talking makes me see her, does she know I like Oppa.
“Means Ma?”
“You've been trying so hard to please Dr. Joshua, even cooking yesterday for him, right? You are happy to dress up for him, you praise him in front of Mama, you like your boss right. ” Mama makes me unable to talk. I was so clearly read in front of Mama.
“Different age you are far, different thoughts, not to mention different habits, different cultures, different countries.” Not yet anything Mama has spoken very far.
“Ma,... “ I want to say I don't like Leo, how can you force likes that we don't like.
“Mama knows exactly who can't be forced. But think about your words about Doctor Joshua. Mama doesn't want you to come back to Korea. Mama only has you here... He's probably just here to forget the trauma of losing him, he's going back to Korea, you're doing him ngarepin, it's too hard, you're at a long age, he can't take you seriously, the thoughts of him and you are different, why do you like the same thing that would be difficult like that. Just think about it, don't expect anything uncertain." One of my biggest worries was that I would leave her if I were with Doctor Joshua.
"I'm not leaving Mama." I spoke with my mother's hand. "If he really wanted to go back to Korea, I wouldn't be like him... That's my promise to Mama."
"Mama's just afraid you're gonna get heartbroken..."
"I know Mama always thinks of me. I'm heartbroken if there's no reason why Ma, there's a thing called move on. Just relax...." Now Mama is laughing.
I'm finally glad he's not in full opposition. He was just afraid I would leave him.
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Next part at 8 p.m