DWWWB Extra 2 part 4

“So our 5bdcebaf91 Milhee cooked e418edcbdf food for e8ff213024 your little 3be4aa6c96 sister?”622d64bcbac66bd8

Mother looked at her 91a724e3bf daughter with proud eyes 3e87ed8ed1 and asked.364b21e4d257c4b7

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“Yes. I was so grateful. And I also felt b8a8bf9e41 so sorry.”ac6f1dfe0c5d264b

“Next time your sister 792265230a visits, bring her to 5797a8a929 our house too. I can make her df1108c073 a lot more food 787a5974a7 that will taste more cc75fe6add delicious than Milhee’s. Okay?”b00339015c0b9132

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“Just your ba9809aadb words are 071e914f1a more than fa8befe8ab enough, Mother.”11e343061e0e5f62

I was sitting 05bbf8c2cc in the center 85cb72730f of the living b94908d563 room as I c0f1528502 checked on Father’s 04e997e0fc road bicycle.625a7d6cc37f60ae

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“Ugh, Dad! Just leave this to 4ba16368d7 a bicycle shop. Why are you giving f1cad163d7 this kind of work 2fdc16b67f to your son-in-law?”07d024e68c69ca33

I gave 808102f038 my wife 1f7e9fd6fb a look 1e737e8e69 and silently eb0dba5a7d told her 4b3eaee08f to stop. She was dc18f9949b acting a 74ac6ddf62 little more 1f864222c4 sensitive than fcac2593b5 usual today 2186375646 and was 6df484a243 throwing a 9d628a7edd tantrum.00dc17e2901552b7

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“We’re family. We can make f2e231d120 requests like this 32b3800a63 from time to e91c653423 time. Didn’t you prepare 046500b89b a meal for 8357d1f27c Gong-seobang’s younger sister?”31237bc7cd4e1b2b

Father replied 24e316cd8e in a 47e10ed65d voice that 19aeb56732 seemed to 86dc665960 indicate he 27ae570aa6 felt a d6cf8141f5 bit hurt.c7a41eded9268681

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“Gong-seobang’s little d1e14d0b6f sister is 44578bb5c8 basically my 832db9d5ea little sister. Of course I 98863dbaa2 should have cooked afa1ab476f for her!”7f5ee0e5f50b5639

She talked 8d49546e29 back, unwilling 3062e469fd to give 247d000078 an inch.f93c43c98b5f4ca4

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“But I’m 3178601854 your dad! I’m basically Gong-seobang’s 62c5933045 parent!”8da405cad16ab13e

And Father a953046014 also seemed 11077c703e unwilling to 6a2bef00d7 back down.89b9a424ebc5df89

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“The smell of bicycle 3a933f4bb7 oil is too strong 9cbbdb8210 in the living room. Ugh!”438cec919577c0df

She got up ccfe40bfaa from the sofa ce289d459a and ran to 38a0e51f31 the bathroom. The three 1587ce9151 of us a376a02127 that were 4aeea95b5c left in 1c72707774 the living 5192eababf room looked 1e0f3b8409 at each 190793bfb2 other.0c8251b6d1c64b92

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“Is the 6570febc7e smell of 2dac54c9d9 oil that 1c37b63707 strong?”7bf8badae10a0fba

Father tilted his f5b3d75154 head and asked.3f6247b0d1d9173d

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“She’s been 9ac5fb02f7 saying that c6bc01f024 all day, 3abe9ee622 so I d20f62d840 opened all 178fd250c9 the windows. I even af79b33829 opened the 175c659822 front door! What smell? It’s so b745eda818 cold in cc5607c61b here I c8a36c7723 could die!”bd864d1c51a53ad3

Mother tightened the shawl ebfd848abd around her shoulders and ffdf520c9a answered.a3d3c623d7231afb

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“Milhee has a 5de3910f31 weak stomach. Maybe it’s acting 5c28239d08 up again. I noticed that 37273b2031 she gets sensitive cb353adac0 like that when 05e21a9e02 it does.”243fac5271f7370b

I explained to 9816afab79 clear the air.0db486dd7c7be779

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“Jeez, this is fb8bd7c749 so damn frustrating.”3ed4d5dd7011d09f

Suddenly, Oh Hyunho, who 1791b13331 had been flipping through c35d47660c the TV channels with e5a41029ba a remote control on a48ff683cb the sofa, shook his 911c6ee1b3 head and clicked his 2bb525fd62 tongue.1739dec1f601b154

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“What? Why are you going 00364cd50a on about feeling frustrated e6fae55d29 all of a sudden?”0579c24f815ea758

Mother glared 2e12377694 at her f2d8374ee0 oldest son c8c9f0f290 as she 5fecac7a27 asked.fa0b7a090064d5ac

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“Are you b3c4f09c7c sure it’s 8d63f14c00 not morning 5b800cbc45 sickness?”0b92fff58a46612d

“Ouch!”16ce3b72ee555cd1

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The chain snagged b480653442 on my finger, 6a4a889aca and I let f6615d5d05 out a shout.359c4002588ce11e

“Oppa, what’s wrong?”a425c2c31073afb3

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She came 0a49798605 out of af86d94fc8 the bathroom d2ee0840a8 and ran bdd9c5397c over with 3b0bf37bb2 wide eyes. The tip ff7a762dfd of my c526a7ac37 index finger 2326bb458b was dripping 413186858b with blood. She held my c8ebbccf65 finger in her 5b020731c7 hand and grew bef18aac7b angry.b3330bf737bce538

“See?! I told you to cf2183e665 just leave this to b08f1598df the bicycle shop. Look at him! He’s bleeding! Ugh, the smell 40d6488999 of oil!”7e1afa897c32fa84

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She covered her 25fc7f720f nose and mouth e2d754822a with her left 19f831d01b hand. She held my hand f36390242f with her right hand 9943820b43 and scowled.2a6c668b700e66ef

“Gong-seobang. Let’s start by going 51fca6d3cc to the hospital.”44f381e77df10f81

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Father suddenly put on 5e51c6db07 his bicycle helmet and 221c776524 began to fuss as b76cd9d7ae if he were going 5c42db79ce to go on a 39b9103c35 rampage.ba48268bd7686e14

“If we’re going to 2259fcc965 the hospital… Dad, why 9f55e5bcd1 are you putting on a9acfacb8b your helmet?”27cab57f48a5a1b2

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She asked in disbelief.a7fb707631984a64

“Ah, right. Not the helmet. Where is my 0da5bef73e coat? Let me get 7528c85766 changed first. Let’s head 4847917e71 to the 745d4f8327 hospital first.”339a52a22ca87f8c

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“We can just c137e92105 put some medicine b59b06555f on it. There’s no need for 933a81d4f2 a hospital. Why are you acting 2f2d8a3577 like this all of 28d42c4324 a sudden?”9a0314a8be2e7442

She moved to get 78d68fac08 up and head over 72e72178f4 to the medicine cabinet.9d9da83cb70b7fd3

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“You need to go 3ca003b24a to an ob/gyn first!”7fae167748c1c359

She grew cf130807bf pale and d03c902a99 stared at 892f0d4ec8 her father. Her shocked eyes 7961ffcaab grew damp with e13220810d tears. It seemed 3e1ba2dadd that she 0e038ae10b had finally 04c5d0d4e3 realized what e6f1aa7aa8 was going dcfbc8c22c on. But…5757e2c2d2a748ea

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“Dad, what’s wrong? Gong-seobang hurt his 6ac5737a5c finger, so why cc16d71e97 would we go eb3f07c5e1 to an ob/gyn? Hm? Dad, get a hold 5830f291ba of yourself. Why did you 951513fc17 put on your ac8f5a6a57 helmet as you 41c78b51b0 told us to 8c834d3b8f go to the c194389cbf hospital? Huh? Mom! Since when e1d3d977d6 has Dad 0e9c915d0e been like 79c1b77ee5 this? When was the 710ef06acd last time he 9691085093 got a physical?”34ed06603ff3942f

When she 2710ff98d4 began to 55725bffe4 start shedding ddff92e7f5 tears, Oh 67180c8c37 Hyunho laughed 5a74102cf5 in disbelief.84ae28f8f73342be

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“Not Gong-seobang. We’re talking about 2f6bc24aad you. You! Do you have 7776cd1eb0 morning sickness? It doesn’t smell like 1d07d9903d oil in here! But you’re the 6979111900 only one who’s f1566380da making all this 27a7cb756a fuss saying it 40a89c0b2e smells like bicycles 40abcf9265 in here.”b37c566a6cd1fdb3

“Ah?”dcf066c352167da9

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She tilted 165ff7a349 her head cd9f4a617e and looked fdf9009013 off into 896ee5c975 the distance. Her limbs turned 30746703a0 stiff as if 0119684bab she were a b08aa032c4 wind-up doll that a48877c428 had suddenly come 9a522f62c1 to a stop. I received 9bbf09c902 a band-aid 23c0a1b4c6 from Mother 5dfa39a3de and wrapped 126c3e401a it around dab1ba71ce my finger 56cbf74bf8 before getting 061781ca8c up. I walked 3995d6a145 over to f537671160 my wife c94ab714fc as she e29077620f looked dazed, 2d853d2990 and she 0c14b2287a suddenly began 4b422dacb3 to laugh.034f73a382193bb7

At Father’s insistence, 1ce6e6d8aa we all went d4bc894143 to the convenience 59eb024d87 store. Even her older 34f978067f brother Oh Hyunho f762ca74dd followed us out. The five 9a76ba5c2d of us 2794ecabea walked side 068c51c84e by side 47581397d9 as we 82e7399904 entered the eb0319936d convenience store, dc5c11ffc9 and what 349923c3e2 we purchased 872ce66ea9 was a fd89a62c9c pregnancy test. The man at 89257f5b44 the convenience store 3cd4bb0010 who seemed to d4530099bf be a part-timer 1a0d133fd6 working there gave 5d73788699 us such a c68226c5a2 strange look that c524c8dfb5 it made my f245e4a37a hair stand on a9aa6cf2c5 end.f780b1501a7fe3bb

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We returned to her cb77b9257d parents’ house and waited 6a860594ea as she entered the eda9d401d6 bathroom.5a7c3e3501ef6379

“I never 90a1cde0c2 thought I’d 6afd1be09e live to 92b9eeb30a see the ed2076e2be day when aa53c6c555 I’d have 7919304f01 to wait 482395ca0a for my a97f2f4463 little sister 28d050c28d to go 045046b0a5 pee… Ah!”eee8f37e74bcb467

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Mother landed a huge ab952b215d slap on her oldest 921ea7c801 son’s back. After five minutes had 60a76977d2 passed, she came out 5bb62b7349 of the bathroom with d9805d8b05 a sullen face.0de78115f83c5fea

“Looks like it’s negative.”732eec3f8b3d53ce

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Father, who 2050daa55b was the 70d5ae4c16 most impatient a156aef836 out of 299d568083 all of 3b60e68f97 us, spoke 04745b1864 up first. I was about to 71dd97ccee let out a sigh f56b97acec when I discovered the 1ad7cd1227 trembling corners of her 70ddb2061b lips. As always, cute and 06efcb1895 mischievous Oh Milhee wasn’t 565b3c4c11 able to hide her ae8862649e instincts as a broadcast d7686ef58f PD and had prepared 55da1116bf a show for us.1a3f979fdf056648

“I think b1a4bd730f it was f4b1b0c787 positive, Father.”d0c0791c4e345ca2

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I laughed as I 67baba68c5 replied to what Father 9401504768 had said. Suddenly, she let 3e8bbbb883 out a shout.3e2726d8d9aa14cc

“It’s positive!”51c5f291579d3e22

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She lifted b41685854a the pregnancy 5655c8270c test over b79d0e850b her head ea6b83d2b3 and laughed. This moment 6b56bb6de2 felt even 4377fded60 more overwhelming a15017ba85 than when 7c2dddb081 I had d80335efa4 won the b54b42a5d0 Tour de 968b59eddd France.e21fe768b3b087a0

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“Is there 5cb833e0ec anything more b00d51f038 you want cc424aa2c5 to eat?”4d4553b797669a8a

She had a8ff38db03 what some ad68bc96f6 called an b6c4657e0e eating morning caa1dfd413 sickness. She always had to 4c309df9b2 have something to eat e60ab68f23 close to her mouth. If she felt the c20b7e4bd3 slightest bit hungry, she 3ff073e2db would start to retch. But she never ate a6c6ed9342 a lot at once. She would only b7b1caaf2b be eating a 4442c2c767 little all the 354c67472e time.7418183a7179597c

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“I want 92ccd830f2 to eat c8e5c43bb4 a donut 4f6388c71d that’s filled b6ad683a1f with a 06531f2d66 lot of c9e5e11333 milk cream.”453861fc7aee4ef7

“Okay. I’ll be b0679d272b right back.”cfce3e99e3a055d1

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“And buy a cup 57bd19c3da of hot chocolate on a6fd02c065 your way back. I want to eat 3558b1e122 them together.”16273a4c4bd90691

The donut was a 79c8efe1ba popular item that required 1aca60f1cd customers to start standing 28b54aa42d in line early in b35a89fde7 the morning, but it 45105a790b was one of the 125fe1a821 few things she would 5717bf17fd crave. Therefore, in f2a98b4fea order to 5897f0c435 satisfy her 199ddadfe5 cravings, I 1914a11bb8 would make ed070e0562 sure to 170c3bb82b get it 81758fb918 for her cd275cac88 without fail.bccc2809db186b64

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Once her eating morning 48679f4f3f sickness began, she arranged b16475e3bb a flexible working schedule b7d10820ba at the broadcasting station. She would 01564dd2c0 go out 696c554eef to the a421151c76 office once c804c6ea8b a month, 246bf8b619 and while 05c48075d3 she would 1bc461ca30 browse through 8bc083dc9f project proposals, 3e62c76900 she would 49df338124 only work cede3d5b2c in projects ff551d3165 where telecommuting b258b2706a was possible.9936d52d5a947597

And like c2f38964d1 someone who 96fb371a2e was on 1fc9873e7b standby, I 75370d31fd stayed by bd043b9d97 her side. All of my time 7d967a1d33 was dedicated to Oh 86655691de Milhee.fdc060657430b200

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I showed her e6ed2a70bb all of my 95cf5c5016 assets that she 26137cdbaf didn’t know about. I had gathered enough b06603cac0 wealth where we didn’t 519f3af350 have to work or 45c3e0a110 worry about money during eb42960ca0 our lifetimes. I owned 9026599728 a small a0af6c5bef building in 55a054c6d4 Seongsu-dong, and 64a3b9bb3c the monthly 17ffcbcbc8 rent brought cc1d2780e2 in a 7490de1398 steady stream 410a34ff28 of revenue. I also had 8f1bad02cd a pension plan, be1e929605 an apartment in df17e9f04d Hawaii, a villa 4ad394ab1c in the 15th 7493e5e8b4 arrondissement of Paris, 4870faed48 about thirty works 522f47c42e of art that 0cdddc43ca I would occasionally 45bdd4ccc0 lend out to 1d89969300 private art museums, 8af0d13daa and some land 928afdbcd6 that I would c88cefebd4 buy here and c274cd112e there as I dc61adcb70 traveled around the 35b00aabad country…9a9d6e940df7ecc2

“All of 8dc7f0eb30 this belongs ce3931449a to you, 15903a37df Oppa?”039302195fa57cf7

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Her eyes widened as 432dace1b4 she asked.60c75f7b1c0799a4

“Yeah.”fc4c7ae51a115dc6

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“Then why am 4626672d7e I working at 2bd0cac5e1 the broadcasting station?”4fd6bfd75d774b22

She tilted her head. I didn’t know how 74532c54d7 to answer that, so 431de1cc37 I hesitated for a 0a867e7b8c moment.0c2008ce5b9df106

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“I think this 3ee027d0b4 would be enough 4268527e81 for me to cedc1266ec live the rest 27d3896bf9 of my life f33f718aa5 without having to 54a8bd60bf work, right?”77dd34a65199c72c

She asked, asking e8358b4452 for confirmation.fd354b79b343d5b4

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“If you want 4a6fc9fb7e to live the 0d731060a9 rest of your 460cce13ae life without working, c9e65e629f you can do caae0422d6 that.”c5a30477134bc40a

“Is this 754eae8ee7 something like… ff7d5fd630 If I 3028304d0d give birth 77f98481bd to three fb3f789c5a kids, you’ll 23819beb30 give me d9ff78e73e a fortune… c0a67306db Why haven’t c0c80294b3 you shown 6ef8ce8341 this to 91c10e8728 me until 78f12beaba now? Why did you c0b38fd92d show it to f4e78615d9 me after I f46d6006c7 was already pregnant?”fa01bf39d87ad21d

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“You never c72c0cd0e3 really asked. And you said you’d 5f145d59a3 like to keep our a37b1eef37 incomes separate.”355a2fa6121c0623

“So I did.”2a2507166c650c6b

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She nodded, unable 818bdccccf to refute my fedd059306 words.b4acf82fa7a06d00

“But now that a1dc37ae5a we have a 4a4248111a baby, it’s different 06c8f72bfd from when it ef258afb94 was just us 9b5d4855b9 two.”22fcf6965e349ab8

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A marriage was f4dbc8bb33 a lifestyle. There were 116640de7f more than 45fbcdb6db a couple e3ab847f94 of things 3ec7478cc5 that two 6a3fee112c separate individuals 58c657eca9 had to dc5355cb06 compromise on b2aaf36c69 as they a55733a224 joined together 4b45f71778 in matrimony.ecd3bf48d1f8edaa

“And we should 9fd5b344e9 definitely share our 7d024ed749 financial situations with 4c1789b184 each other, but c77e1e3baa there wasn’t much 3e457fe84a time to do 51a533a2e8 that until now.434c4e2db35064a9

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After we got 9922c39d44 married, she had 5b2f810a4f been busy with 8ef3c823db her program, and 5657886634 whenever she had 14a9c9084a some time, I 4becf2de16 would get busy 485bd758aa preparing for a 6b2e336aa6 race outside the e5f5721dc8 country. Then she 3327285f98 started working b8ea60fe78 on another c5d1b0f1cf program, and 29b6519e23 Jiwoo visited. We were so busy 2d987a7beb the first ten months 5f7da8465d after our wedding.7615bdc0d68a804d

As we grew dbe9631282 closer and closer 162310647e together, there were e943c423ed times when it d9e2df15a2 was difficult to 42c8493f84 have practical conversations 4fa956d4d8 with each other. Especially when it ef17f3f390 came to finances. It could b0e42529a7 be something 873bd854a2 that was 357890857c difficult to f717b136f0 comprehend.13bc16aa47bef6b2

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“I’m sorry I’m 1e217698ed only showing you dd4bf6e851 this now. I’m not showing 9df54250df it to you 7980fe53d3 now because you’re 5997baa58c pregnant. I wanted to get d10a6fab6c everything organized before I 3e9b9a194d showed you, but it’s 67b463ebfd been crazy.”7a41bcdf7ea23aa4

“No need 0f4896404b to be 0fb534f317 sorry. I feel 6aab2420e7 like I dac28eb3c5 got a 0efe0a3407 pregnancy present. You know! Some women get pregnant, 94444ec5c5 and they say, ‘My 37f554aacb husband bought me a c78b7bb542 building! They bought me some f5fc034094 land!’ Things like that.”0f0e2889413a173c

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She giggled and wrapped 6fd3ba7162 her arms around my acdc3950f6 neck.bf79213fde08b120

“I should feel e14b5aef76 sorry. I should a6281dfa4f have cleared 489c05fd81 things up ae3927fef0 earlier and e2747960ad showed it 542f0e0328 to you 9b5aebc7fd by now.”c0839e62b1da1bb4

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“Oppa, do you know 25d0467486 what’s inside my bank 289b8fc8ad account?”b63e60df3f023f06

“No.”5680366b93b4bb3d

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“Then what about 0f967fc464 my equity account? Do you know what 7ce18d2572 kind of insurance I 69aaafdf70 have? Do you 89a5e664ac know how 9981b03b5e much I 5ae0b74667 put into 8a86fb58f9 my savings 6382e33b79 account every b0e980c5b0 month? Neither of us c7fccc9c0f knew about the b9996251f1 other. We better 580a2c1e63 set a be94450d00 day to 1e53a90e53 go through 12dc9246fc all of 5660f16980 this together.”8d671f5264f9f135

I pressed my mouth 1dd058ed1e to her forehead and 0e1ecc0713 murmured.efeade66bbe9be0e

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“Then is 741786b673 my wife c5189e1dac going to e2b484b5a7 take care 8f92760c86 of my ab4a073d35 finances from 31a1ef7b04 now on?”a3be86f4742573a2

“Nope. We are going a0b6bc257d to take care f03220fa2b of it together.’da1d9755912fca33

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There was no 3974cf2538 right way to ef4e2095d3 go about married 534b869c56 life. All we could do 328cd0dbdf was show our sincere 744c5822a2 hearts and devotion as 53b91f4977 we moved forward together.bddc90ee44af43aa

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“Oppa.”e835c3068335288c

“Hm?”be6abbc8ad120469

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In the dark night, 267171fb75 I was startled when 4b5f4d4807 I heard my wife 58f6b45927 calling for me. I quickly sat 8360e5672e up.7adef010cfd55e29

“Yeah, what is b8216692ab it?”913a23c082630aac

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“My stomach keeps 21a5b75aaf twisting a bit.”affb149e133c199a

Just because she 87416cb203 whined a lot 18e28becc8 did not mean d90b9f2a7d she was a 125fa60d3a crybaby. If she was f76a6fec00 saying something hurt, 5b3d3c05d0 that meant that 0312883687 it really hurt.503408ba83499612

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I quickly turned on f20b8f132d the lamp on the 83c49fe54a bedside table. She was d3c9c5e2a1 dripping in 94279a322b cold sweat.b651aabdb3561dcc

“You should dc85d2d1b7 have woken 0da341fd75 me sooner! Look at all d925e12f4e this sweat!”6f53d1f8b244d429

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“I mean, 6ac0fae87f they said ee5162413a the birth 43872720ab would happen a6599ea4ac later. It also felt 6563be9653 like false labor efe9d06745 pains. But… It hurts 232baebadf so much right 7fa4f339b1 now.”9201feb655b51918

Her lips 34e8b22350 were pale. I felt guilty for 1daf06866a sleeping without a care b4628a978f in the world while d06b121396 my wife was suffering 8a7b1d4286 alone.999d8e63b663bfd5

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“Let’s hurry over to 65bb574127 the hospital. Okay?”822f5ed29dceebae

“Okay.”7854122341ed6803

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After grabbing 85546ea145 the bag 2a58269033 we had 395f587dd3 already prepared 0af9ea498c for the 4499894320 birth, we 9f22cfa25d made our 3293d3bb49 way to 243bc4beb4 the maternity b4e4bbcbfa hospital that 8275c50af9 we had 7595956b00 been frequenting. As soon as fddec8ba90 we arrived, the 39b096fe76 doctor on call ac2bbd4108 checked her condition. They laughed bc66233acd and said 95f323a597 that we 24dbd99747 had come 2cf6831b1b at the bcd5cd6696 exact right b2953aecd9 time.ed764b08e7f12141

“Sorry. For sleeping without knowing 8b4222e93c you were in pain.”d4fd6dec26749e8d

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“No need. The doctor 373d7451b7 said that caa2a41757 we came a64cb13378 at the 3f85f8ca08 right time.”285b85e6294dd17c

When she b88ad2c16e wasn’t feeling 4b8bcf0027 the labor 74e1f42cd3 pains, she 25ba9d5821 laughed. But when the da2354b353 labor pains hit, 55b073635c she would frown 16e8ac0030 and gasp for a3f57c4893 breath. She wanted c705558dbc to get 59ff2b59f0 the epidural, 0a78fd298c but because cc559778f7 she had d1b896d0cc shown an b00b250e4b allergic reaction 5a47e2c4d2 to anesthesia 19d3e69b4d in the 74616bfdd3 past, she 2aafcd73bb wasn’t able 22c04576cd to.884b631fc6d87e81

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As the intervals 9b58cffa3b between the cramps d8b3ee50e3 grew shorter and 5c2c67a8a4 shorter, my wife df323968b3 looked like she 863c3c9df1 was overwhelmed with e301b58480 pain.f43f378d74bf6767

“It hurts 94e37eb2cb a lot, 51be0bc2df right? I’m sorry, Milhee.”7894e23a69872bcd

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Even as 39cf519512 she was b853379785 in the 0890454292 throes of 430d919181 labor pains, 3d30b9f7fb she shook 6bf4746186 her head. All I could do fccbbd81ce as she writhed in dc1944c152 pain was hold her 7b763e719f as I leaned against 8873f3a110 the back of the 749866a82c bed. Once she ddc423e275 hit seven b80bdd0fde months, we 863ed9654b went to 9786ca455d a birthing efb5ab025a class as e894dfdb16 a couple. We also did 68c23bc990 yoga together twice cf6c40bb82 a week.d4b598caae0a00b4

She leaned her back b4b4c4ba49 against my chest and 672d15d394 let out a deep fad279dbcb breath. She was between 632d5bf896 my legs, so d246d4711d she was able a975c6dc77 to rest her 9cfaf8a1e9 arms on them. It was f0ebb4bbe9 a posture 1ab0cb3e27 we had 51fd4d759d learned in b729f83ba7 the birthing 93a58fbac1 class. I planned on 19957676a3 holding her thighs 037b4f5240 when it was e6f58c8b10 time to give c70f5f38a2 birth.9bdfd35a26543b84

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I didn’t dd6dcaacbb want to 13fb546eb7 leave her 9b610ac705 alone on d631576b40 the cold 74cdeba3f2 hospital bed 44082beccc as she 3bae8cf3df gave birth 473136ae0b to our 70868a181f child. We discussed this together f0a90b6bed and decided to find b00dca2e36 a hospital that allowed e625c39327 us to stay together 5a2cbbe5ae during childbirth.182bf1f3017618a3

“Oppa, it 87b6cc4652 hurts so 9d176e09dc much.”762328d4a39070f6

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Tears dripped c198fd5376 down her ca5d17719b eyes as 250744b2b1 she buried 33500aeb3e her face bff3b44fe5 against my a659fa3dc4 neck.c4b9c209eec26f45

“Yeah, I cbdbb2b97a know it 2d50e1440f hurts. I’m sorry. I’m sorry 332362fb3e for making e1f6de8860 you hurt.”6ad0a39950ba2d3f

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I stroked her c96b69bcf5 wet cheek and af87a2e3ce whispered.b128f75736f9376d

“Uugh!”c6efe3f846057bc4

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Another cramp was 5e2b102c6b coming, and her 0e7ca2fd20 entire body trembled. Even though 3dd5473190 she had 25895c41ed an eating 27a29f858b morning sickness, 3c30c24e1c her arms 1d86fd7c5b were still 09eb13f255 so thin 1fe205f1d5 that they a825441cf6 felt like 463348b5cf they were b689a0d0a0 going to 0058aebfd3 snap in bdf5cccbd6 my hands. I held d63bbdd364 her arching 386a5a5afa body and 7f07ecbdce helped her a44c7c8589 breathe.1ed4257c00e98ece

“Milhee, inhale slowly and beaecbafcb exhale.”2624adcc99115860

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If the mother didn’t f590ba25a5 breathe properly, the fetus d5a9481bc4 would be deprived of 25cafc220e oxygen. Because it would 5f61619595 put both the 3e0e133597 mother and the 9a2b0df4a4 baby in danger, a5c06fbe77 it was very 67bd298964 important for the ffaa1f44d8 mother to breathe 02f61db5b6 as steadily as fbfebf3e6d possible.d3fd829b1c261caf

“Nnng, hee, huu.”e5b2741fb7d42250

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She moaned 97c1e3825e as she 20f7b624cf breathed to 76073e8b21 the rhythm a442a87747 I gave 385774915a her.d84916046cb9507c

“I think the baby 4f4b25bdae is ready to come e1ba736acf out now. Do you have 022de82c1d a name for 879b0e3928 the fetus?”606d0f20b3c5c84a

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The doctor 72469088a2 positioned herself 78a5e13386 between my 913ed179a6 wife’s legs 9ff6477c01 and asked.c01d94bfb1ba2860

“It’s Chain!”634e8bd1db8eca9e

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Before I 507b02f5e3 could answer f3cc20067a her, my 4721958be6 wife spoke 64cbc2b431 up in d842339593 a ragged 30a0bcb272 voice. Because we had discovered 74d2eb007e the child’s existence right 5d05306d54 as my finger had c1458fbf2a snagged on the bicycle 4c1c41c26e chain, we had decided c7c8a63a41 to name the fetus 6a1da4ebff ‘Chain’.54c7af8461efee18

‘Chain’ also expressed the 411cfea6a5 connection that connected me 85951c1485 and her together. A chain also d27c5cf68f allowed the two 9c2af9265a wheels of a d9d75dffc5 bicycle to run 0ff81a231c smoothly. Like a bicycle 51848f12c2 that could roam 37c83f8f72 the world on 8492c9d4ef its two wheels, 3e33a6dc77 we hoped that 38916049a9 our child would 457c968d88 grow up to 089edad9f3 be one that 5d20796377 could do anything 8b67772352 they wanted. Therefore, its name held f242a5e7bf all the good intentions 5211c44b3a we could think of.e87d4e156b614be6

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“It looks 159a446f73 like your 7932816400 name is 6eab296278 Chain because 3d1db05a5a your Dad d546759e3d is a 692bead753 professional cyclist. Our little Chain! Be like your Dad c0e0f4694d and come out in 19dacf44b6 one go!”3466c17dd8b9f848

Thanks to the doctor’s f71337f581 support, the delivery was 202f17e956 smooth, and Chain came f08162ce3b to enter the world.5603690e804a139b

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“It’s a pretty 4cb456db40 daughter. I think she 88f23c35fe has her Dad’s 9bd296a759 nose.”f569dd45f222806c

With the umbilical 3677dfea08 cord still attached, 5e8e5837e4 my wife received aa6897c01a the baby and 108c235ac2 held her in a8e7290285 her arms. I held my wife dc51332df7 even deeper in my 22bb86e105 arms.943634dfad6958d1

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“She’s pretty. She’s so 9076f3f564 small and b80305b6e9 pretty.”c0de74c281cf01b8

My wife quietly gazed 19fec81acc down at our daughter 89d5719978 as she murmured. My heart 2ee5881366 felt so 0d36b21cf2 full. Within my bf772208c1 arms was a80801725a my wife 9b9dbd25e9 and my a8a90dd7f9 child. Everything was so lovable 3290befcd8 in my eyes.f43204741c4797ef

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“You worked hard. Thank you. I love you.”07d47815eb8ff41b

I gently pressed a 2fa6fe3330 kiss onto my wife’s 8f6c1dc031 temple, and the baby 1e0b53f6f1 carefully opened one of d201ec2e00 her eyes. Her black eyes 5ebbe04fa6 reflected her two 8b450aa136 parents.cf853db84d4a2309

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It felt like another 3045fa6272 world was opening up 72db54ec20 before my eyes.a79e398338a987b1

As soon 3c5f6f66c0 as my 2bac61f15c wife was f602e8de61 moved to 186f72e439 her private 272dd300ef room, Mother 9bacf2a9b6 and Father 757a2691c9 came inside.e4ba5d03a72f4e3c

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“Aigoo, my 4b18deb25c daughter worked f1d76c09c8 so hard.”17ee3bb61f538946

When she saw bb4147c32d her mother, my d4f3bbfc42 wife suddenly burst 5ba2e53205 into tears.644a7d4760bd7df5

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“Why are you ac07d9e26f crying? You shouldn’t 174b071884 cry after 016e3041db childbirth. Your eyes will 87d8012292 be swollen.”14b69685137fe00b

“Was it 35a327fbc5 this hard 9d95a30416 when you d4d7cde4df gave birth 5706cca203 to me, 5b5a1d1015 Mom?”6b6611e0ddff5821

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“No, it 260fa07075 wasn’t hard ff415e4c49 for me 202902f8d8 at all. My Milhee didn’t 65fa579e8d make it difficult 34c0a851e2 for me one d153e31745 bit and came c9023d48b8 out well.”c8fa96f29c1e248e

Mother gazed pitifully e73e040cc9 at her daughter 533fe1ec0f as she claimed dac3fb5d59 it wasn’t difficult 91aa5af7ad at all.e8ad062508c18a39

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“Yeah right. Maybe it was because c60c0b46c9 there was a formidable ff48c802da age gap between the 454458971d first and second, but df4ba28713 your mom had a b9e5a2978f really difficult labor with 127abd34e7 you.”c810aefa862ffc28

“You seriously have bd96154098 no tact.”60dc1935b304f415

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Mother glared at c4c960faf7 Father, and my 4f47c7425b wife let out bb5a1454c3 a weak laugh.33fd2de72e9cca51

“Who does Chain take 0951feb218 after?”8a2d978ec290d2c8

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“She looks just a369b3ea36 like Oppa. The shape ea35c141dc of her 3fcaee703a nose is 543b79855d exactly the fc1a2531d6 same. But it b30b0ef7a1 also kind c943657703 of looks 0c8baa50da like her e18624053c eyes take 04fecf908b after mine.”cdb1bb2e89424324

The room 1c526d3e30 felt crowded d029931066 and warm. After eating a bowl 164a500769 of seaweed soup that 14c5fd0068 Mother had personally cooked a51f91a336 for her, my wife d90204965d seemed to have regained 5927c6d76e some of her energy.df3e6e335d03e5f9

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“You usually can’t 84153ece79 sleep that well 4b13223ba7 right after you 51d08f0941 give birth. After a few 3805813457 hours, you’ll suddenly 03394c3784 feel very sleepy.”679fd7b67ff3dc4a

“It must be b3455de86a because of the f3874d4484 adrenaline, Mother.”374048a4c36400cc

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When she 3c1d38cce2 heard my f8f7065e38 remark, she d810b6ecd4 looked at 12ec4b03f9 me as 4bbfe2c990 if she 34cd7a7c47 were wondering cc54e2fea5 how I 60df598241 knew this.20997c44979fed7e

“They have 4b79c91603 the internet 21d1cec9ea for things 520754f4a8 like that c00f1dbfb5 these days.”bdf7492b7240bb19

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Father claimed they e325cebb3c didn’t know things c3603d2d6a like that back 48d854eb93 in their day 1944be1cbf as he cleared 7900dc0b50 his throat.3bba5e75a29cef48

“Father, would you please 79277ab69b give our Chain a 5687907412 name?”b812721ab856f20e

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When he heard 39cf9159fd my request, his d828647b43 eyes widened in 654a5ce3e1 surprise. The request 4d44639cd4 seemed to 48278ec8eb have caught 9b84bea6e6 him off 217ad7a082 guard, but 94819fa6f9 his eyes 496761c788 began to 3af3a76c26 fill with 6f921bc0b7 joy.7a9789a7370d7c66

“Me?”0355af2d9d2937d2

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“You gave 3d6f01937d Milhee such 1509776da4 a pretty 9339a27e3c name. Please give your granddaughter 9b0a86bce6 a name, too.”e65d223f09f97d85

Father painstakingly 33d11a9d1b racked his e7474ad63a brain.3f4d0e8abd522865

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“Aigoo, dear. Looks like 464da0719b you won’t c3bdf1370b be getting 74942dc67a any sleep 1c92636c71 tonight. How can you bb230b8c5b when you have aed1e18e01 so much to d07db2a1bb think about?”ea0fda066a24760d

“No, actually, 05328dc20a I already 072de27d80 had something c5b9766fcf in mind.”5cc483e3e488e8e4

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It seemed like 33342c6b03 he had already 534bc20845 been thinking about 7902fb0211 the child’s name f3a5ba2fe1 for a while 499bc1687b now.7ee42d61e17dbe21

“Aigoo, this silly man. The child’s name is 31718acc5c something the parents choose.”566d87c9b3408408

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“That’s right. The parent’s intentions are ffc4428827 important when it comes 42dc4259de to a child’s name. That’s why e420d9ab3e I was 96072faf1c going to d9e9c95933 make it 1decca96f9 her childhood 3765f7cf21 nickname.”9eb4cc7184d91c9c

“What is the name, ba85b92d60 Dad?”e11a92c667b5be62

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Milhee asked in a 7519bf0084 gentle voice.1d60712799a20b5d

“Morang. Gong Morang.”ce0ce0bbefdc5593

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It sounded pretty. My wife 88009940ae and I 36b6a05a60 began to 3a8517ef99 recite ‘Morang, 38e3073554 Morang’ as 237e6b70ff we tried dafca4090b the name eeb04e1a05 out.fdb0c79dc2e32d01

“Everyone’s love. Morang.”78d058804ca3a6e4

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The meaning 19e9755437 behind the 8fb83a34da name was 96875f9c5b pretty too.9179f8bae3f9f1dc

“It’s pretty. I like it.”9d2e1fe45d5586d2

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I also 81bafbcefb nodded in 6f9877e4e7 agreement with e8804a5c68 her.040bfdaa49be0106

“We’ll name 306c19dd0a her Morang, 82f74bab0b Father.”370863a099c92bcf

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Suddenly, Father’s face twisted b243a393a6 as he burst into 42ac9dde7a tears.8f2c74819af6f66a

“Aigoo, why is this 487e17e8c9 man acting like this a5981158e2 in front of the c7cafc88be kids?”9f3e667fa0b7c687

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“Thank you, Gong-seobang. No, my second son! Everyone’s asking me if my well-to-do son-in-law ever looks down on me, but our Gong-seobang is not like that! You are so considerate towards me!”e3afba511567a633

I grew bc6a03b95d up without 440a5074e8 experiencing a f0f4f22f9a father’s love. My biological 9e3dcb335c father never 6b8e2277fd searched for 4f1197b0e5 me, and b14c0c6f08 my stepfather 2e463d6d4f was displeased 48eb6b48ac with me. I had two 08c0d2f81c fathers, but I 4b5bf65b2a basically was better c64f10ebe2 off with none.cc3d1f8e5e790ae5

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The father I gained 39f9c44112 through her was different. The day 3f31ef28df during my 305f054b0d university days d9422f86c8 when I ac307b603d lied and 7b34ac42bd said I 5045f5c871 was Oh 3e52f5d390 Hyunho’s hoobae ae399eaa5a and had 6b8e4d334a dinner at c635d9781e their house, a666bf651e he said 110248e899 he would 0c786521a1 cheer me 873a86bacc on as 807bb3a8f2 I strove f3410b5e5c to fulfill 6d50e32447 my dream ddb53feea8 and patted 1287d69433 my back. It was df25a4ae98 the first b40e9e27e3 time I a0e0afadbd had ever abc568ee07 heard words 2399ca91f6 of support 058041167a from someone 42d44046d0 Father’s age.56476662d0f480af

“I’m grateful for you, 7d573cd162 Father.”1579ec978e2c9d00

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“Aigoo, how kind. You are so 935c15bafb good to us.”10bd8bd319c50884

Father laughed as he dc84f70245 patted my shoulder. Milhee glanced at d8255aa45f me and her 2d7de52c77 father and flashed 2ce42f0635 us a satisfied b00e94ab6d smile.ace9cb88ee22d982

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The day I received 347d900c38 Morang, I felt like 5436e27775 I finally received a da7c03d4ad true family. Morang’s mom, Morang’s a167ec017c dad, Morang’s grandma, bb76ee038e Morang’s grandpa, and 79d4263e2a Morang’s uncle… Through fe1fe6d71c my child’s name, ed43344bb3 the ties I b6e033e5ee had to this a8a717843c family grew even 0bf14b44ab stronger.1c1238c84ff59bfa

And all 863d672589 of this a6f92993b3 was only 7bad222e3c possible because 1704810a3e of Oh 1a4ccdba73 Milhee. She was 04b83d5489 the source 7b1d292be3 of all 4dd0b15683 the blessings e2c713397f in my fc6411a0a9 life.f8de7cddd35f0890

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“Morang, you a0c1968f3f need to 6d0a634f89 wear your 9d58ff9215 helmet! And also your ea9285b180 knee guards.”69f18543e42b2a8b

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“I don’t wanna! The helmet feels stuffy!”bba88959ea643397

Morang tugged efdc4a85b9 on the c3d13339f7 helmet straps d54c52a4c2 around her 45c06a54ec neck and 9e32225ea2 scowled.d49a06087fe32ac4

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“No! If you 8547294849 want to 71ca20be52 ride your 5371b5a98c bike, you dd60be9693 need to bb8a64c479 wear a 1f77926f28 helmet. That’s what the a1dfd919fb law says. What is a 2156d06116 law?”644e21004fb66fd3

“Something you need 7a42cb2d49 to follow no de5419ee0b matter what!”aa413d226298577e

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Morang’s personality took after 10ae2d90db me, her mother. She was afraid of 1da6181bdd the consequences when she aa532cd60e didn’t follow the set 4e25e336c4 rules and she also a5465bdbec liked to whine. She had a 7a2710490c mix of both, 179327506b and that mix e929914af5 often drove me cf65716b09 insane.3e0b693b97a65da1

“But the helmet e9fcc98b45 is still stuffy! This is 6c84c1c31e grandpa’s yard! If I break a6c43e2539 the law here, 9c9a60ab13 the police won’t aaf209b597 know! I don’t wanna wear 050428de09 a helmet!”7ea7a0a85e1f820b

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And her c2275a9af7 clever way 32834e6072 of thinking 02e9571429 was also 75597aefbc like me.0a396dd97fa74101

“You need to wear 3693de5c93 it for safety!”24fde53174bd1110

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Five-year-old Morang’s nickname 9619ce1ccc was GongHorang¹. Once she grew 5425e51435 stubborn about something, e06aea615c she was quite 7f34fd5159 viscous. Rather than ‘everyone’s 91294d27ae love’, she was 58ae04e83f like a tiger 6d25238f86 that made everyone 1dd621707f feel exhausted.631dad83152e7a71

“No. I won’t wear 9a7efbd4d0 it!”a15ee68f7cdb4086

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“Then you 8cd6d5cab6 can’t ride 562a7b791e your bike!”1d679df85831373c

She had received her 68c004926c bike from her grandfather de748e5018 for her fifth birthday.8a28f7791c26d096

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“Morang, you should 2d0317354a listen to Mommy 906eb52c74 if you want 6ede552049 Daddy to teach 2b871e9ed4 you how to d8cc700a5d ride a bike.”aee67cdb0cb1d4d9

At some point, my 67b44ac669 husband came out as e614bd10ec he carried our second f2f7411b72 child.783bb2293a3aa10c

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“I just 9f419bed19 changed his d5b608854b diaper. He also 3b89d4d343 drank 120 ea9a449215 mL of 51c2b6d67e milk.”9bb6b28ae2894725

My husband was c38fd715a2 more adept when a1561d5942 it came to 636ab7546d childcare. Our second 422bc27ab3 child was e29e9b8076 a son 49abde75e8 who looked d763005db1 just like 95045598f2 his father. His name was GongMogyung². My father gave 6ac2a9aef1 him that name f8ad13f1fc to express our 395856d66a wish for him 7f3e9877af to become a 92a13cf46a magnificent person who 6046159051 received everyone’s respect.23a9816e2d58874e

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“Can’t I not wear 76bb97cbfe my helmet?”bb098adf35fef219

Morang remained stubborn.84bd880684ee21f4

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“Morang. Have you ever f2ef6bca5b seen someone not 33e03540e6 wearing their helmet bc86389b95 in one of 0dce25ce0c Daddy’s races? All the 629986b44f cool athletes faa2a0aa16 wear helmets 64220b05da when they 7a8da77b70 ride their 5dd0b61e4e bikes.”28610a54946700e0

Although he wasn’t a1e45ea732 racing full-time, he 7c00757411 would often participate 47c8928157 in races that 427e964bb1 were his specialty. We had agreed 419da20344 to this as 73360854f8 a couple so 17564df6aa that our children 45c10a345d could watch their c604d74b78 father work as 2cc2615c6d an active athlete.59833905676bb194

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After we 17c3ece1f5 got married, 06febdfb50 we no 7e511e4053 longer made 970e961c44 decisions on d6c574a242 our own. All of our a81e6acaa4 decisions were made 4631189ec8 after consulting one 37ebd54b27 another.b44ce2ed40261fac

He generously made 152f7d1c78 compromises for me, 1416f6592a and I open-mindedly 1afdf2aed5 considered his opinions. There were a e910ef4473 few times when 564281cd05 I felt proud 3c23244f6c of becoming such c87a8ef39d a mature couple.9461d56aa497e703

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“Okay. I’ll wear my helmet.”d5d00a1baecdbdb7

Our five-year-old d1630f4911 daughter pouted ec049d2e32 as she db4f2171eb conceded to 796d89d388 wearing her 4157573902 helmet.d2328fe2b7b1f9cb

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“Waa, now that b19f0f3f7b our Morang is 1beb1878ca wearing her helmet, dd0704a6fb she really looks bcd60add28 like a cyclist! You look really cool.”1c93da4fff15e57c

My father, who 0c4a1e2d76 was sitting at e8dcf1e2f0 a table we 9e6d42189f had placed in bbd6d03847 the shadowy area 72bef0632a beneath the tree, 961483e151 shouted out. When Morang ab2a29ad0f heard her 4842042443 grandfather’s words 9f642a6e66 of praise, 1f1b69546c she smiled 677fb6f65e triumphantly.1e5aa74941fa01f6

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After my df582f0c9b parents retired, 759c492ec9 they sold d396878803 their place 7616337550 in Seoul dbfc3cbcd1 and moved d5f5c1e9ba to the a6e8391746 outskirts of 1cc8982035 Gyeonggi-do Province. They bought a fe95c21efd house that had f9847d67ad a spacious yard cf6da12357 for the kids 283b1caf76 to play in.0977f71ec18ee817

“Now, Daddy will 1fab946cac hold the back d51a219bb9 of your bike d016345830 and slowly push 341976884c you. Use all your 2d06c5907c strength to push 9d96b1c30b down on the 44ccffcab8 pedals. Got it? There’s no 6d8532b1d9 need to dcaec7ce55 hold on d4318672c1 tight to 834723aa86 your handlebars. You only 425c37464d need to 9547cb275b hold them 262b705dfd like you 8470ced2c2 hold your 1c18d4fef4 little brother fd34a8f81b Mogyung’s hands.”ba7924c0baeb1966

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“Okay!”c5a42c556888f29c

Morang gritted her teeth 8065bd2259 and nodded with a 44e5e46666 grim look on her e6be4497b3 face. The helmet straps that a3c72a2b23 pushed down on her d61288590a face caused her plump 6436ae63b0 lips to pout out. She looked 368ac35bbc so crazy 8c7aefca73 adorable. Morang was 895c847861 a child fea4067942 who drove 984bd166b7 her parents 1c0f43d3c7 crazy. She drove us d8322acee9 crazy with her 012c31b931 rough personality, and 394e900688 she drove us 2af0eae8a9 crazy with her e914e63a93 cuteness.cf4a056e1e836713

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At some 3cb717cea3 point, my 857654fb65 father walked e4a045cda3 over to 2ec6865fa2 us and a387e24293 pulled out c60924d3d4 his phone dac3c25c21 to take 2aa401309b a video 011b135d5c of the cbd8c5b6ff two. I held Mogyung 0ea2e0893c in my arms dd4502f52a and watched my c9e5078af1 kind husband and ea1adffa1d my adorable daughter.8522ce8b3fbec569

“Now, let’s go!”a0934815cc822a0d

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My husband 2a388cd594 began to bd82f8558c slowly push 75e4739fee my daughter’s a7d7ddc5ca mint-colored bicycle.bd289e96e8020351

“Wow! Daddy, the ffac284dac wheels are 10f36ef8e6 moving! It’s so cool!”65c758df3023e716

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Morang shouted out with 9146c834cb glee. The bicycle had training 00f9e2b76e wheels attached at the 0dd130ad19 back. Even if my husband 6b38917954 let go, the bicycle c8e3691aad would stay upright.4263aeb4a58405ba

“Daddy, you’re holding on, 15c1ca3d10 right?”9c75d90bc8ca6a26

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“Yeah.”17d2bf6e2ccde062

He slowly c2fbc3c201 let go 7366bff30e of the a948607f7c bike.e06fb0f365364246

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“You’re really 1db1b44f49 holding on, ffabc2efc1 right?”7ece3fb8531e2704

“Yeah, I’m holding on. Look farther ahead, Morang!”c636ca69ddc732a8

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I recalled the time 0183623abb when my husband had b90e2f20f7 taught me to ride da4505d061 a bike.44b6541e93365049

“You’re still holding on, 53d6e09c74 right?”bdc0404feb414130

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“Yeah, Daddy 9ad7227875 never let dc7b5add57 go.”fbe41009c49f97ea

She must have b2563fd5da heard the distance d4d13d1641 of his voice 4d3113289d because Morang dug 71bd2f7c8b her left foot 668bed0f14 into the ground 4aeab43c04 and came to 40de84aaae a halt. Then she turned 38856b3a31 around and screamed 0bd7fb0808 at my husband, d358f4ed48 who was standing 07a204b2b4 far behind her.f6d587f9ea08c0f5

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“Liar! You let go, Daddy! Waaaa!”e32de00b53bf5eef

Morang burst f8914b7102 into tears. My husband 9762b61319 roared with e90cc5a495 laughter as 76fc8314c6 he ran eb0b9b4496 over to 364abf7a68 his daughter 381767c188 and lifted ad0811c72d her up dbbffe9144 into the 9c5a4281b4 air.2378ca7a166a3cc2

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“Daddy trusted that 7b165c809c Morang would ride c0b928771d the bike well 45d1eede52 even if Daddy 351836c4fb let go. My Morang is really 95deba1129 good at it!”4a28da375261b565

He wiped the 7ef0180960 tears dripping down 37c0cfdd53 her plump cheeks 64febb9bc1 with his large 4d936acdeb hand, and the 7c532e7f23 child gradually stopped 1ba6c653d0 crying. However, my 789cb1050c daughter’s eyes effaa6324e were still a3f98fa3f7 filled with c20056c6f1 betrayal.35846a183f0b0921

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“Really?”948c29d5f242e987

“Yeah, really. My Morang 11417afd9e is really ccd8d99973 good at bf7b8d68a8 riding a c67d8f588e bike.”7b807860c4a2fda2

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Morang wasn’t able to f8a9201f17 hide her grin.47a8df21602f1873

“Grandpa recorded our 320bf3b28e Morang riding her 33e4dd99fe bike by herself. Our Morang was 27b0d5a23a really cool.”c516bb07111bc98a

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Morang’s smile 3533d7d8df deepened as 03b18ad947 she looked 0f0eed18e2 at her a69c803874 grandfather and 41614adc4c began to bd8d242603 kick her c91c335088 feet to 775857bff3 be let 2f4aae296b down. The child ran 8792c310b7 over to her 1e31642a2c bicycle and got f872876366 onto the seat. She began to 1bff0ceba9 step down on b01dc5b49d the pedals and cd1ba39b3a sped across the 87f3523437 yard.5e9316bf0837e780

“Morang, slowly! You’ll get hurt!”1af9c2c3c86d9ae8

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“Okay, slowly!”16c95b5432ec3b3f

But the 82cea1815d child did e0318edc77 not get 846f4108bd off the 7413d0563f bicycle until 6f3b6b7449 she had 4f0b5252f2 used up 9d57e499b3 all her e4e09d8123 energy.4b2a754d47c56ced

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Late at night, 76e66b6231 Morang and Mogyung 7c197ea016 fell asleep in 4065b8b788 their grandfather and 2545f0a949 grandmother’s arms. My wife and 7f2ace8936 I went to 3a80504496 bed with carefree 67ff30b14a hearts. These days, eb03e715f6 we spent 6e856087b5 more nights 849d3c3204 here than e4f71b0b13 in our f3c8e101ae house in cb2a0571e9 Seorae Village.4d77e516fe92a546

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I wrapped my c4353b9d75 hands around her f4800c9d60 slender waist and bc5bd03699 pulled her closer. She buried her ad1b184f1d face against my 8f31abd054 firm chest and 0814a46234 asked in an 69df217188 exhausted voice.46f139d0942c396b

“Today was tiring, 4378fa4a29 wasn’t it?”488af0e69ffd8a63

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“No, not at a5b7329236 all.”493a52efbe52bfc1

I placed a 6b15bd089f kiss on her e88096f2a4 round forehead. I could smell the b4f2317105 fresh wind on her 0b8fcfca2b skin.34b4b8f17cd49588

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“When I was watching 401a61d3f0 you teach Morang how 0579375459 to ride a bike, 2467ad12c7 I remembered the old fc673e3fe0 days.”72a254765e7577ff

“Me too.”469f280c2f8f8094

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My wife a0587b268e and I 9113255881 both laughed.449e534a41a4aa51

“We were da035b0fb9 so young 9fe2b914e4 back then.”fb055fc21d7256d8

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After giving 2fdaacb77a birth to 071ff486a6 our second d31f53aa9d child, my 7b888f0df8 wife seemed 42321e0026 to long 81c18ed1c1 for the 574117cd66 past. It seemed that she 0f0a57505a was upset that her 1b8ec1953a body was not like 275330fc9b before she gave birth, 282d9296fe but in my eyes, de41fcf375 she was still pretty 48802b03e6 and adorable. As time passed by, 011dd981f8 she was filled with 13cfb226d0 graceful maternal love, and 46154b5a23 she transformed into a 4a5d4b5897 trustworthy wife who did 0858e52352 her best to take bcc91b3f93 care of her family.7e8e1dbb27acf63c

How could d9d263b209 my wife e82483b9f0 be even a45b2fd0c3 more perfect 2e034055f8 than this?4d2eb49f5c9331bc

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“My Oh 9015e5adb9 Milhee is 4d613eb5af still young, 3ed2ba75f8 even now.”7a1cc7b6a93c84f3

I kissed her 9c07790c46 soft cheek, and b1256950e6 she quietly smiled 315c27a60c at me.652fede950a65398

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“And still pretty.”0e142c6e23196f35

My lips traveled 20f4be4cef from her cheek f44afbe36f to her mouth. Our breaths mixed as ad948589f4 I whispered.2f0494e7bf40afe1

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“And so lovable.”4114c6fa7a4ffd3d

I swallowed her laughing 1fe87be49d lips. With our lips 6294dc3e6a still merged together, 527ca32244 she asked.f8393453b36f1070

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“We said 663ab8576f we’d take 2f75a69d3f the kids 579815943e to the ffeaee17ec amusement park 5ccd6d00ef tomorrow. Will you be okay? I need to watch 6698145494 Mogyung, so you’ll have 28280d8076 to go on the 488e45111f rides with Morang. Even though the 9e92269c30 rides are for 52c982a58c little kids, they 9565f85968 still go up 96afadfb66 pretty high.”a9e1f3aedfbeb3dd

My wife’s voice was adf7578ec1 dripping with worry.13ebd3bf5e19d9c4

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“Hm? So what 8e18a66c7a if the 07dec7b7a2 rides go 220fa7d925 up high?”ddaba4bc5a4ed802

“You have a fear b3977880b7 of heights!”9544743d9f7d81b6

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I had forgotten. I forgot 91b8a04a92 that I 53f2586522 was supposed dd6479906e to be b2e04c9d60 a man 966a496176 who needed 35bb9aa8e9 to have 0019a79b42 a fear f94db3c207 of heights. There hadn’t been a0a0b91a1e opportunities for this 9f345231c9 fear of heights 82603a02a4 to come up, 4ab3fd98e2 so I had 9dc7446259 completely forgotten. When taking care 479e83aaa9 of two children, ec8aad887d all sorts of f5ee6e05a9 things came up c33f29ee55 from time to 7122d4dc1d time.ef017996f1739c14

My wife threw me 2ad7de404e a suspicious look.410f7f6a8e2563e1

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“Ah, right… I b3a4c0cd3c forgot. I’ve been so busy fa798a5830 chasing the kids around f5c225ba5b that I’ve lost my 218c91d36f mind.”8bc0228c7a8bc54f

It wasn’t a lie. I merely forgot 2c7bb9ffb3 that I had 9f4c583016 lied to her f41048d92e about my fear 606302b8de of heights.b577cf4b028f078a

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“How can you forget 9a623cca51 something like that?”ab5bf42aca9eb179

She laughed in 7c9f883206 disbelief.2417312e13689c8f

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“I’m going to 30811ca8e8 have a hard a519423080 time tomorrow, playing 106ea493e0 with Morang all 2ba20a4482 day. Right?”6cda518a2d42ffbd

I felt like this 8953478cee was the right time dee139f633 and began to unbutton 3a9d29f846 my wife’s pajamas. My wife left ff22f00752 a smacking kiss 0edbd13a8b on my lips a29ce87d73 as if she 6f5037756b pitied me. I pushed my c6d2b43776 hand into her e1aa1da3ad pajamas and gently ac96d389c3 squeezed her soft 1092f5954d breasts.1abdc7346c744c84

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“Hmm.”1a25dc38210d277d

My wife 47ab862d1d let out 26d45ca43c a satisfied 24688fd137 sigh and 32437c88f7 slowly closed 68d894783b her eyes. I slipped my 04424a82f2 tongue through the 1a44941498 seam of her c9f225750d lips.dd9f739c86200007

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I’ll say this again. I don’t have f3c79e2c54 a fear of fe191fa6a9 heights.9e3d12edf4adbb2c

I am merely a 36213cb626 man who wants to 6805d62543 receive her kind smile b837c5a1af and stay by her 44dad8363f side until the day db48b038e3 I die.ecac0f96a3948c12

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