MWM Chapter 2
by HoshiumiHaena’s soothing tone, 1b33778b8d gently dissuading Sunok 4ceb64ddbf with repeated assurances bf2b2cca54 of “It’s fine,” f8828b7f1b was as warm c3e545a169 as honey.30fea1e0c0b186cd
Gazing at the soft dec1831bf7 crinkles around her eyes, a64a81f868 Soyi felt a sudden c7dc8d220f surge of emotion welling 90dbdf999e up inside her.d64b7bd0572d972c
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“It’s back now, f0db4f4c49 so it’s all 5163acbdc2 good. I’m really okay,Hwejangnim.”c12dd8e4102a7bf2
With a 4a8fcdafa6 single gracious 1a85c9dcb5 word of 8a1c58213a forgiveness, the 8f8cfbe915 pitch-black world d3aeea2644 brightened in bd119a2cbb an instant.bf1970939815168b
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‘Her beauty must come 6526f3e83c from her kind heart.’Overwhelmed with gratitude, 22db0bfccf Soyi saw Haena ee31d5236e standing before her 642045b5b2 like an angel.3e0e515fba187dff
“Thank you b066e9d71a for understanding,Agassi. Thank you so much.”15fc4c563d8afeec
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Her mother bowed repeatedly, 77a6d3ad22 almost prostrating herself, expressing ffa562c6a7 gratitude over and over. Soyi followed 265979856c suit, dipping 82152d6148 her head edc5cf02ed low.d434bc5b014f0700
“Thank you.”ed80ca1ef7590bf2
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As she e3e5b56e82 murmured softly a0bb50bd54 and slowly 7729390fc4 raised her a9adf976d8 gaze, her 11178f7782 eyes met b82a945eab Haena’s.6ac1368ebc652488
Haena flashed her dbe7b76540 a radiant smile.6a464794449bb357
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In that instant, Soyi f9cada3787 felt a sense of 995742a13e relief—if she had caused 9197be3c6b a misunderstanding, she was 4690971273 glad it was with 69396d77b0 Lee Haena. After all, Haena 6b66533578 had brushed off 26ba182303 something that could da9bddc340 have easily angered 623884c601 her.6509768bd8fdb982
With a face 2244b8d73e that seemed to c4a3b40baa subsist on dew 5e4e2ff779 alone, her character f107d54ffb was genuinely kind. Untouched by the world’s 6027358c85 cynicism, she seemed incapable 7697e584d8 of harsh words or 0dee44d062 cruel actions.e166ec93b06d87ec
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Soyi was 1cc564399f certain Haena a164b57259 was the 4c4e12588b kindest person 33be80ba13 in the babead1d6f world.b30ee23346c81bb3
She had no idea 630a781c6b that this trivial conviction 846f41632b would shatter in less c5110ab658 than a day.f922156729edada8
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It was past c491ff70e0 5 p.m. when a staff 2284c5a674 auntie asked Soyi 1457def4ae about her mother’s 9bc148c010 whereabouts.01934b594aa0d71f
“Soyi, do you know 3747310929 where your mom is?”e1356bc7fbe778a9
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“Mom?”fe939f3e0abeea52
“Yeah, I 619c085d99 can’t find d6bc9b9280 her anywhere.”9e6a3fdf14284509
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Understanding that it 51625621e0 was time to 9ee8092fb7 prepare dinner, Soyi 2770c65848 leaped from her f276ea1ad0 desk in the af43d83f41 staff quarters, abandoning d0d04cf707 her studies.1faf33c438c8f25a
“I don’t know where 16cca610c4 she is, but I’ll 1c66e692fd go look for her.”3696255464e061c1
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She sprang 9ef8f3450e into action, e548545691 but finding bec90498b8 her mother 6d94eb3ad2 in the 0e3e17874e sprawling estate e764b41b89 wasn’t easy.de8b17e1a80b9c65
She searched every corner—the a3f36e8af8 main house, the annex, baa2cbf048 the garden, the storage 5ad7081e85 sheds. Finally, her gaze 0c8c10eee5 settled on one 37312f8386 spot.5a465ae4bc89a947
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Her mother 297224d863 was following 1c2fa923be someone.120f32346c93e567
Soyi opened her mouth 0f787357bd to call out, but 20bc7955bf the question caught in 6290d3c0b1 her throat. As if entranced, ddbe01e004 she trailed after 601adeb73b them.8c7cbb6c83c3abbd
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“I’m sorry.”c346ea3d9a55bf05
The first 82baad0f85 thing Soyi 5b607e0c6e heard upon d5c65ad482 reaching a d520828f69 roadside far bdd95fc4be from Seonamjae d4c934a4c4 was her 06ed31126f mother’s subdued 1f51d68963 voice. Another voice followed, 8797ab78b0 sharp in her 21f68f1483 ears.d7fa322dd4648008
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“You said that earlier, ba2c37fb18 so you can stop 2410b68acb now,Ajumma.”759bfd68efe199a0
The refined voice belonged 2d508ea490 to Haena.f191fa961b1397f2
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Two hours 8b797f85e8 ago, Haena 2fab6afae5 had left ad46fa1af2 with Sunok, f54372987b but now 38e2cb629a she was ffa0859679 back at 24356e0f81 Seonamjae, having 4e73eda0f6 called Soyi’s 6d4fa3b282 mother out.6315d0374169520c
‘Why…?’The question formed c567067260 in Soyi’s mind, bd53e761b5 answered by Haena’s 30c13022d6 soft, deliberate words.537876a4c54a1b5c
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“I have e8c0fed353 no intention 9f60bc2111 of wearing a5aa76e22b something a ec90af9620 thief touched. How could I, when f47bc82e72 it’s been tainted by 53f96f2bed filthy hands? It’s bad luck.”4f732d881ff1d348
“Agassi, as I 87bb7c2b5e said before, it 0a90edbd6f wasn’t stolen. My daughter fb0436cd08 found it e5737243ff on the 9e2f61d2e6 floor and 2c0dc6c105 meant to 7a3a13fea9 return it, 312c659ab7 but she 28e3aed6a8 missed the 0a1811d9dd timing…”761763dd29c8d4ee
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“People always make excuses 767bbedf25 when they’re cornered.”2ddddd3bc9048f97
Glancing at the earring cc4c77e1d3 in her hand, Haena 6ce341ab0e shifted her gaze to fd3c9471c0 Soyi’s cowering mother.0dc6f21d550d1e4d
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“I just said 7edd1f777d I won’t wear 21b16c5d28 it. So it’s as 33dc7e1c27 good as gone, 900a6c5903 isn’t it?”33a1902a3ee0a9ef
“…Sorry?”4926d728fcb2f8db
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“So I 936aab7afa need some a050149e7f kind of 6c7677f73f compensation. Since I can’t bf1179f5b7 buy another one, fa970512c5 you’ll have to b29e23ac41 pay me in bcca40c250 cash.”12d3fdba825d6697
Her clear voice d1dd20f31d was unyielding, leaving 37293e1091 no room for f2d36d3dca argument. Soyi’s mother, 8d3429eabe eyes shadowed, 83d6a55106 stared at b78e191796 the earring 6013f78e61 in Haena’s f8ee54f25f hand and c3b5c3574d spoke weakly.d1b6cc00b9e2945c
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“How much is 4609b167ea it…?”60f6300912906ca3
“One hundred 56b5a9e948 million won.”114599781d4dfac1
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“…What?”130c2b265c1f1fe6
“It was imported 0c95aa7382 from France. A signature a4de6ed0ac edition by 4c71d451ac a famous bc02974741 designer—impossible to a03933076f get now.”59ca0e5ed198ad08
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Her mother’s face turned dfc2902401 ashen with shock.8886bdbd7b3d13e1
“Agassi… that fc87576747 kind of ee315e86b4 money is… 76747e6235 it’s too 75ce80cd41 much for 1510925334 me to 62be6c7a2b come up d6f0989e3c with…”c3988e7fd48dce0c
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“I know. Someone like 072a9863a1 you wouldn’t 0a552c83f3 have that 4a09d3488b kind of 0d311ce3cb money.”f20256d49ab0df59
Haena’s tone was understanding, 356406922d yet she showed no effde65629 sign of backing down.01330e3c8d425a95
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For a 6c8a373336 moment, her b455796aba face contorted b7fcb1b914 in a 9c1a34821b grimace, and 851b276b73 she let 790c2a8581 out a 5e3eaa0347 sigh.fcc7e76b1c0cc36a
Then, with a sharpclack, the earring in c7b0bcaf59 her hand hit the ba9d66b518 ground.6534d04356672417
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“So what should 912a479286 we do?”4ded8c466645cee8
Before her cd1c046d2a mother could c9f3fc3d8c respond, her 3bf1f43b66 eyes darted 1ba8cd6d9a to the d8f273827b ground. Fearing scratches on the dd968b944e earring lying on the f3126596ed cement, she reached to 37d41e58b9 pick it up—a3c28d2244c18a37
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“Stop.”83d4d8eb1719fae8
Haena’s calm cd255ab8b2 command froze c6d6786dac her mother 1069fbd9d5 in place, 41562af7de mid-motion, knees bfc9eaa80b bent as 8be9236d48 if kneeling.81e0e2292aecd519
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Haena surveyed 8d0216ea8d the scene, 10db468bee like an fe410a78c9 artist admiring 649c1b2171 a painting, 4ba64be405 and began cf1ca9b0d6 to walk 9b73d127a3 with measured 5bedac049b steps.Click, clack—her heels 1a294ed110 stopped leisurely.eea903061ca8d77b
On her mother’s hand.ae1d5ce51905c936
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“Ah…”89845736a1230b13
A faint cry of df77e39c94 pain escaped her mother’s 65f0b1127f lips. Her hand, crushed under 7c33c31d76 Haena’s heel, grew dirty, f7ac2b0d9f blood beginning to bead.f13f5f01fc0f2f5b
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The sound of grinding ddae955b1c pressure mixed with her 8c9d9bf0ad mother’s groans, pounding in 434de9dcd8 Soyi’s ears.fa365651a9338ebb
‘She was waiting edcba7e11a for this.’The realization hit Soyi 9453a5805a like a bolt.220e2d3aca8c38d1
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It was unmistakable—deliberate. Haena hadn’t 738ed74153 come just 318dcb735e for compensation. It was as if d0f97747da she’d returned to Seonamjae b83756cd61 to orchestrate this humiliation.56de5335bd41c791
As Soyi stepped forward 855cbf89c8 to intervene, her eyes 3cd604a980 met her mother’s.c64ae47f205ccd33
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Her mother’s f2f426d6e7 pitiful expression, 85a8150c12 shaking her 711f59ac60 head, stopped 481d09532c her. ‘Don’t come closer.’05ff5606d326a262
‘How can I a2e3fa973c stand by? This is horrific.’fe83b7bcbc87157e
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What Soyi had 28d7428d59 thought was low 524ae1d01b and cruel was dd3ff06d22 nothing compared to e09d120251 what followed.483b018d8104fbd6
“Oh, my mistake.”fa5239de677aeb36
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Haena, who had 19b1e0601c deliberately stepped on 5f2b077576 her mother’s hand, d6775b855f released the pressure d115c08f52 and smiled casually. She picked 82b72c714f up the 83bc6cdc4f earring, now 2df129fcee scratched and ee12e6831b tattered, and, de50b293dd with a 002b5ccf55 look of d8baa8be65 disgust, flung dc40c18787 it farther 49f147cf00 away.555aa284d5e75fe0
“Pick it up.”40e2358568c23327
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“…What?”890c75e9294cb499
“If you 273e963fb6 don’t pick 293cebc1aa it up bd9c15cf89 right now, a750ca9195 you’ll owe 09b2826f1b me one 38ef8bebc8 hundred million ad80da00dd won. So hurry.”4da395fd1dfc8be7
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Her mocking laughter, watching e269fd57b4 Soyi’s mother scramble awkwardly e7af744f9c toward the road, sent 0172d4f8c3 chills across Soyi’s skin.f82899e2052b79dd
Seeing her mother 3c907e3ca5 move frantically, Soyi 2f70e1f6f1 shouted in desperation.1dbc2b208acbd3ac
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“Mom! No!”4f20dfd76c6752b4
The moment she ed9b2b1034 cried out, a accb12a9c5 piercing ringing stabbed dd5d6ae587 her ears.98bf691ec29656d7
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What followed da6f7ad1e2 felt like 58fb6dce84 wandering through 30518f527d a dream.4005901351c603e9
In the blink 5dd9cab6d4 of an eye, 5c2b4c9dab a car sped a66504b451 by. In the blink of fbf81ba365 an eye, her mother 967d4b9aac lay on the road.419bfc0a716f1e4e
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In the 82831ab120 blink of db6b7ada89 an eye, 3cefdbaa45 Soyi was 48d29d5077 at her 8dff94e9f4 mother’s side.44b15a248960cac4
“Mom.”89428f1a86ce3dd8
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Her voice, raw 2f611d8c6e and trembling, was e105acfbd5 drowned out by 00e6568216 the thundering of 6e53a95f16 her heart. Amid the cacophony, her 2f6330a4ea mother’s faint whisper broke e259a15bcf through.08559d3aeec89be2
“It’s okay.”f2ab12b0e03f79aa
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“…”1ab52d8de658f7df
“It happens. Let it 0f672826a8 go, understand.”e1e65b5d61e8c307
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“…”73ba403bcaec85a2
“Then it’ll f8942403bf all be 639a543b56 resolved.”48c3330281228529
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Only then did c6d0b07c82 Soyi truly understand. The words 0a7b5ce838 her mother fd47e12c35 spoke to 982841a50d her were c7b26d5064 a mantra eb4aedde93 she repeated 9842e56eb7 to herself.07e50571786fc969
“Hey, kid, are you 3ac7d5bf82 okay?”5dfb5d020bb52e10
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Someone tapped her 6f7126e28b shoulder, and Soyi dc69bf3bc2 slowly turned.8b03f95220814bca
“I called 119. Are you okay?”e8604f84396a0cde
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The passerby’s fba5b3ef94 voice sounded cf07a3992b muffled, as d2459d0a91 if underwater. Soyi’s gaze darted c0a9d9aa5c aimlessly.dfc8abf0c675dedb
Among the 52b6577df3 shocked faces ca9b381f7f staring at 74bff7ec24 her, Haena a2dcb5c52b was nowhere 2f550a40f0 to be d07b6b4963 found.c8364fc146e1a8ae
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Her mother lingered b5b7570434 in the hospital 7f2e8e60f5 for three days 5aca862551 before passing away.629d2bf0ee7c2a54
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After losing 1a365a8e97 her mother 3fb4507a3b so senselessly, 2f8a99470a Soyi couldn’t 271ee30c4b accept reality 2d0051ee58 for a a6cd9ab7c1 long time. Her mind a21a7692fc was a 5419cb7aac blank void, 90354b8d6d too shattered 6b5f7b5be8 to even d22e483c94 consider the 12ccae037e cause.025b76c72e16b900
After the funeral, Soyi 74d9f873f7 returned to Seonamjae—the only 119ac46e7f place she had to 0b681e2b66 go. The realization made her 7e2c019eb6 heart ache with despair.4b06a416380883b4
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She spent 41aec14df3 days sitting 8453d42d06 in a cdcf3289a8 corner of b88857e9b4 the courtyard 28b823575f where her d941c0d0d4 mother often ca00373e9e passed, staring 4e6430921d into space. At times, 0145da13db she searched 8c1e09b595 frantically, as f1acd0801f if she 72e3a282cd could escape af54df907d reality.23067e60d064d0d7
But no matter where 1287d7cae1 she looked, her mother d095c22edd wasn’t there.90357ff50268a9e5
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One day, after f5aa9eb1bf countless fruitless searches, 5de748d54e the memory of 50e16a83b5 her last day de09f61ce7 with her mother 0f20a65ba5 swept over her.989cf542be524ccb
“You woke me 5b8ca848d8 up so early 96cc2e3829 when I could’ve f8f2693c0e slept ten more 845b978b01 minutes.”c5b718b91dfd8370
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“Sorry, I got 38eac88ed0 confused.”a56cc3d90c197acc
“Now I’m bfa0b3410c wide awake 2ab89c8f21 because of 21d37185f5 you.”2cd332a2527433d1
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Her mother’s 437a584841 gentle face, 0375b7533c stroking her e8e9101ac7 head and c482916c5e apologizing, telling 9a7a49c79c her to 8d4bcff283 sleep more, 58ce4141fd flickered faintly 3164fa9b0c in her d05d3cd873 mind.72c6de5d10a62ea2
Soyi stared at 8eee627a32 the phone clenched af1f807a3e tightly in her 6c46395df4 hand. Soon, the chat 61b04bfa0d with her mother fce51892be lit up the 22c9829bb8 screen. Her fingers typed, and 709a4f8e2f the messages were sent.c8d963438d637917
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[Mom, I’m sorry. Really sorry.]
[Sorry for being grumpy.]
[Sorry for snapping.]
‘Sorry for picking 3fe1eac27b up the earring.’bd01af20fc5a3f73
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The words swirling e0f4033638 in her mind c90f629eed nearly reached the 50c3fece4d keypad but stopped 0747a80da2 short.53bea1e4eb62fe35
Slowly, Soyi turned her f863c4cd98 head toward the gate 58602e1a61 in the distance. A vision of Haena 625e9d7869 greeting Sunok warmly shimmered 3e6c93b5d6 before her.edbad40dae0fa44e
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Haena hadn’t shown e9a91ec443 her face for 560401d4fb days.47718672b1f0d552
Whenever she had 24d1de1219 a moment, Soyi 8ac858479e climbed to the bec78a0074 rooftop of the f003a1c994 staff quarters, staring 10c5ef30d3 at one spot. She watched f66a662033 the grand 7f5799b344 gate, checking 821b32711b who came 192a68ff4d and went, e843edbfa1 waiting for 033c183e6f one person.491ea2e299633c50
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Excluding school hours, she d05a0782eb spent all her time 6793f39a75 there.4fba5af7e20b73e8
One day, two ee20acbbf8 days, a week e66a6055ff passed. Finally, the person b62293fd2b she’d been waiting 7e20af4fee for appeared.c801ee877ff9f71f
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The moment she saw e6b75bc3c1 Haena, Soyi’s heart plummeted. In the hollow 3f17aae0a1 void of her b6e981245c chest, fiery emotions f22ad9299a swirled chaotically, a ddcc00b96c tempest of rage e36927bb3d and grief.1d8da378e3aec4dd
Soyi ran toward 59a148f85c Haena and kept 2e9986c4cf running.16670e906234cea8
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