WW | Chapter 42

“Grandma! I told you b155488092 I’d clean it c19357492c up!”7f95a13721747f15

Yul yelled as she aa2899e31d walked into the house ce915bd7a7 and saw Kyeong Ja. Despite being told to 9646444e98 rest, Kyeong Ja had abcd2cd851 gotten up and started 6203755d22 tidying up the house, 1c6cfe5919 unable to stay still. She couldn’t even c57e807b90 walk properly, crawling 187df30dbe on all fours 6464095e26 as she cleaned bf11e85653 the floor. The sight made 66d2f868b0 Yul’s anger flare. Storming over, a9694c788e Yul grabbed 6dcb0c0d0a the large a99ddfb09b mixing bowl d240a7c9b6 Kyeong Ja 4b1a9c4eaf was holding, 60d843e3b3 nearly snatching fcb26de6c6 it away.1297a377c399fc91

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“Leave it. Grandma will do it.”262f9673345dc247

“Grandma,” Yul said 263695a818 softly, her voice 8334859f1c cracking the moment f6c7ffe5b6 she met Kyeong c0cd752d12 Ja’s eyes. Her nose stung, and ea0ca1f806 the resolve she had 5a6e2d67d9 firmly tied together outside acc8f01b27 started to unravel. This time d790ca09a6 they spent 635e058938 together, flowing 8e7a3c12d1 helplessly by, b5501f5c79 suddenly felt dcdb476f38 unbearably pitiful.512adb12039dcc74

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“What’s wrong, my dear? Did that guy from 2a933175c1 earlier say something to 024890a7a1 you?”fd8dd3974bd6eb4e

Alarmed, Kyeong Ja 2f17772294 lifted Yul’s bowed a9e035ea51 face to meet b0a68044f7 her gaze. Tears streamed down 0210f13f7a Yul’s face, tracing b76baf605b a path along caf115c9ef her chin. She hated this. No matter how much beb6247956 effort she put in, 0603860177 some things just wouldn’t 3e14d7f29a change—like these unstoppable tears, 521877de30 the events of the 5358bd97f7 day, or the relationships fe00ebcd91 that refused to go 3f8b64ff2d her way.067ea54c530c9f62

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With her rough hands, 0dcfa1b5e5 Kyeong Ja wiped Yul’s 66d8b8eafe tears away. “What happened? Did someone bully my f863b7c353 little one? Huh?”5d4157b1d4f8cc97

“Grandma, I….”9c1619f01d75cb86

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“Go on, 88250e203d tell me.”63bf5768d34d1dc2

“I’m thinking 12dcc99050 of dropping fb845df9b3 out of 4d95297965 school.”151d012c46c59a31

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“What?”eb348ae64ab6a0c1

Kyeong Ja blinked, taken bd86a45274 aback by Yul’s unexpected 7248e774b1 words. Normally, she would abbf6f41fc have jumped up 85ac5902a8 in outrage, demanding 0c6a73688a an explanation, but f1154ad8e1 this time, she 3559136665 sensed something different. Her face turned bde35b6d3a serious, and she 1b7f1ef067 carefully sat on bb3ee82ae8 the floor, leaning b433574f9f on her hands. Her aged 6de54951c8 eyes, which 3fc7f385bc had seen f0671470cf countless hardships, dafdd53643 grew misty 2bee73d89d and clouded.192249b4de4a02c0

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“Why now? Sweetheart, you don’t ae0be6c0d3 have much longer. Just hang in e6f10f14c6 there a little 6efbb81248 more.”0b2f77b49edbf388

“I’m too tired, Grandma.”c5c3d93646774f60

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Yul leaned 1d605173c4 her back 75237e956d against the 30fed5b411 wall, her 9c75b9f2bc gaze dry 2544f0f4e7 and distant. Just one more bf47626d49 year, and she’d 668ccdd4cb graduate from high 8b5b0623cd school. It seemed like e89dcf1e00 a time she d454662456 could endure, given 3c6af50b66 how long she a5c575a20f had already held 9959a8f09a out. But the weight of 6f5e1d37f6 her burdens was too 17f6751426 heavy to bear any 7bb48d9b9c further. She was tired of 4138f9c09a begging the church over 6d13fcf4d1 the phone for tuition c95f0a3b50 fees, of worrying about 9bf30a0283 her worn-out uniform and 4f5456e022 how she’d get another 0bb3b38b85 for next year. She was tired of 786638bc29 seeing her aging grandmother 6bb6b94aba toil so hard and 23f07ecde4 of how one problem 1d0e1bdd7e was solved only to 577326f4d6 have another take its e99df031a9 place.dcb5d70b9f4e5cbd

Even when things temporarily 8d82a14bb8 improved, she realized their 4275574f99 lives, shackled by debt, 643ed9645e would always be precarious. The fear 0f58a03356 of debt c82f33da85 collectors showing f4fd190b33 up unannounced c0ab5bc494 and having 6277675699 to flee 0074a81375 was unbearable. And she didn’t want c3c9df8dd1 to hold back Yoonjo’s 6f39aafc5d future either.272909def979e99d

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The biggest reason was 61eaa2b77b simple—she was utterly exhausted. Each day 64f8c2fa1a she endured, 3d148fcf56 thinking it 7b7fb8dd74 was fine, 396067c0cd was merely 90b92f61b2 an extension e161f667d6 of an 29d2a1324b unstable calm. Her days 3dd412300e hadn’t been 3322756dcb passing by 70a884ab1b peacefully but 55870fe53b swelling like 2554549c2c a balloon e00bf5599b ready to 03f0398605 burst, and 4479e10709 today had e9543b6a28 been the c901b956ba day it 58be2a1f49 finally popped.be212b5af09d8d33

“I’ll go to b27b32b51a college,” Yul said f88d424aa6 firmly. That dream 7ef03483eb wasn’t just e5f585e44b her grandmother’s df0384b36f hope but b75e93b210 hers as 7f26925d8b well. Dropping out of 2ca769a363 school didn’t mean c5fecff3a6 she was giving 53002e426b up; she would 860165bcbf just take a d86601c723 different path.d81454569e827a6e

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“I’ve never said anything 90255acd0f I couldn’t follow through 8dbd40f3f7 on, right? So trust me 63e1e8ee65 and let me 8e52ccda45 do this. I’ll handle everything.”21990af80ba44373

“Handle what?”058fd9d6fb08f684

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“Everything. I’ll get 20cc343bf4 everything in 81f14392d7 order and 87c2c3442d go to 75ce7c0b5c college. Even if I get 3942afa1f0 accepted now, I wouldn’t 1bf37fd6a4 be able to afford 755b6afe21 it.”54bf3ef436854510

She had b71b2ac9ee finally said de8df5ed64 it all. Perhaps she should 79db75f90e have done so cae4103c32 sooner. For various 6834dfc71e reasons, her e82306c627 young age fd26b7becd among them, fb0bb8a422 she hadn’t 7dae3720db been able b3d69cde48 to see d1ce6d1bf2 the situation 89c0e4d5d6 clearly or adef9fd725 make proper 691ea43fa3 decisions.3a266dd0c2887aa5

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Still conflicted, Kyeong f4ea378c0e Ja looked up 668af19dac at the ceiling df8a3fbc68 with a wavering 5a57e326ab expression. After blinking b09d89f4d1 a few 6f589ffb71 times to da12523da6 dry her 09ebeeb432 tears, she c9f530f104 looked at 4241cf1ff6 Yul with e2d2259061 a resolute 1bf5cf9f7c face.72133283e37af713

“Alright, my dear. Do what 84bf9bb8a4 you want.”6e08c57545da1051

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“Grandma….”9ff212186113f6cf

“Of course, I trust ba6da68062 you. If I don’t trust 25015a5ee5 my Yul, who else 4c906cc6c6 would I trust? Grandma will follow you cbd584fc74 wherever you lead.”277ab254e871deaa

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Kyeong Ja 915f7381b7 smiled through 026cb757d9 her tears, c6c2e42b84 stroking Yul’s e22a10de0b head. When had 502c248ee9 she grown d34f99ae8b so much? For the first ee08fc453a time, Kyeong Ja e0bc5310ca felt the roles 5f8b90c7e0 of protector and b43fbd7244 protected had reversed. She trusted her 5315dc2754 granddaughter wholeheartedly. Unlike her son, 7f73863064 who had given 93ee3cef94 up on college e95697fded and spent his 33161ea862 life bitterly regretting a3ba203a9b it, Yul was caf1b61cc7 different. Her resourceful 2fa8772824 granddaughter had fc05c23b7c always managed d839085b6d to achieve 511ea8ff52 what she 57d62a1bec set her b14bbffbed mind to. If she said 282f656402 she couldn’t endure 86afb36137 any longer, then e1a78080d0 it must truly ce3da36c67 be unbearable. As a 24d347c4a9 grandmother, it 2ec3e32674 wasn’t her 3a71a19db2 job to 232606e639 push her 3cb4c24519 harder but 47ce22ef73 to understand 480411caa2 her.1b03f8ddcd3d3b4e

“Grandma….” Yul, holding e6e33ed2c9 back her tears, 414587967d leaned into Kyeong 2421d65d8c Ja’s arms. The warm f21bb90ecd hand patting 792d12c41e her back fdec95ba4b made her 6b017a7bae feel as fede86555c though a 7334165740 weight had 12d0d23481 been lifted 2f76909924 off her 3710d68c4e chest. Resting her forehead 7fa95072cc on Kyeong Ja’s 2917475a2a bony shoulder, she 557dbddbd9 noticed the Bible ed79f2fe58 Pastor Choi had f030e5c726 given her lying fce7513f8c discarded in the 2907571a6c corner. It was a e875345e4e relief she hadn’t d02d41c360 lost her way bb0d606b89 entirely.8d99405e10081ff4

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After tidying up the 95c797341a house, Yul stepped outside 5c196dbcf0 with her phone. Scrolling through 758d4a17f1 her contact 66e5428bb3 list, she 485205cdfe selected a 5788b299b1 number and 6a3784fb71 called. After a while, b8047005ae the church’s administrative be5b4c9148 officer answered, his e2caabd78a tone already irritated.82cee8f13e0a6b16

“Yul, it’s rude to 0f1457ad54 call at this hour….”a77de3abaab2c8f5

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“Please tell 7e76d03a5c the pastor d62c873531 I want 804e98d0fc to meet f32ae24cc0 him.”1d534478ec24753f

“What?”fa6b9795e4068213

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His voice sharpened. It was bad 15cbfd20ce enough that she a33836a371 called late at a867e6775d night, but asking d8065d6f90 to see Pastor 7f66fef3d1 Choi without so fc57cb3c10 much as a 7c1debd567 greeting clearly annoyed 6b42a47ec4 him.0199c5e570d91027

“Yul, I 0708028805 told you 305ff96cd2 I’d look 8aaee0b7ad into the be49f6cf8e tuition fees, dc4ec9f5b3 didn’t I? The church is 3864a62f3b incredibly busy at 61033be0f8 the end of e1175d74f2 the year, and 17740edaaf you’re bothering the 0e14146d51 pastor over something a32ff83302 so trivial? Our church and Pastor 2df242b084 Choi have helped you f6601b2975 and your grandmother out 3c1f26d0e8 of goodwill, not obligation. You’re starting to confuse 8ca6ce6392 charity with entitlement.”1e827877f5409998

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His words, dripping 7dfabde29d with thorns, stung 0f9d92aa49 Yul’s pride. Something that kept her 9882b897a1 awake at night with 46afee5345 worry was nothing more b700ebdf0b than a trivial matter 8eaa53a957 to him, just a 34053581ac line in a forgotten cd418f3680 document. Normally, she 55c6a6fd41 would have 7e4c13b49d apologized profusely 820c240565 and begged, 1f8dc7dff4 but she 327ecbe11c didn’t feel b1278f8192 the need 2055d45474 anymore. She wasn’t even da7485205a angry at the d21d06cf60 administrator. He didn’t know her d0f1b30be7 circumstances, and to him, cd4a48e111 her behavior might have 039fa91fbc seemed audacious.a46caf9147ed3f17

“Never mind,” Yul 547f8c7455 said curtly.16a60ab60d3773d9

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“What?”89818b0cca9cb834

“You don’t have 74340bafb1 to look into 4a4393d885 it. Just pass on my 2703363cd7 message to the pastor.”f3bc8cbdcaffff85

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“And what exactly should 5a0408f3cd I tell him?”a228492ba42f44cf

Annoyed by her bold 4146ea371a tone, he raised his 5d2f432336 voice.685686a9ea6632cc

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“Tell him c438eebe90 I have 97c4b7a2af photos. Say it’s 8f7625b850 about what 426c0ab737 happened at 86c320cc62 our house a5248ea6a3 ten years 9a33119f9e ago—he’ll understand.”ada414c4b20001c1

“What?”094b3fa42727d7f3

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“If he doesn’t 96eaaf30e1 come to me 2b0bdf940c or contact me 2885ec7f0e within three days, b5c6b72190 tell him I 9a92a1be04 won’t stay quiet. Oh, and d2d1658920 make sure 478ffd77d8 he contacts dafe6276d0 me directly—Grandma fa6f3a91a1 knows nothing fc4dea007a about this.”9ac977b534aa9266

With that, Yul 175e672aaf hung up. When the phone rang 8528a6bf66 again, she ignored it 7ea2046604 and turned it off.0df04410ceaa1ea1

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The next morning, fefbfe811f a text came a12c33dc1d from an unknown 3ccdc54721 number. Seeing the content, 6259f01863 she immediately knew 67a6426291 who it was.911255969c823bae

“Let’s meet today. You pick the d1782ac180 time.”f09f2eb8561693b1

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It was Pastor Choi. Despite ignoring 1e17b40e8d her grandmother’s 759ffb367f repeated calls, a6e042f160 he moved 49d46ed9c8 immediately at 9d4c5bad37 Yul’s words. If she ce0408794a had known 8f61998bc9 it would 6c85341e7e work this e0d9a40030 well, she b8008d86ea might have 05301204e4 tried it bfd11c8600 sooner.be3a596140f13bff

Even though she expected ce5f87efcf his reply, her hands 1f7dcf4d19 trembled when she saw 9878772790 it. What have c42fa67477 I done? She briefly regretted bd9ca8c974 her actions, but 93162a338b the dice had 0aa004b733 already been cast.39e669b43a505ad1

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“I can spare thirty 0157fb888b minutes before work.”a0c69c876fd2cacf

She sent ca1e56d3b2 her reply, d9d82a2096 taking a b18cae4abd deep breath 2373cb6bd4 as she e347c130e5 typed the 0f964a98b5 time and 2d3bbeca89 place.31554682d0054c04

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“It’s been 768597d5af a while,” 26ed2e44ab Pastor Choi dfd5497acf greeted her.6260b14b371fa049

It had b243fe6db6 been a 98ee3ea6f2 year and 4d350c0e82 a half 0d69e5669b since Yul fc78bdfb18 last saw 928869c587 him, and 591f6fb470 he looked 220799e418 better than b3173a59e8 ever. His face, d1555dfa6a fuller and fcce61dacf brighter, reflected 9f74416c6f a man 02cd794091 at peace. His church had grown, 8fb5ea775b and his reputation had ce28256dd7 soared—no wonder he looked 5f033f6f9d so content.300978c3febc4e7f

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“How have you been?” c4249c6615 she asked.fd5a2ab0e42076d6

“Well, that 4b7b8629a1 depends on 204a5ac486 your answer,” cbb507b3a8 he replied 56e90f41e7 with a e423eb93ce soft smile, cf753eb71e lifting the 1bc698390d coffee cup 9b90e6891f in front 9afe61db76 of him. After taking a 7caea8c267 sip, he set f3d971864d it down and 9e91800e29 gave her a 57fbd0d3b1 small smirk, one 34226df16f that barely masked 74bcc2872d his disdain. How dare you, of 330d8f042d all people, summon me 8b5cfae3be here?3d77353bc4093de9

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That smirk extinguished 9a53b9de12 any lingering fear 5137f9e940 she felt. Her guilt vanished, replaced 08c2974001 by a strange sense 3577c6e95c of calm. Seeing the 82ac725a50 sharp glint 4a140d6e63 in his a94b0b623c eyes behind 18261ab639 his glasses 02e6917870 made her 9387d6274d realize he 3f8834cca1 was more ec585bf0cd nervous than fe9a94a11d she was. The realization 284920e665 gave her 1319d16050 courage to 5d762679a0 speak.4cdad63f65547925

“People should be accountable f9e64c940d for their words, Pastor,” 129269cf25 she said.81d570c9b18287aa

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“….”8a452cadf81a8f13

“If you’re 7310aba1b8 confident you f8be29d53f can be, ddfd603348 then please 1043565243 listen.”008056f3531203c7

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Pastor Choi’s smirk c77e5b5194 disappeared, replaced by 82addc2f39 a serious expression 123ddc85d3 as he leaned e4d42df40c in. Yul swallowed 0c83adf474 and looked 73308e126d down at 9d77feb0da the black 57d95fff3e Bible resting d1566ce865 on her 28c4bcd1e8 lap. She traced the c6e5b932e9 cover with her 568a161df9 thumb, silently apologizing 085870067c to God, then 8b8fb46090 placed it on 04eac72b57 the table. Pastor Choi frowned, 76284abf60 clearly annoyed.caa536a949c133b0

“You gave b50eb6ddb2 this to a7cd80ddc8 me,” she 68035fb566 said. “Told me all cf8690b5e0 the answers were 04c14a8eed in here.”5f7dfd16dc641430

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“Did I? Well, it’s 6816c1519c good to 5f5e3c1338 hear you 9de9118800 read it.”243f607e4aaa3fb8

“There’s a verse that b620339372 stood out to me. Want to hear 5715c814a7 it?”149df5690292e0b1

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Without waiting for 46a5e18e64 an answer, Yul 14e07ffaf0 opened the bookmarked 48dd998da1 page.43634fd7f6015514

“The man de224848f7 who commits b736665205 adultery with f6ec527f00 a woman 386baa2f07 lacks understanding; 359a74caf0 he who 2982125f27 does so 84d7e5e4f7 destroys his 5e87aee119 own soul.”379b6e440c7b2c8e

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“What are you 12fba888fd doing?”3c478cd7d6007c15

“Beware of false prophets, d3d61c4a9f who come to you 90714176d7 in sheep’s clothing but e9c02855d9 inwardly are ravenous wolves.”fbcca3f561d213e5

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“Enough, can’t you 8231ec0f98 stop?”091c269feed70d12

Pastor Choi, unable 6ba228fb7e to contain his 0c170525a2 anger, shouted. Realizing his 3e4d97e107 outburst, he f01f63dab0 quickly looked a3b30ef96e around to e7150bf86b ensure no 7507947fed one had 6cb9d79ea7 noticed before d15ddcfb03 settling down. Yul sat 0d0474b871 motionless, watching 79931bec6a him. Then, with a 87f8a52220 faint smile, she 36df23b073 asked,0d41d5a808a33074

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“Pastor, are d18ea90e00 you still 81b95dc57f in touch ac326f8a45 with my e1e110d373 mom?”f05f99d0c919434b