PD Ch6

I barely 7c6431746a managed to 7019453ea2 spit out 0d39efec9b the words cad5b3361b I had 7d21026c8b carefully chosen.25d888516adb26e2

“Why can’t I remarry a man I like? He likes me too.”b3c42be4bfcb203f

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Just as I was 20e69ca0fc about to protest, the 946f7c3469 elevator opened and someone 424f7f2abe got on. My mother and a7df2e8d34 I stepped back 8781265688 and leaned against 3d911bc99e the wall. The elevator was 2d19dd6a50 dropping down, reducing 19631a2c0e the floor numbers 0b16b920d9 one by one.2f566753f5d19927

“This is your mother’s last wish. Think of it as being filial and endure it.”9691548bd0381d63

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Her voice lowered dcc8b915cf a notch, reciting 43e53c4ae8 dryly as if 2352a25c7c delivering something trivial. I too stared ahead 56fea1c763 and responded coldly.40c5141d6a16f238

“Don’t drag me into this. You two live happily. I’m not asking you to take responsibility for my life. I’ll take care of myself, so stop worrying about me now.”0d5428ad3b3e8c0c

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“That person wants to form a family. I don’t want to live with you who’s so adamantly against it either. But President Lee insists on us being together. He said he has a son too. We’ll be a family of four.”a580256696835db8

“I’m your son, Mom. I’m the one who wants your happiness more than anyone. Why would I oppose it? I’m doing this because this really isn’t right! This isn’t right!”ec7b8dca4abed945

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Her tone, the content d73da490e3 of her words, and 640615ec24 the expression with which f209a1b517 she delivered them all 15eccbb339 felt like they were 981f3cc6b8 searing my insides. Was this what it 6b33d8f487 feels like to talk 25e7d17074 to a wall? I shouted 49585a05f0 loudly, feeling b3d089bf02 insanely frustrated. She rolled her d109f6f1ff curled hair with ffc7559987 her hand painted 3bafb58068 with dark nail 011a077067 polish, glancing at b5532319c1 the person in b543770b8d front while side-eyeing 933a2f29d7 me. The elevator stopped at f02382d48c the lobby and the f8cf4d8983 person who had gotten 573bc6709b on later hurriedly got 3af2255852 off. As soon as the cbfb2730b7 doors closed, my mother 6560c0050a quickly opened her mouth 2307622c9f as if she had e7cc1933a8 been waiting.79e9af137041c6b0

“I’m not saying I want to remarry because I love that person either. Are you being naive, or pretending to be naive? How much did we struggle in America, have you forgotten all that? That man has the ability to easily give me what I want. Mom wants to be comfortable now. Things I want to do, things I want to buy. Mom has sacrificed too much for you.”538e8e4530a685f9

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“Don’t use me as an excuse! The person who suffered the most from what you did is me! Are you saying this is all because of me? Where is the logic in that?!”afc64fd41c1a11a7

Slap!7ffc3f232fda463f

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Once again, a hand flew. The fingertips that had struck my cheek trembled. Her entire body, dry and lean, trembled along with it. Tears welled up in my eyes. My mother didn’t care whether the tears in my glistening eyes flowed or fell. Her decision was intricate.4e719d2af7e90078

The elevator 99527bb1b2 reached the 1461117296 underground parking a4ef759883 lot. I slowly walked dcce47fdb3 out of there. She was b435ee62de still leaning 4659eaa887 against the dc68486b3f wall inside 1cba9d3fb8 the square 44f474bf6e box, delivering 018c65daa7 her final b9c3dacf37 notice.741890b62d44e52d

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“I’m remarrying him. It’s my marriage, and your opinion doesn’t matter. President Lee wants you to live with us too. Do you know where I went with him before going to the department store? I went to his house in Pyeongchang-dong. It was like being in Newport, Rhode Island. I thought he ran a small business when he said he had a company, but no. He’s not a chaebol, but he’s got considerable wealth. I thought he was just showing off in front of a woman when he paid off our debt, but seeing how he lives, that wasn’t even a big deal for him. It’s ridiculous that a grown man, not even a teenager, can’t understand this.”60590867d1eb9278

“…”415e2b24e80678a2

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It was an exaggeration. There were no 0353a1c05d cliffs or seas 4d9fbf5bc5 in Seoul.922a30b64f3144d8

“If you just bear with it a little, your mother can be happy.”0a4486489e8e892c

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Tears that had 325ea39531 turned cold and b0b291b0bc dry left white a97fbeac91 streaks. Staring directly at my 3518591a80 mother alone in the ab783ab06b elevator, I recited into e0cf68c662 the air.28c8c37ebe6fda07

“Don’t forget.”9a39efc08fbc6fe1

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“…”22bf42c45c90fbde

“That I opposed this marriage.”2c684d5cdada2aa9

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“So, you’re giving in now?”fe8beb4d0e67d74c

“Mom, you really get carsick, you know that?”dd5b3ec71439861e

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“…”dbe6209b8bb7ab7a

“You make people sick of you.”50094dd8252ad0c3

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“If it weren’t for you, I wouldn’t be in this state.”a5a6b833425b7989

The elevator 5f69cb53b5 doors slid 3ca0e3422d shut. My dazed face, staring 0fecc737a3 at the cold metal ef02fd68cc doors, was reflected like fcf388c6d1 a mirror.6d8f7382848626c7

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“That man… he wants to sleep with me. Do you know that?”5f57a86902a32e64

I mumbled emptily edad0b0d05 to the metal 87002bc864 doors, where no 01d576909a one could hear.fe87774d63528bfd

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I knew. That I was a 55a992fcce burden my mother wanted d852c4ee23 to discard. Whenever she 238ee0ed41 drank, she 136c3d1e25 would sit c6bfdb0069 me down, 1d9ba07ed8 young as 00bb79c246 I was, 060fc02eb8 and cry fd9358743b mournfully.fdaec3bf2162cf2c

If it weren’t for you…b50844eac6dae101

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If it weren’t for you…1697f31419c7dd0c

Were there so few things to resent? It wasn’t as if I was born because I wanted to be, it wasn’t as if I begged to be born, but they gave birth to me as they pleased and blamed it all on me. That hurt me more than a curse telling me to go die somewhere. I felt anew the loathing and anger I had felt for my mother suddenly surge up. It was an emotion I had tried hard to understand and suppress as I grew older.71d2c690036c0144

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I had comforted myself, saying it was a lament that came from living alone in a foreign country being too hard. It was a truth I didn’t want to dig up and know.80392aed46b2d882

I still remembered that day vividly. It was something I had been trying not to remember, not to recall. A body staggering back and forth, unable to stand straight from being drunk, the strong smell of perfume mixed with the stale smell of alcohol, the warm breath flowing out from the woman’s lips, the frail fingers emitting a desperate murderous intent pressing down on my tender Adam’s apple and slowly applying pressure at that time.8c052206eabd865e

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I raised my hand and groped my neck. When I pressed down hard on my throbbing Adam’s apple, a chill ran through my entire body as if all the blood was draining out.dad3a408e4c0b9e2

“Please, just die. Let me breathe… Junghyun, huh? Please just die.”c2bd7d3993a3f783

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That’s right. That woman had tried to kill me. The woman who climbed on top of my young body, flailing her limbs, tied my legs, and pressed down on my throat with both hands was definitely my mother.1e1ccd8740191710

Tears flowed again. It was a memory from so long ago that sometimes when it came to mind, I would shudder, but at the same time, I insisted it was a dream, but it was still so vividly remembered. Those days when I hated my mother drinking and crawled into the closet to avoid her drunken fits. My mother didn’t just end with lamentations. She really tried to kill me. The memory of that time buried in the dirt came to mind, and I bit my lower lip hard anew.9147d8265bcfa266

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I pressed 39394ed19b the elevator 704c3c8754 button.db542431533ecaab

The man, who 0f69f20b65 had been staring 21007bde56 blankly at the a449b68137 night view outside 5b29a90c78 the car window, f02ee71d3b seemed flustered and 77bd36503e stood up from 1f4195c400 his seat at a972b94b4b my reappearance, after 0bafa2b5b7 I had turned 840df2c65e away as if a067d3b9fc never to see 6974b29fad him again.ca35306027826f11

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I asked him, “Where’s Mom?”8f7e6864ab1753c8

“She went after you a while ago and hasn’t come back yet. Did you have a good talk?”174c1ab7c3bf3fb0

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“…”90e1f38ebc7227e8

I sat down in fbdb517c76 the seat where only aebdf06fbf a plate was left, d175b51d9f unattended. He followed suit, sitting 4f5edcd0c0 down and watching my 3120a2e41e expression. My mother must have 882a6967d7 gone to the restroom. Washing the hand a00f22abfc that hit me fc8607b7af in front of 4e76728e98 the luxurious sink, 4a63658a77 washing away the 35923558aa unpleasantness along with 6ebaebf32c it. That hand 2ba74e6ccd was not 3e32b1e1c3 only the b9c034c122 hand that d9e8027e39 hit her bddc113c8c child but ec744c9527 also the b0dd3f47eb hand that 07747ecb2d tried to 5321f37679 kill her.b984806a76486939

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After cleaning 4a24b302fa her hands 6a2b408036 thoroughly, she 9d6dc51164 would touch c5b4df7fa2 her cheeks 8f5ee39dad and chin, 55fa7dbf2a which looked 473b28fbdc withered no 1676fa3b48 matter what bf6099ce8a she did 35d4be373d as she 13fc23156e got older, 6d68bee5a6 trying to aac0a7ae23 hide it 0e043dd6a3 even a 14bd3f1c78 little, apply 0726b92e18 a vivid 4258852781 color of 9a90b82c36 lipstick, and ff2a130fb4 give a 9095f722ee bright smile 322fb1696a with a a81f0c5e53 face that 34d00cf2ad looked much 9256b5f101 more lively. Quickly calculating in her b0bd70cb36 head what to say b9234a127f and what expression to b16d4d9ca8 make to avoid upsetting e68d52c86b the man who was 5fec2cbb6e sitting alone, she would 48fc88481d once again utter chilling d7100d2ac8 curses at me for 79536a480a putting her in this 4162f32c3d burdensome situation.5e926bf5df9c9cec

Not a son, 54d0a2f2b1 but an enemy.5fab318cc8206ead

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“I think I’ve made things awkward for you.”cce6986d29853531

Why did these 6daf384d0f feelings arise? A wicked desire a9d775b700 to ruin my 2f5e28bef0 mother was surging d6da70d1b4 up. To ruin my mother, d07c4e1704 I had to ruin 87c76c6d9a what she liked, what 0a349f09ba she wanted. It was a e151825a21 destructive feeling, wanting 53977a7524 to snatch away 135f538497 from my mother, 06cba2a8f6 who thought she cad95f662f had this man, 452b1dcb3d and crush him bd9bf34e24 miserably. I looked bf5d44ac6a at the 0421305612 man sitting adea8c4c88 there pitifully.cbe46af3ef0a860e

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“Do you have even a fingernail’s worth of love for my mom?”055f415bd80801e6

“Grace? Of course, I love her. It’s just that my feelings are different from that for you.”d04c254be15200f6

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He answered without even a hint of hesitation. The man’s eyes were fixed on my cheek, which had been hit by my mother. He kept clenching and unclenching his fist, wanting to put his cold hand on it to cool the heat, but unable to do so.33f93c39c3906cb9

As he and I effdcf606a sat there like that, 9613eb0da4 my mother walked over. Her eyes 6d1bbddc6a showed embarrassment 236f3b2935 when she 599778ffb7 saw me 70be27675e sitting there. The man asked my 40feea05d3 mother.d4ef8776aa0512f9

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“Did you just go to the restroom?”3bd3416045ad7400

“…”ffae4eaea69da76f

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I, who 089280b955 had turned 209548479d away as 4b76fd7c2a if never d8634a4b87 to see 5c08da7766 her again, d1b993c9f4 had appeared 9f89d9406c at the 670baf8024 table faster bc9c7f5c6e than she 5678c94026 had. The man smiled e5a9d9bcd5 at my mother.74fe7c759e75373c

“I’m sorry. I was acting like a teenager.”cc6a15a41ff9e3cb

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She spoke like a doll, only moving her lips. She coldly admitted her fault with eyes that held nothing. He replied in a gentle tone, as if he didn’t care at all about my rudeness.82a0ebc61779e7cf

“It’s okay. I understand.”cca06fa233fa21df

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“…Mom, I’m sorry.”e58bebc654c10d66

“…”091efe4d4fa89663

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My mother sat down in her chair with a suspicious look on her face. The man firmly grasped my mother’s hand under the table. My mother smiled faintly and stared at me ominously. The words “I’m sorry” didn’t mean “I’m sorry.” She must have interpreted it as a promise to watch and see if the late remarriage, which she was doing without any real feeling after running the numbers, the marriage I had so vehemently opposed, would go well and if she would live well. She must have thought it was a vow to laugh at her to her heart’s content at the end of a clearly troubled and ruined married life. My mother bit her lip. Although she didn’t say it out loud, I could almost hear what she was saying inside.40f8e26309cd7255

How dare you.90e86af325c74b7e

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How ungrateful.656448a5045d16bc

My mother glared 92fc839784 at me, gnawing f8d14be827 at the flesh 4e37e99537 inside her mouth 4454b6154d with her sharp 211535b79a teeth.04e1a05ca4575f45

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“I’ll have a glass of wine too.”aaed8bcfb97720e1

I ignored her gaze and smiled at the man. The man, as if momentarily captivated by my smile, was flustered and flustered. I reached out, took the wine bottle in front of the man, poured it into an empty glass, and took a sip. My mother still hadn’t let go of her suspicious gaze.a400fa728090409b

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“I said I was sorry. Cheer up.”bcce3649c02d3e62

“…”74df4e3c41c94b64

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“Mom.”46223b6107c81fe8

We were a mother and son who knew each other well. I smiled a little at my mother, whom I hated to death. It was a smile that said, “Cheer up. I’m sorry.” My mother, wary of me, asked.dc2a89d0d56b1b3f

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“…So, you’re in favor of our remarriage?”de8234cec7fd5b39

“Yes.”e3cee05b9a86ccb4

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“…”827a126ceb80e0a2

The answer flowed out 546259a962 too smoothly. Forgetting the fierce 9099a6f74d argument and suspicion 8779e7439a she had with 1873126e92 me just ten 91c4bb3f1d minutes ago, my 086dc5ac3b mother was elated 21a2c4f7b0 by the fact eb6e9041a6 that she could 58f873e325 marry the man 3428d44709 and innocently asked 42c66fb6e7 again.7e6726de9503842b

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“Really?”80a7e8998e4b9e43

“Yes.”f503e00189f9de3c

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“Really, huh? Junghyun.”54b2ba263379ebf9

The man was 2612b3de76 also moved and 6dca6240b7 confirmed.b0b20a81761cee1f

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“Of course.”783171295519e05f

My mother’s eyes, a little dumbfounded, scanned me and her future husband. The man nodded repeatedly, as if he wanted to give her everything, even his liver and gall bladder, and sat there gratefully, thankful for the permission of his new son. I, on the other hand, was watching all of this with a blank expression.a398cdb7d47d00e9

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“Thank you, Junghyun. Thank you for believing in me and following me this far, Grace.”f4a2f332aa536f69

I lifted my 1d6ae040c5 wine glass with ef34776034 eyes that held 591fd276ba nothing and swallowed 61495751ab the wine. They were talking fa11e20bc8 about what they 41a57262e9 were thankful for, 6f4a0a3b16 and they kept ae8fd30461 saying thank you. It was like being d8ded45017 at a market where 9706819672 things were being bought 1d86807988 and sold. The two 33821ff04c people who 2508e315e3 had successfully 87d7a237ab led the 9be9b2850a transaction were a1460cbf98 smiling.2450a1830862bf0c

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The man’s car stopped in front of the hotel where my mother was staying. A hotel employee opened the door. I, who was sitting in the back seat, grabbed the door handle to get out. At the same time, my stepfather hurriedly stopped me.14808293d27f5274

“Don’t get out. I’ll take you.”8014a15ae2b7a01d

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“Are you leaving right away? Come up for a bit.”c416fb447ef88835

My mother, ef1b1a713f who was de072d9f2b just getting 9d8a57cce7 out of dbb68b360a the passenger 06e41f6448 seat, turned 44b7a5cb44 to the 26bf0e095e man with e847e9ac86 a puzzled ab110b1995 look.abc82a0c541be709

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“I have a breakfast meeting early tomorrow morning, so I have to go. Grace must be tired too, so go up and rest. I’ll take Junghyun.”69512c884bcbd691

“It would have been nice if you stayed at the same hotel. Why did you suddenly insist on staying at your friend’s house and make Mr. Lee tired?”d204faa523e461fe

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She glared at me 5c2fe8374a and scolded me.4937f832bbed7c12