2. "What are your plans after the funeral tomorrow?"
3. We're having a luncheon at the house after the funeral, but I know that's not what she means.
Memuatkan…Memuatkan…
1. I think we're all wondering the same thing...
2. How do we go on living in a world where my bright, lovely mom no longer exists?
3. "I figured I'd stick around here for as long as you needed me. Kir probably has to get back to work, and dad..."
4. "No.."
5. She shakes her head, stopping me.
6. "No, jiyeon..."
Memuatkan…Memuatkan…
1. "Your dad and I will be okay."
2. "We've... We've known this is a possibility for a long time."
3. Was I the only one so blind that I didn't see what was going on, didn't understand the risks?
4. Mom continued wasting away while everyone fed me lines that the experimental treatment I'd miraculously funded did nothing.
5. That word resonates far deeper than I'd like.
6. Nothing. It'd all been for nothing.
1. The auction, selling myself...
2. ...meeting kir..
3. No. As soon as I think that last part, I know it's not true.
4. I'd be lost without her right now.
5. "Dad still have me and grandpa. He'll be okay."
6. "You don't need to stay here, jiyeon."
7. "You should go home with kir. Your mom was so happy you found her."
8. I pull in a deep breath and nod.
1. Part of my heart has been buried in the cold, hard coffin.
2. She doesn't belong there.
3. She is in every ray of sunshine that shines too bright...
4. ...in the whisper of the wind against my skin.
5. But then I remember her letter.
6. I know for certain that she is still with me.
7. I see her in my mirrored reflection.
1. I feel her presence in the squeeze of my heart and I feel whole again.
2. Kir pulls me close...
3. "I love you.."
4. ...and tells me she loves me..
5. And I think maybe, just maybe...
6. I will have the strength to do this.
1. Against my better judgment, I returned to work.
2. Jiyeon assured me that it was important that we both resume our normal schedules.
3. But as one week turns into two...
4. ...and jiyeon continues her descent into a woman I no longer recognise...