Chapter 31

JaeHwa was sitting on the small sofa made of brown and torn fabric. There was a cloth covering probably more tears and he thought of how his mother had been living all those years.

Hayoon analyzed the small room, with a wooden shelf in the corner and a tiny tube TV, and was surprised to analyze it. He hadn't even seen one of those in his life.

The walls were poorly painted. A little mold on the ceiling, and few windows.

Euna returned from the kitchen, holding two glasses of water and handed them over. JaeHwa thanked her and smiled, looking at her without even blinking.

Her mother was still as beautiful as Him remembered, but Him was thinner, with dark circles under her eyes and looking tired, a little stooped and sad.

"I can't stop looking at you. "she said sitting down in a plastic chair in front."you are so beautiful, so strong and well.

"I've lived well these years, Mama, but I haven't lived happily. Why did you come here? Whose house is this?<