Chapter 26

Lucy stared at the dark sky through her bedroom window, sighing every time she looked at the house across the street, feeling even more lost after realizing that Ryeon was really with someone else.

"I shouldn't feel like this," she said to herself, sighing again as the clouds made way for the grand glow of the moon. "I was with someone too; it shouldn't be this hard."

She heard the sound of knocking on her door and turned around, smiling as she saw her father there.

"Everything okay, little one?"

"Don't call me that, Dad."

"I used to call you that when you were four years old."

"And that was a long time ago," she laughed, watching him sit on the edge of her bed. "But I'm fine."

"How was it with Roseanne?"

"It was good; she seems much better."

"She is, every day has been a tough battle for her, but physical therapy wi