Chapter 58

Is everything really okay?

Lucy had her feet up, staring at her cellphone screen in a video call with her parents.

The way her mother nodded positively could have reassured her, but it was by looking only at the seriousness and tiredness on her father's face that she didn't even need an answer to that question.

"Don't worry about anything," Sun-ha spoke, yawning afterward.

It was just after five in the afternoon, but the woman looked tired, absurdly sleepy, and shocked her daughter with her visibly thinner face.

Jungso left her in bed, made sure to cover her well, and went downstairs, still on a call with Lucy.

"Can you tell me what's going on?" the girl pleaded softly.

She saw her father sit on the couch and heard the loud sigh he let out. Then she saw him once again, noticing his dark circles.

"Her hair is falling out, and that's making everything worse. I knew it could happen, but no