Chapter 16. The Last Goodbye (1)

POV: JaeMin

Even knowing that one day life will end, no one is ever ready to feel the true pain of loss.

And I'm feeling it now, once again.

My father.

I lost him fifteen years ago. I lost him a day ago.

After years of fantasizing about what it would be like to feel him and hug him again, I could. And now I won't be able to anymore.

Receiving the news of his health, seeing him on a hospital bed, and not even hearing his voice again shattered my heart more than anything ever had, but I remained strong.

For myself and for him, I forgot about the past fifteen years just to live a few days, the last ones, right by his side.

It was nine days.

Nine days in which I could talk about everything and tell him everything.

I could see in his paralyzed face, marked by everything he had been through, how much he enjoyed listening to me, and after years, I could rest and understand that I had my father with me.

I never reac