Confession

8

Bark! Bark! Bark!

Lisa woke up from a deep sleep when she heard the barking of a dog. She turned her head and looked at her bedside. As expected, she saw Chu Wu sitting close by.

"Arf!" The first thing Lisa sees when she woke up was Chu Wu wagging his tail at her.

"Chu Wu, how'd you get in?" Lisa sat up in a daze. She felt a little off, and her head seemed heavy. Lisa took her phone from the bedside table to check the time and found that it was already 10:00 a.m. in the morning.

Jolting, she suddenly said out loud: "How come I've slept so long?"

Lisa rubbed her forehead and walked to the bathroom to wash her face. Afterward, she wore a big shawl and went downstairs with Chu Wu.

Mrs. Miso, who had been cleaning the living room, saw the happy Chu Wu running downstairs, followed by Lisa. Nervous, she apologized: "Madam, did Chu Wu wake you up? I'm sorry I didn't keep an eye on him and accidentally let him run in."

"It's alright. I needed to get up anyway." Lisa replied with a smile.

"Madam, are you feeling unwell?" Noticing Lisa's lethargic behavior, Mrs. Miso asked Lisa about her health.

"Maybe I drank too much and exposed myself to the cold wind yesterday. It's probably just a small cold." Lisa went to sit on the sofa, with Chu Wu running towards her and sitting next to her feet. With a smile, Lisa's reached out and touched Chu Wu's head.

"Do you want to go to the hospital to check?" Mrs. Miso asked.

"No, No, there's no need to go to that much trouble. Do we have any cold medicine? I'll just take a tablet and sleep some more." Lisa replied.

"Oh, yes, there's some powdered medicine. I'll go get it now." Mrs. Miso went out of the living room and came back with a medicine box. Taking out the box of cold medicine, she put it in some water and then gave the cup to Lisa.

"Thank you." Lisa took a sip.

"Madam, I'll go cook you some porridge." Mrs. Miso said, "People with colds usually don't have appetites, but you have to eat."

"Sorry for the trouble, Mrs. Miso." Lisa thanked her with a smile.

"It's no trouble, no trouble. It's what I should be doing." Flattered, Mrs. Miso waved her comments away and went into the kitchen to cook some porridge.

Because of her cold, Lisa had no strength. But she didn't want to sleep again, so Lisa simply nested on the sofa, drinking her medicine as she patted Chu Wu and watched the news together.

Meanwhile, Mrs. Miso placed a pot on the stove and after the water boiled, she lowered the flame. While she waited for the porridge to cook, Mrs. Miao was afraid that Lisa was getting hungry, so she brought out a few snacks for Lisa to eat.

"Mrs. Miso, you're very considerate." Lisa couldn't help but say.

"Madam, you're being too kind. Isn't this what I should be doing?" Mrs. Miso smiled.

"When did you start working here Mrs. Miso ?" Truthfully, Lisa knew that Mrs. Miso came to work here a year ago. However, they haven't spent a lot of time together yet, so she pretended to not know.

"I've been here for about a year." As she answered Lisa's questions, Mrs. Miso wiped the table with a rag.

"Do you like working here?"

"I'm used to it, and I like it. Mr. Jeon is nice and I get well-paid. I start at 9:00 a.m. and I can be home by dinner. I don't have long work hours and I can go home and tuck my children to bed at night." Mrs. Miso's huge smile showed that she clearly liked her job.